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Re: new computer
enes sarıbaş
Hi Brian, The ryzen 4000 mobile/3000 desktop series are absolutely beastly
processors, and give intel a run for its money. The 5000 series
has very significant improvements again, and might just beat intel
on single threaded workloads, where it still held a slight
advantage.
On 10/23/2020 10:35 AM, Brian Vogel
wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 06:38 AM, enes sarıbaş wrote:
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Re: placing links on taskbar using jaws
Gene
Are you using the program menu or the start menu? In Windows 7, if I type notepad in the start menu search and open the context menu when I'm on the name of the program, pin to task bar is one of the options. I don't use Windows 10 but I seem to recall that the option is there from a discussion on a list perhaps a month ago.
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From: Kimsan via groups.io Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:58 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] placing links on taskbar using jaws Hi, Is it possible to place a link on the taskbar? All I see are shortcuts to desktop. Thanks Kimsan Song kimsansong@icloud.com If you are into HipHop or R&B, I invite you to subscribe to my youtube artist channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzrNcgBfHguK-LnnJMMylA Also, you may follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/kims4ns0ng
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Re: Issue with File Explorer
Gene
Some people, I don't know how many, got an update yesterday.
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From: Marie Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 2:39 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Issue with File Explorer This happened yesterday on my desktop and two laptops. All are running win 10 version 2004 and Jaws 2020. I found that on all three machines, File explorer was almost unusable. I could not get it to start with Quick Access and it would not go to that folder, no matter how I tried. It would only see the Frequent folders and only ten folders listed beneath that. It would not even go to “This PC” section. I use File Explorer multiple times every day so I was extremely confused as there seemed to be no reason for this. I thought I had searched the view menu completely but, ...OOPS! The solution was so simple I feel pretty dumb because I only had to go to the view menu and make sure the Navigation pane was checked. Voila! There must have been some small update which changed this setting, since there is no way I could have done it even accidently on all three. And by the way, I tried Narrator with same results and it was even worse with NVDA. So I hope this helps anyone else who may encounter this little demon. Marie.
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placing links on taskbar using jaws
Kimsan
Hi, Is it possible to place a link on the taskbar? All I see are shortcuts to desktop. Thanks
Kimsan Song If you are into HipHop or R&B, I invite you to subscribe to my youtube artist channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFzrNcgBfHguK-LnnJMMylA Also, you may follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/kims4ns0ng
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Issue with File Explorer
Marie
This happened yesterday on my desktop and two laptops. All are running win
10 version 2004 and Jaws 2020.
I found that on all three machines, File explorer was almost unusable. I
could not get it to start with Quick Access and it would not go to that folder,
no matter how I tried. It would only see the Frequent folders and only ten
folders listed beneath that. It would not even go to “This PC” section. I use
File Explorer multiple times every day so I was extremely confused as there
seemed to be no reason for this. I thought I had searched the view menu
completely but, ...OOPS!
The solution was so simple I feel pretty dumb because I only had to go to
the view menu and make sure the Navigation pane was checked. Voila!
There must have been some small update which changed this setting, since
there is no way I could have done it even accidently on all three. And by the
way, I tried Narrator with same results and it was even worse with NVDA. So I
hope this helps anyone else who may encounter this little demon.
Marie.
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Jaws and Reporting Font Size
Mike B
Hi All,
I use Notepad a lot for editing various emails and
notes. In Notepad I want my font set to size 10, but if I set it to size
10, Jaws reports it as size 14. No matter what size I set the font size
at, Jaws reports it as 4 sizes larger.
Does anyone know how to get Jaws to report the correct size,
or does this happen with anyone else? This is with all versions of Jaws
and not with any one particular version. Thanks much.
Take care and stay safe. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers & Rams! Main's Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
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Re: dvd capacity for iso file
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
Howard,
They were bottom quoted in the message that started this topic. (And, as an aside and a personal soapbox, that's why I like leaving a line or two for context, top quoted, in many posts). That being said, repeated here: Doing a Windows 10 Repair Install or Feature Update Using the Windows 10 ISO file -- 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
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Re: dvd capacity for iso file
Howard Traxler
And where can I find the "step-by-step instructions" that you speak
of? Thanks
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On 10/23/2020 10:28 AM, Brian Vogel
wrote:
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM, Bharat wrote:
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Re: Help needed regarding setting security options in Gmail
Mike B
Hi Duke,
I've rewritten the steps and these steps are more
accurate. I tested themseveral times to make sure.
