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I don't know if this will be of any help, Mike. Tips For Filtering Files

I could use something like this now.:thumbsup:

AT&T is today making good on a promise it had to make to the FCC last year, announcing their new program to connect more poor Americans to the internet and bridge that infamous digital divide. The FCC has a history of making ISPs provide inexpensive connections to low-income families as a merger condition. For example, Comcast’s Internet Essentials sprang into being as a merger condition when the cable behemoth bought NBCUniversal in 2011. The AT&T / DirecTV merger, approved just last year, is no different. The FCC mandated, as part of their approval of that merger, that AT&T make available some kind of affordable access program to low-income consumers, and so AT&T has announced it is doing just that. Expanding internet access to low-income individuals and families is both great and necessary, so let’s start with the kudos to AT&T for doing a good thing: they absolutely are. The more people that can access information online, the better off basically all of us are, and so every line matters. Now with that said, let’s get into the details. One key way in which AT&T Access differs from Comcast Internet Essentials has to do with eligibility: While Comcast says any household with at least one child getting free or reduced school lunch is a qualified low-income household, AT&T is instead using SNAP (food stamp) participation as their benchmark. About 22 million households nationwide were participating in SNAP as of the most recent data (January, 2016), so any of those households in the 21 states where AT&T provides internet access are eligible. That’s no small number, especially in context. For comparison, Comcast Internet Essentials has about 600,000 subscribing households, and 12 million households use Lifeline. AT&T is in a position to reach a whole lot of people, including single adults and seniors without young children in the home, and that’s a good thing. But what are they going to be reached with, exactly? AT&T says participating households will “get the fastest of three speed tiers — 10Mbps, 5Mbps or 3Mbps — available at their address,” which is kind of a hairy definition of access. “What’s available at your address” is going to be highly variable depending on, well, your address. Internet Essentials, meanwhile, is a uniform 10 Mbps across the board. On the other hand, AT&T Access does at least also have variable pricing for those variable speeds; connecting at 10Mbps or 5Mbps will cost $10 per month, but connecting at 3Mbps will cost $5. But neither Comcast’s nor AT&T’s maximum speeds meet’s the FCC’s aspirational 25 Mbps minimum definition for true, modern broadband. For that matter, even 3G mobile data — for which low-income consumers can soon also use their Lifeline credit — is probably going to be faster for many users than AT&T’s 3 or 5 Mbps offerings. Also, like AT&T’s higher-paying customers, Access subscribers will also be subject to a potentially pricey data cap. The pricing structure being put in place in late May will cap service either at 100 or 300 GB per month, depending on connection speed, after which customers are charged $10 per every 50 GB used. So on the one hand, AT&T is bringing cheap internet to several million households, which is great. And on the other hand, given the possibility of overage charges; the wane of wired access, with a matching dip in traditional desktop or laptop use; and the gain in mobile, device-based, wireless internet use, it’s hard to project what percentage of those households will actually see a point to AT&T’s new offering. But still: the FCC asked, and the program has arrived. Perhaps it will help us chip away at digital inequality one more household at a time. AT&T Setting Out to Connect More U.S. Residents to the Internet [AT&T official]

You're welcome, Peter. Thanks for letting us know.

