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AskWoody LoungerMany thanks for all the replies. I shall try to put off Office 2016 until there is a Dummies book on Word 2016. If my boss allows it, I think I’ll use Google Docs!
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WSaquinas50
AskWoody LoungerThe link says that for the ProPlus version of the subscription one can keep on using Office 2013 until October 2016. I just hope that the individual user won’t be forced to update to Office 2016 before October 2016, by which time some of the bugs in Office 2016 will have been removed, we hope.
Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated!
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AskWoody LoungerI hope I have done enough to stop the Win10 download. Even if I don’t have to install Windows 10, I cannot download it onto my Intel Computer Stick without making the Intel Compute Stick unusable.
If Win10 does download regardless, even though I don’t want it to download, is there some way of moving it to an external drive, and keep Windows Update happy, so that Window Update doesn’t re-download Win 10?
Thanks for the replies already posted.
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AskWoody LoungerThe file encryption tool I use every day in my work is the U. S. Air Force’s Encryption Wizard. A Google search for USAF Encryption Wizard will turn it up. Not being a U. S. Armed Forces employee or contractor, I use the Public version. I encrypt my work-product, reports in either WordPerfect or .docx format, before uploading them to OneDrive.
The actual encryption for the Public (non-U. S. Forces members or contractors) version is done in java. The encryption strength allowed varies. Worldwide one can use 128-bit; in some countries, including where I live, Canada, policy .JAR files are available to put into java to allow AES 256 bit encryption.
Pros: it can be integrated into Windows, so that a right-click on a file and ‘Send To’ has as an option the Encryption Wizard.
Cons: It supports public key encryption but I haven’t really gone into its implementation. Since it uses Java, it is unavailable for all practical purposes on iOS, Android and Chrome OS devices such as my Chromebox.
If you use the AES256 option (assuming that you live in a country that allows this), you have to replace the Java policy .JAR files with the unlimited policy .JAR files, whenever there is a major upgrade to java.WARNING! If you have integrated the USAF Encryption Wizard into Windows, don’t try to upgrade manually! Uninstall or rather disconnect the program from Windows in the old version of USAF Encryption Wizard, download the new version of the Encryption Wizard and re-integrate into Windows in the new version of the Encryption Wizard.
Although I haven’t done this, the USAF Encryption Wizard should work fine in Mac OS X and in various flavors of Linux.
The program is mature, well-designed and easy to use.
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AskWoody LoungerI looked at Unlocker but it seemed to require me to install a Bing toolbar, which I didn’t want to do. I ended up booting Ubuntu 14.04 64bit in the trial mode (‘don’t install’ mode) off a DVD. I then used the Files program in the Ubuntu GUI and found my file, right-clicked it and sent it to the Trash. I then found my file in the Trash and permanently deleted it.
I have since rebooted the computer in Windows 7 and it all seems OK ,,, so far!
I had tried to use Safe Mode but in my particular machine in Safe Mode Windows Explorer is almost useless: it keeps restarting.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2014 at 10:07 am in reply to: Firefox 34 (Windows 7 SP1): Remove ‘Firefox … seems … slow … to … start’ Message #1478777I came across the solution.
Enter ‘about:config’ (without the ‘ ‘) in the address bar. Press [ENTER].
There is an entirely justified scary warning about messing around in the about:config. Click that you accept the warning.
Scroll down to browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled
The next column on the right will probably say Default and the type in the next column to the right of Default will be Boolean and the right-most column will say False.
Right-click on the line and you will get an option ‘Toggle’. If you click on Toggle, False will turn to ‘True’ and Default’ will turn to ‘user’.
If you exit Firefox and re-start it, and go one more to about:config, and scroll down to browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled you should see ‘user’ and ‘True’.
All being well, the notification that the browser is slow to start will not come back.
If you are using Sandboxie to sandbox Firefox, presumably you will need to do this change in about:config in an instance of Firefox that is NOT running in Sandboxie’s sandbox.
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AskWoody LoungerAugust 15, 2013 at 6:51 am in reply to: 2-Factor Authentication in Outlook.Com and Windows Live Mail 2012 #1406990After I hsd posted my question I got an email from Microsoft at my alternate email address telling me how to set up a password for programs that don’t work with 2-factor authentication. Windows Live Mail wasn’t mentioned in the list of targeted programs; the focus was on tablets and smartphones. Nonetheless I tried the process with Windows Live Mail 2012 and the password I had generated worked fine.
I have been using Hotmail (now Outlook.com) since the late 1990s. Doing the sync was VERY long, quite a few hours, in fact.
For those who are cautious, the downloading does NOT remove the emails on Microsoft’s servers: when I logged into Hotmail/Outlook.com online, the same emails were there (at least the latest ones). I live in Canada so this is the Canadian download but here’s the link for Windows Live Essentials: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=3945
You can get your password at https://account.live.com Each program requires the generation of a new password.
I next need to find out what files were generated when the download was done so that I can copy the download-generated files to a backup drive.
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AskWoody LoungerI have been using Hushmail for many years. It uses OpenPGP and supports encrypted attachments. Messages sent between Hushmail subscribers are encrypted by default. There is nothing like as much work as in Mailvelope to set up a Hushmail account.
Limited free accounts are available and a paid subscription is cheap enough at about US$35.00 a year.
The problem is that almost no one believes that email is insecure. Unless compelled to use encrypted email, very few people will use it.
It would not surprise me if the NSA could decrypt Hushmail messages but I think it should work against interception by non-State actors.
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AskWoody LoungerHushmail automatically encrypts messages and attachments between subscribers. It’s not pretty but it seems to work. Similarly, Skype Chat/IM automatically encrypts files and the text chat itself.
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