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General Discussion / Replacing the C Drive with a Larger Drive-Cloning
« on: November 16, 2021, 12:52:06 PM »
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

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General Discussion / Deleting a .tibx File
« on: November 15, 2021, 04:33:51 PM »
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 

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General Discussion / SLO Bytes Photo Group Notes for 11/14/2021
« on: November 15, 2021, 11:24:17 AM »
Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting of 11/15/2021

TOPIC: Each One Teach One; Share with others a program that you use or a technique that you practice
The SLO Bytes Photo Group added the First Session to our monthly meetings so that we could present our own historical images and those of others found on-line. 
For the past several months, no one has offered such content. 
For this reason, we decided to suspend the First Session indefinitely.  The December 2021 Photo Group will begin at 2:00 pm with members sharing original images taken since the November 2021 meeting.

The November Second Session opened with Ralph Sutter showing images of sunsets and palm trees shot at home and land/seascapes seen while hiking near Cayucos and Avila Beach.

Stanford Brown followed offering shots of the Salinas River, Paso Robles and surrounding areas.  His selection included dogs, alpacas, foxes and squirrels as seen on his walks through the countryside.

Alan Raul presented next.  He used the Linux photo display program, Eye of Mate, to show thumbnails and exposure data.  We saw sunsets, seascapes and cairns.  Alan added interest with the selective use of black and white inside color images. 

Kaye Raul demoed several recent Adobe releases; Creative Cloud, Premiere Rush and Photoshop Express.
She compared the sky replacement capabilities of Photoshop to that of Luminar AI, highlighting the strengths and shortcoming of each.  See Kaye’s links at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/documents/kaye-notes-1121.docx

John Waller used the Object Selection Tool, just added to Adobe Photoshop, to highlight multiple objects in the same image and transform them.  He used neural filters for manipulating depth of field and changing selective focus.

Our next meeting will take place on December 12th
The topic is Portraits; Share images of people
The meeting will take place via Zoom  A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting.
See the Links page for tutorials and other resources at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / APCUG NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
« on: November 07, 2021, 07:19:38 AM »
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


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General Discussion / Updating to Windows 11 - My Experience
« on: November 02, 2021, 12:34:40 PM »
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

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General Discussion / Questions about Upgrading to Windows 11
« on: October 23, 2021, 02:06:08 PM »
Hello All,
Judy Taylour, SLO Bytes' APCUG Regional Officer, just sent out an informative e-mail that answered many questions about Windows 11 and upgrading to that platform.
Since it contained graphics that I couldn't paste into this post, I copied that information to Microsoft Word and uploaded it to the SLO Bytes web site at the following address
https://www.slobytes.org/documents/Upgrade-to-Windows-11.docx
Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Three Batches of APCUG PUSH Articles Uploaded
« on: October 18, 2021, 03:01:48 PM »
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

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Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group meeting of 10/10/2021

TOPIC: Each One Teach One; Share with others a program that you use or a technique that you practice
In the First Segment, Ralph Sutter called attention to the recent items appearing on the SLO Bytes Photo Group Links Page; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

The Second Session opened with Ralph sharing a slide show that he created from a story board.  He then showed how to create a halo around the mouse cursor.   He later demonstrated several recent purchases; a rotating platter and a light box. 
Learn more at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/documents/sutter-notes-11-21.docx

Alan Raul presented images shot with his new iPhone 13 camera, including numerous seascapes and low light images  Learn more at
http://www.365.acdsee.com/folders_public.php?profileid=1618852&folderid=2207030

Kaye Raul explained how she used two photo editors, Aurora HDR and Adobe Lightroom, to convert color photos to black and white.  She also showed the technique known as Targeted Adjustment to refine the switch from full color to minimal color.

Connie Sutter shared multiple image pairs.  The first was taken with a Canon Rebel T7 camera fitted with a 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 lens then with a 75-300 4.0-5.6 lens


The Third Session continued the discussion of photo techniques and software, closing out with Bob Styerwalt’s photos of The Birds of Avila.

Our next meeting will take place on November 14th
The topic is once again Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a program or a technique that you use
The meeting will take place via Zoom

The last meeting of the SLO Bytes Photo Group this year will take place on December 12th 2021

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting
See the Links page ; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter


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General Discussion / October APCUG Workshops
« on: October 09, 2021, 07:57:56 AM »
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.

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Hello All,
For those who are hesitant to use a password manager because (insert concern here), consider Leo Notenboom's article where he tries to dispel some common fears regarding password managers
https://askleo.com/responses-to-your-three-common-password-manager-objections/
Ralph Sutter

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Hello All,
When viewing on line video tutorials, I often notice that many screen captures directed my attention to a particular tab or icon by using an enhanced cursor
The normal cursor was surrounded by a large halo making it easier for me to follow.
I wondered how I could add that feature to my own tutorials using free, safe software.
I found out one way to do so at https://youtu.be/kwSqtNvT7tohttps://youtu.be/kwSqtNvT7to
After following the directions presented, I succeeded.
I then created my own simplified how-to version of what I learned.
View my offering at https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/cursor-highlighter.html

Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Passing of Earl Kaplan
« on: October 01, 2021, 03:13:02 PM »
It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Earl Kaplan
Earl was a long-time SLO Bytes member and served as the group’s President beginning in 2013 until his death on Saturday, September 25th 2021
At this time, I have no information regarding any planned celebration of his life. 
Ralph Sutter

