00:09:08 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 00:09:55 Ma Vo: for those who want to tweek Windows: Windows is Just Too Hard to Clean Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_Ll3UvEA8 by CyberCPU Tech 00:12:10 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Once again, the Board of Directors has decided to offer a “two for one” special to new members. Sign up for a $20 membership by March 31st, 2026 and get an additional year at no additional cost. Please spread the word and help the OPCUG grow. https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ As well, the OPCUG finances remain in excellent shape and membership renewal dues are being waived. All members in good standing on March 31st, 2026 will have their membership expiry date extended by an additional year at no additional cost. 00:13:33 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:13:43 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Any questions - or shares! 00:16:05 Coreen: What a photo Chris, fantastic! 00:20:15 mikelap: For windows 11, 00:20:35 mikelap: How to deal with the bad updates? thks 00:21:49 Timothy: 1/3 of Quebec students having been using AI for help with school work. 00:22:39 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: New computer setup Setting Up a New Computer – First Things First https://opcug.ca/Articles/2105NEWS.pdf Setting Up a New Computer – Backup, Update, Repeat... https://opcug.ca/Articles/2106NEWS.pdf Setting Up a New Computer – Keeping Up To Date https://opcug.ca/Articles/2109NEWS.pdf 00:22:49 President Trump: More: https://opcug.ca/newsletters/ 00:22:55 E O'Driscoll: I don't need to know this but it's interesting: the new "evolution" of the web called Solid (Tim Berners-Lee). 00:23:03 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Backup made easy Whoa, Backup! Effective Strategies for Keeping Your Computer Files Safe https://opcug.ca/mec-category/opl-presentations/ Finding a Backup Program https://opcug.ca/Reviews/BackupPrograms.htm Exploring Linux – Part 33 – A Backup Solution for Linux Systems https://opcug.ca/Reviews/Foxclone.pdf 00:24:07 Steve Parker: So . . . you have a Backup key . . . .what about a restore key? 00:26:50 Andrew P: My webpage may help with getting started with Pi: https://www.ruffnotes.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-4-b-single-board-computer/ 00:27:20 mikelap: eg. KB 506 6835 (25oct14), KB 506 8861 (25nov11), KB 507 2033 (25dec9), KB 507 4109 (26jan13) 00:30:00 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "How to deal with the..." Mike - Following up on our E-mails, did you power up the laptop again? If so, what happened? 00:30:02 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Problem booting https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-was-in-the-bios-of-my-gigaby-FWwnLkyOTs.yOtjODiZ9zg#0 00:33:23 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "1/3 of Quebec studen..." You could uninstall an problematic update, if you can get into Windows - Settings > Windows Update > Update History > Uninstall updates. Then pause updates until a solution is found. If you can't boot into Windows you can phone Microsoft for free support on security updates 00:34:19 Jeff Dubois: I ran Tiny11 on an old Acer 5720Z dual-core with 2GB memory back in 2023. It ran surprisingly well and surprisingly fast. There was discussion on Tiny11 back in our forum in March 2023 00:34:44 ~President Trump: https://sourceforge.net/projects/tiny-11-releases/files/Tiny11-Pro-25H2/Tiny11-25H2-English-Pro-2025-12-26.iso/download 00:35:13 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "How to deal with the..." The fact that there have been identified problems with given updates is far from unusual. But that doesn't mean it will affect you. When dealing with over 1 billion computers, some problems are inevitable. 00:35:53 Jocelyn Doire: on an old PC the fan jammed, which caused the PC to refuse to boot, after cleaning the dust from the fan it restarted to work fine, but still no boot, I was able to boot from an old CD that had many tools on it, one was to reboot the computer, that fixed the PC! 00:35:54 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Tiny11 https://github.com/ntdevlabs/tiny11builder) Official Windows 11 25H2 ISO file (approx 6.3 GB) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 Rufus https://rufus.ie/en 00:42:28 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Arolsen Database https://arolsen-archives.org/en/ 00:48:44 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Medical supplies https://www.canmeddirect.ca 00:49:44 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: How the world’s most complex machine saved Moore’s Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUHjLxm3V0 Shifting to AI capability? https://theaidigest.org/time-horizons 00:50:34 Bea: I used CanMedDirect for many years - great service 00:52:20 ~President Trump: Imagine the sunburn.... 