00:01:42 Chris Taylor: All members in good standing as of March 31, 2023 will automatically have their membership expiry date extended by one year at no charge New members who join by March 31, 2023 will get two years for the price of one ($20)! Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:02:49 lboulay: I found out about OPCUG through the Council on Aging. 00:06:50 Chris Taylor: Thanks @lboulay!! 00:07:30 Chris Taylor: @lboulay - I am glad it is paying off :-) I have been posting there for over a year. 00:13:20 Alan German: We have one report that the TinyURL link didn't work tonight (but the actual URL did). Anyone else have a problem? 00:15:49 Bob Herres: I logged in via TinyUrl It worked well for me. 00:17:58 Chris Taylor: uBlock Origin https://ublockorigin.com CBC Gem https://gem.cbc.ca 00:18:37 Chris Taylor: Video Download Helper https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20220504_PowerPoint.pdf 00:20:28 Tom Trottier: Monthly calendar image here: https://rvnavigator.com/RV_Navigator/wallpaper.html' 00:24:59 Chris Taylor: Convert FAT32 to NTFS https://www.howtogeek.com/58953/how-to-convert-a-hard-drive-or-flash-drive-from-fat32-to-ntfs-format/ 00:26:52 Tom Trottier: ntfs is safer than any FAT 00:27:07 Chris Taylor: And more efficient too. 00:27:49 Tom Trottier: Efficiency iffy - best to have sector/cluster size = flash size 00:29:46 Tom Trottier: flash cluster usually 128KB 00:31:56 Tom Trottier: I use abut 5 browsers... Useful for different IDs for different providers, eg, gmail... 00:33:16 Tom Trottier: oops, 6 browsers, edge, Firefox, chrome, iron, Vivaldi, brave... 00:34:03 Tom Trottier: + safari on IOS 00:34:10 Glen: How do you verify that the software is from a legitimate site? 00:34:57 Tom Trottier: šŸ‘šŸ» 00:37:08 Timothy: An Interesting web site is "tosdr.org". It helps to explain the terms of services for many different aps that people install without reading. 00:37:18 Stew Bruce: Isn't Softpedia some sort of reference? 00:38:09 Tristan: A lot of Windows programs now install under the user, due to corporate environments not normally allowing Admin access. 00:38:33 Tristan: Admin access is required to install to all users. 00:38:53 Stew Bruce: Parental controls 00:39:15 Stew Bruce: Adult material???? 00:39:49 Tom Trottier: Y, we need to access that Adult material! 00:41:05 Chris Taylor: Software Update Software Data Cable Filezilla https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20220525_PowerPoint.pdf 00:42:00 Tom Trottier: https://tosdr.org/ 00:43:28 micheline: What is URL of Software Data Cable? 00:43:53 Jeff Dubois: Does the wiresync program always use the same private IP address for the specific device Alan? Or does it change each time you plug the device in? 00:44:41 micheline: You gave the answer while I was writing my question 00:45:20 Bill: WPS office is another clone for Android found on playstore 00:46:27 Tom Trottier: Austensibly 00:48:26 Bob Herres: Great Alan TY Iā€™ve noticed Libre Office does not Update Automatically, You must Check for Updates.. 00:49:29 Carol Pearson: perfect!!! 00:50:16 Stew Bruce: Bob- I run Patch My Pc every sstartup and it will tell me about updates available for LibreOffice 00:50:29 Tom Trottier: I'm happy with Studio Tax -$15 for 20 returns - tho under $20k income is free 00:50:55 Tom Trottier: Studio Tax is also local in Ottawa 00:52:13 Chris Taylor: cra approved tax software 2023 https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/ services/e-services/e-services-individuals/netfile-overview/certified-software-netfile-program.html 00:52:32 Tom Trottier: https://www.studiotax.com/home.html 00:52:38 bea: I have been using Genu Tax for years seems good 00:53:44 Timothy: I think that TurboTax is free for US taxes. 00:54:12 lboulay: I have been using Wealthsimple for the last 3 years. 00:54:28 Tristan: If you have a CRA online account 00:54:41 Tristan: don't forget to use Autofill. 00:54:55 Bill: How do you file this form when you are finished? 00:55:28 Tristan: @Bill normally eFile. 00:56:16 Bill: Thanks TristanšŸ˜€ 00:56:41 Tom Trottier: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/ services/e-services/e-services-individuals/netfile-overview/certified-software-netfile-program.html 00:56:51 Tom Trottier: chat is cutting 00:57:31 Stew Bruce: I use the local community volunteer centre... 00:57:36 Greg: One situation which is not always well handled with these softwares is for the Quebec residents working in Ontario. 00:58:48 Tom Trottier: https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/tax 01:00:04 Chris Taylor: TileIconifier https://github.com/Jonno12345/TileIconifier/releases 01:06:51 Tristan: A pile of icons for various open source products can be found here. May be useful for making such tiles, plus gives ideas of interesting software to check out :) https://github.com/WalkxCode/dashboard-icons/tree/main/png 01:09:54 Tom Trottier: You could also pre-open windows/tabs... 01:10:13 Timothy: I used to use something called Icon Editor for Win 31. 01:10:35 Gail: Thanks, Jeff. 01:11:31 Bill: Great Jeff thanks for sharing. 01:13:12 Tom Trottier: TY Jeff 01:13:14 Lynda Buske: Very cool Jeff. 01:13:39 faber ichelleā€™s iPad: Very cool Jeff. 01:13:53 Tom Trottier: reload.... 01:14:48 Chris Taylor: Chrome on Windows 7 System requirements https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7100626 One site with suggestions on how to roll back to older versions of Chrome https://www.browserstack.com/guide/downgrade-to-older-versions-of-chrome 01:15:30 Tom Trottier: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ 01:16:08 Tom Trottier: Is this a problem for old Androids? 01:16:55 Stew Bruce: If this person does not want to upgrade to a new version of windows but wants to use Chrome, they might be happy with a basic Chromebook 01:16:56 Tom Trottier: PT109.... got sunk 01:19:13 Bill: Thanks everyone. A fun night. 01:19:20 faber ichelleā€™s iPad: Thank you 01:19:29 bea: Thanks Chris! will pass that on 01:19:48 Bob Herres: Thank you everyone! For a Wonderful assortment of Awesome Great Information! 01:19:53 Allison: Good info tonight. Thank you! 01:19:56 Glen: Thanks 01:20:14 lboulay: Thanks. 01:20:14 faber ichelleā€™s iPad: Good night 01:20:35 Tom Trottier: And wear green for St Pat's day! 01:20:37 Edward Morawski: good meet tonight! 01:20:50 Greg: Thank you! 01:21:44 Alan German: Next Wednesday is our regular monthly meeting (Tales from the workbench with Maria & Paul Middleveen from the The Trailing Edge) so there will not be a Q&A session. This means that you have two weeks to submit your questions or prepare something to share with the group on March 15th. Send your input to: SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 01:25:03 Elizabeth: Thanks for tonight. More great info.