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Orange France
Orange are at it again, if you have a Black v3 Livebox you'll see the software update and it will now show your Livebox ID WiFi Key and speed you should get on your broadband. If you have a VoIP phone it will show your phone number too,
Free Bitdefender tool protects against ransomware.
Antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free tool that can prevent computers from being infected with some of the most widespread file-encrypting ransomware programs: Locky, TeslaCrypt and CTB-Locker. Download here
OneDrive Update
If you use OneDrive and have moved the default folders to another drive beware the latest update which will look like you just have to log back into OneDrive, but will in fact revert you to the default OneDrive location. If you find you have two OneDrive locations on your PC, you'll need to disconnect your OneDrive from your PC, copy the new location to the old one and then reconnect your OneDrive and specify the location of the folders again.
Don't Want Windows 10!
If you have Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 and you don't want to upgrade to Windows 10, see here. Without removing the nag, you could find it does it all itself. Windows 7 is OK, but if you have Windows 8.1 then Windows 10 IS recommended.
Windows 10 - Secure your data
If you have upgraded to Windows 10, and we think you should, and you have a limited internet connection you will need to limit what updates Windows 10 you have downloaded get shared by your internet connection, see here.
New App and Multi Currency Card
Check out Revolut here, perfect for those with a UK Bank Account who spend time in the Euro Zone or USA or do a lot of online purchases there.
Secure Orange
Many of you may not be aware
that you need to secure your Orange.fr Internet
account. Primarily ANY user who connects a device to
your internet may have instant access to your internet
account and primary email address. You have to create a
2nd email address on your account and ensure that
anytime you use Orange.fr you log off so that automatic
access to your account is not given to any other user
via cable or WiFi.
Secondly, as default your
account is set to allow purchases via the web to be
charged to your internet account, mainly ringtones and
game purchases can be a problem.
To create an
account sign out and click on "créer un nouveau compte"
or "changer d'utilisateur" and follow the instructions.
To stop unauthorised charges appearing on your
account, go to my account "espace client", go to my
contract in detail "mes contrats en détail". Then on
the internet section choose modify options, "modifier
mes options", then "mes services" and ensure that both
"paiement en ligne avec internet+ service" and "
paiement en ligne avec Contact+ service" are off or
"désactivé".
If you need help, send us and email
with your phone number and we will call you back and
talk you through it free of charge.
Your eMail
Happy with your eMail do you do
yours offline or online and which provider you should
choose, this is of course my personal choice.
As
a Microsoft Outlook user at home and work for years it
came as quite a shock when I changed to GMail, with
Outlook you tend to use folders to store mail and GMail
uses labels. After using GMail for a couple of years
I'd never go back to Microsoft Outlook. searching and
everything with GMail is so much faster than with
Microsoft Outlook, pulling in eMails from other sources
is also easy and sending from other domains a breeze.
When Microsoft launched outlook.com I thought I'd
give that a go, but GMail still beats it hands down.
Outlook.com only allows one user name and despite what
address it's sent from uses that name, GMail allows you
to change this. GMail also allows you to mark a small
part of a message and when sending a reply only
attaches that small part of the message, makes life so
much simpler. GMail doesn't have aliases like Outlook,
but that's a small price to pay. I love Gmail.