When you learned about the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14328 being released today for PCs and Mobile devices you should have had a small bit of déjà vu as you read this list of updates that arrived today for PCs: Windows Ink Experience Updated Start menu Full-screen All Apps list in Start for Tablet Mode Auto-hide taskbar in Tablet Mode Cortana on your Lock screen More ways to create Cortana reminders Cortana Cross-Device features Cortana no longer requires any setup or Microsoft Account sign in Deeper file search which includes OneDrive results New entry point for Action Center on Taskbar Visual changes to Action Center including individual app notifications and just displaying the app icon once Insights from Cortana now in Action Center Customize Quick Actions in Action Center Wi-Fi Quick Action changes Taskbar clock now includes your calendar entries Taskbar clock is now visible on all monitors Taskbar Badging for UWP apps Taskbar settings have migrated to the Settings app Manage multiple playback devices from the Taskbar Icons for individual settings pages Updated Pen settings page Improved app management Windows Insider Program settings page Switch Virtual Desktops by swiping four fingers left or right on the trackpad Email address is now hidden on the Lock screen Media control show on top of Lock screen Updated Credential and UAC Dialog UI Updated Skype UWP Preview app Updated File Explorer icon File Explorer no longer pinned to Taskbar by default Japanese IME improvements Now granted, not everyone of the above additions in 14328 were also included in Windows 10 Mobile that received a large update earlier this week. However, if you go down that list you will quickly see that many of the features being worked for mobile are making it into desktop and vice versa. There will always be some areas that are uniquely desktop and/or mobile. However, seeing the look and feel syncing together is encouraging because it should provide a steady core of Windows 10 across the ecosystem and that means we will gain a lot of familiarity in the interfaces between these two key platforms. I know that is not what everyone wants however, that is the concept of Windows 10 as an ecosystem across all types of screen sizes. Microsoft is continuing that effort and have now got both the PC and mobile build releases synched back up as well. I will be diving deeper into this huge Windows 10 Anniversary Update over the next few days and will bring you greater detail about all of the new enhancements that are included in this build. Source: winsupersite

That is a completely different issue. If you go to the HP website and enter the computer model and click on Software and Drivers, it will take you to the scanner. Click on Check Now. This video is for Windows 7 but it should work with Vista as well.

If you click this link....http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-TouchSmart-Desktop-PC-series/3733137/model/3747432, the HP scanner will scan the system (in question) for missing or out of date drivers.

Have you tried this.....? Let HP identify any out-of-date or missing drivers and software How does HP use product data collected with this service? Check now You can find the scanner under Software and Driver Results. http://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-TouchSmart-Desktop-PC-series/3733137/model/3747432

That is the correct driver but I don't trust the web-site. Why not get it directly from HP? http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-TouchSmart-Desktop-PC-series/3733137/model/3747432/drivers/

It looks awesome, Dougie! :wow: It came out even better than I imagined. :winner: Great job! Now, where's mine? :woohoo:

I like the blue led's too.

Pepper is a very popular robot, working as a concierge and sales assistant in retail environments all over the world. The 4-foot-tall humanoid android is able to detect and respond to humans’ emotional states, and will eventually be able to perform a variety of jobs that require interacting with the public. Its newest assignment: multiple Peppers will go to sea on Costa cruise ships. The companies behind Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics and its parent company Softbank, propose using the robots everywhere from the hospitality industry to retail stores to individual homes as a companion, which the company is trying in Japan. In addition to emotional intelligence, Pepper is also powered by IBM’s Watson, and can have different languages installed according to customer needs. The version heading to work on Costa cruise ships will have three languages pre-programmed, (English, German, and Italian) and won’t be in charge of typical repetitive robot tasks like delivering towels or mixing drinks. Instead, it will serve as a robo-concierge, helping to answer customer questions and help the Carnival-owned cruise line understand what customers want as a form of “digital engagement.” If there are passengers who speak a language the robot isn’t familiar with, it can receive an upgrade. If the company uses information collected from Pepper to make decisions about amenities or field complaints about the food, that raises privacy concerns: will users be told how their conversations with the adorable white plastic crew members could be used? How Pepper the robot will become newest crew member of Costa Cruise Line [TechRepublic]