Here you go:
In your Gmail account settings, have you enabled the use of less secure apps? If you were to create a new Gmail account today and tried to set the account up in the Outlook desktop app for instance, it would be blocked until you allowed the use of less secure apps. As for the exact process, here are the steps if you are using the basic html setting in the online Gmail interface: 1. Log into your Gmail inbox. Note: If you use the, Links List keystroke, Insert + F7, to find the links in steps 2,3 and 4 along with first letter navigation it'll make things go much faster. 2. Press, Insert + F7, to open the links list, press the letter, S, to find the, settings link and press enter. 3. Press, Insert + F7, to open the links list, press the letter, G, to find the, Google account link, and press enter. Make sure it's the, Google Account link and not Gmail account
link.
4. Press, Insert + F7, to open the links list, press the letter, S, to find the, Security link, and press enter. 5. Press, Insert + F7, to open the links list, press the letter, L, to get to the, Less Secure App Access, link. 6. Now down arrow to find an, On link, to toggle on the use of less secure apps, it could also be a checkbox. Note: I'm not sure if there's a save settings button or not, but it wouldn't hurt to look. Finished. Take care and stay safe. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers & Rams! Main's Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.
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From: Duke
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Help needed regarding setting security
options in Gmail Thank you for your suggestions. I've been trying to do that al this time that I took before responding to you. Just for the record, I explained in my previous message that I was able to find the less secure applications check box and I did check with no positive result. Google keeps blocking my accounts from both outlook express and thunderbird. However, after your suggestions, I wasn't able to find that check box any more no matter what I did. I have the same experience in windows 7 and 1-. Idon't what to do. Thanks again. Douk On 10/21/2020 5:27 PM, Mike B wrote:
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Re: new computer
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
Gene,
I am mostly in agreement with you, and particularly about the absolute need to back up if you want to have any assurance that you will not experience data loss, regardless of the drive type in use for the primary system drive. Concerns about SSDs "wearing out" from regular use are now a thing of the past. But, Gerald is correct that SSDs do have a nasty habit (but not a frequent habit) of failing with zero warning signs. Within the last month I had two brand new Mushkin 1TB drives just up and die with less than 5 days of use, and no warning at all. While I would never count on mechanical HDDs to "make noise" my years of experience do indicate that in the vast majority of cases, whether they do or they don't, they tend to produce all kinds of signs/symptoms that the failure process has begun to occur. Also, heaven forbid, if you do have a complete drive failure data recovery (which is always expensive to begin with) from a HDD is less expensive, by far, than from an SSD and has a higher probability of success. But all of the above is made irrelevant if one follows the only sane practice that any owner of a computer who values their data must: taking full system image backups, and possibly separate user data backups, on regular cycles. -- 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
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Re: new computer
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 06:38 AM, enes sarıbaş wrote:
I would respectfully disagree.And we shall have to agree to do so. Most of my clientele has older machines, and these days "older machines" by and large that aren't ancient machines have Intel i-series processors. I don't have any of them crying that their system performance has changed for their day to day use in such a way as they'd even notice. In fact, I would suggest getting an AMD machine to stop this, and avoid a bulk of speculative execution vulnerabilities.On that we can agree. Every machine in my house, bar one that is truly ancient, sports an AMD APU in it. And all are still usable, though the A6 and A8 certainly don't feel "zippy" anymore, but those two machines also still have HDDs, too, so that factors in. -- 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
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Re: Help needed regarding setting security options in Gmail
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:55 AM, Duke wrote:
Idon't what to do.- Contact the Google Disability Support Team -- 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
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Re: dvd capacity for iso file
Brian Vogel <britechguy@...>
On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:44 AM, Bharat wrote:
Please mout the iso from within the windows. you don't need to burn it to a DVD.- Precisely, and this is laid out explicitly in the step-by-step instructions, which I expect will be read and followed. And were I to need external media, I'd definitely use USB media not optical these days, but for this you do not need external media. -- 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
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Re: dvd capacity for iso file
Bharat
Please mout the iso from within the windows. you don't need to burn it to a DVD.
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On 10/23/20, Fanus <buys.fanus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello again Brian
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Re: Help needed regarding setting security options in Gmail
Duke
Hi Mike,
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Thank you for your suggestions. I've been trying to do that al this time that I took before responding to you. Just for the record, I explained in my previous message that I was able to find the less secure applications check box and I did check with no positive result. Google keeps blocking my accounts from both outlook express and thunderbird. However, after your suggestions, I wasn't able to find that check box any more no matter what I did. I have the same experience in windows 7 and 1-. Idon't what to do. Thanks again. Douk
On 10/21/2020 5:27 PM, Mike B wrote:
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Re: fax
abdulah aga
I do have Iphone 11 pro max
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Re: new computer
Gene
Your information, if it was accurate at one time, and I don't know if it was, isn't now. This article discusses questions you raise about reliability better than I can.
