00:15:20 Chris Taylor: AutoHotKey script to paste from clipboard ^+!v:: ; control+shift+alt+v #NoEnv ; all %...% variables are local #Warn ; Enable all warnings SendMode Input ; Not sending events + faster Send {text}%Clipboard% Send {Alt Up}{Control Up}{Shift Up} return 00:19:54 Chris Taylor: Script to check system files Echo ON Prompt $t $p$g REM  Sometimes windows seems very slow or some things broken. REM This may happen after updates, or.... REM  You can do a sanity check on windows system files to fix (some of?) REM these via this batch file REM  You must "Run as Administrator" REM  You may want to add disk scans to discover & repair(as much as REM possible) bad sectors via CHKDSK /B for each disk REM   - but there are better tools for sector recovery like Spinrite & HDSentinel. REM  Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool REM oversees the component store WinSxS REM  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/ REM manufacture/desktop/manage-the-component-store REM  https://www.makeuseof.com/difference-between-chkdsk- REM sfc-and-dism-in-windows-10/ REM fix system problems DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth REM Errorlevel: %errorlevel% REM System File Check sfc /scannow REM Errorlevel: %errorlevel% REM on reboot, you can choose to cancel the disk check 00:27:10 Chris Taylor: Backup software Macrium Reflect Free Edition https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree Easus ToDo Backup Free https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/ 00:28:11 Tom Trottier: Windows backup also can create system disk images! 00:35:31 Tom Trottier: Store multiple ISOs via https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ 00:36:57 Serge-Érik Thériault: The recovery drive has to be created with the backup software the backup was created with, I suppose? 00:37:25 Chris Taylor: Serge - yes. It is proprietary 00:37:29 Serge-Érik Thériault: Do you always have to create an image of all the partitions? 00:38:15 Chris Taylor: Serge - no just the partitions you want. But Windows, in order to boot, requires 2 partitions. I find it easier to just backup all partitions it finds on the drive 00:43:29 Tom Trottier: Why would Windoze require 2 partitions? 00:44:44 Chris Taylor: Articles on backup Finding a Backup Program https://opcug.ca/Reviews/BackupPrograms.htm EaseUS Todo Backup Free 6.5 https://opcug.ca/Reviews/EaseUSBackup65.htm Avoiding Disaster in Disaster Recovery – Part 1 https://opcug.ca/Articles/1709.pdf Avoiding Disaster in Disaster Recovery—Part 2 https://opcug.ca/Articles/1710.pdf 00:46:07 mikev: Thank you! 00:46:08 Lawrence Patterson: To Tom's question, which is one I've never question, see https://askleo.com/do-i-need-all-these-partitions/ 00:46:36 Natalie: I may have missed something. I'm confused abut the USB drive you mentioned. For this restore, it was using the backup drive? What is the USB for? 00:50:59 Alan German: Natalie - The USB flash drive is a bootable version of the backup software (rescue disk) that can be used if the computer's hard drive has crashed and you can't load the backup software directly in Windows. 00:51:15 Natalie: My PVR also got fried with a power durge. 00:51:29 Natalie: surge 00:58:26 Tom Trottier: Tesla powerwall? 00:59:58 Stew Bruce: One of the proposed advantages of an electric car is using it as a power supply if the main power goes out 01:00:28 Tom Trottier: Some cars can pwer houses... 01:00:48 Glen: What capacity UPS do you use to protect your TV and PVR? 01:00:59 Tom Trottier: Swamp coolers! 01:01:55 micheline: Ford F150 Electric can power your house 01:02:10 Serge-Érik Thériault: It is important to phone in, because I was the first one to call once. Hydro Ottawa did not know about the outage on my street until I did call. 01:02:35 Natalie: Learned my lesson & now use power surge bars on all my electronics. 01:02:59 Tom Trottier: UPS nicest 01:04:52 Tom Trottier: UPS good for sinewave power for electronics 01:04:53 Stew Bruce: The bigger the screen the more power it sucks. Turn off the TV & use a laptop 01:07:14 Chris Taylor: Identify fonts - Identifont http://identifont.com/ WhatTheFont https://www.myfonts.com/ WhatTheFont/ WhatFontIs.com https://www.whatfontis.com Fonts from Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/typography/font-list/ Free fonts https://www.dafont.com/ https://fonts.google.com/ https://www.1001freefonts.com/ 01:08:06 Tom Trottier: Lexend fonts! 01:08:27 Tom Trottier: Qrious 01:11:07 Stephane: For the context menu question, the tool "Ultimate Windows Context Menu Customizer" is a light, easy to use and free context menu customizer tool that works on all versions of Windows. 01:12:43 Tom Trottier: NՈᖵ ǝɹɐ sʇuoⅎ 01:13:59 Tom Trottier: https://fsymbols.com/generators/aboqe-flip/ 01:16:35 Tom Trottier: I ♥ Tokin' 01:18:36 Tom Trottier: r̛̛̓̍͋̏̑̈́̿͛́͋́̍̋̀́͑͒̎̊͝a̛̓͗̒͒̅͌̀̾̏͗͐̊̎̇̽̐͒̚̚͘̕i̅̋̾͌̊́́̿͑̑̉̌̓̀̿̾̚̚͠͠͠͝ǹ̛̿̋͛͑̽͑̏̈́̈̿͂͂̏̈́͒̈̈́͆͛͠ ̔͗̋ 01:18:43 Tom Trottier: ̒̍̓̄̔͋͊͂̂̀̓̃̊̈̅w̡̡̢͍̜̯̜͙̦̬͚͔̭̺̳̹̺̩̹̜̻̖̳̠̠̜̩͜͜͜͜ͅa̧̡̡̨̢͚̲̭̺̲̪̥̞̭͖͎̪̹̭͍̠̗̩̘̱̞̗̞͚͍̬̺̫͉̳̩͇ͅṯ̨̡̡̡̧̧̲̤̻͍͓̩͓̬͔̣͎̞̹̳̭̩͖͔̪̥͖̙͜͜ͅͅę̢͈̻̻̜̰̟͈̗͙̩̭̭͓̼͖̟̳̥̖̦͈͉̹̠̟̮͜r̢̧̧̻̟̘͔̼͇͉͕̙̭̬̝̬̟̠̱̙͍̼͔͕̘̞̹̟̩̣͔̭͙f̡̧̨̢̧̺̘͔̗͎̭̰̞̹͈̱͇̱͔͙̗̩̗̟͍̗̖̼̲̻͍̭̬͙̲͎͜͜͜a̢̨̢̺̣̯̩̘̩̖̣͚͍͕͖̼̖̥̰̱̭͔͉͇͜͜l̨̨̝̣͎͇̠̘͍̠͚̟̼̘̲̣̪̮̙̩̗̳̞̰͔̰͉͙̞̪̙̮͇͓̯̖͉̹ͅl͉̱̮̩̼̞͈̜̘̩͎̝̖̙̤̫̠̘̮̤̱̳̘̱̟̮̥͜ 01:19:43 Chris Taylor: NFT photography art - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7LhQ1GUOU 01:20:16 Tom Trottier: I K N E W the solution was a reboot.... 01:20:22 Bill: Great night. Thanks everyone. 01:21:10 Natalie: Thanks! 01:21:21 Serge-Érik Thériault: Thanks.