Hello All,
As yet another time wasting project, I put on-line the archives of my personal weather station.

View this data at https://www.fullbean.com/weather/archives/archives.html

See real-time weather information for rural Arroyo Grande at any of the following addresses
  https://www.fullbean.com/weather/weather.html

  https://www.rainwise.net/weather/Sutter93420

  https://www.pwsweather.com/station/pws/FULLBEANAG

  https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KCAARROY208 

  https://ambientweather.net/dashboard/abe70751e1105f82a8b31f5690211b48

  http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=EW2726&last=240

  https://www.awekas.at/en/instrument.php?id=18856

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
My goal was to replace my C drive with a larger drive.  What follows is the path that I followed

Background Information
The computer is a Dell 8930 desktop running Windows 11 Pro.
The operating system resides on a Samsung 512Gb NVMe M.2 solid state drive.  The 512Gb drive (C drive) contains only the Operating System though  the computer has 6 additional drives
I will replace the C drive with a Samsung 1Tb EVO Plus M.2 NVMe solid state drive (same manufacturer, twice as large)

In order to have access to the 1Tb drive, I installed it inside a RIITOP NVME  USB enclosure;
https://www.riitop.com/collections/msata-ssd-adapter/products/riitop-m-2-nvme-to-usb-c-enclosure-external-usb-3-1-to-pci-e-m-key-nvme-2280-ssd-adapter-reader
and plugged it into a USB-c port on the computer.

Since both drives are Samsung NVME, I initially attempted to use Samsung Migration; https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
 for cloning the smaller drive to the larger one.  That process failed repeatedly, reaching 99% before displaying that the process had failed for an unknown reason.
Next, I tried the Cloning Tool inside Acronis True Image 2021; https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1591424-REG/acronis_tih4b2ens_true_image_2021_box.html/
That worked.

Here is the procedure that I followed
Launch Acronis True Image
Click on Tools/Clone Disk
Choose Clone Mode – Manual
Select the source from the list.  (This is the drive that you wish to duplicate/clone)  I chose 464GB NVMe Samsung SSD 970

Next, select the target from the list,  (This is the new drive to which you will copy the contents of the source drive.)  I chose JMicron Tech 0204.  This is actually the name of the RIITOP USB enclosure, not the Samsung 1Tb EVO Plus drive inside.

Follow the prompts given by Acronis True Image.

When the process completes successfully, turn off the computer, remove the original C drive and replace it with the newly created C drive.  Restart the computer.

Note Correctly identifying the source and target disks is critical.  This won’t be an issue if your computer only has 1 drive.  Mine has 7. 
If you mis-identify the source and target drives, you will over-write files and disable your computer.

Proper identification is complicated by the fact that Acronis lists drives with different names than those shown in (Windows) File Explorer.
If you are unsure that you have the right source drive, using (Windows) File Explorer, right click on the C drive, left click on Properties and note the size of the drive. 

If your Operating System is located on another drive, note the file size of that drive. Do the same to confirm the size of the target drive.
When using Acronis, compare the size of the drives and choose the source and target drives whose size matches those that you saw in Windows File Explorer

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
I use the Acronis backup program True Image 2021.  In a monumental blunder, I copied a 121Gb .tibx Acronis backup file from my 8Tb external USB drive to my C drive. 
The C drive is a 512Gb Samsung 970 NVMe device that supposedly only contains my Windows 11 operating system.  I have several other internal drives for storing data where I could have stored a backup copy of the .tibx file but didn't.

When I attempted to delete the .tibx file, I was denied access.  It made no difference if I attempted to delete as a user, an administrator or at System level.
I tried numerous work arounds including booting the machine into Ubuntu Linux 20.10 with the hope of using the Ubuntu file system to delete the .tibx file.
Nothing worked.

In Googling for solutions, I noticed that I could launch Acronis True Image in Windows 11, click on the Protection tab and turn off Active Protection
I then was able to open the C drive in (Windows) File Explorer and delete the troublesome file.  Please note that I had to ask for administrative privileges before the deletion took place

Ralph Sutter 

Hello All,
Here is the schedule for the November 2021 APCUG Workshops

11/10 – Windows Q&A  9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
Register Here https://forms.gle/isnPzhHungTrPMvXA
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on November 9.
 
11/17 – Linux Q&A 9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
Register Here https://forms.gle/6BcuCqYLZNov5YvB8 
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on November 16.
 
Do you have burning questions you need answered about your computer? Are you having trouble finding those answers locally? Do you want to know whether others have the same questions or maybe someone else has the answer to your questions? How about the possibility that you have answers to someone else's questions they are trying to find? Or do you like to know what other people are asking and what answers are out there? If so, you want to join our APCUG November Wednesday Workshops where we will "Ask Away" in an Open Q&A and spend time letting people ask questions and have other people answer those questions.
 
