Posted on 06/29/2019 10:06:40 AM PDT by Chickensoup
Chickensoup had a computer crash this spring. The beloved WIN7 and Outlook 2003 died a horrible death on the trusty Acer.
Heartbroken the soup discovered there was no replacing this faithful companion.
Soup needed a computer quickly and purchased a temporary HP from Staples. Win10 in all its gory. Also purchased a yearly MS package that includes Outlook, since this is to be a temporary computer.
All of the businesses that the soup have have been run sucessfully on Outlook for many years.
Outlook has been a centerpiece along with the trusty 11 year old LG Envy3 with customer lists.
Verizon is not going to continue to support the EV3 in the near future.
The Outlook connects to a Time warner Roadrunner account that soup has had since 1987. This is legacy stuff here.
Spectrum has taken over time warner and email is a red-headed stepchild. It doesn't really work. It takes half hour to many hours to receive emails sent to the accounts.
Soup has just discovered not only doesn't it work, but this version of outlook does not download the email files but instead works with them in the cloud. Bad stuff here.
Chickensoup is thinking that this is time for a complete overhaul of devices.
Chickensoup would like a private email that downloads onto the computer.
Chickensoup would like a computer that works well and fast. And is durable, this computer is cheesy. The soup actually takes the computer to work and other places. It has a 17 inch screen.
Chickensoup suspects she is going to have to find a Smart phone and have it all work togehter.
Privately.
Chickensoup is anti-google and anti-cloud.
Chickensoup would be happy to pay a place of her own.
Questions are 1) who do I hire to help me with this, I need someone with telephony skills and computer knowlege, and email skills. If that someone could set up a VPN I would be happy, God knows, I couldnt do it.
and 2) How can I get privacy and independence yet have them tie together.
Am I asking for too much?
Gratefully,
chickensoup
Heartbroken the soup discovered there was no replacing this faithful companion.
Soup needed a computer quickly and purchased a temporary HP from Staples. Win10 in all its gory. Also purchased a yearly MS package that includes Outlook, since this is to be a temporary computer.
All of the businesses that the soup have have been run sucessfully on Outlook for many years.
Outlook has been a centerpiece along with the trusty 11 year old LG Envy3 with customer lists.
Verizon is not going to continue to support the EV3 in the near future.
The Outlook connects to a Time warner Roadrunner account that soup has had since 1987. This is legacy stuff here.
Spectrum has taken over time warner and email is a red-headed stepchild. It doesn't really work. It takes half hour to many hours to receive emails sent to the accounts.
Soup has just discovered not only doesn't it work, but this version of outlook does not download the email files but instead works with them in the cloud. Bad stuff here.
Chickensoup is thinking that this is time for a complete overhaul of devices.
Chickensoup would like a private email that downloads onto the computer.
Chickensoup would like a computer that works well and fast. And is durable, this computer is cheesy. The soup actually takes the computer to work and other places. It has a 17 inch screen.
Chickensoup suspects she is going to have to find a Smart phone and have it all work togehter.
Privately.
Chickensoup is anti-google and anti-cloud.
Chickensoup would be happy to pay a place of her own.
Questions are 1) who do I hire to help me with this, I need someone with telephony skills and computer knowlege, and email skills. If that someone could set up a VPN I would be happy, God knows, I couldnt do it.
and 2) How can I get privacy and independence yet have them tie together.
Am I asking for too much?
Gratefully,
chickensoup
I only have some knowledge, but Protonmail is encrypted email and has a VPN means for free. It just matters how much data you use. They have two upgrades for cost with greater data availability.
thank you. That is the one out of Switzerland I think.
I am more than happy to pay I need direction to find someone to pull it together.
People are telling me Geek Squad... I am skeptical.
Use a more private browser, like the Brave Browser, or the new Dissenter (Gab) browser.
Both can be used with DuckDuckGo as a search engine (no google).
You can still install Windows 7 on a machine. You can buy a copy of Windows 7 and install that (in preference to Windows 10).
You’re correct about Switzerland. Two CERN guys started it.
Geek Squad is a mixed bag, some guys are good others seem not so hot. Do you live near a major university? Maybe you could get a grad computer engineering student. They always need money...
I do use brave and duck duck go.
the whole setup is awful on this machine.
Thank you. I did use pop. I suspect this one was made with Imap. I dont know.
I think you would need a local expert.
Suggest searching on the internet, then talk to them over the phone to find the right person.
Here is one option:
Modern hardware won’t allow Windows 7 to run. There are no work-arounds either. Doubtful that you could even find NIB legacy motherboards and cpus for win7 these days. Maybe a used system in a flea market, but it would be a waste of time trying to make it all run.
Thanks for the advice.
POP is “o.k.”. I like the versatility of IMAP though. As an end user, I get more options. I get the impression that the e-mail provider industry is trying to get away from POP though. I could be wrong, because I’m not actually IN that particular aspect of the sector anymore. :-)
Hi Chickensoup. I am pinging a couple of wonderful FReepers who might be able to give you some help with this.
One word - Apple. (Along with Safari, Numbers, Pages, and Keynote)
I use Outlook on the Web which I connect to with eM Client which downloads said emails to my local PC for storing and archiving. Outlook is what I use for business stuff, associate communications, vendor communications, and the like.
I use ProtonMail and VPN for private, family communications and do not download it since it stays encrypted in Switzerland.
apple is all cloud based.
bad bad cloud.
a guy just called, seemed nice but I cannot raise him on the internet.
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