Thursday, August 27, 2015

Class Summary 8-27-2015

http://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/tek/?cmp=RDRCT-AARPTEK_FRB13_014
Free training from AARP

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/25/list-of-windows-10-desktop-shortcut-keys/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e1712%2eey0ao07fsm%2e1s37
Windows 10 desktop shortcut keys

http://midori-browser.org/
Another browser to try. Much less overhead than the big three. Sometimes, simple really is better, and Midori is out to turn simplicity into an art form. Although you won't be looking to use this browser on rather plugin-heavy sites or for a large variety of extensions, Midori is quite swift at rendering standard web pages with JavaScript, HTML5, and other standards-compliant frameworks.

http://microsoft.com/windows10
Locate the link to download the upgrade to a DVD or USB drive. Two versions: Home and Pro. Once downloaded you can install the upgrade on a number of machines without having to wait on each for the download to occur.

How to Mount a Macrium Reflect Backup Image to Retrieve Files
http://www.howtogeek.com/226436/how-to-mount-a-macrium-reflect-backup-image-to-retrieve-files/

http://dtv.gov/maps to see how far away TV stations are

Shields Up is an online port scanning service created by Steve Gibson of Gibson Research Corporation and hosted at grc.com. The purpose of this utility is to alert the users of any ports that have been opened through their firewalls or through their NAT routers. https://www.grc.com



We talked about the Amazon Stick and the Roku Streaming stick. They both work in a similar fashion allowing streaming of movies and more to your TV set. No cable connection needed, just WiFi and an HDMI port on your TV.

http://microsoft.com/passwordchecker
Key in a password and see how secure it is with this web page from Microsoft

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