Latest Shows - Mercury Broadcasting

Q&A with CIPCUG session 149

Lisa Toth Was interested in computer arbitrage Fred Krueger I have subscribed to the VCStar and they take my money…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 148

Sandy Tsutsui-Trujillo I’m using winpe to make backup images. I have a solid state drive that keeps failing at 50%?…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 147

John Weigle Microsoft Publisher 2016's spellcheck is switching back and forth from English to Spanish and tells me that level…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 146

Fred Krueger Metered connections, how do they work and why am I asked to choose News Item: Gmail freaks out…
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Q&A with CIPCUG session 145

Jerry Crocker Windows10 - Edge browser reading mail from "View on Nextdoor" The link works on lap top, same browser. Link…
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Q&A Seesion 144

Fred Krueger How is it that a person with an infected phone can come into an office and infect the…
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Fred Krueger How is it that a person with an infected phone can come into an office and infect the…
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Q&A session 143

Fred Krueger: I see on the news that direct TV has lost a lot of subscribers. Does direct tv leave…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 142

Andy Toth: 1. My android phone updated again. It transferred all my contacts to the google contacts app from my…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 141

Michael Megowan What are your thoughts on the new Norton 360 VPN? Fred Krueger where do I go in settings…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 140

Fred Krueger I bought a remote HDMI switch, but the IR pickup for the remote for the hdmi switch seems…
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Q&A with CIPCUG session 139

John Weigle I was using my laptop today and checked on security. I couldn't find what used to be the…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 138

Lisa Toth I want to migrate from windows live mail to the latest ms mail in Office 365. I have…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 137

News Item: If You Can Do Without An App, Do So News Item: Have At Least One Junk Email Account…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 136

Fred Krueger Most houses have coaxial cable inside and maybe fiber optic coming to the outside connection point, so if…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 135

Fred Krueger I have run across mention of apps for creating and organizing files in OneDrive, Do you know of…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 134

Lisa Toth I am trying to merge the old OneNote with the new. Pages I know had content in the…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 133

Tony Pizza: Some HDMI cables are just cable and connectors. Others have some larger bulge near one end. Are they…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 132

Fred Krueger Do you think the people that had money in the bitcoin locker managed by the guy that died,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 131

Fred Krueger Still waiting for windows version 1809 on the wife's computer. It keeps updating version 1803. Sue Nethercott Facebook…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 130

Tony Pizza A friend said he keeps getting a message to update Supremo when he boots up. It appears that…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 129

Fred Krueger Would it be possible to have a cell phone without having to have it hooked to a provider.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 128

Andy Toth If the drive my OneDrive folder is in crashes, are the files in the cloud left intact? Lisa…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 127

Fred Krueger How do I import contacts to Vivaldi e-mail, I am having some difficulty. Andy Toth I've installed Office…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 126

Roger Houston Both of my Win 10 PC's are locked from me. Seems that they are in an endless loop.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 125

Craig Ladd: Clean Master for android - posts say use this app for optimizing storage - miscellaneous data works great, does it?…
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Q&A Session 124

John Weigle I'm having problems using Save or Save As with the latest Word update. Either I forgot to save…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 124

John Weigle I'm having problems using Save or Save As with the latest Word update. Either I forgot to save…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 123

Fred Krueger I use Netgear routers and a Netgear extender to get Amazon Prime and other channels to my TV.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 122

Fred Krueger I have router with dual capability and it seems always to use only the 2 GHz range. why…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 121

Fred Krueger Today I keep getting error 461 code whenever I click on something on a page in yahoo mail,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 120

John Weigle Is the Avast safe browser incognito mode automatically installed or does it have to be downloaded separately. Andy…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 119

Lisa Toth What is your feeling about the Avast browser? I'm not truly happy with any of them right now.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 118

Tony Pizza Is the 1809 update fixed and available for download? Or should we wait a little more? Fred Krueger…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 117

Bill Hinds Is there a way to prevent Facebook from accessing bank accounts? News Item Naming & Shaming Web Polluters:…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 116

Jerry Crocker: email received stating: "Your Dropbox account is closing unless you take action; We noticed you haven't used your…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 115

K Edward Lynch: What's up with Tor browser?? Fred Krueger: I spent most of the day on the phone and…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 114

Fred Krueger I find under devices that I have near 200 listed. Most of them are the name of my…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 113

Andy Toth I logged onto my Win10 computer local account. OneDrive account is setup to automatically log in. I copied…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 112

