Daily Archives: December 6, 2020

• Is 32GB really too small for a Windows upgrade?

  Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 21:15 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
  

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  Last year, Microsoft quietly upped Win10’s minimum disk-size requirement. Now, even a 32GB drive might be insufficient, as an AskWoody subscriber discovered.

  Plus: Restarting a laptop that’s been off for a year.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Hard-disk space, Notebook charging, Windows 10 hardware requirements, Windows upgrading

• Freeware Spotlight — Beeftext

  Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 21:10 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  BEST UTILITIES

  By Deanna McElveen

  If you’re like me, you find yourself typing the same bits of text over and over again.

  Ideally, you’d have a handy tool to let you quickly paste frequently entered prose.

  There are a number of utilities for entering strings of text via keyboard shortcuts (examples). But another spin on that trick really caught my attention. Xavier Michelon’s Beeftext uses text-based keywords rather than keyboard key combinations. Why is a text keyword better? You don’t have to worry about key-combo conflicts with applications.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Keywords, Text-string entry

• A new way to manage Exchange’s auto-forwarding rules

  Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 21:05 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  SMALL-BUSINESS COMPUTING

  By Amy Babinchak

  Here’s one never-changing rule for IT pros: Microsoft will always change the way that things get done.

  For example, in September, the company rolled out a new version of the Exchange admin center (EAC). This change and others mean that we’re forever working to keep our system/service settings and configurations up to date.

  A security staple for IT staff is preventing email from auto-forwarding off domains. Recently the transport rule that powered this function stopped working for two of my clients. It’s continued to work for others, but it’s probably just a matter of time before they run into this issue, too. So, my staff is off making changes — proactively.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Small Business Computing AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Custom policies, Email auto-forwarding, Email security, Exchange admin center

• Versatile gadget gifts for stuffing stockings large and small

  Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 21:00 Tracey Capen Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  BEST HARDWARE

  By Michael Lasky

  Christmas stocking stuffers are usually thought of as small, whimsical, and not necessarily practical.

  But relatively inexpensive tech gadgets can be both useful and appealing to your favorite digital denizen. You might even secretly covet them for yourself.

  If your holiday list is still missing something, and you’re down to last-minute shopping, consider picking up one or more of the following devices.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.48.0 (2020-12-07).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Hardware AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Device chargers, Digital gifts, Earbuds, Fingerprint readers, Portable docks, Rechargeable batteries, USB-C

• Tasks for the Weekend – December 5, 2020

  Posted on December 6th, 2020 at 00:13 Susan Bradley Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Youtube link – Tasks for the Weekend December 5, 2020

  Extensions.  I am not convinced that browser extensions are a good thing.  You are dependent upon the security resources of the person or company who built those extensions.  Chrome has long removed extensions when they’ve proven to be malicious.  Just the other day Edge removed some extensions from their “store” which then removed them from your computer.

  You should periodically review what extensions you have installed and if you still want them installed.  Remember to review any extension, click on the menu bar and go to extensions (Edge) or menu, settings, Extensions (Chrome) or Menu, Addons, Extensions (Firefox) .  Now remove any unusual extension you don’t recall installing.

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