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Anyone tried this or is there any other which you have tried with success? http://www.intowindows.com/recover-windows-product-key-bios-efi/

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allheart55 Cindy E replied June 2, 20168 yr

Simplicity Linux delivers a simpler way to run a fully powered Linux desktop on any computer you touch. It is derived from Puppy Linux. Two beta versions released in March offer experimental approaches that stray from the distro's standard releases. If you're familiar with Puppy Linux but have not yet taken Simplicity for a walk, you're missing out some interesting Linux computing experiences. Puppy Linux is a unique distro brand made for both new and old home-user computers. It was created by Barry Kauler in 2003 and continues to thrive with avid users. Simplicity Linux is more than a Puppy Linux clone. Beyond the look and feel of the Puppy desktop, Simplicity p…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied June 1, 20168 yr

Microsoft's interpretation of the "Close" button in a notification of an impending upgrade to Windows 10 is contrary to company design guidelines and other recommendations, according to documents on the firm's website. As part of a final push to boost the number of PCs running Windows 10 before the July 29 expiration of its free upgrade offer, Microsoft has altered the behavior of a notification dialog so that clicking the "X" in the upper-right corner authorizes the pre-scheduled upgrade. Not only is that contrary to decades of convention and user expectations, but it's a change from past behavior of the dialog. Previously, when users saw dialog frames posed by…

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Digerati replied May 31, 20168 yr

Anyone seen this? Running an ESET scan on my W7 machine. After about an hour, the ESET scanner window changes to something with black fields and just stays there. I let it run overnight and the screen didn't change. Restarted the computer and ran the scan again. Same results. I ran the scan because I recommended the ESET on-line scan to a friend of mine. He had questions about, so I ran the on-line scanner on my own machine to be able to answer his questions. ESET shot.pdf

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Tony D replied May 31, 20168 yr

US agencies also employ software code written in the '50s A report released by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Wednesday, May 25, reveals that critical systems that manage the country's nuclear arsenal are run on computers manufactured in the '70s that still use floppy disk drives for their storage. The report addresses the state of legacy IT systems used by US government agencies, and the necessary costs of upgrading. Besides a breakdown of some of the budget spendings on IT equipment in 2015, the report also includes a list of high-priority systems that government agencies need to address. Old software is rampant among US gover…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 30, 20168 yr

Hello Fore note; My firmware is the oldest on the planet earth. This is my situation. I have 2 Galaxy S 5's with one activated via Verizon, the other on a shelf and both are Samsung. I have an extra battery and charger. I use very little data and have 2 GB's My wife has a little T-Mobile Prism prepaid, no data and the $10. is due 6-2-16. I have lollipop not marshmallow and it is only rumored that Verizon will upgrade it in June. I ideally would like the LG V 10, 32 GB's , 4 GB ram, and at least a GB data with expansion. I would like it unlocked. I was told GSM is better than CDMA but Verizon is CDMA. I have removable batteries as does the LG V 10. That's importa…

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peterr replied May 30, 20168 yr

With Brother Printer HL-L2340DW when printing a PDF is there any way to print with numbers on the pages?

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BGBG replied May 30, 20168 yr

Microsoft is facing criticism from Chinese users about the way it is trying to persuade people to upgrade to its Windows 10 operating system. Chinese microblog site Weibo said users had now made more than 1.2 million posts complaining about Windows 10. The complaints in China follow criticism from IT experts who said Microsoft was using a "nasty trick" to make people upgrade. Microsoft has not yet responded to the reports about Chinese complaints. Boxing clever "The company has abused its dominant market position and broken the market order for fair play," Zhao Zhanling, a legal adviser for the Internet Society of China told the official Xinhua news agency.…

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DSTM replied May 28, 20168 yr

I am in the process of putting all computer parts in a Yamaha shelf Radio. Normal sized hardware. Why? Because it's quite a challenge this one. I have bits everywhere and so many modifications must be made. It will have a CD/DVD as well. I am pulling my hair out with this one.:wacko: If this works I will post when finished.:)

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DSTM replied May 27, 20168 yr

PayPal is thinning the number of mobile operating systems supported by the company's flagship app down to just two: Android and iOS. The PayPal mobile apps for Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon's Fire OS will be discontinued as of June 30th. It's fairly common to see these decisions for Windows Phone and BlackBerry, but a little less regular to see a company of PayPal's stature just up and abandon Amazon's fork of Android, which runs on Kindle Fire tablets and the failed Fire Phone. PayPal doesn't offer much of an explanation for the decision, but claims it'll lead to better apps for the remaining platforms. "It was a difficult decision to no longer support the Pay…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 26, 20168 yr

Hey guys, how can I get win10 home and pro OS to have on hand for installing on pc's please? I only want the basic OS software and not the product keys. Since all previous versions were available online for free I am thinking there should be an option for this?

