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The Catholic directory was no help for you?

Here we go again with Lenovo. I just picked a new Lenovo laptop out for my daughter-in-law's mother. She ordered it three days ago.

Microsoft is edging closer to its one billion goal. After less than a year of upgrades, 300 million machines are now running Windows 10. That's a 30 million improvement on the 270 million figure Microsoft provided at Build in late March, and a sign that people are continuing to upgrade at a steady rate. Microsoft has a big goal of reaching one billion devices running Windows 10 within the next two years, and it's nearly a third of the way there. Microsoft's 300 million figure includes Windows 10 PCs, tablets, phones, and the company's Xbox One console. Consumers have adopted Windows 10 quicker than Windows 7 or Windows 8, but free upgrades have clearly helped. Microsoft released Windows 10 on July 29th last year as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. At the time, Microsoft said its free upgrade promotion would run for a year, and the company is sticking to its word by reminding people today that it will cost $119 to upgrade to Windows 10 Home from July 30th onward. SourceThe Windows Blog

Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade prompts will become a thing of the past soon. The software giant is planning to remove its Get Windows 10 app from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs after July 29th. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that the company is planning to end its free Windows 10 upgrade offer on July 29th, and in a statement to WinBetait has revealed the annoying upgrade notification will be disabled after July 29th: For Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users who have resisted the move to Windows 10 it means the upgrade prompts will disappear. Third-party apps have allowed many to disable the notifications, and system administrators can kill the process for business machines. A giant Windows 10 upgrade prompt appeared during a weather forecast last week, providing some unusual comedy. Microsoft will end its free upgrade offer for Windows 10 on July 29th, but the company still has time left to reverse that decision. If the upgrade promotion does get extended, it's likely that the Windows 10 notifications will continue, but for now Microsoft is saying the notifications will end on July 29th. SourceWinBeta

That's another great way. Did not think of that one.

Offhand, the only way that I can think of to gather the names is the Catholic Directory for Queens.

I would search the Catholic Directory. You can Google the one for your immediate area.

I am not sure what it is that you are trying to do, Mike. What does this mean?

I also have Windows 10 but on a separate computer. I rarely use it. I have always been an early adopter of all new operating systems. Not so with Windows 10. My main box is Window 7 but I do have Windows 8.1 on another machine.

Seems like a safer bet.

That is pretty much what I have been telling my people. I have upgraded quite a few of them from 7 to 10 and many of them had me revert it after a couple of weeks. Most of the people that upgraded from 8.1 to 10 have liked it. The others are dealing with it.

Microsoft is reminding everyone today that the free promotion for Windows 10 upgrades is finishing soon. The software maker first released Windows 10 as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines on July 29th last year, giving everyone a year to upgrade at no cost. Many had assumed Microsoft would keep the free upgrade rolling past the year cut off, but it appears the company is sticking to its original promise. "Time is running out." In an announcement of 300 million Windows 10 users, Microsoft has started driving awareness of the July 29th date. "Time is running out," says Yusuf Mehdi, who heads up Microsoft's Windows and devices marketing efforts. "The free upgrade offer will end on July 29th and we want to make sure you don’t miss out." After July 29th, Microsoft says you'll need to purchase a full version of Windows 10 Home for $119 or get Windows 10 on a new machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVo9Vdpk23g Windows 10 has proved popular, especially with 300 million machines now running it, but the company wants one billion devices using the software within the next two years. Reminding people that they only have two months left to upgrade free of charge is one way of driving upgrade numbers, but opting to extend the promotion could also have similar results. It's hardly surprising that Microsoft is sticking to its original plans, but there's still time left for the company to change its mind. Source: theverge

I agree with you. Nothing seems to be off-limits anymore.

I would have been so ticked off!