Andy Toth Interesting email problem. whenever my wife sends a pdf attachment using WindowsLive from one account, it is received…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 111

Bill Hinds Is there a way to prevent Facebook from accessing bank accounts? Fred Krueger About printers, they have this…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 110

John Weigle I have two external hard drives that work on my laptop but not my desktop. Both are USB…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 109

Fred Krueger I was sent a music clip on messenger that opens in youtube. Now every time I click on…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 108

Lisa Toth I see that Adobe has a document cloud. It looks like it has some nice features. It appears…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 107

Lisa Toth I switched to Chrome after a bad couple of days on FireFox. It is slower to respond as…
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Q&A with CIPCUG session 106

John Weigle What are the effects of the Supreme Court ruling on web businesses having to pay state sales taxes.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG session 105

Fred Krueger From time to time my screen will go black for 2 to 3 seconds and come back. What…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session104

Lisa Toth I am wondering about VLC. Is it any good? Tony Pizza I've had a fair number of popup…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 103

Fred Krueger Instead of Google search, how about using Duck Duck Go News Item: Yahoo Messenger Now Joins the List…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 102

Fred Krueger When I click on firefox to open I keep getting the message, do I want this browser and…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 101

Tony Pizza Window 10 file manager is slow, "working on it". I'm considering trying Free Commander. Looks like something I…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 100

Tony Pizza I have an Asus that I tell to hibernate, but wakes up with a keypress. If I turn…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 99

Lisa Toth Recently I have discovered I can't post to some sites even when there is a form to do…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 98

Lisa Toth Just got a fail message from my email. "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection." Fred Krueger What…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 97

Lisa Toth I'm still waffling about office 365 and amazon prime. Are free shipping, movies and tv shows reason enough?…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 96

John Weigle If I heard him right, Leo LaPorte said yesterday that there's no need for anti-virus programs because there's…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 95

John Weigle I was listening to your podcast No. 92. I was using Firefox. The sound stopped at 3:28. I…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 94

Lisa Toth Message from Malwarebytes. "These items have been quarantined by Malwarebytes." Do you know what this is? It says…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 93

Lisa Toth On my toshiba laptop w/win 10, the cell for cortana takes up a lot of space on my…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 92

John Weigle I bought Office 365 and am just starting to use it. Does it automatically save things in the…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 91

John Norbutas I am aware of the virtues of Onenote, but what about the downside? Is there another app out…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 90

Lisa Toth on Facebook I lose being able to see posts when the banner contains a video. Is there a…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 89

Lisa Toth I was having problems saving changes or new sites on Last pass. I had to use the advanced…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 88

Lisa Toth: I can't figure out how to search One Note. I don't see the process. Lisa Toth: I'm having…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 87

Fred Krueger how do I join your podcast Toby Scott Just received a recorded call at work: "If you don't…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 86

John Norbutas I am looking for alternative methods for password protecting pdf files. I have an older version of Adobe…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 85

News Item: Starting March 1st 2018, Windows Defender and other Microsoft products will begin to remove programs that display coercive…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 84

Lisa Toth I took my phone to the store I bought it from. After re-setting the SDcard manually and trying…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 83

News Item: Intel asks customers to halt patching for chip bug, citing flaw News Item: Hacker Might Have Stolen the…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 82

We are on vacation this week, so we have pre-recorded this show. As we can't talk about current news, we…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 81

Lisa Toth Several of my Last Pass sites don't automatically sign in anymore. It seems to be the financial institutions.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 80

Lisa Toth Where is the best (or maybe only) place to buy Office 365. Roger Houston I have had a…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 79

Roger Houston Does Onedrive photos and docs still reside somewhere on my PC? And secondly, I WANT to store or…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 78

Lisa Toth In Whole foods market, you can order something from Amazon.com and have it delivered to Whole foods. They…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 77

Jerry Schrum Can I run the paid version of Malwarebytes (which has full-time malware protection) at the same time I…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 76

Lisa Toth I used to use Thunderbird, switched to Windows live; liked it but now I find it is not…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 75

Tony Pizza After making a disk image, Win 10 wants to make a repair disk, which I did. It also…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 74

Lisa Toth Some time ago I asked what "snap" is. Roger Houston I have mixed results installing Win-10 v-1709. Laptop…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 73

Lisa Toth What is a mobi file. I downloaded an ebook I had purchased. It came to file explorer in…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 72

Roger Houston Can I edit contacts in Outlook 2016 and have it sync across all my devices? I recently installed…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 71

