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Zoom
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ian16th » Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:25 pm
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Getting a lot of mention in the Meeja.
Anyone got it?
Any benefits for the home user?
I use Skype and WhatsApp and I'm wondering if Zoom is worth...
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But they didn't invent it and haven't buggerd it up, yet.
Yes they have, it all still works for me but the Echo/Sound Test service no longer...
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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:49 pm
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Anyone into genealogy?
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ian16th » Mon May 18, 2020 4:00 pm
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....and use a Windows based program to keep a Family Tree?
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Ian, is there a good source of South African records?
I don't know, and it doesn't matter to me, as as the only members of my family born here,...
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Last post by ian16th
Tue May 19, 2020 9:00 am
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Twitter Container
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by Capetonian » Sun May 17, 2020 12:28 pm
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Does anyone know to stop this? It slows down a couple of websites I use.
I've installed something called Facebook container which is...
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Thanks, I've tried a couple of the simpler fixes, but it hasn't solved the problem. I fear that if I get too ambitious I will make things worse.
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Last post by Capetonian
Sun May 17, 2020 6:36 pm
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Static v Dynamic IP address
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:45 pm
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A few months ago I was told by my local Council that my location was one of the 5% in Scotland that would never be upgraded to the Superfast...
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Ex-A - BPS with Firefox routes your internet connection through a provider in a country you choose which can eliminate the 'national' limitations,...
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Last post by Boac
Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:53 am
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Another unnessesary change in Win 10!
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ian16th » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:13 am
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I recently had a SSD die on me. :-q
It was of course my boot drive, so I have reverted back to a HDD and re-installed Win/10.
I had a back up, but...
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At the Seth Efrican Win/2K announcement Micro$oft handed out 'evaluation' copies of Win/2K and Office 2000
I dropped Win/2K some years ago, Office...
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Last post by ian16th
Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:34 pm
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Zoom and security
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Boac » Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:56 am
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Vaguely amused to see that HMG's much loved 'Zoom' internet conferencing system has admitted it has been routing calls through China............. :))
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Problem is, PN, the cabinet should ideally not be classed as the enemy?
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Last post by Boac
Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:53 am
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Strange Windows10 behaviour (there's a surprise...?)
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Boac » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:18 am
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This AM switched on 2 of the 3 machines chez moi and each behaved 'oddly' on boot, going into some sort of 'user profile setting setup' - Please wait...
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That one has not hit me.
EDIT: Spooky or what? I checked this AM - and nothing - and now PN has sent me an M$ update called KB4541335 =))
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Last post by Boac
Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:52 am
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Windows DST change
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Boac » Sun Mar 29, 2020 9:50 am
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Mine didn't this AM on the PC, but did on both laptops. All settings appear correct and a 'sync' sorted it. Scratches head.
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Just got round to noticing your post, PN. It had all been checked, but did not work correctly as I said.
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Last post by Boac
Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:12 am
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Search engine 'leakage'
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Boac » Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:42 am
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I am fascinated by the way things like advertising and Quora pick up on my internet searches. What is the mechanism? The same thing happens when you...
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Yet again, whilst 'assisting' (via TeamViewer) a lady who is not particularly computer literate in the finer points of Excel handling I was trying to...
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Last post by Boac
Thu Mar 12, 2020 8:43 am
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Chrome closing itself
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:59 pm
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Help
I've been using Google Chrome as my everyday browser for years with no problems and general satisfaction. the last few days it has been closing...
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I used Bravo as an emergency browser. I thought it was ok but not as customizable as Chrome. Fortunately Chrome miraculously revived itself. Ad...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:27 am
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Spam Calls
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OFSO » Wed Feb 13, 2019 6:17 pm
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Just a mention: since our hard-wired landline was replaced by a 4G box feeding our private house network, we have not received a single spamscam call...
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This is brilliant:
‘Robo-revenge app’ that allows you to automatically sue spam callers to launch in UK
The Robo Revenge app was created by...
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Last post by Capetonian
Sat Feb 15, 2020 3:03 pm
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Huge power outage - Scotland - PC now dead
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:42 pm
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The whole of the north east of Scotland from Inverness to Aberdeen to Montrose lost power an hour ago - 382 postcodes. It's back on okay now. I was...
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Love simple solutions.
Had severe storms last weekend and many areas, including ours, lost power, so obviously no broadband phone or internet. We...
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Last post by Hydromet
Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:15 am
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USB 3
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ian16th » Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:27 am
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Just bought another external HDD. It was so cheap it was difficult to resist.
