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If you need to type special characters on your Windows PC, we have a massive list of options by using ALT Codes. If you have any we've missed, you can discuss that here! On Windows, you can use ALT codes to help you type special characters quickly using your keyboard. Combining the ALT key with these commands will insert special characters into your document or terminal instantly.

It means that, for at least the time being, the ads only show up on computers running a build from the Windows Insider Preview program. MSFT's version of beta builds of Windows. So yeah, personal home PCs, if the user opted into the Insider Preview program.

I think this is just a terrible idea. I paid for Windows; don't make me look at ads. BTW - When you say this: What does that mean? You mention commercials and Insider. What about "personal" home PC's?

Microsoft plans on incorporating ads into the Windows 11 Start menu. For those of you familiar with Windows 10, the company, Microsoft pulled this act with Ads on Windows 10. So, never to give up ad revenue in lieu of a better Windows experience, the company is trying it again: In the Windows Insider Beta build announcement, Microsoft explains: “We are now trying out recommendations to help you discover great apps from the Microsoft Store under Recommended on the Start menu.” The Insider team also noted that ads will appear on the Insider builds, not commercial PCs. However, if enough Windows Insiders don't comment heavily on this development, we'll see ads in Windows 11. Luckily, there's a way to disable ads in Windows 10 or 11 -- just check out this article and follow the simple steps: Yes, You Can Disable Ads in Windows 11 Start Menu. If you have any thoughts or concerns, please reply to the post and let me know what you think.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0

Brian let us know about DuckDuckGo's new PrivacyPro bundle. It includes VPN protection when using the DuckDuckGo browser, personal information removal, and protection against identity theft. Have you tried it yet? What do you think?

Seems like it would be a decent portable gaming rig.

Are you certain about that file extension? Sony's proprietary file format for its digital voice recorders is typically a DVF file. I've never heard of an audio file with a TMK extension; the only TMK files I've ever encountered were Turbo Pascal source code files.

Hi, for some reason my tried-and-true Sony digital recorder recorded some files in tmk format. Sony is of no help and none of the apps I've tried have worked. I need to open the file and/or convert it to something like mp3. Any suggestions?? Thank you

Over at groovyPost, we've started building up a library of content on 3D printing. I've also got a ton of experience with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. So....what questions do you have about 3D printing, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or any other Maker-type stuff that we can answer for you here in the forums? Drop 'em here or create a new topic in this forum to discuss!

So... I get that. But, I have to say, after owning this guy for almost 6 months, it's a nice laptop.

Dear All, We are migrating content from Sitecore to AEM. For this below is the one Sitecore content json "topicBody": [ { "itemId": "84dbfa1a", "itemUrl": "", "itemName": "Test Defect-Treatment", "__typename": "TreatmentConcept", "templateId": "c51297ec", "pocId": "TXC-20096525", "conceptBody": [ { "itemId": "54ceda8a", "itemName": "Test Defect-Closure", "templateId": "d1a1f112", "__typename": "KmSection", "pocId": "SEC-2009", "title": "Closure" }, { "itemId": "84134c21", "itemName": "Test Defect-Patient Observation", "templateId": "d1a1f112", "__typename": "KmSection", "pocId": "SEC-2006", "title": "Observation" } ], "title": "Treatment", "type": "", "workflowItemManager": "mfad\\ALS07" }, { "itemId": "01ffe5c6", "itemUrl": "", "itemName": "Test Defect-Patient Considerations", "__typename": "ConditionPatientConsiderationsConcept", "templateId": "69265f07", "pocId": "PTC-20117566", "conceptBody": [ { "itemId": "3a4f77ab", "itemName": "Test Defect-Endocarditis Prophylaxis", "templateId": "d1a1f112", "__typename": "KmSection", "pocId": "SEC-20096528", "title": "Endocarditis prophylaxis" } ], "title": "Patient considerations", "type": "", "workflowItemManager": "mfad\\ALS07" } ], ********************************* GROOVY SCRIPT ************************** I have written the below script for setting the metadata after creation of ditamap. def createADitaMap(title, topicBody){ CreateDitaTopic topic = new CreateDitaTopic() try { def topicBodyItemTitle = title def newTopicPath if(type == "CPM"){ JcrUtil.createPath(globalConfigurations.reuseLibraryCpmMaps+"/"+topicBodyItemTitle, JcrResourceConstants.NT_SLING_FOLDER, JcrResourceConstants.NT_SLING_FOLDER, session, true) newTopicPath = globalConfigurations.reuseLibraryCpmMaps+"/"+topicBodyItemTitle+"/"+topicBodyItemTitle+".ditamap" }else { JcrUtil.createPath(globalConfigurations.ameDitaMapBaseFolderPath+"/"+baseFolderForPoc+"/mapsandTopics", JcrResourceConstants.NT_SLING_FOLDER, JcrResourceConstants.NT_SLING_FOLDER, session, true) newTopicPath = globalConfigurations.ameDitaMapBaseFolderPath+"/"+baseFolderForPoc+"/mapsandTopics/"+topicBodyItemTitle+".ditamap" } def lbMapnode = resourceResolver.getResource(newTopicPath) if(null == lbMapnode) { topic.create(session, title, newTopicPath, globalConfigurations.clinicalKnowledgeditaMapTemplatePath, resourceResolver, true) def metadataNode = session.getNode(newTopicPath + "/jcr:content/metadata") //out.println "metadataNode for updateDitaMetaDataForAME: ${metadataNode}" if (metadataNode != null) { metadataNode.setProperty("dc:title", topicBodyItemTitle) metadataNode.setProperty("mc:assignedEditor", topicBody.assignedEditor) metadataNode.setProperty("mc:PocId", topicBody.pocId) } } session.save() } catch (NullPointerException npe) { /* Handling transitive API exception. */ out.println "NullPointer Exception during topic creation in createADitaMap ${npe.getMessage()}" }catch (Exception e) { out.println "Exception during topic creation in createADitaMap ${e}" } } Here my metadata is not saving and not working. I am getting the topicBodyItemTitle value dynamically. But metadata is not saving and also it should save like if TOPICBODY title is topicBodyItemTitle then it should save the metadata related to topicbody and not conceptbody. I am not able to achieve this. Can somebody please help me here. Thanks in advance.

