I just want to see the destination URL before clicking. Something I use a lot, a standard check of dodgy e-mails, and I also like to know where links are going to take me before I let them.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:51 pm You don't. What are you trying to achieve? Try tapping and then holding on the link without removing your finger?
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You can hold your finger on the link and then copy the URL and paste it into a different tab, looking at it before you go ahead.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:46 amI just want to see the destination URL before clicking. Something I use a lot, a standard check of dodgy e-mails, and I also like to know where links are going to take me before I let them.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:51 pm You don't. What are you trying to achieve? Try tapping and then holding on the link without removing your finger?
Edit - Actually it should come up if you just hold your finger on it. It does on my phone.
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Good spot - that works on my Lumia too.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:29 amEdit - Actually it should come up if you just hold your finger on it. It does on my phone.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 10:46 amI just want to see the destination URL before clicking. Something I use a lot, a standard check of dodgy e-mails, and I also like to know where links are going to take me before I let them.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:51 pm You don't. What are you trying to achieve? Try tapping and then holding on the link without removing your finger?
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I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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You said tapping too, surely that involves lifting the finger off too, otherwise it's just a put. Or something.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:07 pm I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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Yeah, it was a confusing post so I ignored it.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:40 pmYou said tapping too, surely that involves lifting the finger off too, otherwise it's just a put. Or something.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:07 pm I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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I just remembered the specific thing I wanted to do on my phone and failed - I can't read the additional hover text on xkcd strips. Holding on the image doesn't work.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:07 pm I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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Doesn't the mobile site have a button to tap to show/hide the alt text?Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:11 pmI just remembered the sp ecific thing I wanted to do on my phone and failed - I can't read the additional hover text on xkcd strips. Holding on the image doesn't work.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:07 pm I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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I don't read it on its own site, and I don't get the mobile versions of sites on my phone. Could this be an actual benefit of looking at mobile-designed formatting at last?Thomas Carey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:19 pmDoesn't the mobile site have a button to tap to show/hide the alt text?Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:11 pmI just remembered the sp ecific thing I wanted to do on my phone and failed - I can't read the additional hover text on xkcd strips. Holding on the image doesn't work.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:07 pm I already said that Gevin you prick, don't try and steal my glory.
But yeah - I use this for checking spammy links on emails too Ian. Works on iPHone.
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Do you ever get spam e-mails that say they are from someone you know but are actually just from a spam address? And do your friends get e-mails supposedly from you in the same way? How does this happen, and should we be worried about it?
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Nothing to worry about at all.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:48 pm Do you ever get spam e-mails that say they are from someone you know but are actually just from a spam address? And do your friends get e-mails supposedly from you in the same way? How does this happen, and should we be worried about it?
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I get lots from people who previously had yahoo accounts. There was a big data breach a few years back. It's very easy to spoof a 'from' address.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:48 pm Do you ever get spam e-mails that say they are from someone you know but are actually just from a spam address? And do your friends get e-mails supposedly from you in the same way? How does this happen, and should we be worried about it?
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I haven't generally worried about it anyway but where do the spammers get the information from? It still seems quite scary.Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:51 pmNothing to worry about at all.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2019 5:48 pm Do you ever get spam e-mails that say they are from someone you know but are actually just from a spam address? And do your friends get e-mails supposedly from you in the same way? How does this happen, and should we be worried about it?
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I'm not sure that quite covers it though. I don't know. Maybe that is part of it.
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There are data breaches all the time. 'Tis the nature of the game and why you must use a different password on any/every site that holds sensitive information. Use a password manager such as lastpass to generate and store secure passwords, although that also carries an element of risk.
Check https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to see where your data has been compromised and use different passwords for every site.
But the yahoo breach is where 99% of my spam supposedly from friends come from.
The other common one is the "we hacked your webcam while you were watching porn" with an email supposedly from your address threatening to send to all your contacts. These can be ignored, but do change your password!
Check https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to see where your data has been compromised and use different passwords for every site.
But the yahoo breach is where 99% of my spam supposedly from friends come from.
The other common one is the "we hacked your webcam while you were watching porn" with an email supposedly from your address threatening to send to all your contacts. These can be ignored, but do change your password!
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Hi, Hoping you can help with this one.
I have an excel sheet with 11 suppliers as columns and the rows are weeks. I would like to create a video to show the change in usage of supplier over the last 40 or so weeks I have collected data for but as a pie chart rather than a bar chart.
Is this easily doable in Excel?
I have an excel sheet with 11 suppliers as columns and the rows are weeks. I would like to create a video to show the change in usage of supplier over the last 40 or so weeks I have collected data for but as a pie chart rather than a bar chart.
Is this easily doable in Excel?
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More of a phone issue but anyone else having trouble watching YouTube on android. When ads play the skip ads button comes up but doesn't work when I press it and when the ad ends it freezes and the actual video doesn't play. If there's two ads due only first one plays. Tried googling the problem but couldn't find anyone having similar issue. Only solution mentioned for any sort of freezing was to clear cache which I've done but no joy.
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Could it be a browser thing? I use the Brave browser and it doesn't even make me watch adverts.
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Issue seems to have fixed itself.
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My laptop keeps randomly cutting out. Sometimes it just turns off and I have to turn it on again. Sometimes it turns on again anyway. It's definitely not an overheating thing, as the highest risk time is when it's just been turned on, and it never appears to be particularly hot anyway. It doesn't happen when the fan is working overdrive. What's going on?
Edit - Norton Malware scan came back negative.
