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Bingo!  Glad someone here had the answer.

Now just wish there was a way to get rid of it or hid it as it also unnecessarily increases the page’s header space!

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Perhaps, but this seems more oriented to the Chrome browser itself vs the Google search page layout.

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@PKCano

Was this a first time install?  Or an upgrade/update as I am contemplating?

IF @Imacri is remembering correctly, the program updater “should” work – right?

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Thanks to all for your info and commentary.

Now that I have looked at the size of MR Free 8 vs MR Free 7, it is quite a bit larger.  So if all I am after is a full manual backup monthly and restore capability, what would I actually gain by updating since both would do the job and neither is going to receive further updates?

I haven’t suffered from lack of updating my version 7.2 (that I know of anyway).

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I am currently using MReflect Free version 7.2

I have/had downloaded the installer for MReflect Free version 8.0.7279 a while back but never installed it.

Would this installer still work?

Would version 8.0 install over my existing version 7.2?  Or do I have to uninstall 7.2 first? Or can I have both versions installed and functional?

If I have to uninstall 7.2, can I retain my prior backups?

Version 7.2 Free provides an option to “check for updates” .  Would that work and be a better way to update, or is that only for paid versions?

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Her article mainly addresses the MS 365 version that gets security & feature updates.

I/we are addressing the store purchased “Retail” C2R versions which are “suppose” to get security updates but NOT feature updates since a one time purchase.

Apparently some folks have/had been receiving some tests/offers (or whatever you call it) as they updated their C2R  Outlook program as part of the MS Office updates.

I’m trying to avoid all of that – if it is still happening when the monthly C2R updates are applied.

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oldfry

@SusanBradley

Susan, you have been rather quiet on this nagging issue/topic.  Do you have any further insight to add?

I have not updated my MS Office 2016 C2R for many months over this concern as I can’t afford to have my Outlook program get screwed up.

What’s your advice?

If I get hit, does the Registry additive fix the toggle issue?  Can the New Outlook UWP App be safely uninstalled without harming the installed C2R version, or are we stuck with it?

@WCHS

In another post, you mentioned that you were current with your Office C2R.  Have you encountered the unwanted New Outlook issues?  How did you handle.

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WCHS wrote:

As of now, I am Master-Patch-List current (July 24) on these C2R versions.

A little off topic – but have you been hit with the seemingly random “Try the New Outlook” button and its annoyances?

I’m still trying to decide whether to update to current on my MS Office 2016 C2R.

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Drcard:)) wrote:

The C2R version updates are all-in-ones and will not have separate security update files to download. I posted that for others that are following this thread that do have that option

So per my question above #2577594

Has this/these MS Office problems/beta leaks regarding “Retail” C2R versions been resolved?

Has anyone performing recent updates to MS Office C2R (particularly ver 2016) installations been receiving these changes?  Or just security updates like it is supposed to?

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Please see my comments/concerns above in post #2564005.

Has this/these MS Office problems regarding “Retail” versions been resolved?

I have not turned on the Update button in quite some time.

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Thanks for the info.  I’m more interested in learning/understanding how the internet works vs being paranoid about it.

With that in mind, I thought a VPN replaced the ISP?

I thought secure DNS encrypted the IP address so it couldn’t be observed/hacked?  What role is Cloudflare playing here?

What’s the difference between seeing an IP Address, and seeing the Server portion of the URL?

Breaking this request flow down step by step, who each player in the chain is, what they do, what they see/act upon would be very helpful.

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@Alex5723, and  @Paul T

Thanks

 

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Hello, it is me again.  I have been following this discussion and seem to be more confused than before.

I also found out that Firefox now uses Secure DNS (DNS over Https) utilizing Cloudflare.

Can someone pls advise what happens, and who can see/record what in the following chain of transmission:

A person uses Firefox with Secure DNS set to max (always use Cloudflare) and set to always utilize Https and selects to go to askwoody.com

1. What does the normal ISP (say Comcast), Cloudflare, askwoody.com, and anyone else in the chain see and/or record?
2. What changes if a quality VPN is utilized?
3. For both above, what additionally gets sent or recorded as you move around within an internet site as the pages change the url? (eg: on some financial sites even take you to a different area/separate page).

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Thanks for the input.  I selected Max Protection (Cloudflare) and have had no problems or triggers at all!  Apparently AT&T is OK with this after all.

Several folks comments in ghacks under the FF 114 announcement say Max Protection is the same protection that was being provided under recent past FF versions.

Why did you switch to the Default Protection which doesn’t seem to receive very high marks?

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See my further comments involving AT&T at #2564313

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