Earlier this week, Amazon announced that it was making its Prime membership program — which includes access to the Prime library of streaming video and music, discounted and expedited shipping, and other benefits — available on a monthly basis in two different forms. Instead of the annual all-encompassing fee of $99 (which comes out to $8.25/month), shoppers have the option of either $8.99/month for Prime Video only, or $10.99/month for full access to the program. So does it ever make sense to go the monthly route or should Amazon shoppers just ante up for the annual subscription? There is no clear choice that covers all shoppers, but there are some scenarios in which one plan may be more suited. 1. The Year-Round Amazon Customer If you’re a regular shopper on Amazon and want the shopping benefits of Prime, it makes more sense to go with the full-year plan instead of the month-to-month option. Yes, you’ve got to pay $99 all at once for that membership, but that ends up significantly less expensive than the $131.88 you’d spend over the course of the year. Depending on what you buy, and how quickly you need it, you may want to consider ditching Prime altogether. Amazon recently made it more difficult for non-Prime members to qualify for free shipping, raising the minimum order to qualify for free shipping on most (non-book) purchases to $49. Book purchases only need to hit the $25 mark to qualify. So if you’re regularly making purchases that pass the free-shipping threshold and don’t mind waiting a few extra days for delivery, then maybe the money you’re spending Prime could be put to better use elsewhere. 2. The Holiday Amazon Shopper Don’t like dealing with holiday shopping crowds, or getting to the store only to find the gift you wanted to buy is out of stock? That’s why online shopping was invented. Many gift purchases would likely be above that $49 minimum to qualify for free shipping without Prime, but that brings in the other factor: Shipping time. Maybe it’s a last-minute purchase, or maybe that vague “5 to 8 day” window for non-Prime customers is too big for you, then you’ll either have to pay for expedited shipping or go the monthly Prime route. For example, two-day shipping on a PlayStation 4 will run you $14.48. Adding a month of Prime for $10.99 would shave more than $2 off that shipping cost. Add in a copy of Dark Souls III and your non-Prime two-day shipping costs goes up to $22.46. The monthly fee for Prime would cut that in half. So if you’re only an occasional Amazon shopper who swoops in once or twice a year to buy several items at the same time, the monthly Prime might be the better option of the two. Just remember to cancel when you’re not using it. 3. The Video Game Buyer Earlier this year, in an effort to compete with the growing online marketplaces for console video games, Amazon began discounting pre-ordered and newly released video games by 20% for Prime members. That means a new game like the aforementioned Dark Souls III will only cost $47.99, instead of the $59.99 other customers pay. Avid gamers who regularly purchase new release games throughout the year would probably want to consider the annual Prime membership. But if you’re just looking to save on a particular title, the $10.99 fee for Prime would result in a net savings of one dollar for that game — plus the free release-date delivery. The one tricky part here is knowing for certain when a video game is being released. Any gamer knows that release dates aren’t terribly reliable, and games are frequently delayed. The 20% video game discount for Prime is applied at shipping, so if you’re going to become a short-term Prime member just to save money on video games, it would be best to wait until shortly before the release date to make sure there isn’t a last-minute schedule change. (We’ve asked Amazon to confirm that this is correct and will update if/when we hear back). 4. Prime Video If you’re coming to Amazon Prime for the streaming video library, the monthly $10.99 plan makes little sense (unless you’re only going to need access for a few weeks and need to make a bunch of purchases with two-day shipping). Which is why Amazon also announced a standalone Prime Video-only service for $8.99/month, targeting curious but commitment-phobic cord-cutters. Over the course of a year, you’d pay a total of $8.88 more for the ability to add/drop the service as needed. Aside from people who want to test Prime Video without having to fork over a whole year’s membership fee, who might be interested in this month-to-month access? If you’re a fan of an Amazon original show, like Transparent or Catastrophe and just want to pay to binge-watch a new season over the course of a few days, then maybe it’s worth simply paying for access whenever something of interest pops up on Prime. This could also hold true for some of the cable show catalogs in the Prime library. Want to catch up on Season 3 of Orphan Black but don’t feel like paying $15-20 to purchase the entire season? The $8.99 for a month of Prime Video will cost you less. Important: Regardless of whether you try the $10.99/month full Prime access or the $8.99/month Prime Video access, make sure to keep track of when that month renews so that you’re not paying for months you don’t want or need. Source: consumerist

That's awesome, Dougie. I can't wait to see your pictures. :clap:

Thanks for letting us know, Lina. I'll stop over at KH and drop Adam some get well wishes.

I can't help you with the rest but the Microsoft Store has solitaire collections for Windows 10. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/microsoft-solitaire-collection/9wzdncrfhwd2

Sounds good, Peter. Thanks for letting us know.

Makes sense to me.

Wise choice.

I, personally, would not go with a refurbished drive. I don't trust them.

It looks awesome, Dougie. :thumbsup: Very well planned and thought out.

That's great, Tony. Thanks for letting us know.

If you are hearing the clicking sound in the video that Tony posted, that is your hard drive failing.