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https://www.contegix.com/blog/do-solid-state-drives-fail-more-often-hard-disks Regarding your discussion of mechanical disks often making sounds indicating impending failure, wile this is true some of the time, relying on such indications is just asking to lose data. At times, disks make sounds after they fail, at times they make no sounds indicating impending failure. You should have anything you want to lose backed up, indications of disk failure or not. If you don't want to reinstall everything, you should have the system backed up as well as all your data files, such as music, pictures, documents, etc. It makes no more sense to rely on possible indications of failure of a mechanical drive before doing this then to wait for an SSD to fail. The same backup precautions should be taken with either kind of drive. Gene
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From: Gerald Levy via groups.io Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 5:48 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] new computer Yes, there are advantages to an SSD. But the dirty little secret that nobody likes to talk about is that an SSD may not last as long as an HD. This is because its memory cells tend to wear out over time with repeated read/write cycles, which could cause an SSD to suddenly fail without prior warning. At least a mechanical HD usually provides some audible indicationof impending failure. If you are considering an SSD, purchase a computer with an SSD of at least 256 GB that will have enough memory cells to minimize the possibility of failure. The more memory cells an SSD has, the more vacant cells are available for storage if one of them fails, and the more reliable it is likely to be. Gerald On 10/22/2020 8:25 PM, Brian Zolo wrote: Hey there, Jerry, Brian Zolo here in Gahanna, Ohio, feel free to call me BZ, grin! You’ve got a great machine there; the only change that you might consider would be to go with a solid state drive as opposed to a mechanical hard drive as you’ll definitely get better performance, faster boot time and less energy use with a solid state drive. That western digital certainly isn’t a bad drive and it’s awesome that you’ll have a dvd drive as well. It’s getting harder and harder to find dvd drives in laptops anymore. If you get a solid state drive, go with the 512 though it won’t be as big as your drive on your machine. The prices on solid state drives are definitely coming down but they’re still more expensive than mechanical drives and don’t give you as much storage though that’s changing and will get even better. You’ve got a great machine there, have a great day! BZ! From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Jerry hathaway Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 7:31 PM To: TechTalk mailto:TechTalk@groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] new computer I am looking to get a new computer and wondering if this the computer listed below will be a good computer to purchase. Model: Lenovo M93 SFF Pro Processor: Intel quad core I7 -4770 running at 3.4ghz and turbo boost to 3.9ghz Ram: 8GB DDR3 PC1600 Hard drive: 2TB 7200RPM Western digital DVD+/-rw Super multi drive Wireless: Asus AC-68 dual band capable of 1.3ghz USB: 8 ports - 2 front and 6 rear 4 - USB 2.0 and 4 USB 3.0 Dimentions: 13.3" W x 14.8" D X 4" high Weight: 17.2 pounds Includes Keyboard, mouse and power cord Jerry Virus-free. www.avg.com
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Re: fax
Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
Abdulah wrote in part:
"I would like know is way to have faks number on cell phone and how to get it?" Apologies for responding with yet another question; what type of cell phone do you have and on which platform? Your answer might help us all give you the best advice on the subject matter. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado
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Re: new computer
enes sarıbaş
Hi Gerald, What makes it worse is that manufacturerers are using more
layered nand flash to make drives cheaper, which reduces
endurance. Like the samsung QVO series versus the evo. But if you
get a 512/1tb mlc or TLC drive, it is unlikely to be an issue. My
newly purchased 970 plus for example has a rated endurance of 600
tb. And you can monitor SSD relyability via tools like crystal
disk info which display smart data. When ware leveling reaches 0%,
you can replace it. I have used this 120 gb samsung for almst 5
years, and I haven't had to do this.
On 10/23/2020 5:48 AM, Gerald Levy via
groups.io wrote:
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Re: new computer
Gerald Levy
Yes, there are advantages to an SSD. But the dirty little secret that nobody likes to talk about is that an SSD may not last as long as an HD. This is because its memory cells tend to wear out over time with repeated read/write cycles, which could cause an SSD to suddenly fail without prior warning. At least a mechanical HD usually provides some audible indicationof impending failure. If you are considering an SSD, purchase a computer with an SSD of at least 256 GB that will have enough memory cells to minimize the possibility of failure. The more memory cells an SSD has, the more vacant cells are available for storage if one of them fails, and the more reliable it is likely to be.
Gerald
On 10/22/2020 8:25 PM, Brian Zolo
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