Recent content by Carey Brown

Good stuff. My concern is that it won't work for me because my user is the only user and is the admin account, I'm presuming it won't let me rename the folder while I'm logged into my account. Would I need to create a temp admin account to do this manipulation in and then delete the temp when...

Microcenter setup my new machine because they had to transfer data from my old machine. However they didn't ask me what I wanted the user name to be so they put in "Owner". I was able to change the user name so when it boots up it has my name for the account name. Ok so far, but it still left...

I'm not aware of any non-imaging software that will backup the hidden boot sector.

For OS or Programs you need to use imaging software like Macrium Reflect.

I've avoided OneDrive so far. Does it keep a file on your local drive that is encrypted or decrypted? Or, are the files ONLY kept in the cloud? Do you have to give OD a password every time you want to edit a file, and then again to save it (that's what gpg4win requires)? After you encrypt &...

Boxcryptor is an encryption program designed to work with cloud file servers like dropbox. You designate dropbox folders to encrypt and any file put in the folders will be encrypted, so when they are up-loaded to the cloud they are in encrypted form. To decrypt them you login to Boxcryptor on...

Macrium for system backup and Free File Sync for data backup. Recently I wrote my own to mirror 5 drives to one with versioning, without all the folder stuff that FreeFileSync requires. Works beautifully.

Two steps forward, one step back. It's the things I don't notice that I appreciate the most. Mostly I want an OS that works reliably, which W11 does. I upgraded machines so W11 came with the new machine. Some of the sporadic freezes on my old machine, partly narrowed down to flaky Spotify...

OK, I did it. All I have left is: -rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 2092710 May 8 06:55 7f483374-c4a0-485f-a742-1c3986552b70.tmp -rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 24576 Apr 1 16:31 bc3902d8132f43e3ae086a009979fa88.db -rw-rw-rw- 1 user group 32768 May 8 06:54...

Ok, dumb question. Is there anything in C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Temp that SHOULD NOT be deleted? Of course if one is currently in use a delete will return permission denied.

I have taken several of mine over the years to Microcenter on the northern edge of the Denver Tech Center. Always been satisfied. They often have a bit of a backlog though.

Sorry for not getting back sooner. My friend skipped out on me and went to Geek Squad. Found out from her they were sucessfull at removing the virus. I think she learned her lesson about clicking on unknown links. All has not been lost on me. I've learned a lot from this thread and have made...

Got it. Thanks.

Thanks flashh4, that's a generous offer. I'm trying to get her to bring her machine back to me on Wednesday.