neosapien
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Looks like it's something to do with gmail. Support for Microsoft email accounts or something. Should probably be able to stop it in the main app manager I imagine.
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lokie
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Looks like a Microsoft app for email.
https://www.trustedtechteam.com/products/microsoft-exchange-online-plan-1-license-1-year-subscription
Exchange Online and Exchange On-Premises Security Groups
tangerinegreen555
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Cool, thanks. I guess I'll leave it alone. I thought somebody snuck an app in on me like Google Pay did the day after I used PayPal to send somebody money.Looks like a Microsoft app for email.
https://www.trustedtechteam.com/products/microsoft-exchange-online-plan-1-license-1-year-subscription
Exchange Online and Exchange On-Premises Security Groups
A new app icon I didn't download just appeared one day for Google Pay. Weird.
ANC
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Some days I wish I had a shotgun to shoot my PC.
I just want to play some game for a change, but nooooooooo all my once cool components are now basically obsolete.
Was looking at getting a newer gfx card at least but there has been a 60% price increase due to all the crypto miners.
Used to be, $200ish bought you just below enthusiast level gfx. With how much our currency depreciated I need to add a 3rd just for depreciation. SO even that $200 became expensive.
But to make everything worse is, my shit is so old, I think I would need to get motherboard, memory (which is also expensive now for the same reasons as gfx cards), CPU and probably windows 10.
This looks like a huge amount of money these days.
I just want to play some game for a change, but nooooooooo all my once cool components are now basically obsolete.
Was looking at getting a newer gfx card at least but there has been a 60% price increase due to all the crypto miners.
Used to be, $200ish bought you just below enthusiast level gfx. With how much our currency depreciated I need to add a 3rd just for depreciation. SO even that $200 became expensive.
But to make everything worse is, my shit is so old, I think I would need to get motherboard, memory (which is also expensive now for the same reasons as gfx cards), CPU and probably windows 10.
This looks like a huge amount of money these days.
BarnBuster
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"Panerabread.com, the Web site for the American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants by the same name, leaked millions of customer records -- including names, email and physical addresses, birthdays and the last four
digits of the customer's credit card number -- for at least eight months before it was yanked offline earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
The data available in plain text from Panera's site appeared to include records for any customer who has signed up for an account to order food online via panerabread.com. The St. Louis-based company, which has more than 2,100
retail locations in the United States and Canada, allows customers to order food online for pickup in stores or for delivery"
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/
digits of the customer's credit card number -- for at least eight months before it was yanked offline earlier today, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
The data available in plain text from Panera's site appeared to include records for any customer who has signed up for an account to order food online via panerabread.com. The St. Louis-based company, which has more than 2,100
retail locations in the United States and Canada, allows customers to order food online for pickup in stores or for delivery"
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/panerabread-com-leaks-millions-of-customer-records/
BarnBuster
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I get most of my news input in the early AM off Google News which I've arranged just so. Now they change the damn thing, grrr.
https://www.blog.google/products/news/new-google-news-ai-meets-human-intelligence/
It's supposedly capable of learning..we'll see.
https://www.blog.google/products/news/new-google-news-ai-meets-human-intelligence/
It's supposedly capable of learning..we'll see.
Cx2H
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Yeah, I agree. It wasn't broken so why fix it. I just wish they wouldn't load so many paid news subscription's that I can't read..
BarnBuster
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I got about 8 other news aggregators loaded to test but a real PITA nonetheless
OldMedUser
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I'm still using XP Pro on a 10 year old motherboard I bought used for my last upgrade. Just use it for this kind of thing and playing solitaire or 3D Asteroids. Outgrew the urge to play the latest game after Return of Wolfenstein.
All the new game consoles are spybots so I wouldn't buy one of those.
Check Kijiji etc for a used video card or even a new but out of date one cheaper. I could put up to three on the MB I have now but no reason to add more. Has a couple leaky capacitors for the last 3 years and already some ram and SATA functions are screwy. Can only use the first two memory slots and one drive at a time. Even my Blu-Ray and DVD burners won't work properly. That kind of shit used to drive me nuts but I guess I outgrew that too.
Cx2H
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I liked service pack 2 XP not before(driver nightmares). Win7 is good on old boxes and can be skinned to look xp. I find decent video cards in boxes at dumpsters in big complexes. I have at least 7 working PC's in a closet down stairs I found, some have dated gaming cards.I'm still using XP Pro on a 10 year old motherboard I bought used for my last upgrade. Just use it for this kind of thing and playing solitaire or 3D Asteroids. Outgrew the urge to play the latest game after Return of Wolfenstein.