00:52:43 Jocelyn Doire: The technology behind the latest chips is extraordinary, the way to create that plasma is just hard to believe! 00:55:53 Jocelyn Doire: They are trying to install one of those machine in the USA, but so far they are still unable, everything is so hard, the air, the water, the purity of the inputs, and so on, and so on. 00:57:27 E O'Driscoll: Apologies Alan: I'll try to come up with ideas. 🙂 00:58:27 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Apologies Alan: I'll..." We are ALWAYS happy for folks to come up with ideas. And you have the added benfit of not having to listen to Alan and me so much! 😁 00:59:40 Jocelyn Doire: Another idea is income tax software, some (all?) don't work in Win10 01:00:38 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." That is really interesting. I wonder why 3rd party vendors are dropping support for Windows 10. That seems really short-sighted! 01:01:01 Jocelyn Doire: agreed! 01:05:18 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." Years ago I installed the income tax software and it caused significant problems. So, I have been with Ufile.ca ever since. 01:06:09 Coreen: Alan, have you been replaced with ChatGPT? 01:06:12 Jocelyn Doire: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." Is ufile a software or a web site app? 01:06:17 mikelap: Replying to "How to deal with t..." I lack experience with "microsoft update catalog". Any experts? thks! 01:06:32 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." Web 01:06:43 Mark Carney: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." Both. 01:07:54 Jocelyn Doire: Replying to "Another idea is inco..." I'll have a look, thanks. TurboTax is only Win10, but now have a web version, which I'm very uncomfortable with. 01:08:18 mikelap: x64 vs. arm64? 01:09:14 Michelle Faber: Thank you. Good evening. 01:10:27 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns 01:12:51 Jocelyn Doire: @Jacinta V. You can raise your hand by clicking the "React" button at the bottom, but we're our of time at this time. 01:13:25 mikelap: Replying to "How to deal with t..." How to access the "old" recorded q&a sessions? Thks! 01:13:26 Coreen: Thank you. Enjoy your week! 01:14:16 Darlene: Thank you for another informative session. 01:14:59 Stew Bruce: Replying to "How to deal with the..." Opcug.ca has a section devoted to the old Q&A's 01:15:03 ~President Trump: @Jacinta V. you can also ask questions to SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 01:15:25 ~President Trump: via email 01:16:13 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Bonus presentation: Armchair Travel: Beautiful British Columbia https://opcug.ca/events/bonus-presentation-2-armchair-travel-beautiful-british-columbia/?occurrence=2026-03-03 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 01:16:26 ~President Trump: BTW, easiest way to unmute self temporarily is to hold down space bar while talking. 01:16:34 mikelap: Replying to "How to deal with t..." thks stew! 01:16:40 Jacinta V.: I have a question on iclouds 01:18:54 ~President Trump: Nothing at Sunnyside Library :( 01:20:18 mikelap: I simulated a rubix cube with ai, with 9 matrixes and 6 functions. no graphics 01:20:25 Allison: I asked at my library for Lynda's Iceland Armchair Travel and they did it. 01:20:43 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Jacinta - Please send your iCloud question to SuggestionBox@opcug.ca. 01:21:06 Darlene: New library logo it seems for the OPL! 01:22:00 ~President Trump: 🍁( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )🍁 01:23:14 Carol Pearson: Thanks everyone 01:23:35 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 01:23:40 Mark Carney: Thanks for the information. 01:23:50 E O'Driscoll: Great info tonight. Thanks. 01:23:56 Allison: Thank you. 01:24:06 ~President Trump: For help on anything, you can ask on https://Perplexity.ai