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Bob Johnson said:
I'm the same with some technological items. problem is, should I die first my wife won't be able to turn on the heating, the electric fire, open the car door, access the bank accounts, or operate the television because they are all remote control (hand sets or an app on the phone).
When I think I have less than three months to live and my wife is still here, I will have installed in my lounge a row of LARGE different coloured switches. The switches will operate whatever that is controlled now by an app or remote control now but at the 'flick of a switch'.
A friend asked me a while back if i had put together a 'death book'. What is that? I asked.
It seems a good idea to me now. Something that your partner can access after your demise, showing them where the money is kept (wink, wink) bank passwords, computer passwords, where the will, house deeds and pension info is kept etc. I'm sure there are more bits of information that need to be passed.
Happy days.
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The death book sounds an excellent idea even if it is the elephant in the room. I have friend who was suddenly widowed, it took months for her to get control of things like banks accounts, utility bills etc as he had always done everything.
 
Bob Johnson said:
A friend asked me a while back if i had put together a 'death book'. What is that? I asked.
It seems a good idea to me now. Something that your partner can access after your demise, showing them where the money is kept (wink, wink) bank passwords, computer passwords, where the will, house deeds and pension info is kept etc. I'm sure there are more bits of information that need to be passed.
Happy days.
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I have a 'death memory stick' stored in a safe place with a back-up stick stored in another safe place. All content on them are in password protected PDF files which can easily be read in any computer.
So plug the memory stick in any computing device, enter the master password and it's all available.
 
oldMohawk said:
I have a 'death memory stick' stored in a safe place with a back-up stick stored in another safe place. All content on them are in password protected PDF files which can easily be read in any computer.
So plug the memory stick in any computing device, enter the master password and it's all available.
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Good idea.
 
After the above sombre comments about books and sticks ... here is a 'happy' pic of Win 11 ... :)
Right click on a photo and the W11 context menu has icons for 'copy' - 'rename' - 'delete'. It saves scrolling down the menu as it was with W10.
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cookie273uk said:
What is the point ? It does not take much effort to switch on lights or draw curtains. I have a timer on my cooker anyway. This modern high tech is making everybody lazy. Maybe I live in the past. Eric
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yes thats true as long as i am able then NO gimmicks to turn on my appliances, plus i dont trust these so called smart thingies anyone could be earwigging,..my router is lan not wifi:worried:
 
oldMohawk said:
I have a 'death memory stick' stored in a safe place with a back-up stick stored in another safe place. All content on them are in password protected PDF files which can easily be read in any computer.
So plug the memory stick in any computing device, enter the master password and it's all available.
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when i pop mi clogs i dont give a kippers who has me pc.
 
Bob Johnson said:
I'm the same with some technological items. problem is, should I die first my wife won't be able to turn on the heating, the electric fire, open the car door, access the bank accounts, or operate the television because they are all remote control (hand sets or an app on the phone).
When I think I have less than three months to live and my wife is still here, I will have installed in my lounge a row of LARGE different coloured switches. The switches will operate whatever that is controlled now by an app or remote control now but at the 'flick of a switch'.
A friend asked me a while back if i had put together a 'death book'. What is that? I asked.
It seems a good idea to me now. Something that your partner can access after your demise, showing them where the money is kept (wink, wink) bank passwords, computer passwords, where the will, house deeds and pension info is kept etc. I'm sure there are more bits of information that need to be passed.
Happy days.
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How appropriate after last Saturday.
Bob
 
Looking at the screensaver on windows 11, do any of you have favourite pictures you use as screen savers here are five of mine,
 

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Chunky AC said:
Nice shot of Chatsworth, I think.
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Yes it is a photo I took during a visit to Chatsworth in June 2001. I usually like to have a photo as my desktop background and the one below was taken at Nostell Nr Wakefield Yorks in 2018.
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With W10 and W11 a right click on any pic in the computer offers the option of making it the desktop background. Set the pic on full to fill the screen.
The two part taskbar with rounded corners was created with a very experimental app from the Microsoft Store.
:)
 
oldMohawk said:
Yes it is a photo I took during a visit to Chatsworth in June 2001. I usually like to have a photo as my desktop background and the one below was taken at Nostell Nr Wakefield Yorks in 2018.
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With W10 and W11 a right click on any pic in the computer offers the option of making it the desktop background. Set the pic on full to fill the screen.
The two part taskbar with rounded corners was created with a very experimental app from the Microsoft Store.
:)
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Know it well beautiful
 
I have been looking around at new notebooks, currently I have a Lenovo Yoga, Apple tablet & iPhone, they are all working together. The Lenovo is running windows 10 & Outlook.

What i am dismayed about is that most new note books do not have a slot for an SD card or an USB for my CD drive or an extra one for my scanner. I have a small consulting practice so the scanner & CD are very useful from time to time.

