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I have found a couple of generic graphics library’s for C++ that act as a sort of abstraction for the underlying OS. These allow you to open windows, draw lines, circles and such like. As long as you can include a version of the library on your particular OS then the source code should be portable.

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The speed of modern hardware certainly helps. The C++ book I just got for christmas goes to great lengths to encourage me to pass large data sets by reference (or const reference if I dont want the original to be modifiable) to avoid copying. To be honest though I would rather just get things working before worrying about that ?

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Wish I could help. My PC did the same thing for a while but then it just stopped doing it.

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Why did the hedgehog cross the road ? To see his flat mate.

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Why did the punk cross the road ? Because he was nailed to the chicken

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Why did the condom fly across the room ? Because it was p***ed off.

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A horse walks into a bar and the barman says “why the long face”

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A man walks into a bar and goes ouch. It was an iron bar.

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A shot of humor there then.

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And all the best to you Bob. I do find a splash of the good stuff inproves my mood too ???

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$RANDOM looks like it should be a value. Are you sure it stays in scope ?

 

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Ed is right with C++. It stays compatible. Your sourse code from years ago will still most likely compile and run. I am going to look into modules though because the author of C++ says I should ?

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Well thats it for another year, hope you all had a good one. Later today I return from my mum’s to my flat and the serious merry making can begin ???

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Hmm. I got the book ” A Tour of C++” for Christmas and very good it is too. The thing is though I have only read a little bit and already it is telling me that things I have been learning are going to be out of date.

I am now fairly confident with splitting my classes into separate declaration and definition files and then using an #include<header.h> in my main .cpp but the book says that with the coming of C++20 I should forget about that and start using module, export module and import instead !

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You will have got much improved Intel integrated graphics too which can really help with watching video.

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The Windows RE for Windows 10 is better than those before it. You get a full command prompt instead of just limited commands and you can even launch Windows Explorer if you like. All in one package without any part of Windows being installed.

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Completely true. You can get at the Windows RE from an installation disk but I find it handy to just have the RE on a bootable USB stick.

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For anyone wanting to restore a Windows backup and recovery image, a Windows Recovery Enviroment (RE) boot USB is a good idea. Here’s a way to make one.

https://www.idrive.com/disk-image-winre-bootable-media

And here is what Windows RE can do for you.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/windows-recovery-environment–windows-re–technical-reference

 

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I suspect that Windows may have helpfully removed the active tag from your old HD if you look in disk management but as long as it works who cares ?

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