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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 222

on Tuesday, 10 November 2020

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Lisa Toth Every time I try to log into a Microsoft account my password doesn’t work. I end up creating a new password and using my current code. In Password I have a couple of versions of Microsoft passwords. My Skype username is my phone number. So

now I can get into Skype. I’m relieved about that but, next time I need to log into one of the

other accounts like MS Edge?

Nancy Ambrose I cannot print from Windows 10. I go to windows 7. Windows 10 does not recognize my printer and seems not to activate the default button. Is there a way to keep windows 7 safe?

Ed Lynch Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections. Check the proxy settings to make sure tha

t they are correct. Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is working.

News Item: Windows 10 20H2 LSASS crash issue causes forced reboot

News Item: Windows 7 won’t die, still second most popular operating system

News Item: Microsoft: Windows 10 1809 reaches end of service next week

News Item: QBot phishing lures victims using US election interference emails

News Item: Amazon reviews: 42% may be fake, independent monitor says.

News Item: Privacy-focused Brave browser grew over 130% in the past year

News Item: The feds just seized Silk Road’s $1 billion stash of bitcoin

News Item: Debt collectors will soon be allowed to reach you by text or on Facebook

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 221

on Tuesday, 03 November 2020

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Tony Pizza I was offered the 20H2 update, so installed it today, 11/1. The system info showed installed 5/31/2020. Is it

properly installed?

News Item: Microsoft begins to finally kill off Internet Explorer

News Item: FTC receives almost 2 million robocall complaints in nine months

News Item: Therapy patients blackmailed for cash after clinic data breach

News Item: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman got served a lawsuit via WhatsApp

News Item: Mac users unable to print after Apple revoked HP certificate

News Item: Microsoft plans big Windows 10 UI refresh in 2021 codenamed ‘Sun Valley’

News Item: Elon Musk’s SpaceX will ‘make its own laws on Mars’

News Item: The Only Man to Be Buried on the Moon

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 220

on Tuesday, 27 October 2020

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Lisa Toth I seem to remember that at one time, data was transmitted over the internet in packet

s of info. How many packets depended on how much data was being transmitted at a time. Is that still true? If dialup is being used how is the data translated into the packets.

News Item: Quibi streaming service shutting down after less than 1 year

News Item: Global Privacy Control

News Item: Towards a next generation cloud for Europe

News Item: Schrems II – what next for data transfers?

News Item: APD Homicide Detectives, use Crime Stoppers Tips and Drone Technology to Arrest Suspect in Murder of Thomas Jefferson Byrd

News Item: What we know about the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google so far

News Item: Microsoft’s new data center in a box will use SpaceX Starlink broadband

News Item: Windows 20H2 out — for some

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 219

on Tuesday, 20 October 2020

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Fred Krueger Is anyone having trouble with prime video, I have not been able to get it since the last windows update. I check

with my vpn (PIA) and nothing there. try troubleshooting connection problem and I am being directed to turn off vpn or get Nord vpn. I had no problem in the past using prime video with vpn on.

Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo I’m installing the critical Microsoft updates. It instructed me to reboot and has been rebooting for the last 45 minutes. Suggestions?

Fred Krueger Is this WIFI connector from (NetTec) a good WIFI extender?

News Item: Remote tribe says SpaceX Starlink “catapulted” them into 21st century

News Item: Google introduces song matching via humming, whistling or singing

News Item: EU targets Big Tech with “hit list” facing tougher rules

News Item: FCC will move to regulate social media after censorship outcry

News Item: Senate to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocking of Disputed Biden Articles

News Item: Internet Freedom Has Taken a Hit During the Covid-19 Pandemic

News Item: Amazon to escape UK digital services tax that will hit smaller traders

News Item: China starts digital yuan trial by giving $30 to 50,000 people

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 218

on Tuesday, 13 October 2020

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Sue Nethercott When I tried to shut down my PC, it said it was shutting down, but then it restarted. Happened 3 times in a row, so I ended up pulling the plug. Any idea why?

Roger Houston I do not understand why I get a Win 10 update that has the word: PREVIEW. October 1, 2020-KB4576945 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10, version 2004 and Windows Server, version 2004

News Item: Why some onions were too sexy for Facebook

News Item: Renewable player overtakes ExxonMobil in market value

News Item: AT&T plans thousands of layoffs at HBO & WarnerMedia

News Item: IBM to split into two companies by end of 2021

News Item: Apple declared monopoly by U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust

News Item: Apps usage rivals TV

News Item: Microsoft makes remote work option permanent

News Item: Microsoft Edge’s new feature promotes Skype video conferencing

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 217

on Monday, 05 October 2020

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Lisa Toth As we’ve been using web meetings more and more I have wondered: What are the differences between say ZOOM, SKYPE, Webex?

Tony Pizza At times, email and browser are “not responding”. Task manager says memory is 70% in use. After a few minutes, all is well. Something might be running, like defender, but task manager doesn’t show any resource hogs.

Tony Pizza Defender found a PUP in July. I told it to take action and remove it. However, every time Defender runs it tells me I have the same PUP, with the same July date. Malwarebytes didn’t find anything.

