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Could it be that a sleeping hard disk wakes up? This can take some seconds, and usually you hear some kind of yawning noise.-DonL (March 17, 2017, 09:37 AM)
"It frequently locks up on me for several seconds at a time." ??? You should report that at XYplorer's user forum. It's certainly not a known issue. If it can be confirmed it will be fixed quickly. I know because I'm the one who does it.-DonL (March 17, 2017, 07:29 AM)
The Alera Elusion has been recommended on a few sites I've seen as an affordable high quality alternative to the big boys, so I bought one on craigslist without much testing, and I can't say I really like it. I don't know it just doesn't feel very comfortable no matter how I adjust it.-mouser (March 17, 2017, 08:01 AM)
The trick is to compute passwords rather than generate and store random passwords.
LessPass generates unique passwords for websites, email accounts, or anything else based on a master password and information you know.
LessPass is different from other password managers that you can find on the Internet because:
It does not save your passwords in a database ;
It does not need to sync your devices;
It is open source (source code can be audited).
The system uses a pure function, i.e. a function that given the same parameters will always give the same result. In our case, given a login, a master password, a site and options it will return a unique password.
What about complex password rules?
Sometimes sites have specific password rules. For instance, some banks only accept passwords made of numbers. So you have to remember both a strong password and complex rules.
Well, we built a “connected” version to tackle that. It works by saving your password’s profile, i.e. everything –except the master password and the generated password– to be able to generate the password. Then, next time you need this password you just have to select the profile and type the master password.
I think wraith808 was saying that when someone unilaterally says "you should be using product X" or "you should not be using product Y" that is what is condescending. I don't think that he meant that what you said was condescending.-Deozaan (March 12, 2017, 12:43 AM)
After a quick search, I found several news outlets have reported on this in the past couple of days. I clicked on one, somewhat randomly, and skimmed through it and found this:Luckily, there appears to be an easy way to banish File Explorer ads—though sadly, it's not tied to any of the settings you need to disable Windows 10's other ads.
Open an Explorer window and go to View > Options > Change folder and search options. In the properties window that opens, click on the View tab, and under Advanced settings scroll down and uncheck “Show sync provider notifications.” The list is organized alphabetically.-Deozaan (March 11, 2017, 02:31 PM)
Surely they aren't showing ads for those who paid for Windows 10.
But this is still a bad omen.
On the other hand it's just another reminder that you shouldn't be using windowsexplorer, you should be using one of the 3rd party alternatives. This will just help spread the word to more people.-mouser (March 11, 2017, 03:04 PM)
Fixed-rgdot (March 11, 2017, 03:15 PM)
I've found these scripts which are sort of what I had in mind. I guess they'd have to be adapted so the entire html content was displayed on newsreaders.
Script1: https://github.com/C...lob/master/README.md
This seems to me a Linux script (I think modern Windows can run bash scripts..)-kilele (March 09, 2017, 10:31 AM)
Hmm, I just checked my storage and it is only 15 GB total capacity. It was at 125 GB when I did the "Opt In" BS. Looks like they just chop you when you are not looking anyway!
Guess it's a good thing I happened to be under the 15 GB limit in usage. I hate how they just use a scythe like was are the front lawn instead of customers.
Edit: I see the "contact us" on the OneDrive page has been set up to reply to keywords in what you send them. Meaning there is no way to just send a note with the one line description of the issue to a human being. Instead it is badminton with "did you mean this?" and some description that has nothing to do with your problem, coming back over the net. Somewhere there has to be one guy with bifocals who actually reads the communications. It is finding out his email address that's the problem.-MilesAhead (March 09, 2017, 07:08 AM)
IainB was talking about the tool: Soluto-Shades (March 09, 2017, 07:58 AM)
Don't know . . . I don't see it print multiple pages in forum threads.
=-dcwul62 (March 08, 2017, 04:15 AM)
I've wondered if maybe there is a connection being blocked by my ad blocker. But according to the Github issue I linked earlier, it seems to be a lack of write access to the directory that is causing the problems.-Deozaan (March 04, 2017, 01:38 PM)
Isn't all of the above easily and quickly solved by making a new thread 'Dark humor and worse' in the basement section of the DonationCoder forum? It would be out of sight (and mind) for members who don't go there and/or filter threads in this forum. And others with a peculiar sense of humor can still make their jokes.
Me personally, I would appreciate such a thread for what it is. And would make me visit that part of the forum more often. Now I wouldn't have mixed dark humor with silly humor in the same way as IainB did, or go on as long he did. But now the tone in this thread seems to go to the other extreme: getting rid of it completely. And that isn't right either.
Separate threads appear to me the quickest/easiest way to let both exist.-Shades (March 01, 2017, 11:49 PM)
That was my problem - the fact that my partner put other WP sites on the server that I didn't know about.-wraith808 (March 01, 2017, 12:16 PM)
Yikes!!! I would have come completely unwound on that one. I'm not much of an authoritarian - I basically hate rules - But breaking the 'everything must be documented' rule around here is all 5 of the top 3 absolute no-nos.-Stoic Joker (March 02, 2017, 06:42 AM)