Jerry Schrum: Does being on the "Dark Web" mean the New York Times is free to readers? and if yes,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 70

Lisa Toth: Did the Tuesday update this month automatically download if I have auto updates setup? Have there been any…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 69

Kathy Van Slyke: Is the Atlantic Discount Store a legitimate site? On the site they state that they are a…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 68

Lisa Toth Is a way to make my task bar a bit bigger on my Asus. Lisa Toth I am…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 67

Kathy Van Slyke Does anyone know if scdkey.com is a legitimate site? Ads for them have appeared on various sites…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session No.66

Janet van Duinwyk Three weeks ago my HP 8710 printer was happily printing my reports and then it abruptly stopped.…
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Q&A Session 65

Lisa Toth I have found a site called unit converter. It has a wealth of conversion charts for all kinds…
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Q&A session 64

Jerry Crocker The NextRadio app lets you experience live and local FM radio on your smartphone without logging into your…
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Q &A: Session 63

Craig Ladd Android, tablet still won't let me do original posts, only comments on posts - but can do original posts…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 62

Lisa Toth: I'm having problems replying to emails. Sometimes the receiver actually got the message but they get it multiple…
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Q&A with CIPCUG No. 61

John Weigle I'm finding myself surrounded with cables. What are your thoughts on wireless keyboards and mice for a cluttered…
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Q&A with CIPCUG No. 60

Paddy Ruzella How do I remove My Way from Google Chrome? Step by step info. needed. Thanks Sue Nethercott I've…
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Q&A with CIPCUG session 59

Lisa Toth: Another question: Also a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned the updates my 2 in 1 needs and…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 58

Sandra Gelso: If I use Boingo overseas is it more secure than an airport lounge or hotel wifi? John Weigle:…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 57

Lisa Toth: For my ASUS 2-in-1 I decided to download an app from the store. After I chose it and…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 56

Lisa Toth: If I want to take something out of OneNote, how do I do that? I'd like to delete…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 55

John Weigle: Why does Thunderbird no longer remember my password for outgoing Gmail? It works fine with my AOL, CIPCUG…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 54

John Weigle Anyone have any ideas why Thunderbird no longer remembers my password for outgoing Gmail? It works fine with…
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Q&A with CIPCUG; Session 53

John Weigle: I'm looking for a simple way to create mailing lists so I can make labels. Craig Ladd: Can…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 52

Lisa Toth: Recently updated my Microsoft account to reflect a new email address. When that seemed to be working, I…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 51

John Weigle: My desktop and laptop have accepted the updates to the latest Windows 10. Now all I have to…
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Q&A with CIPCUG No.50

John Weigle Windows started installing Creators Update, which took a while, then rebooted, did some more and finally ended…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 49

Roger Houston Not sure about the usefulness of Last Pass Authenticator. Is it helpful? How? News Item: A photo of…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 48

News Item: Kim Komando: 560 million passwords leaked online - Change your logins now! News Item: "A system whose security depends…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 47

Lisa Toth duplicate files finder you mentioned in an answer to finding duplicate files. I went out to the site…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 46

Lisa Toth I sent a question about "snap" What the heck is it? Sue Nethercott Given that companies are wont…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 45

Lisa Toth: Andy and I have Microsoft phones with AT&T. They came with an email program on them. An AT&T…
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Q&A with CIPCUG; Session 44

John Weigle: This is the message I've been getting. "Microsoft Account You need to fix your Microsoft Account for…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 43

Tony Pizza I'm asking for a friend (of course). Verizon router/modem, home network used by wired Win 10, wireless Win…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 42

Lisa Toth Andy and I both have windows phones. Is the Windows phone going away? If so what would be…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 41

Lisa Toth My Medicare gap insurance has offered a series of classes to reduce the chances of diabetes. Since my…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 40

Lisa Toth Sometimes I end up with more than one instance of a site in my LastPass vault. For example,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG – Session 39

Lisa Toth My last pass app starting doing weird things and the only way to stop it was to unpin…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 38

John Metcalf (Santa Clarita Valley Computer Club): I have had problems with losing my W-Fi connection. I can fix it…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 37

Lisa Toth: I use windows live for email on 3 email accounts. If I am not careful when sending an…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 36

Sue Nethercott I can set up a keyboard shortcut to open file manager, or whatever it is called these days,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG – Session 35

We were both under the weather, but we were here for you. Thanks again for the questions from the SCV…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Session 34