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mikehende replied May 25, 20168 yr

When you think of an identity thief, you probably envision some squirrelly jerk in a third-world country selling your data on the black market. He’s untraceable and living someplace where the police don’t care. However, that ID thief could be only miles away from you, living an otherwise normal life… in a police where police also don’t really care. Today’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune has the first-person account of St. Paul resident Austin, who has spent the last decade dealing with myriad problems caused by a man who lives only a few towns over, but who has been misusing Austin’s Social Security number to buy cars, open lines of credit, and even get health insurance. …

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Bill M. replied May 25, 20168 yr

A little-known startup in China is gunning to be the first to sell bendable smartphones this year, seeking to upstage Samsung Electronics Co., which has started to dabble in flexible-screen technology. Moxi Group, based in Chongqing, says it will ship 100,000 of the devices in 2016. They are, at the very least, unique. The phones, which will sell for about 5,000 yuan ($765) apiece, are designed to be rolled into a bracelet and worn on the wrist. The touchscreens work when curled up, or can be unfurled into rectangles to use just like any other smartphone. For now, the gadgets will only feature black and white displays. with a color version to follow later. Still, th…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 24, 20168 yr

There's been some chatter from users who have been pushed into the latest edition of the Windows operating system, whether they want it or not. We're here to remind you that you can roll back your operating system. Here's a link to our how-to on rolling back to Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Remember, you do have a 30-day window for rolling back your unwanted upgrade. And you do have the option to get your free Windows 10 upgrade when you're ready -- and no just by July 29, 2016. As Ed Bott reported, so long as you had the Windows 10 upgrade long enough for Microsoft's servers to associate the product license with your specific hardware, you can roll on back to Win…

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Tony D replied May 24, 20168 yr

Wishing you a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CINDY. Hope you have a great day and get plenty of prezzies.

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Nebulous replied May 24, 20168 yr

Remember when you ditched Firefox for Chrome and pinkie-swore you’d never go back? Yeah, me too. But recently I needed to test a Web-based app in Firefox, so, with some hesitance, I took the plunge and installed it. I opened the browser, and saw a lean, minimalist user interface with cool, gray icons on the toolbar. But where was orange-y Firefox? Did I launch the wrong browser? Turns out, the good folks at Mozilla took their shrinking market share to heart and fought back with one of the most notably improved products I have seen in recent memory. Impressive performance improvements (Mozilla claims that Firefox is now the fastest of the top three browsers), a cus…

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Digerati replied May 23, 20168 yr

It seems Microsoft has found yet another way to push users towards Windows 10. Late last year, I wrote about issues with Microsoft’s popular Windows Live Mail 2012 program and the fact that the company was performing changes to its new email services such as Outlook.com that would render WLM useless without an update. This was worrying as it seemed to signify the company was looking to kill off the old app in favor of the unpopular default Mail app provided with Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Windows Live Mail has been very popular for Windows users and many prefer it over the default Windows 10 Mail app. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. The issue at the time was…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 23, 20168 yr

Over the last few months, we’ve reviewed cable and internet service bills for seven of the nation’s largest providers in an attempt to make sense of all those fees and charges. So what did we learn from these bills covering cable, satellite, and fiber customers from Connecticut to California? 1. Everyone is nickel-and-diming their customers, some more than others The fees! The fees are everywhere! As a rule of thumb, the collection of taxes, fees, and surcharges above the stated subscription price ranged from about 15% to 30% of any given customer’s total bill (including bills we looked at but didn’t publish). Taxes and state charges are, of course, highly var…

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Tony D replied May 23, 20168 yr

Don’t look know, but if you’re cruising around downtown Pittsburgh, the next Ford you overtake might be a self-driving Uber. On Thursday, the on-demand driving service took the wraps off its autonomous vehicles: modified Ford Focus hybrids outfitted with myriad sensors that the company began testing near its Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Advanced Technology research center several weeks ago. Uber’s cars sound impressive. A positioning array — a combination of 22 “cup-sized” cameras and lasers that sit atop the roof — allows the vehicles a sightline of more than 100 meters in every direction. They can brake, accelerate, and steer almost entirely autonomously, and durin…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 23, 20168 yr

iOS 9.3.2 may have a great secret feature, but it has also been causing serious problems and now Apple AAPL +1.08% has taken decisive action… Today the company announced it has pulled the update for all owners of the iPad Pro 9.7. Launched just two months ago, the iPad Pro 9.7 is Apple’s newest device but shortly after the release of iOS 9.3.2 scores of users took to online forums and social media to complain that the update had bricked their devices. Apple iOS 9.3.2 has caused some users a lot of problems. Image credit: Gordon Kelly I contacted Apple at the time and received the following response: “We’re looking into a small number of reports that so…

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Tony D replied May 22, 20168 yr

Like many PC owners, I've been receiving a lot of notifications from Microsoft lately suggesting, advising, and even strongly recommending that I upgrade to Windows 10, the company’s latest operating system. The option will no longer be free after July 29. Instead it will cost $119. But a few days ago, the company sent me a slightly different notification, one that apparently required me to opt out of the upgrade. I only vaguely remember seeing it. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that my laptop had received an automatic upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. How could that happen? Well, apparently, I wasn't paying enough attention. Over the years, I’…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied May 21, 20168 yr

Google gave everyone a sneak preview of its Google Home smart home appliance, entering a market that Amazon's Echo has already begun exploring. But are you ready to have a passively-listening device available for simple digital chores?

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Tony D replied May 20, 20168 yr