All the new game consoles are spybots so I wouldn't buy one of those.
Check Kijiji etc for a used video card or even a new but out of date one cheaper. I could put up to three on the MB I have now but no reason to add more. Has a couple leaky capacitors for the last 3 years and already some ram and SATA functions are screwy. Can only use the first two memory slots and one drive at a time. Even my Blu-Ray and DVD burners won't work properly. That kind of shit used to drive me nuts but I guess I outgrew that too.
#Random
Linux the mofo, watch the speed increaseI'm still using XP Pro on a 10 year old motherboard I bought used for my last upgrade. Just use it for this kind of thing and playing solitaire or 3D Asteroids. Outgrew the urge to play the latest game after Return of Wolfenstein.
All the new game consoles are spybots so I wouldn't buy one of those.
Check Kijiji etc for a used video card or even a new but out of date one cheaper. I could put up to three on the MB I have now but no reason to add more. Has a couple leaky capacitors for the last 3 years and already some ram and SATA functions are screwy. Can only use the first two memory slots and one drive at a time. Even my Blu-Ray and DVD burners won't work properly. That kind of shit used to drive me nuts but I guess I outgrew that too.
OldMedUser
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I got no problems with the speed my machine runs at. I'm not doing anything that needs a lot of speed or power. At that age now where playing around tweaking things no longer interests me. As long as it starts up and lets me play on the interweb I'm good.
Had a bad experience with Linux mint a while back. Tried running it off the disk on a spare computer and thought it was OK. Even put my 1T storage drive in and rebooted off the disk and used it to transfer some files from storage to a thumb drive to get them on this PC.
Then I took the storage drive out, put in a 500G and installed Linux on it and rebooted. Worked good so I shut down and hooked up the storage drive then rebooted again. Took a lot longer to reboot and when it did it had borked my storage drive! Rendered it useless and I lost my whole music library after spending so many hours ripping all my CDs, dozens of old movies I'd recorded off VCR tapes and tons of other stuff. Brand new drive that I'd transfered the stuff too from an older drive I wanted to let my PVR format for external storage so I didn't have a backup yet. Tried various file recovery programs etc but finally gave up tho I haven't used that drive for anything else yet.
Not a great intro to Linux. Don't really want to start learning all the ins and outs of a new OS anyways. Cut my teeth on IBM DOS 1.0 and went thru all the iterations of DOS and Windows, had a Mac PowerBook for a few years, played with early versions of Linux etc.
If I can scrounge up a decent used MB I plan to install Win7 on it and stick with that to the end. My Blu-Ray burner and smart phone should work OK with that and I'll still be able to run good old Paint Shop Pro and other programs I'm used to with it.
Computers have stolen enough of my life already. Almost as much as booze has.
OldMedUser
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I have SP3 and there are still updates to be had for XP until next year even tho XP is no longer supported. Found it recently for business class computers that use the XP core. Not sure if I'll bother tho as everything works just the way I like it. Haven't seen a BSOD for years and can just put this thing on Stand-by or Hibernate for months without a hard reboot unless I have to shut down for hardware issues or software installs that need a cold boot.
I got piles of parts and a half dozen older PCs lying around too. Think I'll be tossing a lot of it soon.
BarnBuster
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I always liked XP, even 2000. Remember what a challange some of the earlier versions were?I have SP3 and there are still updates to be had for XP until next year even tho XP is no longer supported. Found it recently for business class computers that use the XP core. Not sure if I'll bother tho as everything works just the way I like it. Haven't seen a BSOD for years and can just put this thing on Stand-by or Hibernate for months without a hard reboot unless I have to shut down for hardware issues or software installs that need a cold boot.
I got piles of parts and a half dozen older PCs lying around too. Think I'll be tossing a lot of it soon.
A trip down memory (!) lane
MS-DOS - Microsoft Disk Operating System (1981)
Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM, MS-DOS was the standard operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers. The initial versions of DOS were very simple and resembled another operating system called CP/M. Subsequent versions have become increasingly sophisticated as they incorporated features of minicomputer operating systems.