Edit - Norton Malware scan came back negative.
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Is the power button getting stuck down?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 2:39 pm My laptop keeps randomly cutting out. Sometimes it just turns off and I have to turn it on again. Sometimes it turns on again anyway. It's definitely not an overheating thing, as the highest risk time is when it's just been turned on, and it never appears to be particularly hot anyway. It doesn't happen when the fan is working overdrive. What's going on?
Edit - Norton Malware scan came back negative.
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How do you know it's not an overheating thing? Do you notice it being louder before it shuts down at all, as if something is causing it to work harder?
What happens when you turn it back on, does it act as if it's a fresh turn-on, or is there an error message or any acknowledgement of the unexpected shutdown?
Try having a look at the Event Viewer (specifically the logs in Windows Logs > System) and see if any errors were reported just before it shut down.
Is the battery fully charged?
What happens when you turn it back on, does it act as if it's a fresh turn-on, or is there an error message or any acknowledgement of the unexpected shutdown?
Try having a look at the Event Viewer (specifically the logs in Windows Logs > System) and see if any errors were reported just before it shut down.
Is the battery fully charged?
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I don't think so. But when I booted it up just now, it seemed to require more effort from pushing the button in to turn it on, so it could be button-related.Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:22 amIs the power button getting stuck down?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2023 2:39 pm My laptop keeps randomly cutting out. Sometimes it just turns off and I have to turn it on again. Sometimes it turns on again anyway. It's definitely not an overheating thing, as the highest risk time is when it's just been turned on, and it never appears to be particularly hot anyway. It doesn't happen when the fan is working overdrive. What's going on?
Edit - Norton Malware scan came back negative.
Because of what I said - about it being most likely to happen after turning on, and it's not when the fan is going crazy. Also when I've just gone back to it - maybe after I've pressed the button to wake it up actually.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:28 am How do you know it's not an overheating thing? Do you notice it being louder before it shuts down at all, as if something is causing it to work harder?
Normally it's like I've just turned it on. Once it did some disk thing.What happens when you turn it back on, does it act as if it's a fresh turn-on, or is there an error message or any acknowledgement of the unexpected shutdown?
I will do that.Try having a look at the Event Viewer (specifically the logs in Windows Logs > System) and see if any errors were reported just before it shut down.
Battery seems fine.Is the battery fully charged?
I also did a restart yesterday, because I read that turning off and on again does some short cut and doesn't do it properly. It hasn't cut out since then.
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There's lots of random errors and warnings throughout the whole log, none of which seem to pinpoint the problem.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:28 am Try having a look at the Event Viewer (specifically the logs in Windows Logs > System) and see if any errors were reported just before it shut down.
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I had something similar recently on my desktop (random restarts, though at more random intervals). I* needed to completely reinstall Windows and put it onto an SSD rather than a magnetic hard drive, which did the trick nicely. You might also want to Google 'repair update'.
Or it could just be the button, as you say.
*someone else did it for me.
Or it could just be the button, as you say.
*someone else did it for me.
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It cut out three times in a row for me just now. The first time was when I was returning to it. I had to "wake it up" by moving the mouse, but no button pressing was required. Every time it started up again on its own. The last time it said that Windows didn't load properly and offered to restarted it, and now it's been on for several minutes.
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I've disabled fast start-up. So turning it off (and on again) is the same as a restart. Given that it seems to behave better after a restart, this might make things better.
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Might be a CPU thing because it happens when I'm opening a program.
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It doesn't work without the cable in, which I hadn't noticed because I normally just use it in one place plugged in. Certain things seem to trigger it as well. Like clicking on the power icon to shut down or restart it doesn't seem to like. I don't think it's as simple as a loose connection.
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Having used the premium version of The Matt Morrison Computer Corner (discussion over WhatsApp) I think it's just time for a new laptop now. But thanks everyone who offered suggestions and ideas.
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A couple I think I know the answer to, but I am a bit scared / Ludditeish about changing my ways and I still think of computers as more secure than phones:
1) Is it safer to use internet banking on my 2014 Chromebook laptop where the OS and browser are both out of support, or on my 2020 mobile phone where the OS and browser are still in support and being updated?
2) Is it safe/r to say "Yes" when my phone asks if I want to save a password (with the built-in Google SafeLock or something like that), or to type the user name and password every time I log in to a site?
Related: Is there generally any difference in security between apps and browser versions of the same thing when accessed via a mobile phone?
1) Is it safer to use internet banking on my 2014 Chromebook laptop where the OS and browser are both out of support, or on my 2020 mobile phone where the OS and browser are still in support and being updated?
2) Is it safe/r to say "Yes" when my phone asks if I want to save a password (with the built-in Google SafeLock or something like that), or to type the user name and password every time I log in to a site?
Related: Is there generally any difference in security between apps and browser versions of the same thing when accessed via a mobile phone?
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I'm equally a luddite but at least with your phone your bank can give you a one-time password (6 digits) before making any transactionsAdam Gillard wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:09 pm A couple I think I know the answer to, but I am a bit scared / Ludditeish about changing my ways and I still think of computers as more secure than phones:
1) Is it safer to use internet banking on my 2014 Chromebook laptop where the OS and browser are both out of support, or on my 2020 mobile phone where the OS and browser are still in support and being updated?
2) Is it safe/r to say "Yes" when my phone asks if I want to save a password (with the built-in Google SafeLock or something like that), or to type the user name and password every time I log in to a site?
Related: Is there generally any difference in security between apps and browser versions of the same thing when accessed via a mobile phone?
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