Hello!
As it is (nearly) the end of the year and I am already feeling very full of mince pies I just thought that I would do like all other Journal writers do and that’s an end of year review! Below are my own picks of the best Journal Posts of the year, some website stats and a note about Windows Vista.
If you have your own favourite journal posts (either on this website or elsewhere) drop a link in the comments below.
Click on any of the titles below which take your fancy to read the full post…
P.S. Our Christmas opening times can be found here.
Mike’s Top 5
- Get your technology ready for Christmas…
- How-To: Build your own Radio Station…
- Explained: Restart, Sleep, Shutdown & Fast Startup
- Midweek Chipmunks: Are you worried about your pet chipmunks?
- Midweek Mapping…
Stay Safe
- Take Five – To Stop Fraud
- Midweek (ish) Musing… Is that website secure?
- How-To: One way to find out if hackers have stolen your data
How-To
- How-To: Scan a photo, without a scanner… Google PhotoScan
- How-To: Stop remembering passwords – Using LastPass
- Mideweek Coding: Try Computer Programming for yourself…
- How-To: Copy Files to a Flash Drive (Video)
Some Website Stats, and a note about Vista…
Everyone loves graphs! So here are a few I thought you might find interesting. December 1, 2015 – November 30, 2016. Click an image to see the full-size version.
Top Operating systems IC members are using
Web Browsers IC members are using
Windows Vista use on the Inner Circle (sessions per month)
April 2017 sees the end of Windows Vista support from Microsoft. This means after this date it will be unsafe to use a Vista machine on the internet. You can keep using it offline, but just don’t connect it to the internet.
As you can see from the graph Vista use on the Inner Circle has dropped off to almost nothing (the low there is 8 sessions in September). If you are still using Vista, now is the time to start thinking about a new computer / updating your operating system… As ever we will do our best to help, just drop us a message on The Clubroom.
You will probably read lots about this in the next few months… some reporting on technology is, erm, not the best. So just so we are 98.532% clear on what is happening here is what we know:
- Vista Support from Microsoft will end on April 11, 2017.
- After this time there will be no updates from Microsoft.
- It will then not be safe to use Vista on the internet (even with firewalls and anti-virus installed).
- Google Chrome, no longer gets security updates for Vista (as of April 2016).
- Other programs tend to follow in Microsoft’s footsteps and end support for older operating systems.
We have removed “other” from some of these graphs to make them easier to read, for example, “other” web browsers has 18 total browsers listed, some only by 1 or 2 visitors…
Looking forward to speaking to you all in the new year
Happy Merry New Christmas Year!
Mike 🙂
January 17, 2017 at 9:39 pm
I am unable to return e mails to a friend in America. They are textured with the message 420 connection failed. I have tried using the address without using the reply button I e typing the address but same result I have used the address for three years and the e mails I receive have the same address as in the past. I am with Virgin Media. Any thoughts Brian
January 18, 2017 at 9:33 am
Hi Brian
Can you send emails to anyone else?
Which email client are you using? (Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook or the Virgin Media website (webmail) ? ) ?
Thank you
Mike
January 18, 2017 at 11:46 pm
Hi Mike. Thanks for quick response. Have tried windows live mail and Virgin. Yes I can send e mails to other contacts.
January 19, 2017 at 9:41 am
Humm interesting.
When you get the 402 error, do you get it as soon as you press send on the message, or does it come back as another email?
I just wonder if it is a problem at their end not yours…?
Are you sending an attachment with your email? If so try sending it without to see if this makes a difference?
Let me know how you get on and I will keep having a think about what could be causing this.
Thank you
Mike
January 9, 2017 at 4:43 pm
I have forgotten how to transfer photos from my camera, (sorry but I am old) can you help please.
January 10, 2017 at 9:34 am
Hello
You should be able to plug in your camera and click on “transfer photos” popup box which appears.
If this doesn’t appear, plug in your camera (via the USB cable) then open the start menu, type ‘photos’, open the Photo App, then in the top right of this program there is a button called “Import” (top right, it has an arrow pointing down into a box on it) which should then let you bring in the photos.
If not let me know and we can try something else.
Thank you
Mike 🙂