Dick,
I am glad the see that you could make good use of the Oregon fire map. The weather conditions in Lane County, where Eugene and Springfield are located, are gradually improving. Onshore winds are slowly reversing the very windy conditions that made so many fires throughout the state rapidly expand to unprecedentedly large dimensions. It is projected that the smoke will be blown away eastward by late Sunday, or soon thereafter, and that the onshore winds could bring some rain on Monday or Tuesday, barring any unforeseen radical changes in the weather.

There is more information about the Holiday Farm fire to be found at the below URL's. Although the attached snip of the Oregon State Fire and Hotspot Dashboard shows the red Stage 3 evacuation zone touching upon the eastern outskirts of Springfield, the fire itself is still some considerable distance away. With improved weather conditions, this edge of the fire could be contained by the end of the weekend.

Lane County weather projections: https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2020/09/10/oregon-wildfires-changing-winds-keep-lane-county-cool-air-hazardous/3456538001/

Latest report on the Holiday Farm fire:  https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7170/55553

The State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6329d5e4e13748b9b9f7f33f06a3c376

Microsoft September 2020 Patch Tuesday fixes 129 vulnerabilities.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-september-2020-patch-tuesday-fixes-129-vulnerabilities

OK. So, I found that somehow the display settings were for two screens.

So, I set Display back to one screen, and the second screen disappeared. I rebooted and then successfully saved a SNIP and Sketch image, and it only had one screen.

Now, I have to find out how to get the Printscreen key back to functioning and locate where it is sending the image files and things should be back to normal.

Thanks very much for offering to help with this, Alan.


Doug

 

Hi Alan,

 - There is only one monitor.

 - This is happening in Snip and Sketch also (double image). I activate the snipping tool by clicking on its icon and then clicking for new.

 - The Printscreen activation has been "Fn" and "Printscreen" key. The double image started on 8/22/2019. There have been a couple of updates around that time. At this time, the Printscreen seems to have stopped working. I no longer have a new printscreen image in the Screenshots folder if I activate printscreen. Perhaps they are going to a different folder?

The computer is a Dell desktop with WIN10 Pro installed. Usually, I figure things out by going to settings and making appropriate adjustments, when needed. I am a bit lost at this time trying to get a handle on what is wrong and am thinking that the updates have caused the problem.

Hi Ralph,

For purposes of clarification, the slides were scanned to photo files by the Pacific Image Powerslide 3650. Then the multiple photo files were stitched together by the Arcsoft Panorama Maker 4 program. The Powerslide scanner can only save individual images as the carousel rotates, one slide after another, to produce an individual file for each slide.

The Powerslide 3650 is no longer available: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/430671-REG/Pacific_Image_PS3650_PowerSlide_3650_3600dpi_Automated.html

The superseding Powerslide model is the Powerslide X: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1361847-REG/pacific_image_ps_x_powerslide_x_automatic_slide_scanner.html

The 3650 performed very well, so I assume that the X model does just as well. 

Doug

Dick,

Perhaps you might consider Settings>Update & Security>Recovery>Go back to the previous version of Windows 10. That might undo the complications (hopefully). There is also the Troubleshooting option to consider.

To stop the updates from automatically installing:  https://www.guidingtech.com/48828/delay-disable-mandatory-updates-windows-10/

This option is for Windows Pro only. Access the Local Group Policy Editor. Go to Configure Automatic Updates. Select: Notify for downloads and notify for install.  You can also restrict installs to a specific day and time, so it won't interfere with your computing.

To access the Local Group Policy Editor: https://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/5-ways-to-access-local-group-policy-editor-on-windows-10.html

I have yet to upgrade my HP desktop to WIN10 Pro, so I am only guessing as to the effectiveness and reliability of the above. It looks as if it should work.

Doug

Just yesterday, my HP Omen Windows 10 2004 received its latest update. It went along OK and wasn't all that long to install. Upon completion of the installation, the screen offered a look at a few of the now current features. Photo viewing and the Magnifier were highlighted, so, I went along for the ride and checked it out. I am not certain as to what the magnifier and viewing offered before yesterday, but I am very much impressed with the newly installed capabilities.

I have been posting a lot of scanned color slides on Facebook that were taken as far back as the late thirties, when Kodak's color film had an ASA setting of 10, and which produced very sharp images. Later, Kodachrome 25 was the basic standard, which also produced very sharp color images. This was especially useful for scenery shots and panoramic stitches. 

Once the photos and dialog are posted on Facebook, they can be both viewed and downloaded, if desired. Downloads can be viewed on one's own viewer(s) and scrutinized for close-in details. However, with today's Windows 10 2004 capabilities, it isn't necessary to download the photographs to extensively view them in large screen and very close-in detail.

In Facebook,  Left mouse-click the image and you will get a partial enlargement. Then, right mouse-click, and select "view image". If desired, left mouse-click for the enlargement of the entire photo. This size of the photo file will determine how large this display will be. Now, the screen reveals only part of the image, but the bars along the side and bottom of the window can move right and left, up and down, to display the various sections of the large photo.  Both a "+" and "-" sign will change the display from full screen to enlarged. You can change back and forth, as needed. 

Then, to scrutinize the details at an even higher resolution, depress the Windows 10 Logo Key and the "+" key, and one of the three magnifier options will appear on your screen. In the case of the Lens option, a window will appear that can be moved around the image by mouse to view its image enlarged by 2 to 5 times. You can preset the dimensions of the lens window in Magnifier Settings. You can choose between lens, docked and full screen in Settings.  To exit the magnifier, depress the Windows 10 Logo key and the Escape key, and it disappears. Nifty. 

These capabilities make it possible to fully view large, high resolution photographs without having to download them.