WARNING, WARNING, CHANGES A-FOOT.

[Easydrinker]

We are going to add a new landing/home page to the forum in the near future.
We will remain advert free.
We merely wish to re-state the reasons that this site exists, and provide a "soft" landing for visitors.
The admin. team percieve this to be for the common good.
This may cause inconveniece to some posters/users for an hour or so while it happens.
We apologise if this affects you temporarily.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Robert.

[Moss]

Quick update

Preparation for the new landing page have been made, and as is always the way with computers, there are a couple of issues, and these appear to be with the links to the search/archive.

To compound the issues, the hard drive on my pc died this morning, so I can’t fix it until I fit the new one and the half day of associated farting about.

I am on it and will sort it soonest

Moss

[Moss]

In the meantime, the archive can be accessed at:

https://stillsmarter.co.uk/forum/archive

[Jennysgin]

Thanks for all the work you're putting in Moss

[Moss]

Thanks for all the work you're putting in Moss

No worries Jen.
I am proud of what we do here and am happy to do what we do

[Easydrinker]

I tip my hat to you sir!

Robert.

[Moss]

OK< The home page is in place at:

https://stillsmarter.co.uk/

The forum can be found at:

https://stillsmarter.co.uk/forum/

There is a re-direct from the homepage to the forum, along with a button and a link in the text.

There is an issue with the Google search bar saying that it is insecure. It Isn't, you can use it safely, but I am on it and will fix it shortly.

Moss

[Jennysgin]

Thanks Moss

[Moss]

Archive search facility.

Struggling to get this working properly and she who must be obeyed will be home from work shortly.

I have temporarily removed the search facility and will try to work on it tomorrow, bank holiday Monday.

Moss

[Easydrinker]

Take your time.
Since reading your post, I have managed my bi-annualar spilt drink on a keyboard trick.
It took awhile to fire up a back-up.
Fairly certain that the hard drive is salvable, if not the laptop.
Tecky Q. I get less spam and hassle on older versions of windows.
Am I less attractive there?
If Windows 7 goes properly tits up, I may migrate to Linux.
Life's a bitch and then you die. #
I intend to smile all the way to the grave.

Robert.

[Moss]

If Windows 7 goes properly tits up, I may migrate to Linux.

You do know that Win 7 is end of life? The authors of Spam should be led out back and slowly shot.

If you are serious about Limux, look at Mint
https://linuxmint.com/

[Mash]

Just going Linux will not stop spam?!

[Easydrinker]

If Windows 7 goes properly tits up, I may migrate to Linux.

You do know that Win 7 is end of life?

https://linuxmint.com/

You will be telling me next that King George is dead !
My Q appertained to the simple fact that I get less grief on older Windows laptops.
I started late, with a Vista, it still works.
A couple of 7's going strong.
An 8.1 used as a jukebox,
Killed and wont replace a couple of 10's.
I can swap out memory and hard drives, clone them even, not gaza daft.
Soz gaza mate!
I simply wondered if spamming code was age related, as I said, defunt Windows systems don't seem to suffer.
Thanks for the Mint heads up.

Ho, and lucky fecker that I am, I stuck the drowned laptop on a radiator overnight, (sometimes I remove the battery and give them a shower first),
but am tapping away on the victim right now.

Robert.

[Moss]

Spamming is related to bastards rather than age or operating system.
The only real cure is the application of a pick axe handle to the ear ole

[Easydrinker]

Robert.

[Moss]

Well,
In the 2 days since I commissioned the new front page, there have been 2500 attempts to hack in.

Which one of you lot is an amateur hacker?

[Easydrinker]

That''ll be gaza, with his new copy of "Hacking For Dummies".

Robert.