Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2014 November 23

= November 23 =

What games would a laptop with these specs run ?
-- System Information -- Time of this report: 11/17/2014, 20:26:47 Machine name: DIGITAL-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Édition Intégrale 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.130318-1532) Language: French (Regional Setting: French) System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard System Model: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 03.72.32F.24 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B960 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 932MB RAM Page File: 1109MB used, 847MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.0.73.27 (talk • contribs)
 * Intel HD graphics will run most modern games well as long as you turn down the graphics to low settings.  Konveyor   Belt   18:26, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * You could play League of Legends at about 40-50fps on medium-low. You might squeak by playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive at 40fps on low settings. Like Konveyor Belt said, you'll be able to play most modern games, although some (Like DayZ and Civ III) will not run smoothly at all. I used to have a desktop with those specs and that's what I could get by with. 184.16.206.204 (talk) 22:13, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Question about Facebook spamming
Lately, I have seen very many instances of Facebook of spam comments appearing in posts, all advertising free points for online games. The thing is, they all appear as comments of one single poster, namely a page called "I don't smoke!", which I follow because I don't smoke, and advocate not smoking to everyone else too, but for some reason that particular page never posts about actually not smoking, but just things in general. The spam posts are always under legit-sounding user names, and when I click on the profile link, the profile seems legit enough. What is happening here? Are they legit profiles somehow hacked or fake profiles? Why is this only happening on posts made by "I don't smoke!"? J I P &#124; Talk 19:25, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I can't do the searching because I'm at work, but i'm certain I have seen a setting that allows facebook to use your profile to post ads like this. It's not a "hack", it's what facebook does. I was once lying beside my wife in bed on ipad while she was just reading a book and facebook posted on my time line, from my wife's account, that she liked American express. She wasn't even online. eventually we worked out that around a year previously she like some random travel page because they were having some give away at the time, in the fine print, she also gave the page the right to post as her profile random crap on other people's timelines. Just retelling the story makes me want to delete my facebook account.. I am at the point where I would actually pay for a service if it wasn't so dodgy and scammy. Vespine (talk) 21:41, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Regin spyware article?

 * http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/23/us-symantec-malware-regin-idUSKCN0J70SH20141123
 * http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30171614
 * http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/regin-top-tier-espionage-tool-enables-stealthy-surveillance

Which article covers this? Hcobb (talk) 19:29, 23 November 2014 (UTC)


 * This Regin (virus) is the Wikipedia article on it, it looks like it was created the same time as you posted; there is nothing there, really, as of yet. It appears that this news just came out, so that's not surprising.Phoenixia1177 (talk) 22:53, 23 November 2014 (UTC)