We'll have two different Workshops. On November 10, we will focus on any and all questions about the Windows operating system. And then, on November 17, we will focus on any and all questions about the Linux operating system. We'll have a team available each week to start the ball rolling with answers, and we will open it up to anyone in the audience that might have the answer if they don't.
 
Please register for both if you are interested in both operating systems. And if you have a burning question you want to get to the top of the list, put that question on the Workshop registration form, and we'll address those questions first. Then, after all those questions have been answered or tabled for further research, we will open the floor for additional questions and answers.
Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
Today, I updated three of my computers to Windows 11 when that option was offered through Windows Update.  I had previously updated another computer; same scenario.
All of the updates installed without incident.  However, in all cases, more Windows 11 updates appeared after the installation.  The second updates also installed without a hitch.
Below, I have listed my computers that are now updated to Windows 11. 

Dell 8930:  Windows 11 Pro Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz 32Gb RAM

Lenovo X1 Yoga: Windows 11 Pro Intel i7 8650U 1.90Ghz 16Gb RAM

HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0xxx: Windows 11 Home Intel 11th Gen Core i7-1165G7 2.80 gigahertz 16Gb RAM

Intel NUC: Windows 11 Pro Intel i5 8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz 16Gb RAM

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
I recently uploaded three batches of PUSH articles from SLO Bytes' parent group, APCUG, to our web site.
They are intended to be used as filler material in affiliate club newsletters.  I don't do that.  Instead,
I upload all of them to the SLO Bytes web site.
They cover a wide range of computer-related topics
View them at the following locations
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021-security/index.html
https://www.slobytes.org/push/1021-1/index.html
Ralph Sutter

Hi Doug,
Nope... water-cooler philosopher
Ralph

Hello All,
This is a re-post of a message regarding the free October webinars offered by SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG
Ralph Sutter

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WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
October 13
Complete Robocall Defense, John Krout
October 20
Learning Linux with Orv Beach and John Kennedy
October 27
Windows 11 Presentation & Demo
Tom Burt
 
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
 
10/13 – Complete Robocall Defense, John Krout, Presenter & Newsletter Contributor, Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society
Register Here https://forms.gle/ppnY9ooVVL3hFtqD9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 12.
 
This presentation will show you:
•   How to prevent your smartphone from ringing when someone outside of your Contacts list calls.
•   How to create and install a custom voicemail greeting that includes the Special Information Tones (SIT) to convince robocaller systems that your number is not in service.
•   How to use the free Audacity app to create a custom voicemail greeting, including the SIT recording posted online by the presenter.
•   How a free app for Android enables the installation of a custom voicemail greeting via Wi-Fi.
•   Learn how simple cables allow iPhone users to install a custom voicemail greeting. 
In 2019, John’s smartphone received about 25 robocalls per week and recorded nearly ten robocall voicemails per week. He applied deterrence techniques to his phone in mid-2020. Using the custom voicemail greeting technique, as of April 2021, the presenter's smartphone now receives an average of 2 robocalls per week and no robocall voicemails.
 
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10/20 - Learning Linux with Orv Beach and John Kennedy, Linux Evangelists
Register Here    https://forms.gle/FGgzQNDLiHpgEpCF9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 19.
 
Join us this month as Orv will start things off by reminding us "Why Linux is So Secure." He'll follow that review presentation with information about vi/vim, nano, ne, and tilde? Say what? He'll tell us what they are, why we would use them, and how to use them.
 
Then John will tell us about another feature of Linux in a presentation entitled "User Groups in Linux: Another Layer of Protection and Security."  Following that, he will be sharing with us "Workspaces and Virtual Desktops." What are they and the benefits of using them? And how do you set them up and use them efficiently?
 
And maybe, if there's time, a few keyboard shortcuts to head you down the road to becoming a "power user" (this is for beginners as well as experienced users). We'll also look at how you can create custom keyboard shortcuts that add to what's available in your Linux distro. Finally, of course, we'll have time for Q&A and some lively conversation.
 
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10/27 - Windows 11 presentation & demo with Tom Burt, Vice President, Sun City Summerlin Computer Club, Nevada 
Register Here   https://forms.gle/YGn4qCfGaTXg67eK9
Registration closes at 11:30 ET on October 26.
 
Tom will give us a tour of Windows 11 with what's new, what's changed, and more. If your computer is Win 11 ready, you have a notice in Settings>Update & Security letting you know if your computer is ready for the download, mine is but….

 
We will need to decide if we want to upgrade or keep Windows 10 for a while longer, try Linux, or even WindowsFX, or there might be a Chromebook in our future.