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  1. Show off your internet speed!

    I live in a condo and Bell is the internet provider. Bell may be upgrading the condo to fibre in the not too distant future. I do not play games. I occasionally watch amazon prime documentaries. I attend a Zoom session once a week. This is my speed. The upgrade will likely cost more...
  2. Zorin OS 17.1 has been released

    I have a dedicated SSD on my Desktop for Linux. After trying many Distros over the years, I feel that I have found one that works best for me. No additional drivers required to for my ac wireless USB adapter. When my families computers become obsolete with windows 10 in the next few year I...
  3. What is your favorite email client and why?

    I use Thuderbird I have multiple folders. Some of them for long term storage of email - contract with Bell . Others for temporary example - summer holiday 2024. After the holiday I will delete the folders.
  4. Solved Better way to do a backup

    1) Install Macrium reflect 2) Make an image of your computer on the external ssd 3) Macrium -> other tasks -> Create rescue media on a USB drive After you replace your failed boot drive use the USB rescue media to restore the Macrium from the external ssd to new internal disk. With Macrium...
  5. Adjusting Outlook to Open Calendar Instead of Mail

    This is what I have tried. 1)Remove new outlook app 2)Install old mail and calendar app from the store. By dragging the calendar to a startup folder on my desktop the calendar does start on bootup. However soon after this the new outlook is installed automatically with a few more bootup the...
  6. Adjusting Outlook to Open Calendar Instead of Mail

    I tried the Brink tutorial - no luck
  7. Adjusting Outlook to Open Calendar Instead of Mail

    I tried many suggestions and gave up! After Outlook opens in mail I have to go one step further and click the calendar icon on the left.
  8. Adjusting Outlook to Open Calendar Instead of Mail

    When I click on Outlook it opens mail. I want it to open calendar.
  9. Uninstall McAfee

    I use GeekUninstaller Geek Uninstaller - the best FREE uninstaller
  10. Solved Still not possible to get "New Outlook for Windows" to show the calendar directly at startup?

    I have a Startup folder on my desktop C:\Users\dxxxa\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Created a shortcut of the calendar on the desktop (dragged it to the desktop) and moved it to the startup folder. The new calendar opens just like the old one. I did it some...
  11. Windows 11 installed without all partitions?

    My technical knowledge is limited. I have have a desktops with more than >3 SSDs At present I have 2 windows 1) Working and 2) Practice on 2 separate SSD. Before installing windows Practice I would make a Macrium backup image of #1 on a third MBR disk. I then booted with EASU bootable usb...
  12. What is your favorite email client and why?

    I use Thunderbird rd on my desktop and laptop which I only use for vacations When going on vacation I copy the Thunderbird folder from the roaming folder and replace the one on the laptop. I then install the latest Thunderbird as adminstrator on the laptop. This give me a "clone" of my...
  13. How big is your system partition?

    I do not do anything fancy with my strip mall computer shop built Midtower Desktop PC with ATX motherboard. No games. No cloud storage. No video card. I have 6 SSD. The lower 3 are NVME : one in M2 slot and two in PCIE slots.
  14. Win11 Taskbar no longer has return to desktop icon.

    I use show desktop extensively. How to Create Show Desktop Shortcut in Windows 10? https://www.webnots.com/how-to-create-show-desktop-shortcut-in-windows-10/
  15. Thunderbird - can install only as administrator

    I have been using Thunderbird on my windows systems for years. For some reason I wanted to install Thunderbird again. I deleted the existing installation with Geek. When trying to install thunderbird again I am given 2 choices. 1) Install as my computer name 2) Administrator. If choose...
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