News Item: Google now discloses Android vulnerabilities for 3rd-party devices

News Item: Top sites infiltrated with credit card skimmers and crypto miners

News Item: AT&T shelving DSL may leave hundreds of thousands hanging by a phone line

News Item: The Subtle Effects of Blood Circulation Can Be Used to Detect Deep Fakes

News Item: The Apple Watch heart monitor sends too many people to the doctor

News Item: DuckDuckGo cries fowl after being expunged from Google’s Android search preferences menu for most of Europe

News Item: Ransomware Victims That Pay Up Could Incur Steep Fines from Uncle Sam

News Item: Is the internet falling apart?

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 216

on Tuesday, 29 September 2020

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Michael Megowan When I boot my computer from power off it always brings up a window asking if I want to boot into Windows 7 or Windows 10. The Windows 7 choice doesn’t work and I have to choose Windows 10. How do I get the computer to bypass this window and always go into Windows 10.

Tony Pizza About an hour after the meeting, I got a call from my non-tech brother, whose computer wouldn’t boot after they had a power outage. I told him no signal was because the computer wasn’t sending the video signal. I told him to turn the computer off and on, but that didn’t help. Told him to unplug and plug in the computer power cord. It worked, just like Bob G said.

Ian Fish One of those occasional “things” is safely disposing of / recycling old hard drives. I find myself with 3 outdated NAS devices, 1 of which is fried I think. Is there somewhere I can take them to have data wiped and the parts recycled/scrapped securely?

News Item: New Google ChromeOS updates cause 100% CPU usage, heating issues

News Item: Firefox 81 released with credit card autofill and new theme

News Item: The IRS Sets a Trap for Cryptocurrency Tax Cheats

News Item: Phishing attacks are targeting your social network accounts

News Item: Documented Death from a Ransomware Attack

News Item: Dark-web drug bust: 179 collared around the world, $6.5m in cash and 500kg of narcotics seized

News Item: Facebook Busts Russian Disinfo Networks

News Item: Tipsters Get $2.5 Million for Alerting SEC to Misconduct Abroad

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 215

on Tuesday, 22 September 2020

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Lisa Toth I have a friend who sends funny or political MP4s now and then. Sometimes I’d like to share a funny one on FB.

I don’t know how to do it.

Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo I’m getting a lot of unwanted texts on my iPhone I know I can filter unknown. I want to block them like I block telemarketers

Lisa Toth I installed Gramps this week. Somewhere I have a file on my computer that I downloaded from Ancestry that has what I have found so far. I can’t remember the file type, I don’t know what it is called and I don’t know where it is.

John Norbutas I have a pop up notice in the middle of my screen that I can neither move nor close. It says that after Sept 30 Norton will no longer support my perpetual license Norton Utilities. If I want Their support, I must subscribe to NortonLifeLock. If I don’t subscribe, they will not remove the popup that is blocking the center of my screen. Rebooting the computer didn’t help. Nor did Norton’s remote helper.

Fred Krueger I have run across a new to me website you might find interesting. It is “Rationalwiki”.

News Item: TikTok and WeChat current status

News Item: Windows 10 20H2 coming in October, final preview build released

News Item: Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it’s not to blame

News Item: Canada Tesla driver charged over ‘napping while speeding’

News Item: Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to archive more of the Web

News Item: Feds charge 6 people with bribing Amazon employees to gain edge on marketplace

News Item: Bill to tear down federal courts’ paywall gains momentum in Congress

News Item: Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo is growing fast

News Item: Microsoft Edge is getting a built-in password generator

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 214

on Tuesday, 15 September 2020

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Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo I have a problem. I received a credit card alert in February. I didn’t request a new credit card and

thought I notified Experian. I realize a few stupid Amazon deliveries may not have been a joke. I

contacted Amazon. They found a second account with my name and address not using the credit card I use for Amazon purchases. Any idea how this could have happened?

Fred Krueger Is there an easy way to post an image from a PDF file to a person’s Facebook page?

News Item: Dozens of Amazon’s own products have been reported as dangerous

News Item: Amazon Career Day

News Item: Walmart+ Targets Amazon Prime, launches September 15

News Item: China, Russia and Iran all attacking US elections and using some nasty new tactics, says Microsoft

News Item: US Company, Sandvine, Faces Backlash After Belarus Uses Its Tech To Block Internet

News Item: China would rather see TikTok U.S. close than a forced sale

News Item: Japan on Track to Introduce Flying Taxi Services in 2023

News Item: We Have to Pay If We Want Real News

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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 213

on Tuesday, 08 September 2020

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No Questions:

Discussion: Passwords and security

News Item: Google rolls out Secure DNS support to Chrome for Android

News Item: Attackers abuse Google DNS over HTTPS to download malware

News Item: Microsoft to finally kill Adobe Flash support by January 2021

News Item: Windows 10 2004 now blocked on devices with LTE cellular modems

News Item: Amazon Drivers Say Smartphones-In-Trees Scheme Has Been Thwarted

News Item: Amazon deletes 20,000 reviews after evidence of profits for posts

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