00:07:17 Stew Bruce: No cam or mic tonight 00:07:54 Stew Bruce: So sorry, can't talk worth &^%#$ 00:08:47 Stew Bruce: Just hope 5 weeks of hospital hell 00:09:17 Stew Bruce: I meant home form heck 00:09:48 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "I meant home form he..." Glad you are out of the hospital! 00:09:57 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Glad you are out of ..." with โค๏ธ 00:10:16 Tom Trottier: Reacted to "Glad you are out of ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 00:10:30 E O'Driscoll: Reacted to "Glad you are out of ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 00:10:49 Stew Bruce: Replying to "I meant home form he..." Thank you kindly 00:14:03 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see 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 00:14:27 Tom Trottier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERDjeKN1_Es Setting up Windows 10 Extended Security Updates -- ExplainingComputers 00:15:17 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Collecting Microsoft Reward points https://rewards.bing.com/ 00:17:41 Darlene: If you collect points via a local Microsoft account, and not as an administrator, can you use 1000 points from that local user, when in fact you need to sign in as the administrator for the ESU deal? 00:18:39 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "If you collect point..." Your account has to be an administrator account when redeeming the points. But most people run using an administrator account 00:19:11 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "If you collect point..." You can't transfer points between different user accounts 00:19:44 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Setting up Windows 10 ESUs for free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERDjeKN1_Es 00:28:08 Tom Trottier: You would "keep 1st image" if you were planning to "restore" to a 2nd computer, for a laptop, or for other people. 00:28:19 Tom Trottier: As a starting point 00:29:23 Stew Bruce: Perhaps "preserve first image" would be handy for third party software? 00:31:23 Tom Trottier: August is 31 days.... 00:34:07 E O'Driscoll: This strategy requires lots of room on the storage medium (1.4T x 3). 00:35:24 E O'Driscoll: More than that. 00:36:03 E O'Driscoll: Good thing memory is relatively inexpensive these days. 00:36:41 Tom Trottier: https://diskprices.com/ 00:37:02 Tom Trottier: https://diskprices.com/?locale=ca 00:38:53 Tom Trottier: Drives may be cheaper on manufacturer website - DiskPrices only covers Amazon 00:39:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Managing backups with EaseUS Todo Backup https://www.easeus.com/download/tbf-download.html 00:39:54 bea: you guys are awesome - I have 10,467 points! have no idea why 00:40:57 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "you guys are awesome..." Woo-hoo! ๐Ÿคฃ 00:41:05 Tristan: Guide the to help techies create an End of life Disaster Response. https://github.com/potatoqualitee/eol-dr 00:41:37 Tom Trottier: Rewriting windows on an SSD may speed it up because files written long ago leadk bits and need more work error-correcting to read. 00:47:11 Tom Trottier: Some characters look the same in Unicode, but are different. 00:47:22 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "you guys are awesome..." Bea - But, you can't share them with anybody for the purposes of the ESU programme 00:47:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Detecting scam email https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240124_PowerPoint.pdf https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240131_PowerPoint.pdf https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240828_PowerPoint.pdf Fraud Watch page at OPCUG https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ https://snitcher.space forward emails to scan@snitcher.space 00:47:48 E O'Driscoll: Very interesting utility (Windows reset). Represents the many improvements to Windows over the years. (I hate to give kudos to Microsoft (the evil corp).) Like the autos these days...things are easier to manage. 00:53:17 Bob Herres: Snitcher.Space - Very interesting Great for a 2nd unbiased opinion When in Doubt๐Ÿ’— 00:53:41 Lynda Buske: I will definitely use this service! 00:55:04 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Detecting scam email https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240124_PowerPoint.pdf https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240131_PowerPoint.pdf https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240828_PowerPoint.pdf Fraud Watch page at OPCUG https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ https://snitcher.space forward emails to scan@snitcher.space 00:55:39 Tom Trottier: forward to scan@snitcher.space 00:57:38 Tom Trottier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNSwVmeLaE How Secure Are Your Emails? Here's the TRUTH... All Things Secured 00:57:51 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Is Gmail safe https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/07/14/googles-gmail-warning-if-you-see-this-youre-being-hacked/ 01:01:08 Tom Trottier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_gGJtKX2Pw The MOST private email service Naomi Brockwell TV 01:02:19 Tom Trottier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEud6RL8ifI Here's a Practical Email Plan that has Nothing to Do With Email Encryption Rob Braxman Tech 01:04:20 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Setting up a new computer Windows 11 Installation Assistant to install Windows 11. Download at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 01:06:58 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Last ten coming up - any other questions? 01:07:02 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: To make sure the computer is activated after the restore: Settings > System > Activation 01:07:54 Tom Trottier: You probably have to get the OEMinformantion field from the target computer before you Restore 01:08:11 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "You probably have to..." Good point! 01:08:24 Darlene: I am still thinking about the Microsoft points I have finally accumulated on my local account. I don't sign on as administrator for daily tasks. I always was told never to do work on my computer as an administrator. It was, I was told not recommended. Is it safe for me to be using the Administrator Account for accumulating points via daily by doing Bing searches? 01:08:34 E O'Driscoll: Thanks Harvey - the device name change was something I wouldn't have thought of. 01:09:29 Margery: Yes, we were so lucky with the help we got 01:09:41 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." Can you install programs? If so (without providing a DIFFERENT account's credentials), your account is an administrator and you are good to go 01:10:26 Tom Trottier: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." You can always create another admin account and then make your working account Standard again 01:10:41 Darlene: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." No, that happens as the administrator on this laptop. 01:10:44 Tom Trottier: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." Also, turn UAC control to maximum 01:10:59 Tom Trottier: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." ie, always ask you to do something admin 01:12:05 Darlene: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." Just so I understand, set up another admin account? 01:12:24 Tom Trottier: Replying to "You probably have to..." Usually those things have to be letterperfect for any recognition later 01:13:20 Tom Trottier: Replying to "I am still thinking ..." I have two admin accounts for installations. Install and Rescue. The Rescue is "just in case" 01:13:31 Bob Herres: Awesome Evening! Thank you Everyone! ๐Ÿ‘โœ… 01:15:51 Stew Bruce: ๐Ÿ‘ 01:16:11 E O'Driscoll: Interesting re Gmail verification. Thank you. 01:16:20 Serge-ร‰rik: Great info again. Thanks everyone! 01:16:55 Bill: Thanks everyone. Lots of good information tonight. 01:17:01 Tom Trottier: https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/make-uac-ask-password-admins/ 01:17:08 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thanks everyone. Lot..." with โค๏ธ 01:17:15 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Great info again. Th..." with โค๏ธ 01:17:21 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Interesting re Gmail..." with โค๏ธ 01:18:44 Darlene: I could be running as user too. Will try what Steve has recommended (Windows key and I). Thank you everyone. 01:18:54 Bob Herres: Alan may not be qualified to be Administrator? 01:19:16 Tom Trottier: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/112634-change-uac-prompt-behavior-standard-users-windows.html 01:19:41 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Alan may not be qual..." ๐Ÿ˜Š 01:20:06 Allison: Thank you! Great evening. 01:21:42 Natalie: In the accounts info, you can see also how many MS points you have. 01:22:00 Stew Bruce: G'night folks, nice to everyone again. Have to go. 01:22:32 Carol Pearson: thanks everyone good night 01:22:33 Bob Herres: Reacted to "G'night folks, nice ..." with โค๏ธ 01:22:39 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Reminder - Share needed on Microsoft accounts. Volunteer? 01:23:13 E O'Driscoll: Good night. See you!