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FAQ: AskWoody, Windows Secrets, Subscriptions and ongoing database clashes
Posted on Comment on the AskWoody Lounge- This topic has 93 replies, 30 voices, and was last updated 1 year, 11 months ago.
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This morning’s release of the first AskWoody Plus newsletter has brought a flood of questions — and more than a few complaints. I’m answering them al
[See the full post at: FAQ: AskWoody, Windows Secrets, Subscriptions and ongoing database clashes]5 users thanked author for this post.
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Nope. You’ve got it right. Your username is KWGuy.
If you had a username that looks like somebody@yahoo.com, you’d have a problem. But as long as your username doesn’t contain your email address, there’s no problem.
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Hello, Anonymous!
Glad you are eager to sign up.
I’m probably not the best person to answer this, but you seem to want an answer right away, and you got me… (all volunteers here).
I think you have the right order of things, but it is possible that your first post needs to be approved by the moderator, after you register, before you are recognized by the site…
Some people have been doing their first posts in the Test forum, so they can do a little experimenting.(see Post#314118If it doesn’t work for you, you can contact CustomerSupport@AskWoody.com (as Woody knows more exactly how to make it work, and what to do if it doesn’t).
Non-techy Win 10 Pro and Linux Mint experimenter
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Elly, thanks.
Looks like your answer is “Woody Approved”.
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Bit of a correction-
Some people have been doing their first posts in the Test forum, so they can do a little experimenting.
It turns out that your first post should not be done in the test forum. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
(Head hanging down… )
Non-techy Win 10 Pro and Linux Mint experimenter
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Elly, thanks for the clarification.
Using the Test Forum before/while registering does cause confusion.
Ultimately all worked out so all is good!
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We were on shaky ground sticking with the name “Windows Secrets” anyway. There’s a long history of permissions granted decades ago — enough to keep IP attorneys employed for months — but Microsoft is very protective of the name “Windows.”
Besides, we’re more than Windows — and Windows Secrets was, too.
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Firstly, thank you for your donation/ subscription to the ‘Plus Membership’, as you can imagine we are processing in the background and sometimes things take time. Please be patient, all is in hand. 🙂
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created IT- AE
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That’s an ongoing concern. A big problem is that we can’t transfer the passwords from WS to AW – they’re incompatible and I don’t trust them anyway. (Long story.)
My current plan is to modify all of the WS usernames to append “WS” to the front of the name. Then invite people to use the standard password reset techniques if they want to get into the old WS accounts. If they already have an AW account, I can manually delete and merge the old WS account into the new AW account — and, fingers crossed, everything will transfer over to the new AW account.
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Merging giant databases with incompatible indexes is sooooo much fun.
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Would it help if I tried to change my user name and password on WS to the same as it is on AW? I noticed that there is a space in profile settings to do that.
Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
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Thanks for the offer, but that section has already arrived here 🙂
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No need. I’m not bringing over ANY passwords from Windows Secrets to AskWoody. I’ve been spooked by the reports of database breaches….
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Once your check has been cleared, your subscription will be activated (assuming you gave your email address, as instructed). If you didn’t provide your email address, you will need to email Customer Support
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Hi everyone,
Now I am a Plus user! I did it through PayPal. It was quick and easy. The initial PayPal billing and email shows as a recurring payment. Yet within seconds a subsequent PayPal email shows that the recurring payment profile was cancelled. The upshot is that PayPal near instantly converts the recurring payment to a one-time billing.
I am looking forward to receiving my first newsletter.
Best regards,
–GTP
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I would think that registering as a ‘new user’ would be first then, attributes can easily be made later once the donation is received for ‘Plus Membership’
Thank you in advance for your enquiry.
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When you register, your ID should not be your email address, but we will need for you to include a valid email address in the registration process if you intend to subscribe to the Newsletter and Alerts. Links to registration and the AskWoody Plus membership are in the upper right corner of the blog page.
Be aware that your first post will need to be moderated. But afterward, posting will be immediate.
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Woody has provided instructions on How to put an avatar in your profile
The way WordPress is baked, one can’t just upload a picture.
