00:11:41 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 00:15:27 Michelle Faber: Good evening everyone, 00:16:50 Timothy: I think that on the news this evening, the Ottawa police were able to cath 00:17:16 Timothy: catch some scammers within the last couple of days. 00:17:36 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Scammers on the prowl https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:17:51 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Good evening everyon..." Howdy! 00:19:30 Tom Trottier: You also have to watch our for lookalike characters. Type the real looing URL in, do NOT click 00:23:00 Harvey Hope: Clear your browser history 00:24:00 Harvey Hope: Suggest closing with Task Manager 00:25:02 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: How to get rid of pop-ups Turn off notifications turn off notifications https://www.perplexity.ai/search/in-a-web-browser-how-to-remove-8xKTgTB0TCKySWnesFILTA#0 Check for any unknown extensions & disable/remove https://www.perplexity.ai/search/how-to-check-for-unknown-exten-UzM0.wS_Tv.hPpUAcmaTng#0 Reset the browser? https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-happens-when-you-reset-a-YnnDbMuSRu.s9C6ePUnQEg#0 00:27:15 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Free on-demand virus scanners ESET: https://www.eset.com/ca/home/online-scanner/ Trend: housecall.trendmicro.com/ Panda Cloud Cleaner: https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/homeusers/cloud-cleaner/ F-Secure: https://www.f-secure.com/en/online-scanner Norton Power Eraser: https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/ kb20100824120155EN Microsoft Safety Scanner: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-endpoint/safety-scanner-download Sophos Scan & Clean: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/free-tools/virus-removal-tool 00:28:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Free update/vulnerability scanners UniGetUI (best update manager…IMNSHO) https://www.marticliment.com/unigetui/ Patch My PC Home Updater https://patchmypc.com/home-updater Glarysoft Software Update https://www.glarysoft.com/downloads/?p=su-page Secteer VulnDetect (true vulnerability manager) https://vulndetect.com/#/ 00:29:04 Stew Bruce: Don't forget updates through the Microsoft store. 00:31:10 Timothy: What was the name of the website? 00:31:40 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "What was the name of..." What's the context? 00:37:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: AutoHotkey https://www.autohotkey.com 00:53:39 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: The Story of Python and how it took over the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4QL4VqJ0 00:54:45 Tom Trottier: Use AutoHotkey documentation, forums, discord https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewforum.php?f=83 00:55:24 Tom Trottier: My Bell Gigahub went bad. I had to exchange it 00:55:50 simon: would like to add: ROGERS phone number very hard to find. Consider bookmarking : 1-888-643-7786 00:55:57 Tom Trottier: Bell tech help was very good 00:56:46 Tom Trottier: Bell internet help 8006686878,1,6138606633,1,3,2,3 00:56:59 Tom Trottier: oops, 8006686878,1, 00:57:10 Tom Trottier: don't put in MY phone number... 00:57:27 Timothy: One person from rogers said to me was to reset your box from time to time to flush of fix many problems. 00:57:43 Natalie: There's been info about clearing the cache on Smart TVs. Here's an article/video from Tom's Guide: https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming-devices/speed-up-your-smart-tv-how-to-clear-the-cache-on-samsung-lg-sony-roku-and-more 00:59:34 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Bill's favourite apps NokoPrint https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nokoprint&hl=en-US HouseSigma Canada Real Estate https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.housesigma.android&hl=en-US GasBuddy https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gbis.gbandroid&hl=en-CA Shazam https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android&hl=en-GB YTDLnis https://ytdlnis.org 01:00:45 Tom Trottier: Several Windows recipe programs can be populated by an LLM from a web recipe, especially those that support importing recipes via URL or copy-paste. The most compatible options include: Popular Windows Recipe Managers Paprika Recipe Manager: Paprika allows you to import recipes directly from websites using its built-in browser or by pasting a URL. It can extract ingredients, steps, and images, making it easy to transfer web recipes into the app for organization and planning.​ Recipe Keeper (Free/Pro): This app supports importing recipes from popular recipe websites. You can copy and paste recipes or use its import feature to bring in web recipes. It also supports scanning handwritten recipes and converting them to digital format.​ AnyList: AnyList lets you import recipes from thousands of websites. You can enable its recipe import extension in your browser to save recipes with a single click, or manually paste URLs.​ Flavorish: Flavorish enables unlimited recipe imports from websites and blogs. You simply pas 01:01:36 Timothy: that looked like don mills. 01:02:28 Tom Trottier: how can you use google to identify songs by playing them? 01:04:41 Tom Trottier: For flowcharts https://www.yworks.com/products/yed will allow you to move boxes around and the connections fillow. 01:04:44 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG Q&A template https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx 01:09:41 Ma Vo: QUESTIONS: I was shopping for a MS Office license and while looking on Best Buy's website, I clicked on one of the links in the "Similar products from outside of Best Buy" section: https://www.properkeys.com/en/product/microsoft-office-2024-professional-plus/?currency=CAD&utm_id=23186965822&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_device=c&gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=23186965822&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgJbXwNuikQMV1TYIBR2n4zu5EAQYASABEgL0WfD_BwE Has anyone ever used of are familiar with the company (properkeys.com)? Or is this too good of a deal to be true (MS Office 2024 Professional Plus for CAD$19.95)? 01:09:48 Tom Trottier: Ctrl+Y in PowerPoint can repeat the last action you performed, including duplicating a slide. 01:10:00 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG presentations at the OPL https://booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program?text=pc+users Q&A-Index https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/Q&A-Index.pdf 01:10:31 jenn: Dec 17 what software is the book making using 01:10:49 Richard Bradford: Will techniques also work in LibreOffice Impress? 01:11:40 Natalie: Replying to "Dec 17 what software..." I think it's listed in the program description on the library site 01:12:53 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "Will techniques also..." Richard - I will check. 01:14:10 Carol Pearson: so members only for bonus 01:15:32 Natalie: Will it be the same presentation as the one Lynda gave at the OPL? 01:16:14 Natalie: It was great, with so many details, will be happy to attend again! 01:17:39 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG presentations at the OPL https://booking.biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program?text=pc+users Q&A-Index https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/Q&A-Index.pdf 01:18:27 Timothy: 2nd Santa picture on computer had a nicer friendly looking elf. 01:18:57 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "2nd Santa picture on..." Being drunk makes you more friendly looking I guess 😄 01:19:41 Timothy: No the first picture at the start of the presentations had the nasty looking elf. 01:20:05 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "No the first picture..." That elf wasn't drunk :-) 01:21:41 Carol Pearson: Merry Christmas all! Thanks for all you do! 01:21:47 E O'Driscoll: Thanks - Good info again tonight.👍 01:21:53 Michelle Faber: Merry Christmas to all. Have a nice Holiday 01:21:55 Natalie: Happy Holidays & a good start to 2026! Thanks for a great year of tech info!! 01:22:17 Timothy: Thanks to all for the wonderful presentations this year. Looking forward to next year's.