We were lucky enough to get questions from out of town! Here are some questions submitted from Santa Clarita valley.…
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Q&A with CIPCUG, Session 33

Bill Hinds: When I try to use Acronis Disk Director, I get message that I'm using a Demo, and it…
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Q&A With CIPCUG -- Session 32

Sue Nethercott How easy is it to convert an Access database to a mySQL database? And how easy is…
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Q&A With CIPCUG - Session 31

This week's questions are in: Jerry Crocker: Alerted us to a Gmail phishing attack. It looks like an email attachment…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 30

Since we didn't have enough questions to fill a 20 minute podcast, Toby spent a fair amount of time discussing…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 29

Google recently dropped a big announcement in the arena of competing Smart Car manufacturers when they mentioned that they will…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 28

Bunny Vreeland Talk about apps. Every business has its own app, it seems. Why? I also understand that some apps…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 27

Michael Megowan What size 2 in 1 computer would you recommend to replace my tired Windows XP laptop? What manufacture(s)…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 26

Darrell Peck: I am attempting to set up a Remote Desktop Connection. How do I verify access through my firewall?…
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Q&A With CIPCIG, Session 25

Lisa Toth On my new Windows 10 computer I can't get on the internet and it has disappeared from our…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 24

Sue Nethercott My search is screwed. I was searching for a file in my directory, but the search never ended…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 23

Tony Pizza At Saturday's meeting Michael demonstrated getting a Perfect Paper Password with a bunch of random numbers.This would be…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 22

Sandra Gelso Why does LastPass sometimes ask me if I want it to save my password and sometimes it doesn't?…
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Q&A with CIPCUG, Session No. 21

Jes started with a simple question about Microsoft and when the dust settled,it was a full on Podcast all its…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session No.20 and Password Securities

Bunny Vreeland Passwords. You probably get password questions all the time. How many letters, numbers and signs do you need…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 19

Orv Beach New code injection method exposes all versions of Windows to cyberattack by AtomBombing tables underlying all versions of…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 18

From Saturday's meeting: What do we know about the Denial of Service attack on Friday that took down Twitter, PayPal,…
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Q&A With CIPCUG, Session 17

Bill Hinds How do I uninstall Wondershare and True Key completely? Both say I can't uninstall because they are running,…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 16

We Had Several Comments on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on the Facebook page: Is it fixed? Andy Toth HomeGroup Hell:…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 15

K Edward Lynch Transfer of ICANN ... good or bad??? Jerry Crocker Is anyone else having issues with Mozilla thunderbird ? Lisa…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 14

Jerry Schrum: Follow-up question re: today's discussion about Yahoo. So if I changed my pw, disabled the "security questions," &…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Round 13

Jerry Crocker: A question about: file history; file history took over my drive and filled it up! When did this…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Beware the Blue Screen Hack

Before we do anything else... We have to applaud the craftsmanship that went into what is called: "The Blue…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session Number 11 with Toby Scott

K. Edward Lynch: Does turning off the network connection prevent access to a PC? Does turning off the NIC card…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 10

PSA From Toby Scott If you have an iPhone, update it immediately. According LookOut Blog, a security update company's…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session No. 9 with Toby Scott

Sue Nethercott What's the best way of getting good wi-fi if you are travelling in an RV? Sue Nethercott Which…
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Q&A with CIPCUG Session 8

Jerry Crocker Microsoft Office 365... Is that a good deal for $99 dollars a year? I needed more cloud storage 🙁 so I…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Session 6

Sandra Gelso: Toby and Jes, I can't figure out how to ask questions on Facebook. This week's questions are in…
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The Future of Windows 10 Alerts

With the free Windows 10 update gone, what can users of Windows 10 expect in the future? Sue Nethercott:…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Round 5

DO You have a cell phone? GOOGLE this: stingray cell phone surveillance device. Toby Scott discusses the stingray concerns in…
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Q&A with CIPCUG - Round 4

Windows 10 free upgrade expires 7/29, which means were are in the last 10 days of the countdown. After the…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Round 3

Welcome to the 3rd round of Q&A with CIPCUG. Listen to Toby Scott answer the following submitted questions from CIPCUG's…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Toby Talks Windows 10

Welcome to the first installment of submitted questions for CIPCUG's PC Guru, Toby Scott. Below are the following questions Toby…
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Q&A with CIPCUG: Jes dives right in on hackers et al with Toby Scott

Welcome to Questions and Answers with CIPCUG. The Channel Islands PC Users Group (CIPCUG) was founded on the principal of…
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