All of a sudden is not a new notebook but I have to buy all kinds of other stuff making everything else redundant. Talk about built in obsolescence. Just the principle! Sorry for the rant!
 
Richard Dye said:
I have been looking around at new notebooks, currently I have a Lenovo Yoga, Apple tablet & iPhone, they are all working together. The Lenovo is running windows 10 & Outlook.

What i am dismayed about is that most new note books do not have a slot for an SD card or an USB for my CD drive or an extra one for my scanner. I have a small consulting practice so the scanner & CD are very useful from time to time.

All of a sudden is not a new notebook but I have to buy all kinds of other stuff making everything else redundant. Talk about built in obsolescence. Just the principle! Sorry for the rant!
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Thank Apple and Microsoft. It’s their fault.
 
I needed a small new radio for my kitchen and reading previous posts about smart speakers decided to buy an Alexa instead. I'm amazed that a 100mm sphere can produce such good sound and it plays all the stations I normally listen to. It was the same price as a DAB radio and I've heard it can do other things as well ... ;)
 
Having previously been scornful about smart speakers I've actually bought a second Alexa (the small one) for a bedside radio. I don't get a good DAB signal where I live and these devices are less expensive than DAB radios and provide radio content perfectly.

I've noted how I deal differently with it compared to my computers. If I get a problem with my laptop, I tap away on the keyboard, plenty of Googling, look at the technical forums and usually solve the problem with just an occasional quiet mutter.

I'm different with a device which I can only speak to. When it got into a bit of a mess with my phone contacts I got rather angry with it, yelling that it was useless and being quite rude to it even when it said 'sorry' to me. I did solve the phone problem with the two-button 20 sec reset and calm was restored - we are friends again!

I had a listen to the history of everything it has heard me saying since I installed it - quite amusing ... :grinning:
 
Chunky AC said:
Thank Apple and Microsoft. It’s their fault.
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Never been an Apple fan and now Microsoft is in the same boat!

I have been getting a note (s) from Microsoft about upgrading to Windows 11, which I was a little concerned about because my computer is 6 years old and well used. I did the compatibility test and I can’t upgrade so I’m going to wait until the Holiday dust settled and start looking.
 
oldMohawk said:
I needed a small new radio for my kitchen and reading previous posts about smart speakers decided to buy an Alexa instead. I'm amazed that a 100mm sphere can produce such good sound and it plays all the stations I normally listen to. It was the same price as a DAB radio and I've heard it can do other things as well ... ;)
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OK, what is a DAB radio?
 
Richard Dye said:
Never been an Apple fan and now Microsoft is in the same boat!

I have been getting a note (s) from Microsoft about upgrading to Windows 11, which I was a little concerned about because my computer is 6 years old and well used. I did the compatibility test and I can’t upgrade so I’m going to wait until the Holiday dust settled and start looking.
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i get notes but i am not going to buy another pc just to run 11. This one is only 3 yrs old as long as it works and win supports 10. then i will stay on 10 pro when they stop supporting it i will then change to linux.
 
Richard Dye said:
OK, what is a DAB radio?
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Hi Richard,
Digital Audio Broadcasting ...

With regarding to upgrading to W11 - I've found there are no apparent operating advantages over W10 - and some say that Microsoft simply took W10 - re-upholstered it - moved the furniture about a bit and called it Windows 11 ... :)

It seems slightly faster because it uses flat folder icons instead of the W10 folders which display slightly open with contents peeping out. The 'secure boot' and 'TPM' requirements supposedly make it more secure.
 
oldMohawk said:
Hi Richard,
Digital Audio Broadcasting ...

With regarding to upgrading to W11 - I've found there are no apparent operating advantages over W10 - and some say that Microsoft simply took W10 - re-upholstered it - moved the furniture about a bit and called it Windows 11 ... :)

It seems slightly faster because it uses flat folder icons instead of the W10 folders which display slightly open with contents peeping out. The 'secure boot' and 'TPM' requirements supposedly make it more secure.
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ar i see. wonder why it dont run on older machines though. bring back win 3.11 icons i could drive them ok:grinning:
 
I suppose it depends on what you use your PC for, basically I only use it for 3 things, this Forum, on line banking and watching videos on you tube oh and occasionally downloading music. I found that XP, 7 and 10 all coped/cope with that to my satisfaction. Having said that I realise that the more knowledgeable users have far more uses than I. Eric
 
I have installed Windows 11 about a month ago on my home laptop and it's fine. Things look a bit different but nothing really. Windows 11 won't work on all computers, mainly older ones. But I've heard that the new version of Office will be quite different, which I'm not looking forward to as I use Word, Outlook etc for work. Fortunately hubby is an IT guru and he's my helpdesk at home!

On my work computer, they have Windows 10 still, so I'm going between one and the other.
 
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