Tag Archives: windows

Windows Dead Mail

Posted on October 2, 2017 by ehurst

Sometime early this year, Microsoft phased out support for Windows Live Mail, their free email client. In a silent update, all mail accounts were switched from POP3 to IMAP. Your collected old mails didn’t go anywhere, and you could still … Continue reading →

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VA Policy: Access Denied Veterans Running Linux

Posted on June 29, 2017 by ehurst

Can I get some help from someone with more expertise? I can code HTML on the fly, but I don’t mess with scripting; I have no use for it. Yes, I know my blogs have scripting, but someone else handles … Continue reading →

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Follow-up to Paranoia

Posted on May 24, 2017 by ehurst

Ref: Previous blog post — Paranoia? Testing by real experts reveals that Windows 10 ignores privacy settings. To be specific, someone who actually understands this stuff tested Windows 10 Enterprise, the one you are supposed to be able to actually … Continue reading →

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Linux versus WannaCrypt

Posted on May 15, 2017 by ehurst

You don’t have to read this, but I do have to write it. Some of you, dear Readers, are sympathetic to my ranting about the virtues of switching from Windows to Linux. The recent big wave of ransom-ware commonly known … Continue reading →

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The Current State of Electronic Snooping

Posted on May 11, 2017 by ehurst

This is a long post, a general consumer-level survey, distilling what we can know from public revelations. Snoopers: There are four kinds of snoopers. 1. Government espionage: If you are targeted as a national security threat, they will get you. … Continue reading →

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Some Current Tech Talk Trends

Posted on January 27, 2017 by ehurst

In my computer tech support ministry, I still run into people with notions carved in stone from before the introduction of Windows. It arises from the bureaucratic mindset seeping into the wider society: Invent once; never progress. Do you know … Continue reading →

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What’s Going On 04

Posted on January 12, 2017 by ehurst

No ride today. It’s not just the cold front and high winds, but I’ve got too much to do. That is, there is a pile of stuff I really want to read, and I’m way behind on updating my commentary … Continue reading →

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Endorsement: Linux Migration Site

Posted on December 10, 2016 by ehurst

This is a gem: Easy Linux tips project. It’s a set of detailed yet simple instructions for migrating from Windows to Linux. You get to choose between several different Linux distributions all of which are the easiest to use and … Continue reading →

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Virtual War 2

Posted on November 30, 2016 by ehurst

It’s the nature of our shared faith. On the one hand, our heart-led path is very narrow, steep and rough. Precious few are those who walk with us. On the other hand, we so desperately need each other because no … Continue reading →

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Tech Note: Windows Patches Are Now Bundled

Posted on October 11, 2016 by ehurst

It’s Patch Tuesday for Windows (and Adobe Flashplayer). I recommend this rather balanced explanation. Starting this month, Microsoft releases all the patches as a single rollup bundle and you no longer get to choose. That is, you cannot choose to … Continue reading →

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