ShockerSH

On 7/23/2016 at 11:44 AM, holdum333 said:

It is very dusty

Yeah - That's why I kinda left... Just hated PHPbb. This forum software is way way better.

On 7/23/2016 at 11:37 AM, Steve said:

but I'll be posting more details shortly on the plan to expand it

So you're saying I finally get a blog. Perfect.

4 hours ago, joyce said:

I want to decide for myself the color of text.  I want black.

Hiya Joyce, what exactly do you want to change the colors on? I've got some time this afternoon, I should be able to upload a few screenshots to add to @holdum333's posts.

8 hours ago, Profiler said:

Like your choice of Forum software

Agreed. I'm active on several PHPBB and VBulletin boards. Love this software @Steve. Really feels feature rich and almost fun to use. Nice choice!

Regarding the change you made, I tested it out. Works well enough.  

Hi @James George - yes, you will be able to go directly from Windows 8.1. Personally, I would use the ISO method... Anyway - Just read a great blog post from Andre with details on getting upgraded. 

6 minutes ago, Profiler said:

Your IP Providor's Servers record your every key stroke.

Well, not sure I would go that far but yes. Agreed.

Oh yeah... I've been following groovypost around for...... 8 years? or more... http://forum.groovypost.com/member734.html

Glad to see he spun up a new forum here. 

@Steve what is your plan with the old forum? Become a little dusty...

22 minutes ago, allheart55 (Cindy E) said:

TBH, I have never seen any advertisements and I don't see where it says that anywhere.

No idea. This is what I saw and it made me think huh (see below)

Never used it personally so wanted to check it out.

16 minutes ago, holdum333 said:

Hey @ShockerSH If you're running W10 and surfing the web you are being tracked. Do you do Facebook?

No, I don't use facebook. And yeah, I know I'm being tracked, that's not the point. I know who Microsoft is, and Google. I have no idea who WiseCleaner is. I'll take a look at it. Just a good reminder (and hot button for @Steve over the years) so I'm trained now to always read the EULA. And no, I don't run around with tin foil on my head hehehe but I have been reading @Steve blog for years and years so he's got me all paranoid now about this kind of thing. 

Yup - looks like he just moved it also @Steve, how do we get blogs? 

On July 21, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Judy said:

Microsoft says my system is compatible and can therefore download Windows 10.   I am running a 64 bit laptop - did as instructed - turned off my anti-virus and still it gave me the message - turn off your anti-virus and below that Error Ox80070005.

Anyone any ideas?

Judy

 

Flash your laptop with all the latest updates - Firmware/Bios/Etc... I had to do that with my Lenovo before it would install without issues. It also fixed a bunch of USB Displayport issues.

So I'm not breaking any records however, not bad I guess.... This is my download speed from fast.com. I don't use speedtest.net anymore cause I really don't care about upload speed. The only time I upload something is.... um... yeah exactly.

BTW - I'm located in Cali, San Fran.

22 hours ago, allheart55 (Cindy E) said:

You have to speak to someone from the Retention Department

Bingo

On July 22, 2016 at 2:17 AM, Profiler said:

When you finish trying all the rest, try the best by far. "Wise Program Uninstaller"

@Profiler Looks like the tool is freeware but "Ad Supported". How does that look? Where are the ads inserted? Are they tracking me like google. I just hate free stuff that really isn't..... free....

31 minutes ago, Steve said:

I wouldn't mess with it

neither would I. if it aint broken.....

Granted, you could try to rip it out with REVO or something else but, you will probably just break something else.

Wow dude - that's impressive. All clean and tidy. Like a command center! LOL

I'm NOT going to post my command center. Um... it's under renovation

Hi @JulsieL - Welcome to the forum. Great question for your first post here

Regarding your question -- Have you confirmed that you've given Cortana Access to your location data? 

How To Enable Cortana Access to your Location Settings:

Click Settings > Privacy > Location > Location ON > Cortana ON

Hope that helps ya? 

16 hours ago, Steve said:

Great point @ShockerSH

Glad I could help.

You guys probably saw the news a few months back -- Google has dropped the entire Picasa product line https://picasa.google.com/ - If you hit the site they tell you "sorry dude, no dice. You need to use Google Photos".

Well, the issue with Google Photos is I want the images on my main box and don't want to upload them into the Google cloud.

So -- Does anyone have a good list of alternatives to Picasa I can test out on a Windows box or a Mac? I would prefer to stick with Windows for all my photography (I know, that sounds odd) but, If I need to flip to my Mac for my photo archive, I guess I can do that...

oh - and although I would like to stay with Freeware, if I have to spend under $100, I guess I'm OK with that also.

Thoughts?

On 7/5/2016 at 5:01 PM, Steve said:

looking forward to the sale next week on the 12th

No man, you can get sales items now. No need to wait until the 12th.

Sweet.

Not sure why people are always complaining about Windows 10. I'm sure this anniversary update will be a nice update . However, it's been working great for me ever since the preview days.

Honestly, is there going to be anything groundbreaking with the update? Any new features that are going to give it an edge over Apple or even the previous version? Would love to get a breakdown of what's coming that I should get excited about @Brian

YIKES!
 

Where did you get that? Ransomware scares the crap out of me. I'm running just Win Defender + Malwarebytes.... so far so good...

On 8/6/2015 at 0:54 PM, darthrageous said:

 

okay, so, per Brian's instruction:

 

 

You talking about this article? http://www.groovypost.com/howto/enable-god-mode-windows-10/ ?

Make sure your new Windows 10 box is setup to allow RDP to the box. Also make sure its firewall allows RDP access. If yes to all, try hitting it by the IP address to see if it's not a DNS issue. 

On 6/21/2016 at 7:29 PM, holdum333 said:

I use Windows Defender and Malwarebytes Pro

Bingo @holdum333 - You should be golden. Anything more than that is just bloatware. 

And yes - Safe surfing is a must

On 4/29/2016 at 2:15 PM, Richard Oakley said:

I thought of installing McAfee LiveSafe 2016

don't do it. McAfee and Norton Symantec products are just crap these days. Don't waste the cash. Just use the basic built-in Windows 10 AV and combine it with Malwarebytes. You will be just fine.