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AskWoody LoungerNovember 16, 2023 at 6:40 pm in reply to: Your Upgraded Win10/11 from 7/8.1 was disactivated ? Microsoft investigating #2603224Perhaps everyone else knows this, but I don’t.
Every time you transfer the software to a new device, you must remove the software from the prior device.
What is the mechanism for ‘removing the software from the prior device’ (the MS record of license assignment, I assume) when a motherboard has died and been replaced?
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AskWoody Lounger“Nine out of 10 doctors say Acid Reflux is mainly caused by computers.”
But Dr. Ten nails it: It is caused by using a soldering iron and acid-flux solder when resoldering the CPU. IOW: a pebcacle (spellings are variant). -
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AskWoody Loungerhttps://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/15/digital-tripwire-helped-state-uncover-chinese-hack-00115973
All thanks to ‘Big Yellow Taxi’: How State discovered Chinese hackers reading its emails
The State Department relied on a clever alert system to uncover and unravel an advanced Chinese spying campaign that involved breaches of officials’ emails.
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AskWoody LoungerWe recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents like .doc and .rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents like .txt.
Objection, your Honor! I don’t have Office, and – from all the hullabaloo and gripes concerning here it – won’t. $$$ and maintenance churn are uncivil.
Notepad (and Kedit) are fine for TXT.
But I use WordPad for more-than Notepad formatting. Occasionally refractory, but usable./s/ Oldtimer
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 31, 2023 at 1:18 pm in reply to: Unable to access any site that starts with clicks.aweber.com #2584636“and now I can’t reach the sites”.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 31, 2023 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Unable to access any site that starts with clicks.aweber.com #2584635The Hosts file is located at %windir%system32driversetc and can be edited using Notepad.
The I’m-dropping-the-back-slash bug bit again.
Should be [ %windir%\system32\drivers\etc ],
or in full [ C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc ].Note that this is the folder within which is the file named [ Hosts ]. It has no file-type.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 18, 2023 at 11:19 am in reply to: Google “hijacks” loging screen for subscribed newspaper #25818411. In Firefox, have you done a ‘create a new profile for testing’? It is possible that there has been some inadvertent change within the FF Profile.
2. When you DO create this new Profile, First Thing – in the Address Bar, key in [ about:config ], and look at (filter on) the entries for [ Google ]. Note which ones, if any, are in bold. These are the ones changed from the default settings (not bold). Any ending with ‘lastupdatetime’ or ‘nextupdatetime’ are normal.
3. With this fresh testing profile, see if you still have the hijack problem.
4. If not, then use your existing (normal) FF, and check about:config.
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AskWoody LoungerWhen there is a constant – there is a solution in a Thunderbird Filter.
1 – Create a Filter
2 – At the bottom of the default list of labels (Subject, …), is Customize.
3 – Here, insert the Header Label of inspection (X-Originating-Ip)
4 – ‘Match any’; select that newly defined Label / Contains / [40.95
5 – You may need to experiment with various criteria (they OR and AND, depending).1 user thanked author for this post.
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AskWoody Loungeriudith: Please clarify. Are the keyboard and mouse separate devices, each with its own cable-and-plug? Or is is there only one USB cable into the computer for both?
Have you tried just removing the fluorescent tube? It may not help, but it is one less variable to be considered.
Extension cord from another room: You’ve verified that that outlet is on another breaker circuit? We’ve been assuming that the power for the computers’ complex and the power for the overhead light are both on the same circuit.
alejr: A ‘blocking’ foil. Wouldn’t this need to be grounded/earthed to the computer chassis/frame? Mice and KBs often are plastic. If ungrounded/unearthed, isn’t it possible for any RF to be reflected off of something – and thus be inconclusive? I’m still wondering about some grounding/shielding aberration, which could permit some kind of resonance.
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AskWoody LoungerThank you; you’ve cleared several thoughts.
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AskWoody LoungerTo test the regulation ability of the power supply to a lower input voltage, and incidentally (maybe) its ability to accommodate voltage dips and spikes –
Can you temporarily plug into the power strip/surge suppressor (if there is a shortage of receptacles you’ll have to unplug something else for a bit)
13. an extension cord with a lamp (desk lamp?), preferably ~100 watts or…
14. a high-wattage device such as a toaster, portable electric heater, or a hair dryer (but perhaps not on its highest setting)?
But check the nominal total watts of the testing load vs. the wattage (or current) rating of the strip/suppressor. Also verify the circuit breaker feeding the circuit can handle the entire load – all the wall receptacles on the breaker.
{watts = volts * amperes} Add ’em up.Then cycle the lamp/toaster/whatever, on and off.
15. Is there another keyboard, or mouse, that you can swap in? A spare, or from another computer? (Checks if the problem is in the port or associated with the device.)
I agree the USB circuits are the most likely suspect, but other possibilities must be discounted first. This will help the technician too as he doesn’t have the time to run such exhaustive tests.
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AskWoody Lounger1. Is there any difference if the power cords for the various devices are swapped around to other wall receptacles in the room?
2. Can you run an extension cord to the computer from another room?The light switch is described as a ‘regular old one’. At one time there were ‘quiet’ switches, which had a small, tilting, tube of mercury which closed the circuit.
3. Do you know ‘for sure’ that this switch indeed internally is only mechanical?
4. The room light: incandescent, fluorescent; single, multiple?
5. If incandescent, any change if the lamp is unscrewed and switch is still flipped? (Florescent fixtures typically are wired, not unpluggable.)
6. Are the light switch and the problem-computer outlet all on the same circuit?
That is, both are fed from the same circuit beaker? (Cf. Q2.)You’ve perhaps already stated and I’ve missed it – keyboard and mouse.
Awkward to test.
7. Can you operate (with difficulty!) with only a keyboard or a mouse; and that from a back or a front USB port?
Perhaps both are needed at times even to get running, but can be unplugged during test scenarios.Concerning your macro environment.
8. There is mention of ‘local’ considerations. Are you free to expand on that?
9. Is this in a house, or in a business, or a commercial area?
10. Are there any radiating devices or transmitters in the vicinity?
11. Is there a television in the room?
12. Is the computer near/against a wall, or is it in an open area?
13. – 99. Reserved for future use.
All these questions are to probes to see if there may be an RF and/or grounding issue.1 user thanked author for this post.
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