Recent content by Mike Goodger

Installed System Update as suggested, and F11 and F12 work again now. Many thanks! Mike

Windows 10 Home, Lenovo Ideapad 510S. The buttons simply no longer adjust brightness - brightness is at max all the time. I love computers. :) Can anyone help please? Mike

Thank you, I'll look at AxCrypt and Folder guard. At the moment I am using Rohos Mini and I am also looking at 7Zip.

AdrianGoo1: "To be clear, Windows file encryption protects your files against anyone who gets their hands on your computer. The encryption is tied to your Windows account, so when you are logged in, the files decrypt on the fly by the operating system. However, if someone were to log in through...

Ah, thanks, I can download it and try it. But I am guessing that the interface will be geekier than Rohos - but I shall try it anyway. Also as these containers are only used for very important things, a belt-and-braces person might have duplicated containers in both Rohos and 7Zip . . . . . ...

I have looked at the 7Zip website and googled for 7Zip references elsewhere, but all the comments on it are in darkest GeekSpeak, but it seems to me that its primary mission is high compression for archiving, and that it, incidentally, uses encryption and password protection. So I have been...

Many thanks, I'll look at that.

Mike, thanks for your comments, but I am told that Veracrypt does not generate a truly portable "safe container" that I can access on ANY Windows PC. So I am still using Rohos Mini with Rohos Disk Portable. Many thanks, Mike

OK, I have written to Rohos to ask them about making an encrypted container on my PC's internal hard drive. Re "Veracrypt will and it's free, so why pay money for something when there is a free alternative. " - Rohos Mini and Rohos Disk Portable are also free, and I cannot use Veracrypt for...

Thank you. Re "yes you could create an encrypted container on your system. " Do you mean that I could create an encrypted container on my PC's internal hard drive with Rohos Mini? Or will Rohos Mini only create encrypted containers on USB flash drives and external hard drives? (Re Bitlocker...

1. We are told that Rohos Mini Drive creates a "strongbox" on a USB drive (or external hard drive??), so why do we need Rohos Disk Portable? 2. Can I have a "container" on my PC's hard drive too? It's a pain having to plug in a USB drive just to look up a password, I tend to use the USB...

Neemobeer - thank you - no Pro or Enterprise, so I'll have a look at Versacrypt. PS, it seems to be Veracrypt not Versacrypt?

I am using Rohos Mini Portable software to password a folder on flash drives and external hard drives, but I am wondering whether there is Windows-own software for the same purpose. Mike

Many thanks for all the replies to my question. I am now very happy working in LibreOffice and I have started creating data tables in Writer and shall also look at Calc. LibreOffice is a revelation, there is no feeling that one is working in free software.