If you’re arrested or a suspect in a crime, the police can’t force you to remember the combination to your safe, or the passcode for your iPhone. But what if that phone can be unlocked with biometric data like a fingerprint? Does the ready access to this information give law enforcement an easy way to open secure devices, or would that be a violation of your constitutional rights? The U.S. Supreme Court made it clear in 2014 that police must have a warrant to search the contents of a mobile device, but does that warrant give them the authority to compel you to use your thumb to actually unlock the device? The answer to that will ultimately hinge on how courts view fingerprints. Is using your finger to unlock the device no different than being ordered to turn over a key, or is putting your fingertip on that button tantamount to testifying against yourself in violation of the Fifth Amendment? Some courts have already chimed in on the matter, with a Virginia state court ruling in Oct. 2014 that while police can’t force suspects to reveal the passcode to their phones, compelling the use of a fingerprint is acceptable because it “does not require the witness to divulge anything through his mental process.” More recently, the L.A. Times writes of a U.S. Magistrate Judge who signed off on a warrant compelling a woman to provide her fingerprint to unlock a phone seized at her boyfriend’s apartment. However, University of Dayton law professor Susan Brenner tells the Times that she believes this is a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition against self-incrimination. “By showing you opened the phone, you showed that you have control over it,” she explains. “It’s the same as if she went home and pulled out paper documents — she’s produced it.” Yet, as noted in the Virginia ruling, the Supreme Court has held in 1976’s Fisher v. United States that “The Fifth Amendment protects against compelled self-incrimination, not the disclosure of private information,” and that compelling a suspect to turn over documents or other evidence that may ultimately be incriminating is not the same as testifying against yourself. While a passcode might be more old-fashioned and seemingly less secure than a biometric lock, there is court precedent giving passcodes more legal protections than fingerprints. In 2010, in U.S. v. Kirschner, a federal court in Michigan held that compelling a defendant to provide a passcode qualifies as testimony because it requires the defendant to “communicate knowledge, unlike the production of a handwriting sample or a voice exemplar,” which — like fingerprints — have long been excluded from Fifth Amendment protections. “This is why I tell my criminal procedure students that they have more protections if they use a passcode rather than fingerprint to guard entry to their phones,” University of Washington law professor Mary Fan explains to Ars Technica. “While I don’t conduct crimes on my cell phone, I still decline to use my fingerprint out of an abundance of caution!” Source: consumerist

In New York City, construction companies can get temporary “No Parking” orders to make it easier to move their equipment and materials in and around a job site. And while drivers who ignore these signs can have their vehicles ticketed and towed, the construction workers do not have the authority to relocate those cars with a forklift. CBS New York has reported on multiple stories of people in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section having their cars illegally moved onto sidewalks with the aid of a forklift. First came the family who managed to get video evidence of their SUV being moved by construction workers. At first, the family wondered how their new Infiniti SUV had gotten one corner several feet up onto the sidewalk, resting up against a tree. There was also visible damage to the rear bumper: Additionally, the SUV now has issues with steering and braking. Then a neighbor showed them video footage of their car being picked up and moved by a forklift from the neighboring construction site, where a large apartment building is in the works. Others in the area say these forklift relocations happen “every day” near the job site. And that claim seems to be bolstered by the latest report from CBS New York, involving a local man whose Lexus was picked up by a forklift and moved completely off the road and onto the sidewalk, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage. Two other residents in the neighborhood tell the station that they too have had their cars pushed around by the over-eager forklift. The “No Parking” signs used by the construction workers appeared to be unofficial, nothing that anyone with a printer and photocopier couldn’t make in a few seconds, but CBS confirms that the developer did indeed get the proper approvals to have empty streets during construction. Regardless of whether or not any of these drivers were parked illegally, there are non-forklift avenues available for clearing in-the-way cars. Two Trees Management, the developer of the new building, tells CBS that it has reprimanded the subcontractor for its “unacceptable behavior,” and that this subcontractor will fully pay for any damages. Source: consumerist

I don't usually store anything that I don't want to lose on my tablet but because I sometimes use my tablet as an E-reader, I always make sure to transfer the books to my computer if I am going to do a factory reset. Like Bill said, there are plenty of anti-virus and security programs made for Android. Take a look here for further information on it. Android Security Other than that, Pete is probably the best one to ask when it comes to security. He's my go-to-guy. :D

Unbelievable. I would have fought that one. :real_anger:

Did it help the issue of slowness? It always helps my tablet. I usually transfer anything that I want to save over to my computer before I do a factory reset.

Agreed. I would definitely say thirty days from the time that they were notified that the repair was complete.

Oh my... I didn't see it either until your comments. It's creepy, lol and awesome. :thumbsup:

That is what I was going to suggest. You can download the user manual here. https://www.manualowl.com/p/Samsung/GT-P5113/Manual/164540 There should instructions for a factory reset in the manual.

That's beautiful Frank.

I have had my Hotmail (outlook) account since 2008 but I didn't use it as my main webmail until about a year ago. I was able to import all of my Yahoo contacts, folders and email successfully. It's spam filter is so much better than Yahoo's ever was.