Saturday, January 8, 2011

[Simply Computers] Re: Advanced System Care has regressed?!

Could be.. What I'd liked most about the earlier version I'd had was it generous use of text, as opposed to the use of ubiquitous icons. I felt that I knew what was being done, why, and the result, dummy though I am ;-))
FB
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, waltmatheus <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> About a year and a half ago I stopped using any iobit software. At that time there was a great deal of controversy about iobit's pirating from other software companies. I found other companies, not immersed in a pirating controversy, that offer similar tools.
>
> If you are dissatisfied with ASC, maybe the free version of WinUtilities would be more to your liking.
> http://www.ylcomputing.com/content/view/330/138/
> Or, the free Glary Utilities
> http://www.glarysoft.com/products/utilities/glary-utilities/
> Or, you can get a free copy of TuneUp Utilities 2010
> http://www.tuneup-software.co.uk/promo/cs0411
> I guess they are hoping that users will decide to get the newer 2011 version after trying the free 2010 version.
>
>
> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "fggybttm" <fggybttm@> wrote:
> >
> > About two/three months ago, I'd downloaded Advanced System Care, kindly recommended by Joan in Reno, and once I was alert enough to uncheck history'(to be removed), loved it.
> >
> > This week, I'd downloaded, following a forced reinstall, a(nother) free
> > Advanced System Care, except it doesn't look like the one I'd had before, nor do I like it nearly as well ;-)
> >
> > With the earlier download, one could tell what was going on, what choices there were, where in the process the computer/whatever was, used specific words, choices, instead of ubiquitous icons, etc, etc, etc!!.
> >
> > If someone is still using that earlier version, would it be possible to share, borrow, or copy it? ;-)))
> >
> > FB
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[Simply Computers] Re: password manager ?

I see that "forced" may have been the wrong word to use ... maybe "convinced" would have been better?

(forced me to by convincing me of the necessity of doing so?)

Anyway, I have taken the additional step of changing what I have stored on LastPass for critical passwords.

Where the password was, is now a suitable password hint.

e.g. where the password to a bank account may have been my first Aunt twice removed's maiden name, the password is now a hint such as:

auntb_mdname

rX

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, H Davis <hdavis1@...> wrote:
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> Interesting Roger, because they didn't force me to change my password.
> If I thought my password was strong there was something you could click
> on and get an e-mail with a verification link which you then clicked and
> everything worked again without changing anything. They used the e-mail
> route as a check that you were you.
>
> I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand if you are locked out,
> which it appears a lot of folks were, for whatever reason (it appears
> user screw up was a major one), you were in real trouble. However, as a
> home user only, I used the export facility some time ago to make an
> electronic, then paper copy of the entire password file - URL's,
> passwords, comments, everything. For some reason the Print Tool doesn't
> work. I know that's a no - no, but I have a secure location at home
> where I can store the paper and I feel it's a good back up in case I'm
> "not here" if you get my drift. My next in line knows where all the
> important stuff is located and this is with it.
>
> H Davis
>
> On 5/8/2011 8:17 PM, RogerX19 wrote:
> >
> > The fact that LastPass thinks they may have gotten hacked only proves
> > that it could happen to anybody.
> >
> > What LastPass did about it is more telling than the fact that they may
> > have gotten hacked.
> >
> > I feel, as they do, that they overreacted.
> >
> > In my case, I had a very strong password, but they made me change it
> > to another one.
> >
> > After reading one of their latest reports on what danger someone like
> > me was in (interview for PC World here: http://bit.ly/mk1I8a), I wish
> > they had just given me the option to change my password, or not.
> >
> > I would not have.
> >
> > As for their motto: "The last password you'll ever have to remember!",
> > now I have to remember a new one.
> >
> > rogerX
> >
> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bill" <billaycock@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am studying the option of using a password manager, and I want the
> > input of this group. I want reports of experience AND opinion.
> > >
> > > I have read reviews of both LastPass and Keepass, and snippets of
> > comments on several others. Keepass is free, stores a database within
> > the users control, got good reviews and has a moderately complex
> > interface; Lastpass uses an off-line storage (Recently compromised),
> > got good reviews and is reported to be simple to use.
> > >
> > > Several of the more respected reviews got a pass from me, because,
> > (with obvious bias) they reported only on programs they were dealers for.
> > >
> > > I am not committed to any, and not even to doing this. However, the
> > balance between security and memory is tipping to the "HELP!" side
> > (after all, I AM 84)and I am starting here.
> > >
> > > Help!--Bill--W4BSG
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
> H Davis hdavis1@...
>
>
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