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So what happens if I try to log onto my PC when I have an internet outage? Or if there is a power cut and I try to use my laptop, which does not have mobile connectivity? Am I locked out for the duration?

Chris
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Average-Jane

Thanks for the detailed rundown. It just confirms my decision that, when Outlook 2010 that is my current client ceases to be viable, I will move to a non-Microsoft email client/calendar/contacts system. I know I am using a very old version of Outlook, but I am careful, and my footprint as a retiree is fairly small.

Chris
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Thanks for a helpful article. I had received notification of the new MSA but did not know what it meant.

It seems to me that, if you can, the best course of action is never to put any content on Microsoft’s section of the Cloud, but keep everything on local computers. Being retired and with limited needs to collaborate, that is what I do.

I find it hilarious that Microsoft forbids us from scraping, but that is exactly what they intend to do.

And finally, I did (once) have a copy of  Bookshelf hanging around. However, when I bought a new computer, it refused to run saying I did not have a high enough screen resolution. Technology had moved on and the specific screen format Microsoft demanded was now obsolete. My software (quite expensive at the time) was useless. Good one, Microsoft.

Chris
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I have also seen this general blocking from time to time, probably because the host I use for my domain is one of the most popular in the UK. I keep another service (my ISP) available to send if this happens, and generally the domain host clears the problem within 24 hours.

Chris
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I used to get very little spam, but about a year ago it started rising dramatically to a level now of abut 30 a day, mostly investment scams pushed by bonkers conspiracy theories to try to get me to trade. A lot of them also seem to be emanating from far right Republican sources (I don’t know the detail because I only see the titles), which is strange because I am in the UK.

My main email client on my PC is Outlook, which filters them straight out, as does the client on my Samsung tablet. However, Gmail on my Moto G phone does not seem to have a spam filter, so they are annoying there, and on top of that Gmail leaves some emails I have dealt with elsewhere (such as these spams) in my In Box, but that is another issue.

Chris
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If that is the value, Microsoft Points seems to me to be a first class way of wasting time (as if I need another) for a minuscule reward, and that is before we get to Cosmo’s point.

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rbailin, schwabel_ronald, Will Fastie, teuhasn2

I am pleased to see that my Synology DS214 Play (installed Feb 2015) supports SMB2. Another example of Synology supporting its products

Chris
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Isn’t it “I’m sorry Dave….” spoken by Hal? I shouldn’t be picky, though.

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SueW, Charlie, access-mdb

Can I reinforce Will’s warning about 2 drives failing close to the same time, being in the same manufacturing batch. It happened to me on my (Netgear) NAS, after only around 2 years’ use and quite shocked me.  Forum responses helped me to understand how this might happen – along the lines Will describes.

I later moved to a Synology NAS and have made sure I always buy NAS grade disks and replace after 5 years. I take the point that I should stagger the replacements in future.  Also, upgrading the NAS (which uses Synology’s RAID implementation) was a piece of cake. See this post

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Chris
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Will Fastie

So if he is going to do that, where does that leave the consumer, where I must have access to an admin account?

Chris
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Thanks – I’ll give it a try. Would that run OK if the account that has Acronis is not logged on when a scheduled backup is due to run?

I am trying not to have to reset-up all my backup jobs in the main account (which would then be Standard), so how then would I set the existing Acronis instance, in my regular account, to run as an administrator?

Chris
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I am, sadly, still using an administrator account as my main account (with Microsoft login, which I can live with). The reason is that I set my PC up that way and, when I came to look at changing it, I saw that my backups, all scheduled using Acronis True Image 2019 onto my NAS, require administrator rights. So, if I change my normal account to Standard, I think Acronis would not have the permissions to run.

Is there a workaround that would enable me to run the backups automatically with administrator rights without having to move it to the Administrator account?

Chris
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Thanks for the tip. I hadn’t realised I could turn it off.

Chris
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I am also annoyed. Today, not for the first time, my wife’s PC came up, on boot, with the screen “Finish setting up your PC”, which really was only an attempt to get her to use Office 365 and other Microsoft stuff we do not want. The message was disingenuous, because she thought there was something she had to do (No – we finished setting it up 3 years ago). And, as Susan points out, there was no way to kill it for good – only defer it.

Chris
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I have three clients on a fixed IP address, set at the top of my IP range.

One is my printer, for the reasons Susan gives.

One is for my NAS so that apps like Acronis can always find it.

The last is for my main computer, because I use software to sync contacts etc that prefers a fixed IP address.

Everything else works on the dynamic set by my router.

Chris
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