Been a good day here, went out and bought 2 laptops.

So Alan’s pc is full of viruses from sex sites he has been visiting. He has learned his lesson twice now. First they took money out of his bank account, the next time they have stolen data from his phone. (He somehow linked his phone to his pc with his messaging around in the settings)
So he has a new laptop.

Question is, these scammers or whatever they are, are still using his data from old laptop. Will turning it off and destroying said laptop with a sledgehammer stop this? Alan asked.

Next question. His keyboard is strange. When I type the @ symbol ” comes up and when I type ” the @ comes up. How do I fix this?

My little baby Butcher Bird came to visit me this morning.

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Good day all,

Thanks Doug for the note.

I’m aching from too much yard work and having trouble sleeping.

Still haven’t dug my asparagus trenches, but today for sure.

JJ, lovely little video.

Bill

Good Morning all,
It is almost 5:00 a.m. here in still dark Oakwood.

Wasn’t sure Wet Canvas was going to open for me, it took such a long time. Even once it opened, it took a long time opening the Wash. :o

I’m looking forward to turning the soil in my veggie garden this week, Doug, and putting in some mesclun and Swiss chard seeds. My garlic is growing like gang busters.

to JJ, Bill, Doug, and all who are on their way.

SYL,

Sylvia

Good Morning from the chilly, raw and cloudy SW of Ontario. Planning to get out in the nice Spring weather today to begin gathering up the sticks and small tree limbs littering our yard. Since rain seems imminent, I think this won’t be happening.

Brittany has been scheduled for more and more hours at Walmart as employees have been “calling in” sick. She needs another mask and I’m going to get it made this morning. This is likely temporary because only the grocery section will be allowed to remain open in the near future. We’ll deal with that when it happens.

The Country of Sweden has decided to continue on with business as usual. Their people are getting sick and dying and yet, they have not shut down. Shocking.

Even though we aren’t going anywhere or doing anything, we manage to dirty our clothes, towels and bedding. There is laundry waiting for me to get it cleaned and folded.

And, while my brain refuses to settle enough for me to paint, the sewing has been a godsend. A friend has material that she doesn’t need since she doesn’t sew and she’s delivering it today or tomorrow. It is her contribution to the demand for masks at the Hospital. We won’t be able to visit face to face, but we can distance on the deck if it’s a nice day… or through her car window.

Doug, I hope you’re able to get out into the garden today.

JJ, I enjoyed your video! TMI re Alan. You should ask the techs where you bought the laptop about the problem with the keyboard. Simply smashing the old hard drive doesn’t remove anything from online activities. He needs to cancel all subscriptions, change his passwords and begin affresh.

Bill, you have to pace yourself! I hope your achey muscles feel better as you rest them.

Sylvia, the scent of turned earth is a good thing. There’s nothing quite like fresh dirt under the fingernails.

Hi Marshall… I’m sure that something will pop up!

It’s time to get some breakfast into my Husband. All yet to come. I hope everyone enjoys a safe, healthy and creative day. :grouphug:

Hi there I waited so long I thought it was never going to open .

Marshall everyone should have a check and watch freeze on their credit silly not to .

JJ the @ sign is supposed to come up when you hit the @ sign ?? did you make a mistake .

If Char comes in tell her to check pms .

Must go breakfast is calling .

A good Sunday to all……..a beautiful morning here. We had a very light fog this morning that burned off as the sun came up and it was quite enjoyable sitting outside in the “she room” this morning for my daily coffee chat with I AM. I wish I could capture that look in my landscapes….something I’ve tried many times but never quite been able to pull it off……..a great way to start my day.

Yesterday was a very productive day….I mowed and ran the weed eater than finally got my “weed and feed” spread. Lisa weeded out 3 flower beds. Everything seems to have survived the winter and it sprouting up or blooming. Hostas have propagated nicely this spring and I think we’ll divide two of the larger ones today and transplant to the back yard bed. The two larger ones are about 36-40″ in diameter.

JJ………Alen needs to start back from scratch……in other words reset his settings back to the factor defaults. Go to “chrome://settings/reset” and you will get two options to “clean computer” and “Restore settings to their original defaults”……….Understand, this will wipe all his data, passwords, photo, documents, etc., etc. off the system…..it’s starting from scratch. Then he can start over. The first two programs he needs to download are 1. A virus/security firewall…I use the commercial version of Avast Antivirus and 2. CCCleaner for daily house keeping (takes about 30 seconds to run after EVERY session online.) Next step is doing the same thing with his phone and don’t sync his phone to his computer…….and then the last steps…… he needs to STAY OFF THE DAMN SEX SITES! Sex sites are nothing but “baited deer fields”……baited with the oldest type of bait…..but from what you’ve shared about Allen, he’s not too conducive to breaking old “habits”…..at least the Avast Antivirus will disconnect from sites that a virus had been detected almost instantly. Just don’t show him how to turn off that feature. It’s not the hardware that’s the problem, it’s the applications and programs running on them, they’re corrupted and/or infected and you’ll have to start from scratch. Not fun, but the only way to solve your problem…..Lovely photos and video BTW.

Time for breakfast and meds this morning……….Greetings to all here and those to come…..May your day be as fantastic as you make it…….BBL

Be good, do good…….stay safe.
Steve.

JJ, is the ‘numlock’ on? I had a similar dilemma with this laptop, and that was the simple answer. Try it!

Will finish this post….