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    Windows 10 What are the best productivity apps / plugins for Microsoft outlook?

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    Windows 7 Any Way To Get Win 7 Legally W/O Paying An Arm & A Leg?

    Hello Everyone, I have a laptop with Vista that's been around for quite a while that could be a good choice for taking overseas on a trip -- I won't lose sleep if it gets stolen, lost, or broken. Problem is, it's pretty slow. I also have a good laptop with Win 7 Pro installed. I like it very...
  3. Going all in on Microsft

    So I'm trying a little (actually big) experiment. I'm switching over to all Microsoft services and products; Edge, email, music, Office, and apps. Does anyone have any tips or recommendations? Or some good websites that are dedicated to being all in on Microsoft, maybe some aspirin to use as I...
  4. Windows 10 Free 3D animation software for Windows 10

    My son wants to learn how to create 3D animation. Can anyone recommend some free starter software? If he takes a serious interest in then we can consider what ones to purchase. But what are some good ones to get started with. And if there are any good tutorial websites you know of please let...
  5. Best DVD ISO ripper?

    I'm looking to buy a solid DVD ISO ripper program. Any recommendations?
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    Windows 7 Defragger software

    I do not like the win7 defragger - It is very slow. I found a 3rd party program called "Auslogics Disk Defragger". I like it as it seems to do the job and is quick about it. Malwarebytes sees it as Malware and has quarantined it. Does anyone have any info about this software? Thanks.
  7. PDF Document Management Software ?

    I am coming from 14 years of using Apple/Mac OS X... looking for document management software recommendations. I have used Yep! and Devonthink extensively; the focus is on PDF's but a great catch-all program is welcome as well. OneNote, Evernote I have used so far...
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    Windows 10 Is this a good prebuilt gaming desktop?

    I am looking to buy a prebuilt desktop for 1080p 60fps gaming (e sports and "AAA"). I have found an Acer GX desktop for $1300 AUD ( ~ $1000 USD). The specifications are: i7 7700 16 gb ddr4 ram 1 TB HDD 256 GB SSD 500 W Power supply Gtx 1060 3 gb. These are the best specs I can give. The part...
  9. Tor Browser Experiment

    So just thought I'd share that I'm going to use Tor browser for 30 days on my laptop and phone :nerves: I want to see if I can do all the usual web surfing and use the same services I'd normally use with Firefox of Chrome. And maybe I can post my questions about any problems I might encounter...
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    Windows 10 System (win10+software and settings) bare metal bavkup: veeam alternatives

    Hi guys, I've been using veeam agent for windows to backup and restore my laptop system and not very happy and looking for alternatives. From macrium to acronis or aomei backuper what would you recommend that works when a restore is necessary? Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
  11. TA17-156A: Reducing the Risk of SNMP Abuse

    Original release date: June 05, 2017 Systems Affected SNMP enabled devices Overview The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) may be abused to gain unauthorized access to network devices. SNMP provides a standardized framework for a common language that is used for monitoring and...
  12. zomato breached …

    to all you netizens out there who've used urbanspoon.com in the past and currently using zomato.com … change passwords. purportedly, somethin' like 17million pw's stolen. according to zomato's updated blog: not sure why this breach hasn't been listed on...
  13. Recommended settings for event log sizes in Windows

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  14. Cognitive Services APIs: Knowledge

    “Ipsa scientia potestas est.” – Sir Francis Bacon In the last two posts in this series, we covered the Speech APIs and the Language Understanding APIs. In the current post, we’ll go over the Knowledge APIs. There is a natural progression to this since from speech, we derive meaning, and with...
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    Windows 10 Which Anti Virus?

    I am running Windows 10 and Internet Explorer. I have depended on Windows Defender to protect me from virus , malware, Trojans, etc. But, my system became infected with safesear.ch. Windows defender did not detect this virus. I used Malware Bytes to remove it. So, what anti virus would you...
  16. What Brands Of Monitors Are Good

    I'm planning to get myself a "27 inch or 32 inch" monitor(Full HD 1080p). Basically for daily uses. I've checked brands like "LG, HP, DELL, SAMSUNG, and VIEWSONIC". Which brand has the best quality? What about ViewSonic? They used to be pretty good, but some said that they're not as good as...
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    Windows 7 Paralell WLAN/Wifi file transfer slower than sequential?

    Assume I have two computers A and B which are connected (through WLAN/Wifi router) in an inhouse net. Now I have to transfer huge file archives (> 10 GB) from A to B and other huge file archives from B to A. I could either do this file transfers 1) in parallel (=start copying files from A to B...
  18. Mouse Recommendations

    What's going on everyone! I currently have a Logitech M510. It's a good mouse! But I would like to take advantage of Bluetooth connectivity so I don't have to use the wireless dongle. And I would like a bigger mouse for my hand. I'm not attached to Logitech mice, I'm open to using another...
  19. TA16-144A: WPAD Name Collision Vulnerability

    Original release date: May 23, 2016 Systems Affected Windows, OS X, Linux systems, and web browsers with WPAD enabled Overview Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) Domain Name System (DNS) queries that are intended for resolution on private or enterprise DNS servers have been observed reaching...
  20. Windows 10 Radeon Recommendations

    Can I get some recommendations on what Radeon card to get please? My GPU knowledge stops back in...oh 2004. I understand that it doesn't matter if you have an Intel or AMD and Radeon or Nvidia. I would just prefer to have a Radeon because I have an AMD CPU and it's just the geek in me to keep...