Are you using the current version of Thunderbird? The address interface changed recently.

Gene
-----Original Message----- From: Nancy Hill
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 1:21 AM
To: TechTalk
Subject: [TechTalk] using Thunderbird to send group email

Hi All,


How do I set up an address to send a group of folks (such as my Sunday
school class) an email that I will only send once but will go out to
each individual group member?


I am using recent versions of win10 , jaws and TB.


Many thanks in advance!

Nancy

Are you using the current version of Thunderbird?  The address interface changed recently.

Gene
-----Original Message----- From: Nancy Hill
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2020 1:21 AM
To: TechTalk
Subject: [TechTalk] using Thunderbird to send group email

Hi All,


How do I set up an address to send a group of folks (such as my Sunday
school class) an email that I will only send once but will go out to
each individual group member?


I am using recent versions of win10 , jaws and TB.


Many thanks in advance!

Nancy

Hi,

I’m thinking about creating multiple user accounts on my windows 10 machine.

Is there a keystroke to switch users?

I just now did windows key x, went to where it said shut down, sign out etc. but I didn’t see switch user.

So, if I have a user account called Kimsan, and I create another one called john smith, how can I quickly switch over to john smith, if there is indeed a keystroke.

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Enes,

          Personally, I have less issue with laptop than desktop, as it's almost impossible not to have the whole stick push in to its slot correctly in a laptop because they're so short.   It's generally a simple push in, then push down, or push in while also at the same time pushing down until you hear those metal spring clips click.

          For someone who's blind, I'll bet that auditory cue is both more pronounced and more consistent than the plastic pincers making any audible signal in a desktop are.

          Removing and replacing memory is one of the simplest things there is to do, once you know how to do it.  The big challenge that I'd anticipate for someone who's blind, and who's never done this before, is actually locating the memory itself.  It's at least reasonably easy in a desktop, but you really don't want to be poking and groping around in the case if you don't have to, and there are certain other things that I'd imagine might be possible to mistake for a memory stick.

           In the case of a laptop, if it has a bay door for memory you're golden, and have instant, limited access.  However, a very great many more recent laptops, including the one I'm typing from, do not have these bay doors anymore and you have to tear down the whole machine to get to memory.  And I have no compunction about saying that your average Joe or Jane, blind or sighted, should not be doing this unless they're prepared to deal with the possible consequences of doing something wrong during the tear-down or reassembly.
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041  

Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on.

        ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 07:35 AM, enes sarıbaş wrote:

Yes please. I would also like to learn how to insert sticks correctly.

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This differs depending on whether you're talking laptop versus desktop.  But, for both, there will be a notch cut into the side that actually inserts into the memory slot that will match a plastic bar in the memory slot so that you are orienting the memory stick correctly.  This makes it impossible to insert a memory stick upside down or backward.  Ideally, you will be grounded from static when working with memory, but very often that can't (or isn't) done, and if not be sure you're not working on the computer in an environment (e.g., dry house during heating season after having walked across a carpeted floor) where you are quite likely to have built up a static charge.

In desktop computers, virtually all memory sticks will insert at a right angle to the motherboard, straight down in to the actual memory slot.  At the end of the slot are two "pincers" that hold the stick in place once it's inserted.  These must be flipped open (away from the slot) before you attempt to insert the memory stick.  Align the stick correctly based on that notch and push, firmly but gently, straight down while holding the stick at its ends and you will feel the stick seat, and you'll sometimes hear those pincers click into place.  Check afterward that they have clicked into the closed position, because if they haven't then the RAM module is not seated correctly.  If not seated correctly then flip open the pincers, withdraw the stick, and try inserting again.

In laptops, virtually all memory sticks insert on an angle then either lie flat once the insertion is completed or at a lower angle than they start out when you begin the process.  At the end of the slots for laptop memory are two small spring clips that serve the same purpose as the plastic pincers previously described.  You will generally hear these click once a memory stick is inserted and seated correctly.  In the case of laptop memory, you still do the alignment based on the notch, but you then gently push the side of the stick opposite the contacts on the seating side such that the contacts are being pushed into the slot while at the same time angling the whole stick downward toward whatever the resting position (whether flat or angled) is in your machine.  You will hear those spring clips click into place and the memory stick will stop traveling (or should, once you hear that click do not push that downward angle any further).

