00:09:36 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 00:16:27 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Incognito E-mail Address https://incognitomail.co 00:16:46 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Down for everyone https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ 00:17:37 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: DownDetector https://downdetector.ca/ 00:18:26 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Some disposable email addresses: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/email-protection/duck-addresses 00:19:11 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: The USB port has to support the voltage. 00:19:24 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: and the cable 00:24:17 Steve Parker: Can you add files to your drive image file? 00:24:47 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: EaseUS Todo Backup https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/tb-free.html 00:29:05 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Are there any programs that organize, compress, and encrypt disks/partitions, and use FTP to backup over the internet where you have access to storage? 00:29:44 Margery: Why do you prefer to back up manually, rather than schedule it? 00:31:04 Bea: once you make a boot usb in eassUSdo you need to update that 00:32:37 Natalie: Replying to "Why do you prefer to..." Even without a scheduled back-up, the program will remind you if it's been a while. 00:34:50 Jeff Dubois: I'm one of those guys who back up data ONLY. Anytime I have had the need to restore, I do a full format of the drive, reinstall all programs including OS (which are easily downloaded as I have all my keys) and then just import the data. With a fresh install you always know there's nothing there that shouldn't be. More work, but cleaner. Ulimately, it's what works for people. 00:35:30 Tristan: Reacted to "I'm one of those guy..." with 👍 00:36:41 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: https://www.appcontrol.com/ 00:40:16 Natalie: I started using AppControl. The list of things that show starting up when I open a program are sometimes confusing (not obvious to me). 00:41:26 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: If only it captured new autostarts like Winpatrol does 00:42:12 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Can you disable autostarted stuff, like services, .... 00:45:43 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: AppControl https://www.appcontrol.com/ TrafficMonitor download: https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/releases/latest tutorial: https://github.com/zhongyang219/TrafficMonitor/wiki/Home_en 00:48:12 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Glasswire also does this 00:48:49 Steve Parker: can trafficmonitor display temps as well? 00:48:53 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "Glasswire also does ..." But, is Glasswire free? 00:49:01 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: HWinfo can display many things on your task bar 00:49:32 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Sysinternals' Process Explorer can give you tiny graphs on your task bar 00:51:03 Stew Bruce: Replying to "Glasswire also does this" For Windows there are free & paid versions 00:52:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: AI – The Hinton Lectures 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQh9GuhddEQ&list=PL9chX1Hvkfb0FYXR-qJ8zndSr38qMv2q4&index=1 00:52:35 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: I use HWinfo to display CPU temp, process explorer for resources: CPU, GPU, I/O, Memory 00:53:49 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Hovering gives the name and % 00:53:54 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: ChannelSurfer.tv https://channelsurfer.tv 00:55:30 Jocelyn Doire: are channel like PBS geo blocked? 00:56:36 E O'Driscoll: What about Britbox...without geo block maybe accessible? 00:58:03 Stew Bruce: I believe it has the ability for a user to import their Youtube subs 01:00:25 Carol Pearson: Nice! 01:00:39 Jocelyn Doire: doesn't work in zoom... :( 01:00:45 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Is there a program integrated with a VPN that automatically chooses which country server to use for native access to a local Internet TV program or service? IE, pick a program or channel, then auto navigate? 01:01:06 E O'Driscoll: F11 ...who knew. 01:01:29 Sherida Harris: F11 is page up. Do I need a combination key 01:02:46 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Or.... buy apple 01:02:53 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OK, Boomer: Why Computer Literacy Matters to You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTTLfk1wgcE Should you build your own website? 01:04:21 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://www.cira.ca/en/resources/news/domains/should-i-build-a-website-myself-or-hire-someone/ 01:05:12 Sherida Harris: Thank you. 01:08:36 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Is there a program integrated with a VPN that automatically chooses which country server to use for native access to a local Internet TV program or service? IE, pick a program or channel, then auto navigate? 01:09:28 Ma Vo: have you done a presentation on when to get a USB hub vs a docking station? 01:10:14 Tristan: Private Internet Access has an application you can install for their VPN. It lets you select what country their destination VPN server is in. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/download/windows-vpn 01:10:15 KW-G: Can you talk more about GitHub. I hear a lots of people reference it, but don't really know what this is. 01:10:20 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Perplexity: Yes—there are solutions that look a lot like what you describe, but they fall into two styles: VPN‑plus‑SmartDNS combos that auto‑route each streaming service to the right country, and Manually scripted/auto‑triggered VPN setups where you define a mapping (e.g., “Netflix → US, BBC iPlayer → UK”) and the system switches servers automatically. 01:10:47 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Unlocator Smart DNS: you can set different regions for different platforms (e.g., US for Netflix, UK for BBC iPlayer) and the DNS proxy routes each domain to the right country automatically. SmartDNS Proxy / DNS4me‑type services: let you pick the country for each streaming site and apply that per‑service, so the device “just works” when you launch that app. 01:12:11 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: https://unlocator.com/smart-dns/ 01:12:56 Richard Bradford: If you do a clean system and app install and only backup and restore data beware that recent Windows updates prevent reinstalling of some earlier equipment drivers. 01:14:35 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Native TV: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-there-a-program-integrated-sHQmQl60RY6yHlqGGsS0UQ#1 01:15:37 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Hubs can be faster to connect to HDDs/SSDs 01:16:24 Timothy: I have a device called "Pad TV Tuner" that I can hook up to my tablet. It picks up any TV signal in range just like in the old days. I have used it here at home and in FLorida. 01:16:30 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Corporate prices for "Docking stations" 01:17:10 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Many monitors have more USB ports, as well as using USBc for the video 01:18:59 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Phones are getting faster. They can connect to big displays, keyboards via wire or Bluetooth or WiFi 01:20:00 Tom Trottier@Moonbase: Drivers are dependent on standard hardware or APIs. Standards can change..... 01:22:06 Natalie: Among others, I saw a $13.98 charger with Micro USB, USB Type A, USB Type C ends (Amazon.ca). Thanks for the tip. 01:22:10 Harvey Hope: Taco 01:22:47 Tristan: Videos already coming out on how to make you're own home router. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04oL0qVSWJE&pp=0gcJCdkKAYcqIYzv 01:23:00 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG-Member-Forum https://opcug.ca/google-groups-how-to/ 01:24:46 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: if you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 01:25:33 Richard Bradford: Can anyone recommend some sort of shell script that can be run on shared machines to automatically preserve your downloaded data and login details to a data key or cloud account. 01:26:49 Natalie: Thanks! 01:26:54 Gail Eagen (OPCUG Secretary): Thank you! 01:26:58 Allison: Thank you! 01:27:00 Deborah: Thank you! 01:27:02 Carol Pearson: Thanks all! 01:27:03 E O'Driscoll: Thanks. 01:27:05 Bea: thanks 01:27:09 Rosemary: Thank you