768. Microsoft Happy Anniversary 1607 Update Surprise

This afternoon I went to get on my PC and it told me to wait, updates were being applied and several restarts may occur. Well, after an hour it got to 57% so I figured the Windows Anniversary Update 1607 was being pushed on. I wasn't yet prepared for this like usual, i.e., took no system image, didn't write down Start stuff that might disappear, etc.

Well, to my surprise when I did finally get on and it came all the way up, everything was nearly the same. Yes Cortana was back on (I had deleted her) but she was turned off. There was one thin on my Start menu that disappeared, but I can't remember what was there. One Drive nagged me initially indicating that I need to sign into use it (I don't). And what this Ink thing is ... well it isn't on my PC! 

So, the install was effortless and effective. Just the way I wanted it to be configured. Thank you Microsoft.

Well, NOT SO FAST. Remember the old card games that I modified to get working: Freecell, Hearts, Spider. there DEAD. I will pursue putting them back on AND check out all the other nuisances that I experienced when updating from Windows 7. Stay tuned. Update 9/29/16: See Post 706 for new instructions to get ALL the Windows 7 games back and running.

May I add that after researching the Anniversary Update "Bewares" and like, I have found most to be untrue, e.g.,
1. The Default Apps remained the same as I had before (they say changed)
2. Cortana remained OFF as I had before (they said ON)
3. Sype Preview is NOT set with you signed in as they said if it was off before

The only things I had to do are:
1. Install Windows 7 Games
2. Put the Volume ICON back into Syaytem Tray
3. Unpinned Store, Edge, Search from Taskbar

In other words, you couldn't expect any installation this size to be finer. Kudos to MSFT

769. Windows 10 Anniversary Update ate some cake

My last entry complemented Microsoft for the effective install. This entry slaps their hand again for destroying the use of old Microsoft games. Post 706 has been updated and states that no longer will the games from Windows 7, even those modified as per Post 706, work! WRONG!

Option 1: Instead, I copied my XP version of the games over to the Windows 10 Anniversary version and am running them AS IS without any modification. I suppose Microsoft will discover this and spend its time killing this implementation too instead of working on new things and bring these loved games back to us.

Anyway, find the XP versions and continue to play.

Option 2:
Get ALL the games from https://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/56428-Windows-7-Games-for-Windows-8-8-1-Multilanguage . See new instruction in Post 706. These are the Windows 7 games and the install is easy. Don't forget to scan the ZIP file with YOUR antivirus and malware programs to ensure your comfort. Kudos to ElDiabl0  on the https://forums.mydigitallife.info website forum. Register, signin, download, Extract files from the Zipped file, run SETUP, select games desired, go to town. Enjoy. btw: Microsoft is the noted publisher on the games AND your old stats are brought forward ( 3,653 Freecell wins in a row)

767. Thunderbird gets #MBR1212 error to Yahoo login

Nice job Yahoo! Yahoo added a security feature that requires you to designate whether you want Yahoo to ALLOW APPS TO USE LESS SECURE LOGIN. Don't turn it off! I made the mistake of changing my Yahoo password and noticed this added feature and naturally turned it OFF since I though it was like other Mobile setting that allowed something like allow in-app purchases. 

Anyway, if you set it OFF you won't be able to connect your email to Yahoo. It MUST be set ON. Most likely this applies not only to Thunderbird email client, but to all others. Just awhile ago I received an email from Yahoo stressing that its website should be used for emails, NOT a "less secure" email client. See the connection to the problem? 

766. Display ALL FILES within SAVE AS dialog

Under Chrome when you get to the point that yo want to save a PDF file, it's SAVE AS dialog box gives you a default choice of .PDF, but also allows you to select "All Files" in the "Save As Type" selection box. IE and Edge do NOT have the code to give you the option to look at all files in the folder by selecting an "All Files" option as described.

Problem: I encrypt my files and the suffix changes from the given name, for example, ABC.PDF to one the encryption software uses, for example the ABC.PDF file gets converted to ABC-PDF.XXX where .xxx is know to the encryption software. Thus, if I want to determine the file name convention I'm using for a specific file I am trying to save, I have no way way to display existing files of the .PDF type because they are already changed to .XXX. Confused? Let me  give you another example:

2016_File1.PDF is created
2016_File2.PDF is created
I encrypt them and thy become :
   2016_File1-PDF.XXX, and
   2016_File2-PDF.XXX
Next week I go to a website and select my current Financial Statement. It displays in Adobe Reader and I select an option to SAVE it. The SAVE AS dialog popup comes up with the file name entered as "Your_Financial _Statement_20160812". I don't want this long name, but forgot the naming convention I used for these statements. I maneuver to get to the desired folder and want to see the format of the names I already saved previously so I can create a similar name this time. However, the Save As dialog box does NOT give me an option to view All the Files and instead only lists files ending in .PDF. Not Helpful! As I stated, Chrome DOES give you the option which is PROGRAMMED within their version of PDF handler (NOT ADOBE). So, If I am using a different browser, such as IE or Edge, I will NOT see an "All Files option. Thus, without the trick below, I have to bring up File Explorer to see the desired format.

SOLUTION:

The solution in IE and Edge or any other Save As dialog, or probably even an Open dialog where the choice is ONLY the file type that the application knows, is to enter an * in the file type and hit enter. This will cause all files to be listed in the dialog box. Voile! 

765. Hello. Hello. You can't hear me and I can't hear you.

Today I used Teamviewer for the first time to allow a friend to show me how to do something on my computer. It allows a user to remotely control your system.  Control was fine, but we couldn't converse via voice. This was my first use of a microphone on this PC, so I automatically blamed it on incompatibility. However, I found an option to ALLOW or NOT ALLOW camera and microphone in Flash player. I had it off. Maybe next time the Teamviewer software will be allowed to use them.

764. Windows Password? Trying to view my passwords.

Well, old dogs can still learn new tricks. Apparently Google changed Chrome sometime to force you to specify the Windows Password if you want to see the passwords for sites where you saved a login password. In short, you go to Google Chrome Settings,, advanced settings, manage passwords and get a list of sites that have saved passwords. A button to the right for each allows you to SHOW the password. Except it takes you to a popup that asks for your Windows Password. Well, do you know it? Is it your Google PW? How about your Microsoft PW? How about Windows Live? Strike 3 and your out.

The mean your Window's Account password. The one you use to sign into your windows account (if you specified one) to get on YOUR account on your machine. Some people may use the Microsoft password for this, but the majority use the LOCAL password for this. LOCAL password is specified in the User Account.

So, there you have it. Hope I saved you some time and aggravation since I found NO HELP from searching for help. Enjoy.

763. Typical Liberal AP Misdirection!

Check out this article! 

The headline "The Latest: Poll shows young American views on immigration" gets you interested. IMMEDIATELY you get a full page Picture of Hillary. For those who can't read, you would believe the immigration story favors Hillary. Then to support the PICTURE that already misleads the viewer, the FIRST paragraph notes that the minorities favor Hillary. For those who can only read one or two paragraphs, they are again misled that Hillary is in the driver's seat. BUT, read on. About 3 SENTENCES later, but 3 paragraphs also, they finally tell the REAL STORY that Trump blows her out on the immigration border issue! 

Way to go AP...you misled We the People again!