Windows 1.0 – 2.0 (1985-1992)
Introduced in 1985, Microsoft Windows 1.0 was named due to the computing boxes, or "windows" that represented a fundamental aspect of the operating system. Instead of typing MS-DOS commands, windows 1.0 allowed users to point and click to access the windows. In 1987 Microsoft released Windows 2.0, which was designed for the designed for the Intel 286 processor. This version added desktop icons, keyboard shortcuts and improved graphics support.
Windows 3.0 – 3.1 (1990–1994)
Windows 3.0 was released in May, 1900 offering better icons, performance and advanced graphics with 16 colors designed for Intel 386 processors. This version is the first release that provides the standard "look and feel" of Microsoft Windows for many years to come. Windows 3.0 included Program Manager, File Manager and Print Manager and games (Hearts, Minesweeper and Solitaire). Microsoft released Windows 3.1 in 1992.
Windows 95 (August 1995)
Windows 95 was released in 1995 and was a major upgrade to the Windows operating system. This OS was a significant advancement over its precursor, Windows 3.1. In addition to sporting a new user interface, Windows 95 also includes a number of important internal improvements. Perhaps most important, it supports 32-bit applications, which means that applications written specifically for this operating system should run much faster. Although Windows 95 can run older Windows and DOS applications, it has essentially removed DOS as the underlying platform. This has meant removal of many of the old DOS limitations, such as 640K of main memory and 8-character filenames. Other important features in this operating system are the ability to automatically detect and configure installed hardware (plug and play).
Windows 98 (June 1998]
Windows 98 offers support for a number of new technologies, including FAT32, AGP, MMX, USB, DVD, and ACPI. Its most visible feature, though, is the Active Desktop, which integrates the Web browser (Internet Explorer) with the operating system. From the user's point of view, there is no difference between accessing a document residing locally on the user's hard disk or on a Web server halfway around the world.
Windows ME - Millennium Edition (September 2000)
The Windows Millennium Edition, called "Windows Me" was an update to the Windows 98 core and included some features of the Windows 2000 operating system. This version also removed the "boot in DOS" option.
Windows NT 31. - 4.0 (1993-1996)
A version of the Windows operating system. Windows NT (New Technology) is a 32-bit operating system that supports preemptive multitasking. There are actually two versions of Windows NT: Windows NT Server, designed to act as a server in networks, and Windows NT Workstation for stand-alone or client workstations.
Windows 2000 (February 2000)
Often abbreviated as "W2K," Windows 2000 is an operating system for business desktop and laptop systems to run software applications, connect to Internet and intranet sites, and access files, printers, and network resources. Microsoft released four versions of Windows 2000: Professional (for business desktop and laptop systems), Server (both a Web server and an office server), Advanced Server (for line-of-business applications) and Datacenter Server (for high-traffic computer networks).
Windows XP (October 2001)
Windows XP was released in 2001. Along with a redesigned look and feel to the user interface, the new operating system is built on the Windows 2000 kernel, giving the user a more stable and reliable environment than previous versions of Windows. Windows XP comes in two versions, Home and Professional. Microsoft focused on mobility for both editions, including plug and play features for connecting to wireless networks. The operating system also utilizes the 802.11x wireless security standard. Windows XP is one of Microsoft's best-selling products.
OldMedUser
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Good old windoze and I never paid for a single version. Never will.
Chunky Stool
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Microsoft has given up on Windows as a cash cow.Good old windoze and I never paid for a single version. Never will.
I can't believe 6 GB is barely adequate for Win10. That's just nuts.
I've got 2 open slots if I ever do anything serious...
OldMedUser
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I have 16G of Fast DDR2 ram so if I get a new MB for my rig I have to make sure it can use that older ram. XP can only use 4g and I think win7 can use up to 8. Ram is cheap these days but used to cost around $50 a megabyte back in the day. Same with hard drives. Paid $400 for a 40meg drive a long time ago. Using DOS then tho.Microsoft has given up on Windows as a cash cow.
I can't believe 6 GB is barely adequate for Win10. That's just nuts.
I've got 2 open slots if I ever do anything serious...
Micro$oft was trying to load win10 on my wife's 8.1 laptop but I blocked it. Getting pretty bad when they had to shove it down everyone's throat to get users.
Wouldn't mind win7 or even 8 but no way I'd ever use 10. A friend brought his lappy over for me to fix and it got f'ed up from 10 trying to install itself. Had to do a factory restore on it to get back to win8.1 then applied the win10 blocker. Seems OK now.