Posted on 09/09/2023 7:24:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Harro everynyan. How are you fine sank you.
I found out the hard way, it is critical that each of you have a disaster recovery plan in place, as regards your personal computer and important emails.
One of my computers lost function of its graphics card. It boots fine but I cannot see anything on the monitor except for brief moments. The monitor is working fine; its definitely the graphics card. I was in the process of transferring to a new computer and was about halfway finished.
I was able to log into my most important email account (the one just about everything is tied to, bank cards, credit cards, my Steam gaming account, everything.
Well as luck would have it, I accidentally laid something on the return key on the only login into my new computer. You know how keyboards have an extra return key on the far right. Well, my new computer treated the repeated returns as a hack attempt and locked that account out entirely.
I had no admin account except that one. I had no way into the computer because I no longer remembered the email password to that one important account, and since it was an account tied to Microsoft account login, I NEEDED to verify my way into the new computer using that account... but I couldn't.
Long story made short: EVERY way I attempted to log into the important email account and EVERY way I attempted to verify my way into the new computer failed. Every. Single. One. I spent a whole day on it without success.
I ended up reinstalling windows so I could get an admin account I could use, again... the default one. In that process, however, I nuked all my transferred email passwors in the original new computer account.
That one important email account was among the nuked, and every attempt I made to verify I owned the email account by using other email accounts, failed. So, I called the Yahoo Premium Support number and was able to verify to the representative that I actually owned the important email address, which (Thank God) was on Yahoo. (If it was on Gmail, there is no callable support number. Same with any Microsoft-based email). However, because I had made several dozen recovery attempts, I was required to wait a day and reverify with Yahoo and they would reset my password. Excessive recovery attempts lock the Yahoo account for 24 hours, not even a representative can fix it until the cooldown period has passed.
So, I may be able to recover the important email account with Yahoo Premium Support. But, even if for whatever new reason, I cannot, I can plug a new graphics card into the old computer, log into all my accounts with that, and note or change all the passwords.
I use a different password with every single account, bank, credit card, or whatever. While it places me in a jeapordy situation like I am experiencing, it is safest if someone compromises one account.
So, I learned the following:
Watchout, many multi-vitamins are crap. CVS has turned to the dark side. Stuff like selenium that used to be in multi-vit, no longer are.
Its really hard to qualify supplements and vitamins as none of them will tell you ingredient sources, like China, or not.
Yes, Jesus had many backup hard drives and wrote to them often.
Warning noted and will be acted upon.
Of course! Jesus was an experienced IT professional.
Side benefit: They also aid with butt secks.
Yup. Jesus labored with his hands for about twenty years.
If only that were their motivation!
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Let me see - I got my first professional software development job in 1984.
So that would be 39 years ago.
39 years makes me at GEEK - not a nerd. (Get it right, dude.)
(A semi-retired geek at that...)
/s
Let’s compromise.
We are GERDS.
Bookmark
Will send u a FReepmail.
Free advice:
OneNote for passwords. NOT the online version: Only the local HDD. You can treat a USB drive as the host and sync the USB to local installations on multiple devices running OneNote just by inserting the USB (automatic sync).
OneNote pages can be password protected (128-bit encryption). I’ve used it for logons/passwords for nearly 20 years. I have over 150 unique logons, including FR. I haven’t lost a password since I became habitual about updating my logons as they changed. I keep my parent USB file backed up and maintain awareness of its location like my keys & wallet. I also use it to keep account & card numbers.
Additionally, OneNote serves the web archiver in ways unlike any other program:
Try copying an entire web article and pasting it into a page: It automatically strips HTML, pastes nearly all photos (few exceptions, depending on web page formatting) and keeps hyperlinks...AND pastes the host page URL automatically at the footer of the pasted content. You can organize into sections as well. I’ve got >20 years - and nearly a gigabyte of data - of web archiving saved in my OneNote, including content from 9/11, and it seems immune to bloat performance (it NEVER crashes or runs slow). You can also paste PDF files directly into pages, as well as Office docs.
If you use Windows, the odds are that you already have OneNote. It’s a component of Office that most everyone ignores, but the last time I looked it was also available as a free standalone download.
Enjoy!
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I'm assuming that you are asking for the link to the Ubuntu mini PC?
It's available from that company that begins with the letter 'A' that everyone seems to dislike
but everyone buys from anyway ...
If so, here ya go ...
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Link to $89 'ATOPNUC' Ubuntu Linux Machine
(It's actually $89.99, so it's really $90.)
My most important emails are from Bud’s gun shop and Healthy Pets. 😏
That 90-dollar computer has zero reviews and the company selling it on Amazon doesn’t have any presence there either.
The company has a single lifetime rating from “Roy”.
5 out of 5 stars
Needed a linux machine for side gig - this little guy did the trick - very easy to configure / boot / install new goodness on it. Dual monitor support was an unanticipated delight
By Roy on July 30, 2023.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
and swap out your 10-round magazines for 30-round magazines.
I've always kept a separate little book, like an address book, but it's for websites and passwords. I have it just in case my kids ever need to get into my computer. I don't use Apple Cloud service, or anything, but if I want to back up anything, I put it on a 512 GB USB stick for safekeeping. Computers are like other devices we rely on. It can work fine the day before, then shit the bed the next day when you boot it up.
I don't use my iPhone for anything but making calls, and getting texts regarding prescription refills and confirming doctor appointments. It's not set up for banking, or email. There is no app other than Safari that I need to use. Never even used the camera. I hate the phone, and won't buy another smart phone if I don't have to.
Sound advice Laz. Thanks. My back up plan is my grandson. I swear the kid has micro chips in his brain. All the kids are computer experts.
The computer crashed once and the kid came over did click, click, “There you go Grandpa’’he explained something to my wife who’s better at this and haven’t had a problem since.
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Several months and the thing has worked just fine - so far.
Since I have 'recommended' the thing, should any issues
arise with mine, I shall make my way back here to inform
y'all of them. Okay?
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