00:11:51 Chris Taylor: 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 00:12:39 Tom Trottier: Loonie Links: Ottawa air quality forecast: https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/nextHourlies/onaq-008_e.html 00:16:27 Tom Trottier: Phone specs/reviews - https://www.gsmarena.com/ 00:18:42 Tom Trottier: Delete all data on disks with https://dban.org/ 00:19:18 Harvey Hope: Go Recell Canada - you can sell or buy phones and tablets https://www.gorecell.ca 00:19:58 Chris Taylor: National Capital FreeNet Map: https://goo.gl/maps/om1otNSshB4BxJNU8 Email: support@ncf.ca 00:22:11 Stew Bruce: I just use Brave browser with standard settings and PC sends me alerts everytime I log in and I am randomly located all over Ont/QC for each alert 00:24:14 Chris Taylor: YouTube Tech Explaining computers https://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers 00:25:07 Chris Taylor: Explaining WiFi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSq1TYTiESA 00:25:30 Chris Taylor: xxx in 100 seconds https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship 00:26:04 Chris Taylor: Python in 100 Seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7X9w_GIm1s Linux Directories Explained in 100 Seconds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42iQKuQodW4 00:26:19 Chris Taylor: Computerphile https://www.youtube.com/@Computerphile 00:27:31 Chris Taylor: Dave's Garage https://www.youtube.com/@DavesGarage 00:28:10 Chris Taylor: Lon Reviews Tech Channel https://www.youtube.com/@LonSeidman 00:28:42 Chris Taylor: MrMobile https://www.youtube.com/@TheMrMobile 00:36:29 Tom Trottier: So you got 6 years warranty? 00:40:36 Tom Trottier: You might want to lubricate the hinges with graphite powder 00:42:06 Chris Taylor: HP Envy and Pavilion Laptops – Hinge Problems https://www.classaction.org/blog/useless-computers-lawsuit-claims-hp-laptop-hinges-break-easily-due-to-defect#:~:text=The%20lawsuit%20claims%20the%20laptops,adequate%20fix%2C%20the%20suit%20says 00:42:08 Tom Trottier: Or fill around the plastic with epoxy 00:43:41 Tom Trottier: Some HP printers have been munged by an internet update.... 00:44:02 Tom Trottier: And they need internet access to validate the printer cartridges... 00:44:46 Chris Taylor: I had really good service on one of my HP Spectre computers. Out of warranty and they said they would fix anything that was wrong for something like $150. They ended up replacing the motherboard and the SSD 00:45:41 Chris Taylor: Windows Subsystem for Linux https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install "It's a hypervisor" - Dave's Garage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clZCrVZH4Gg 00:45:44 Harvey Hope: I have clients with HP wireless printer connection issues due to built-in network workgroup HOME. It cannot be changed to WORKGROUP. 00:48:04 Bill: Interesting Bob. Sorry you had so much trouble. 00:52:37 Jeff Dubois: VMWare's Workstation (formerly VMWare Player) provides a robust VM alternative for running various distros of Linux under Windows. The Pro version allows you to run multiple VMs whereas the free version allows you to run only one VM at a time. You can, however, have several different distros installed with the free version but you can only run a sinlge VM at a time with the free version. 00:52:38 E O'Driscoll: Thanks - I didn't catch the AI reference either. 00:52:45 Chris Taylor: Using VirtualBox to run Linux https://opcug.ca/Articles/2305NEWS.pdf VWWare Workstation 2.0 review (from May 2001) https://opcug.ca/Reviews/vmware2.html VMWare Workstation Player https://www.vmware.com/content/vmware/vmware-published-sites/us/products/workstation-player.html.html 00:55:34 Chris Taylor: Previous items on File History 2020-03 newsletter - File History. If you are new to File History, be sure to read this one https://opcug.ca/Articles/2003NEWS.pdf 2023-02-15 Q&A - Tweaking File History https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20230215_PowerPoint.pdf 2022-05-25 Q&A - File History: upgrading to a new computer https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20220525_PowerPoint.pdf 2021-02-03 Q&A - Broken File History https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20210203_PowerPoint.pdf 2023-02-22 Q&A Chris's Rant - Windows 11 and File History https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20230222_PowerPoint.pdf Microsoft's Answers forum on default folders backed up by File History https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/which-directories-does-file-history-backup/3d970b5b-ba68-454e-865b-6c4e632bb08d 00:55:37 Tom Trottier: Thanks, Allan 01:06:29 Alan German: Any other questions anyone? 01:07:23 E O'Driscoll: Thank heavens for Chris' rants. Otherwise, I'd forget about backups. 01:07:41 Chris Taylor: 😄 01:08:18 Tom Trottier: And Loonie Links: Ottawa air quality forecast: https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/nextHourlies/onaq-008_e.html 01:10:45 E O'Driscoll: Yes, Stew...CBC news is generally a wasteland west of Kanata. It's like the earth ends there. Let's hear the news from the rest of the area! Thanks. 01:12:49 Stew Bruce: Sugar mobile is a low cost MVNO that might help 01:14:54 Bob Herres: thank you everyone.. lots of solid info tonight !! 01:14:58 E O'Driscoll: Thanks! 01:14:59 Bill: Thanks Chris and Alan for all your good work and others as well 01:15:02 Gail: Thank you! 01:15:18 Ed Morawski: great presentations! 01:15:28 Glen: Thanks 01:15:35 Michelle Faber: Great presentations