@malukwes are you looking for an automated tool or a script like robocopy? Do you want to sync two directions or just 1 direction? Here's an example of a two-way sync but you could also just make it a 1 way sync. Change your drive letters as needed and copy this into a file like sync.bat or something: @echo off set "sourceDrive=D:\path\to\source" set "destDrive=E:\path\to\destination" rem Sync from source to destination robocopy "%sourceDrive%" "%destDrive%" /MIR /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:0 /W:0 rem Sync from destination to source robocopy "%destDrive%" "%sourceDrive%" /MIR /COPYALL /DCOPY:T /R:0 /W:0 Do testing, using /mir you can blow things away easily...

My goal is to have an auto sync between a folder created on PC and Android SD cards. Onedrive will not sync with the SD cards.

I just got busted tonight. Have no idea how they found out it was me. I'm going to get in a fist fight now. I should sue

That’s a great tip! I wasn’t aware of the @bookmarks feature in Google Chrome. It seems like a handy way to quickly search through my bookmarks, especially if I have a complex folder system. Thanks for sharing this with me. 😃

A lot has happened since 2017. Plantronics and Polycom merged to create Poly. And now, HP has acquired Poly. Looking at the latest updates, I needed to update my version of the Plantronics Hub, aka Poly Hub, to the latest version. Here's what I grabbed as of Feb. 2024 Plantronics Hub Desktop V3.25.1 (V3.25.54065.37203) I grabbed it from the Download site which. Although the site says it's Version 3.24.2 when I actually downloaded it, it was V3.25.1 The release notes were not easy to find given all the changes to the company between Poly and HP however, I did track down the Release notes here: https://docs.poly.com/bundle/plantronics-hub-2-rn/resource/plantronics-hub-2-rn.pdf I have no idea if this will all stick around now that they've been purchased. So I've added the release notes below and the latest version below. Enjoy PlantronicsHubInstaller-3-25-1.exe

Hello, I would highly suggest against installing Windows 7 on your new computer. Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft, which means there are no more security patches and updates. If I were you, I would grab a copy of Windows 10 or Windows 11 and do a clean install. If it won't run Windows 11, chances are, it should run Windows 7. You might need to get Microsoft involved also to get an OEM license for the machine. It's hard to say, depending on where it came from. That's what I would do...

Purchased a Lenovo without HDD on it. The Lenovo had W7 Pro before. Put a new SSD in. Since the system was purchased without the HHD (and without the W7 on it), how can W7 be installed on the SSD?

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I really should consider getting a Windows PC at some point...but if I'm gonna spend $1400 or more on a laptop, it almost has to have an Apple logo on it. Been thinking about trading in my Mac Studio for a MacBook Pro, actually, since I'm not really doing any video editing/encoding anymore.

I'm still up in the air as far as whether I think Loki's going to stick it out as the keeper of the timelines. Seems incredibly boring for a god of mischief, but I guess we'll see if they decide to pick it up for another season. One thing I picked up recently is that Disney/Marvel apparently really wants to do more multi-season series and no more one-season shorties. Hawkeye was never supposed to go beyond one season, same with Ms. Marvel, and they're just not going to do that anymore. They want to be able to develop the characters across multiple seasons the way they did with Loki. Makes me wonder if there's going to be another Secret Invasions series, tbh,

Fun discovery....this also works with @history and @tabs, in Chrome, at least.

Another thing that might help....when you connect to a Wi-Fi network, Windows 11 asks if you want your PC to be discoverable on the network. I've found that saying "no" to this not only prevents the computer from showing up on other PCs, but it also cuts down considerably on the number of UPnP, Bonjour, and other variously connected devices from appearing.

Price just dropped another $100. Probably Black Friday.