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You Just Can’t Quit Windows
This week on Battle Born Tech we have Bryan, Char, and Lee. Christy cannot pronounce Ethernet, recommends to look deeper into AI world discussed last week, calls out Microsoft Store for lying about thumbnails (you need winget and the command line), gives warning about EDR replacing Anti-virus when the attacks are speeding up from 2 years to 10 hours,
Joe’s hair is on fire this week because Microsoft Secure Certificates that guard secure boot expiring in June and October of this year (see link at left for More about the certificate expirations from MalwareBytes.
Bryan keeps his music computer off the Internet Superhighway and his music on the highway.
Char starts off are review of free in person tech help at Carson City library, while Christy adds tech help options at Senior Centers in both Carson City and Douglas County .
Linux Lee just can’t quit Windows. A recycled Windows laptop has come his way. But it has Home on it. Should he upgrade to Professional? We discuss extras that come with Windows Professional.
We are in the studio Saturdays 9 am to 11 am Pacific. Call direct to studio then or anytime at 775-241-3571 and set up a time to battle your tech!
“It will respect your choice.”
“10 hours-not a typo”
“You just can’t quit him—just like a bad boyfriend.”
“Maybe Home is for Losers”
“If it’s free it’s for me.”
“Windows all the way Home.”
“Called many times—where we going with this?!”
“Guy rolled in with a typewriter and we fixed it—so no judgment”
“Had the weird titles and flipping the desktop.”
“You can go into device manager which is kinda geeky.”
“Air gap is always a good idea.”
“Maybe I’ll go there and learn something.”
“Good things—a very refreshing call.”
“Not break out the puppets.”
“Dive in the shallow end.” Do NOT do this!!
All em-dashes — were made by the common number of human fingers on the keypad—ALT+0151—no A.I. was involved in their creation.
BATTLE PLANS
with help from Claude.ai
Osborne
A widely-used open-source scripting language designed primarily for web development that runs on the server and generates dynamic HTML pages — it powers sites like WordPress and Facebook. Bonus: What is the Osborne effect?
Winget
(Windows Package Manager) a command-line tool built into Windows 10/11 that lets you install, update, and uninstall software from a curated repository using simple commands like winget install <app>.
Air-Gap
Isolated. A computer or network that is physically disconnected from the internet and all other networks, so that data can only get in or out by physically carrying a USB drive or disk to the machine.
Secure Boot
A security feature built into modern computers that uses security certificates and encryption, before Windows even loads, that the software starting up hasn’t been tampered with or replaced by malware.
Security Certificate
Also called an SSL/TLS certificate, is a small digital file that proves a website is who it claims to be and encrypts the connection be and encrypts the connection between your browser and that site — it’s what puts the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.
PHP
A widely-used open-source scripting language designed primarily for web development that runs on the server and generates dynamic HTML pages — it powers sites like WordPress and Facebook.
Java
A general-purpose, object-oriented programming language built on the principle of “write once, run anywhere,” meaning Java code compiles into bytecode that runs on any device with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
Javascript
The programming language of the web browser that allows developers to add interactivity, animations, and real-time updates to web pages — it’s the only language that runs natively inside every modern browser.
ENIAC
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (1945) was one of the world’s first general-purpose electronic computers — a room-sized machine weighing 30 tons that used 18,000 vacuum tubes to perform calculations thousands of times faster than any human.
Device Manager
A built-in Windows tool that lets you view, manage, disable, reinstall, change and troubleshoot all the hardware connected to your computer — like printers, keyboards, and graphics cards — and shows you when a device has a problem with a small warning icon.
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