BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Rerun

Due to technical surprises, July 27 was a repeat of our July 20th show. 

Memos will be circulated, emails replied all,  policies reviewed, meetings held, Zoom invites sent, servers rebooted, computers replaced and we will be back next week at 8 PM Pacific.

 

 

Texts between Christy and Joe Tuesday, July 27, 8 PM


 

“Whoops Rerun. Playing last week’s show” 

“Well Damn” 

“Just checked. The automation got stuck on a prior iteration. This is the computer we’ll be replacing, so I’m hoping that these issues will dry up.” 

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BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Repairing SPAM with a Boot or Two 

Christy and callers Barb, Elaine, and JD call with their tech troubles.

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  1. Barb gets a crash course in troubleshooting after her Microsoft Office crashes.  
  2. Elaine has emails going to SPAM that are actually wanted emails!
  3. JD calls about the advantages of Linux.

 

“Is it something it is doing or something it is not doing?”

“Something Went Wrong” 

“Right in the Middle of All The Craziness”

“Linux…It Just Does It” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS


Windows 10
End of Life

Windows 10 is supported until October 14, 2025, as long as Windows 10 is kept updated along the way.

SPAM

Unwanted email is called SPAM after a Monty Python Skit and song in a diner where the SPAM never stops.

Dual Boot

Having two operating systems on one computer. User can choose which operating system (i.e. Linux Mint or Windows 10) when the computer starts (boots)

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Packing Data 

Christy and callers come out of the cave to work on how to store their data.

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  1. Robert and making folders. Sometimes it is less painful just to reinstall Windows. Robert got an SSD to make the reinstall worthwhile.
      
  2. Steven has an SSD that is filling up and needs to move his user libraries to his larger spinning Hard Drive.

 

“Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike”

“I Died in St. Louis” 

“A Lot of Horn Tooting for Not A Lot of Parade”

“You Don’t Know Where It’s Been” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS


Insider Channel

Windows Pro users can get features before they are Generally Available by being a Windows “Insider” with the options of Dev, Beta, or Release Preview.

Ctrl+Shift+N

One way to create a new folder on your desktop in Windows.

User Profile

Collection of settings and information associated with a user. Desktop settings, passwords, along with preferences are stored for each user.

S.M.A.R.T.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology reveals the health of the hard drive.

Wipe and Reload

Removing all the programs, data, passwords, etc and set the system back to factory fresh blank OS status. Backup anything you want to save!

SSD

Solid State Drive. A storage medium that replaces spinning disk Hard Drives with faster memory based storage without moving parts.

GUID

Global Unique Identifier, also UUID Universally Unique Identifier. Use to label database keys, filenames, or resources.

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BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Rerun

Due to technical surprises, July 6th was a repeat of our June 27th show. 

Memos will be circulated, emails replied to all,  policies reviewed, meetings held, Zoom invites sent, servers rebooted, computers replaced and we will be back next week at 8 PM Pacific.

 

 

Texts between Christy and Joe Tuesday, July 6, 8 PM


 

“Whoops. Playing last week.” 

“Yargh” 

“Well, it could be dead air.” 

“True.” 

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