It has USB 3 capability and for the 1st time I have benefited from USB...
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Lidl Whiskey, €8 a bottle (or something like that) sadly as of last night, empty. Have to go to the backup, Ardbeg 12.2.2020. (See ?!)
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Last post by OFSO
Wed Feb 12, 2020 6:34 pm
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Combination UK/EU plug strips
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by Capetonian » Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:39 pm
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Most of my electrical devices are on UK plugs, some of the household ones are UK, some EU, and my wife's mostly EU. We even have Swiss and South...
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The Spanish house is connected, like most, to three phase. The aerial connection was made with the four wires hand-twisted together and wrapped in...
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Last post by OFSO
Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:11 pm
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Browser and Storage app
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Rwy in Sight » Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:21 pm
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As a way to put here programs we use and we like or find one to use I would welcome your suggestions about a browser alternate to Mozilla (as far a...
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A friend of mine swears by something called Purple Moon (I think?), but then he also believes the earth is flat so ......
Pale Moon perhaps. My...
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Last post by ian16th
Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:24 pm
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RTSP Protocol
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Boac » Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:18 pm
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Is anyone familiar with using The Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) who is prepared to exchange PMs (so as not to bore everyone here :-) ) ? I have...
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Too late, I fear. I've given up so far with I-spy and have it working well with Firefox and VLC.
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Last post by Boac
Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:36 pm
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Another W10 thread...
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jimtherev » Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:30 pm
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Ok C16 and anyone else who has done the switch to W10 recently - a job I've been putting off...
How are you finding the Operating System now that...
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Cometerthinkofit, my worries about how efficient over-writing hard drives is are of course uncalled for. (How many uncalled-for and misplaced...
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Last post by jimtherev
Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:17 pm
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WiFi6
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Boac » Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:05 am
Anyone here tried it yet? The first routers are on the market. It claims to be 'backward compatible', so does that mean there should be an...
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Last post by Boac
Sun Jan 12, 2020 9:05 am
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What's your computer's background picture?
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:35 pm
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Here's my background picture - on a 32 screen you can almost hear the Merlin.......can't wait to see Slasher's.... ;)))
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Thanks for the new knowledge PHXPlyer.
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sun Dec 29, 2019 8:08 pm
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Whats going on ??
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by ribrash » Sat Dec 28, 2019 2:06 pm
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Does this happen to anyone else ? The messages break up in to gibberish.I have to come out of Ops Normal and go back in. :-? :-?
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Can't get them here, can in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We are a very small market. I will get some next time I'm over there ... if you recommend...
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Last post by ian16th
Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:16 am
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Low Cost Smartphone. Why not?
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ian16th » Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:29 am
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Being a smartphone user for only 18 months I have some questions.
Why does anyone need a BIGGER one?
I bought a midrange Samsung J7 Pro and it has...
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Fixed old phone. Unlike other Android phones, power on/off is NOT the enter key in Factory Settings. The Home key is ! Once emptied and rebooted,...
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Last post by llondel
Sat Dec 28, 2019 5:52 pm
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Windows automatic recovery deleted two partitions!!
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CharlieOneSix » Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:13 pm
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#!!##!*~# Microsoft!
Two days ago my main computer - this one - refused to boot past the large Windows logo page (Windows 10). After the third...
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Well mine isn't lightning fast yet as it has been running a back up these past 3 days. 😀
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:47 pm
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Once is enough ..............
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by Capetonian » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:19 pm
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Dear Ex-Ascot
I thoroughly enjoy your emails, but I don't need to receive them 23 times!
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My ISP has a spam filter, I can send no more than 500 messages per day or a lower number per hour. The ISP help desk was not aware of this and I only...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:27 pm
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Never Give Up
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Pontius Navigator » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:45 pm
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A few days ago my computer failed to boot after the logo, just a rotating circle of dots. Using online help I got into the recovery programs. I went...
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I have an SSD running the /usr partition on my machine, it's a few years old now. Hopefully it will be reliable as it's mostly read, not written to,...
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Last post by llondel
Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:54 pm
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Whatsapp warning
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by Slasher » Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:58 am
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I think this is dinkum. One of Ap’s mates belongs to a local chat group in BKK and the whole application crashed exactly like this.
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I mainly use KakaoTalk (popular in SE Asia) at home and Telegram for almost everyone else. On Whatsapp the only group I belong to is my old mob’s...
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Last post by Slasher
Sat Dec 21, 2019 4:07 am
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