"Making Sure it's You"

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Having had a couple of PCs "borked" recently caused an occasional annoying popup, leading me to this ssearch: making sure it's you - Search (bing.com)

Isn't there one perfect (and perfectly good) way to deal with this, instead of bunch of possibilities that require tinkering trying and getting frustrated?

Why can't I get rid of these popups permanently, especially since I am the only user on most of my machines?

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On 13/05/2023 at 23:44, Nick H. said:

Which OS is this? Windows 10, Windows 11?

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I think I managed to get rid of it now, so I shall see. I've also been through a lot of life crap recently and computer problems are the last thing need to deal with. I so hate MS a lot lately. Ptobbly jumping to Linux very soon.

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On 14/05/2023 at 13:14, nerim said:

11

I think I managed to get rid of it now, so I shall see. I've also been through a lot of life crap recently and computer problems are the last thing need to deal with. I so hate MS a lot lately. Ptobbly jumping to Linux very soon.

Make a thread in our Linux forum asking about which distro to move to :) 

Also I hope your life crap issues get better soon!

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On 14/05/2023 at 05:14, nerim said:

11

I think I managed to get rid of it now, so I shall see. I've also been through a lot of life crap recently and computer problems are the last thing need to deal with. I so hate MS a lot lately. Ptobbly jumping to Linux very soon.

I do agree that whenever having difficulties the less you want to have is technology failing at you. I must warn you though, Linux can give you that, but for setting it up first time you need to afront it with a calm mind. After this the gains are insane as... you simply forget it simply works.

Pro tip, each time you take advice from a page... store that page in favourites for later consulting. Hope things get better and good luck with Linux.

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Thanks for the kind replies.

I do keep a pretty close eye on my computer(s) in any case, so I hope that helps me. As for Linux distros, I have a fair amount of experience using Mint, going back to around v. 8 I believe. Always liked it, and played with it on and off awhile, but switched back to Windoze to help my late wife with her home computing needs. She was a math wizard for decades and wanted to write a fresh and understandable (for HS students) book on Pre-Calculus, in an attempt to replace some very old texts her school district was using. Sadly, she never got to do that. If nothing else, I was going to help her maintain her computer(s) for that task.(I'm just a hobbyist maker of short sci-fi films since 1970 and occasional writer and historian on vintage film industry people and their films. Worked on a few movies in LA in the 1980s to present, but have alwys done it more for fun and to hang around with good friends.

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On 14/05/2023 at 12:57, nerim said:

Thanks for the kind replies.

I do keep a pretty close eye on my computer(s) in any case, so I hope that helps me. As for Linux distros, I have a fair amount of experience using Mint, going back to around v. 8 I believe. Always liked it, and played with it on and off awhile, but switched back to Windoze to help my late wife with her home computing needs. She was a math wizard for decades and wanted to write a fresh and understandable (for HS students) book on Pre-Calculus, in an attempt to replace some very old texts her school district was using. Sadly, she never got to do that. If nothing else, I was going to help her maintain her computer(s) for that task.(I'm just a hobbyist maker of short sci-fi films since 1970 and occasional writer and historian on vintage film industry people and their films. Worked on a few movies in LA in the 1980s to present, but have alwys done it more for fun and to hang around with good friends.

I'm glad to hear from a nice person like you, since it inspires me to actually finish writting my sci-fy novel :) the entire history has been written already in another language and I'm trying to fully rewrite it in english but time is often an issue. Still, I wish you the best, cheers!

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On 14/05/2023 at 12:16, Arceles said:

I'm glad to hear from a nice person like you, since it inspires me to actually finish writting my sci-fy novel :) the entire history has been written already in another language and I'm trying to fully rewrite it in english but time is often an issue. Still, I wish you the best, cheers!

Thank you so much for your kind words. :) Writing used to be fun for me, but nowadays I just ramble on forums like this. I had a few friends as long ago as the mid-1970s who weree writing while I was attending film school, and one of my friends ended up having a few movies adapted from his writing in the 1980s/90s. It was a thrill to see that happen for him. I once showed a photo from one of my first sci-fi film shorts to Gene Roddenberry (Star Trek'd creator), while attending one of the earliest sci-fi conventions partly about the original Star Trek series. He took one look at the photo I was holding and said, "Hey wait! That's not ours!" Indeed it wasn't as it was a pic of me in the set from my first little 7-minute sci-fi film (shot on Super 8 film)! I told him what I was doing at the time (1972) and he said something like, "Don't quit! Keep doing what you're doing!" So I'm currently making my final short film and dedicating it to a few cherished friends from my past who once gave me far more credit than I ever deserved for those short films. 

Cheers and Best Wishes to you as well! :) 

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Thank you, Matthew, Arceles, Steven P., and Nick H. 

An additional thank you to Steven P. for your kind words about my recent (and current) life situation. I wish I could be more open about it, as it's the most amazing/frustrating/difficult situation I've dealt with in my 60+ years, but at least I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now...which likely will require moving to another town many miles away from where I now live (and have lived for 33 years). I feel too old for this change, but I also look at it as a new, later-in-life adventure.  🤓

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