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I use LastPass on my computer and phone. The information is encrypted  on both. If someone stole my phone, assuming that they would be able to log in to the phone, they would then have to hack into LastPass to access information on the phone.

If someone stole my phone, I would change the LastPass password. This would require a new log in before LastPass could be accessed. The current PW is long (27 characters) and uses nothing that could be guessed to abbreviate hacking it.

 

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J9438

I have a spare in case I lose this one.  You set both up when you get them.

Brooks

 

For 2FA, my preference is Yubikey. These are made by Yubico. It is s small hardware key which provides a code directly to my phone or computer. I can connect it via NFC or the built in USB C.  This code typically is uploaded to the service that I am accessing. There is also a Yubico authenticator app which interfaces with the Yubikey and sends the code to the service.

The key would need to be physically in the hands of a hacker to log into the services protected by Yubikey. I wish that my banks and credit cards all used physical pass keys like this.

My Yubikey went swimming in my pocket one day (unintentionally). It is waterproof.

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J9438

Thank you for a thorough review of Microsoft’s latest thoughts about what Outlook should be.  This sounds like a product to be avoided.

Web only means that it is will be next to worthless for any business travelers. Microsoft must have people who know that airline WiFi may or may not work on the flight you are taking, Airborne bandwidth is limited, thus you may not be able to download or upload large PDFs, graphics, ACAD or other files which might be attached to an email.

If Microsoft wants to push every Windows user to Outlook (new) or whatever they end up calling it, it should be a great opportunity for an Outlook competitor.

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I have changed registry entries in the past. I will search for the  load optimised defaults option.

Thanks

Thanks, Susan,

I set up her  computer, so I had the password for her account. I finally got the key entered (correctly) and copied the recovery key.

I will turn it off. It is funny that a 2 year old computer would suddenly encrypt the drive.

Thank you!

I appreciate the reply. I was thinking that is had to have happened to others.

I recently updated to Win 10 Pro 20H2 on Apr 23 and to KB4023057 on Apr 25.  I have Office Professional 2019, Version 2103 (Build 13901.20462).

After the recent updates, when I opened Office, the flash screen said Office 365, not Office 2019. Worse yet, I had the Office 365 menus in all applications.

When I first noticed the change, I found that I had been signed into my business account  for Office 365. I signed out of that account and signed into my personal account which has the Office Professional 2019 license.  I re-booted I found that I was still getting the flash screen saying Office 365 with 365 menus. The Account setting showed that I had Office Professional 2019.  Note, that I had not use the business Office 365 account other than to access One Drive and Teams.

Yesterday (Apr 29) when I opened Office applications, the flash screen said Office 2019 and the menus were back to Office 2019 menus.

I bought the computer new from Dell with Office Professional 2019 pre-installed.  I installed MS Project Standard 2019 after I received the computer. Project was not effected by the temporary change to Office 365 menus.

Has anyone else seen this or know what happened?

Alienware m15 R2
Intel Core i7-9750H
GeForce RTX 2080 Max Q
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Update 2021-04-23 Win 10 20H2
Update 2021-04-25 2021-03 Update KB4023057