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Just to add, the other day when I went to WordPress/gravatar and entered my gmail address it didn’t show my avatar until I put in woodys url and under details I put my user name. Then the avatar showed up.
Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
4 Win 10 Pro at 1909 (3 Desktops, 1 Laptop).
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Refer to Posts & Privacy for answers to your questions. Once you have read that, come back to us with any questions you may have then.
Posts & Privacy is on the top menu bar of AskWoody.com, and contains a link to our User Accounts & General Rules
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Kirsty thanks.
Looks like this is the answer to my inquiry.
You can request to access, correct, or delete your personal data by contacting CustomerSupport@Askwoody.com.
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I’m quite adamant about it, actually.
I won’t store any sensitive information on this site, other than email addresses (which we need to keep various things working). If you want to spoof an email address, that’s fine with me – several Microsoft employees, among others, do exactly that. If you want me to delete your account, just drop a line to CustomerSupport@AskWoody.com.
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We will soon be in the process of importing WS data to AskWoody. But since the structure of the two sites and the software that is/was used is quite different, it may take a while for the import to be available to our readers. At this point, it is under constructions, but I’m not sure we have the “drawings” yet, so we’ll have to wait and see how it builds out.
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All of the people here, both those moderating and those providing information/answers are volunteers. None of us are subject to demands for immediate attention. We all work hard and and when we can provide the services, we do so. Posing a question multiple times in a short period of time doesn’t give us more hours in our day. Please be patient. You are one of thousands we serve.
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Well, not sure about how it works, but I suscribed for a year. I hope I did it right!
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Is there a way of doing so without using an external site for holding images as I don’t use any? It’s exactly as I explained, however. Originally when the site changes were started both machines listed commenters vertically and I was told (I think by Kirsty in a PM) that this was being fixed, but it’s only fixed on one machine. Once my subscription went through, the Plus badge appeared on my avatar on that machine but not the other.
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So I’m having the same issue of the “Plus” badge not showing up in Chrome. I switched to IE and it shows up there. Does Chrome block some ad-ons or what?
Edit: Nevermind…I just went back and cleared the cache and then they started appearing.
Rule #1: don’t overlook the obvious.Rule #2: see rule #1.
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I’m running in Chrome and the flares are showing up just fine.
Two possibilities occur to me. Are you on the Canary branch? And do you have any add-ons that might be getting in the way?
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How about that!
I never would’ve guessed, but I’m glad it worked…
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Your shiny badge is in your right ear. If you go back to the coffee mug, you can probably see it better. It’s hard to look in your own right ear. LOL
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Could I remain plain OscarCP without that golden ribbon and still contribute money to Woody’s? Even if others wrongly think that I am too cheap to send money?
You most certainly can donate, using the Plus Membership link, but just untick the Subscribe to the AskWoody Plus Newsletter option. There is no compulsion for donors to subscribe!
Remember to do all this from your logged-in account, to make things easier! Thks.
The flare on the avatar should show our donors, not just our subscribers, but with a few things still not working as they should, that may not be how it currently appears – apologies to anyone so affected, if that is the case 🙂
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I don’t see a way at present to cancel your subscription from My Account, but there is a link in each emailed newsletter, to enable you to unsubscribe, should you not feel you benefit from receiving the emails.
There is also a link in the emails to update your preferences, which allows you to change your email address for the subscription – this can also be achieved in My Account too.
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I’m very partial to my new ear tag.
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If you want to add the link to a word, “here” in your example…
Click on the Text tab (upper right of reply box). Highlight the word, then click on
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link
. That will bring up a box to paste the URL into. Click “Add Link”.
Alternately, you can click on
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and fill in “Link Text”, “here”, and add the URL. The result looks messy in the Text tab, because it shows the code, so I always click back on the Visual tab to see what it will more nearly look like when posted.
Another hint to using the Text tab- if you use Copy/Paste in part of your post, do the paste into the Text tab, and excess HTML will be automatically deleted. Pasting into the Visual tab may show unintended formating code carried forward when the reply is posted. (You would see it if you go back to the Text tab, and wonder where all that came from).
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I’m confused. I click on ‘Posts since last visit’ and among the posts is this one, but the newest post on it is January 21st, and I’ve seen it before!
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