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AskWoody LoungerMarch 5, 2025 at 8:19 pm in reply to: Folders Shared with me are syncing as internet shortcut in OneDrive #2753341Did you read all 59 pages of the forum topic, or just the first and last?
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AskWoody LoungerWindows 11 Field Guide
by Paul Thurrott and Rafael RiveraE-book only on leanpub, DRM free
Pay what you want – $9.99 minimumWhere am I? What am I doing in this hand basket?
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AskWoody LoungerAfter paying his lawyers, he probably only has about 46 thousand left.
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AskWoody LoungerAs is often the case, the Register had the best headline:
Twitter tells advertisers to go **** themselves, now sues them for ****ing the **** off
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/06/twitter_rumble_wfa_musk/
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AskWoody LoungerIt seems to me that TurboTax does something stupid almost every year. I “made my stand” about eight years ago. When I installed TurboTax, I got a lot of unasked for icons on my desktop. These were all links to stuff I wasn’t interested in. I’ve used H&R ever since and never had any problems.
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AskWoody LoungerNot an app, but a website. It’s been around for a long time.
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AskWoody LoungerAssuming that East Cupcake is somewhere in the U.S., you don’t need a cell plan. The FCC requires phones to be able to make emergency calls.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 2, 2023 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Windows 10 book – like “The Mother of All Windows 98 Books” #2570387Paul Thurrott: Windows 10 Field Guide
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AskWoody LoungerApril 19, 2023 at 6:28 pm in reply to: Starting today: Meta Prepares More Layoffs Across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram #2553310I doubt if Mark will get fired. After all, his salary is only $1 per year.
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AskWoody LoungerI’m not sure if my dimming problem on the Lenovo Yoga 7i was the same as yours, but it quit for me when I went to settings > display and unchecked “Help improve battery by optimizing the content shown and brightness.” in the drop down menu under Brightness.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 22, 2022 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Thunderbird: A worthy alternative to Microsoft Outlook #2471984Thunderbird will soon have an Android client. K-9 email will become Thunderbird on Android.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 21, 2022 at 5:45 pm in reply to: Netfix loses subscribers, plans to include option with ads. #2464909Sometimes, the Satire Web Sites make more sense than the news sites.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 16, 2022 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Google Releases Android 13 Beta 1 For Pixel 4 And Above Devices #2461680The easiest way to get Android 13 on a supported Google Pixel device is to enroll your device in the Android Beta for Pixel program.
I thought the easiest way for me to get Android 13 was to wait for Google to update my phone.
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AskWoody LoungerJune 7, 2022 at 4:39 pm in reply to: The ten most prolific Android mobile banking trojans target 639 financial apps #2451627I first saw this article in my RSS feed. I haven’t been inside any of my bank branches for several years and only bank online.
I ignored the article because I only use the Android app authored and updated by my bank.
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