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A couple of other options, Ron:

1. A programmable keyboard. There are many out there, I’m very happy with the ROCCAT Isku I got 3 years ago for $70—it’s under $50 now.

2. Instead of the excellent AutoIt or AutoHotKey, I use TypeItIn which is a simple visual app with a lot of power behind the GUI. A major advantage for me is I don’t have to remember any shortcuts, I find that onerous once it gets in the 50+ range. You can still set a KB shortcut key for any command if you wish.

Lugh.
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woody

Simmo, I don’t understand the code, but is it possible Word was your email editor in Win7, but isn’t in Win10? That’s the thought the error sparks for me.

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gkarasik wrote:

the fact that its reversal was prompted only by an external rather than an internal backlash guarantees more such policies over time.

Or it could guarantee more careful consideration of such changes in future.

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joep517 wrote:

IIRC, for Office 365 subscriptions each user can install on multiple devices (i.e. PCs, MACs, phones) and still only count as one use

That’s correct.

MS is very vague—or hides the info very well—re exactly how many and what kind of devices are meant by the frequently used word “multiple”.

While Wiki currently says 6 devices per user, my understanding is 3—1 desktop, 1 tablet, 1 phone.

I suspect MS are taking a light approach with this, ie they’re not going to hound paying customers about this. But I haven’t tested being one user on 4 or 10 devices.

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Ron M wrote:

If I can get rid of it, then what is the most efficient and reliable way of doing so?

Uninstall the various apps.

It may not be necessary, but I’ve always uninstalled old Office versions before installing new ones. No reason to encourage potential conflicts without good reason.

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gkarasik wrote:

corporations’ technology-buying decisions are made by geeks embedded somewhere in those organizations

I doubt that’s widespread these days. So many large companies got severely burned in the 80s & 90s by leaving tech decisions to IT, it didn’t take long to realize that information and communication were far too important to leave under IT control.

Any company which regards tech as an end in itself—ie to be controlled by the tech people working it—won’t last long in today’s competitive environment.

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Thanks to the first two posters for your comprehensive posts.

VulturEMaN wrote:

There’s no good reason to use POP3 anymore

That’s not true, the reasons have been well documented here by me and others, so I’m not going to repeat them—don’t have time anyway.

POP3 is simple to use with multiple devices too. Set one as your HQ, and configure deletion from the server either on download, or when you delete the email locally. All other devices, configure to leave the email on the server.

With regard to the general topic, by far the surest way is to get your own domain, as others have said above.

Fyi there are temp email services which some may find useful. Eg 10 Minute Mail will give you an address which will go dead after 10 mins—useful for some sign-up & confirmation routines.

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MrJimPhelps wrote:

I installed 4K Video Downloader, then downloaded a Youtube video. It saved it as a 0 byte text file.

After trying various other software, I’ve used 4K for quite a while. It worked so well I bought the pro version, as sometimes I download a lot of videos simultaneously.

This week I’ve used both single links and a text file of links, both working fine like always.

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RetiredGeek wrote:

I’d recommend water cooling a rig like this

I haven’t done any comparison research, but fyi Noctua fans look interesting at the higher cooling end.

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I’ve seen people having 2 Office suites installed on a PC—eg Office 2007 & Office 2016—so my guess is what you’re planning should work. But I don’t know, I’ve never mixed versions.

PStepanas wrote:

Is there a better option?

Office 365.

If it’s only you, the Personal version is $70/year, v $250 for 2019 standalone. That’s nearly 4 years before 365 is dearer, but you get Access included [and Publisher], plus 1TB storage on OneDrive, web apps, and 60 Skype minutes/month.

Best value is if there are more than you. The Home version @ $100/year has the same software but allows 6 users with up to 3 devices each—Desktop/Laptop, Tablet, Phone.

It looks like Visio is subscription only now, so installing your 2010 version would be the way to go, whichever flavor of Office you pick.

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CADesertRat wrote:

I’m getting a “502 Bad Gateway”

I got that yesterday. I have a shortcut to ‘New Posts since last visit’ in my Opera favorites bar, which is how I access here. I stay always logged-in, altho I was logged out when I came here today.

Site is pretty quick atm, only slow bit I notice is after clicking Submit in a reply.

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PKCano wrote:

Be sure you get Pro!!!!

PK, with Home now getting the delay updates ability, why are you still adamant about Pro?

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As mn— says. I’ve used IrfanView for this for decades—simple but with lots of options. These 10yo instructions still look applicable:

Text: How to Create a Slideshow Using IrfanView;

Video: Create a slideshow with IrfanView.

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libxstitch wrote:

“…view it in a web browser”. That did display the email with graphics – but it used Internet Explorer 11

I just tried that, and it opened the email in my default browser Opera.
ETA: I have IE 11 installed, and use it occasionally.

libxstitch wrote:

Can I configure Outlook to use something other than IE11?

I had a look thru the settings and didn’t see anything about browser selection.

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• This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Lugh.

_Reassigned Account wrote:

for many a Chrome OS is probably all they need now

For communication & media consumption, Chrome should do the trick. But there are a lot of people who need more. Eg 13yo relative got Chromebook for Christmas, but can’t do her school work on it.

We’re 3-5 years away from mobiles & Chromes & Arms being able to do what PCs do today. So it’ll come soon enough, by which time it’ll all have mostly moved to the cloud anyway—where the OS will be largely irrelevant & invisible.

What Super-PR-Dude is talking about is what becomes possible once the digital world is cloud-centric. It will be very different once the OS is in the cloud, not on your device. Then it’s not billions of configs pulling from the cloud, it’ll be tens of OSs pushing to their subscriber base.

This can easily deliver the experience he talked about, once the supporting techs’ teething troubles are sorted out.

seamless updates
secure by default
Always connected when LTE 5G is available
sustained performance
compute power of the cloud: this will be a big step forward for consumers, in the way AWS, Azure etc have been a big step forward for companies—scalable apps & computing power
powered by AI
multi-sense

We’re in transition now and thru the 20s, so it’ll mean big big changes in our near futures.

Lugh.
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