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Hello All,
Frustrated that Google Chrome often didn't remember to open full-screen, I searched for a solution and created a video screen capture of the solution
View it on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SAouG5ylSoA
I also saved it on my personal web page at https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/chrome-maximized.mp4

NOTE:  Yes, I always clicked on the Maximize icon in the upper right hand corner of the Google Chrome Screen.  However, the browser usually didn't remember that setting.
That's why I searched for a long-term solution as shown in the video screen capture.
Ralph Sutter

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General Discussion / Free APCUG Wednesday Workshops for September 2021
« on: September 18, 2021, 11:38:07 AM »
Hello All,
What follows is a re-post of information regarding the September Wednesday Workshops offered by SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG
Ralph Sutter

September Wednesday Workshops.
 
September 22
Encryption Software & Safety for Seniors
These workshops start at
10am PT, 11am MT, 12pm CT, 1pm ET
 
Click here to Register  https://forms.gle/NHSTLqCSuJhd7Xsh6
Registration closes on 9/21/21 at 11:30 ET
 
Encryption Software, Mark Schulman. Losing a laptop or flash drive might mean you're out some money, but it doesn't have to mean that your private data leaks out into the world. Learn how to use encryption software to protect your private data on a PC, laptop, external hard drive, or USB flash drive.
 
Safety for Seniors, Lieutenant Kim Lopez, Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma. This presentation is for senior adults who may not be able to protect themselves, yet it is applicable for all ages as violent crime occurs every 24.6 seconds. Attendees will learn why they should have a plan, what plan they should have and the tools to carry out that plan; how to avoid becoming a financial victim; the most common human response to violent crime; and it will answer questions like: which purse to carry, which purse NOT TO EVER CARRY, how men should carry wallets and why parking lots are so dangerous. Participants will leave knowing which method is the safest and why you should always get a shopping cart and never push it through the checkout line!
 
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September 29
VirtualBox and Custom Linux Installation
9am PT, 10am MT, 11am CT, 12pm ET

Click here to Register  https://forms.gle/gkkZmYWsKK9RnKSf7
Registration closes at 9/28/21 at 11:30 pm ET
 
VirtualBox and a Custom Linux Installation with John Kennedy. At past Learning Linux workshops, we talked about using VirtualBox to test out Linux.  But VirtualBox can also have other uses. We will talk about getting, installing (on both Windows - since most new users will be using Windows to test Linux, and Linux), and then using VirtualBox to create a "virtual machine" (actual operating systems that aren't really there).
 
Then we will use VirtualBox to do a custom install of Linux Mint-MATE (John’s choice). A good while back we did a standard install and let the installation program handle everything.  This time we'll show you what options you have when you do a Linux install customized for what you want to be able to do.
 

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General Discussion / Notes from the Photography Group Meeting of 09/12/2021
« on: September 13, 2021, 10:40:49 AM »
Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photography Group Meeting that took place on 09/12/2021

TOPIC: Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a skill that you have learned regarding image editing, whether on a computer or on a smart phone.

In the First Segment, Ralph Sutter described two features of Techsmith Snagit. The Simplify tool is used to blur out certain portions of a text document while displaying others. The Magnify tool allows the user to create an enlarged section of a page that pops out from the rest of that page.

His presentation was followed by a lively discussion of how to perform screen captures and using a camera to video the start up sequence of a computer so as to be able to read an error message that disappears before the user can read it.

The Second Session opened with Ralph speaking once again spoke about filming with a drone. Sutter showed the Circle mode in which the drone shot a 360° video of a house from 200 feet above. He then used the Time Remapping feature of Adobe Premiere Elements 2021 to display the footage in slow motion. He also shared a video of the Rohr Marble Run machine. Ralph assembled the laser-cut device over several days to the delight of his grandson.

Alan Raul followed with the striking image of a young man practicing rock climbing on a Shell Beach sea wall. Alan then demonstrated how he manipulated the image of a scrub oak tree, mirroring and inverting it to give the impression that it was beside a pool of water.

Kaye Raul explored some of the capabilities of her iPhone 11. She showed how to quickly snap an image from the home screen without opening the Camera App. Kaye then demonstrated how Portrait mode blurs the background and sharpens the foreground, whether the subject is a person, a flower or a small object. The group learned that Night Mode automatically lowers the shutter speed to capture more light. Auto Blur selectively focuses the image.

John Waller explained how he created a preset in Adobe Photoshop and then applied it to automatically to multiple images. Waller shared images that he shot with his new full sensor Canon R5 camera. He was particularly impressed by its capabilities to autofocus on the eye of birds in flight, resulting in a sharpness that couldn't' be achieved traditionally.

Stanford Brown
re-introduced us to Win 10 Video Editor, a program included in Microsoft Windows 10. Stanford commented on the program's simplicity in trimming video footage.

The Second Session moved seamlessly to the Third Session when we discussed the different ways to clean a digital camera sensor, both manually and via the auto-cleaning function of some cameras.

During the Photography Session, several members posted links in the Zoom Chat Window. 
View those links at https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html

Our next meeting will take place on October 10th
The topic is once again Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a skill that you have learned regarding image editing, whether on a computer or on a smart phone.
The meeting will take place via Zoom

The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2021 is as follows
November 14
December 12

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting
See the Links page for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter

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