The trick with memory in general is making sure both ends of the stick are being pushed in to the slot on the motherboard at the same time, as this is what ends up making the plastic or spring clip retainers work correctly.  The most common error is having the memory stick cocked along the length of the slot, with one end pushed in while the other is doing anything from not quite being pushed in to actually sticking out.  This is why I advise applying the pushing force equally at each end along the length of the stick when inserting memory.

Now, a quick note on removal.  For desktops it's just flipping open the plastic retaining pincers at each end, and firmly but gently pulling straight out.  In the case of laptops, its feeling for the little metal retention clips and firmly but gently pushing them away from the memory stick itself, at which point you'll hear and feel the memory stick "pop up" at which point you just grab it from the center and pull gently out from the slot.  Often laptop memory will almost just "be laying there" once those spring clips have been released and its popped, so it will pick right up.
 
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041  

Always remember that computers are just glorified light bulbs - they rarely fail in continuous use and usually go pop when turned off and on.

        ~ Technician with the username Computer Bloke, on Technibble.com

I’ve been using this service for a few years now.
The browser extensions are just for using in the browser… For instance, when you go to a webpage needing a login you can just hit the applications Key, or shift F 10, and hit the number one for 1Password and go from there. The separate desktop application is for when you want to look up something… I use it when I want to look up a credit card number or a certain login.
I think you can add stuff from there also… When it comes to entering in information on a browser. Normally, when I have a new login or change my password the window will come up and ask me if I want to save it or update it. You have to have an active subscription for this to work though.

Melissa

On Nov 6, 2020, at 10:27 PM, David Goldfield <david.goldfield@outlook.com> wrote:

Hello. I am trying to teach myself the best way to use 1Password and I'm clearly confused regarding some very basic concepts.
Here are my questions.

1. If there are 1Password extensions for each browser that you plan to use what is the purpose of the Windows app which is not browser specific and which can be easily accessed from the system tray? When would I want to use the app instead of the browser extension?
2. Once I'm on a site and am going through the process of entering a user name and password what is the most efficient way of feeding this information to the 1Password browser extension? I've learned that you can enter a new item in advance but I thought there was a way to instruct 1Password to remember my credentials. If so how is this done? At the moment this is my primary struggle.


--
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidgoldfield.org%2F&;data=04%7C01%7C%7C0e464b7b89ef482abdcc08d882e08ba0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637403248202323638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QzJhMR6IYlt2mT1z0fH0Agn9Cp8kNsZFK98GPUNeCn8%3D&amp;reserved=0

I’ve been using this service for a few years now.
The browser extensions are just for using in the browser… For instance, when you go to a webpage needing a login you can just hit the applications Key, or shift F 10, and hit the number one for 1Password and go from there. The separate desktop application is for when you want to look up something… I use it when I want to look up a credit card number or a certain login.
I think you can add stuff from there also… When it comes to entering in information on a browser. Normally, when I have a new login or change my password the window will come up and ask me if I want to save it or update it. You have to have an active subscription for this to work though.

Melissa

On Nov 6, 2020, at 10:27 PM, David Goldfield <david.goldfield@outlook.com> wrote:

Hello. I am trying to teach myself the best way to use 1Password and I'm clearly confused regarding some very basic concepts.
Here are my questions.

1. If there are 1Password extensions for each browser that you plan to use what is the purpose of the Windows app which is not browser specific and which can be easily accessed from the system tray? When would I want to use the app instead of the browser extension?
2. Once I'm on a site and am going through the process of entering a user name and password what is the most efficient way of feeding this information to the 1Password browser extension? I've learned that you can enter a new item in advance but I thought there was a way to instruct 1Password to remember my credentials. If so how is this done? At the moment this is my primary struggle.


--
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidgoldfield.org%2F&;data=04%7C01%7C%7C0e464b7b89ef482abdcc08d882e08ba0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637403248202323638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QzJhMR6IYlt2mT1z0fH0Agn9Cp8kNsZFK98GPUNeCn8%3D&amp;reserved=0