mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @J_Westlock, sorry to hear your computer was stolen had you left it in your car? I do all my work on Veracrypt and the one query I sent was responded to by Mounir Idrassi himself - quite impressed Are you still using Saxo for sharedealing? What version of Office do you use? I’m just wondering that with Veracrypt and Kaspersky Total Security/Safe Money how vulnerable I am if I use a very old version of Excel.
PrefInvestor1
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY mememe: all working fine there are no problems and never were. I think you’re missing the point. Why is Microsoft interfering? If I had a problem I’d contact Veracrypt not ask MS to fix. Well @mememe I think it might be you who are missing the point. I think that the message that you described ‘The filesystem has not been properly dismounted and do I want Windows to detect and fix errors (if any) on the filesystem’. See link below:- [link] This is Windows is trying to tell you that at some point your PC was powered off rather than properly shutdown and that you therefore have disk errors that need to be fixed. Ignore this at your peril but it is easy to sort out with the command that I described. There was no mention of op;en source software in the message that you listed, I dont think its anything to do with VeraCrypt. But whatever. You do whatever you feel is best. Pref
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @PrefInvestor1, all working fine there are no problems and never were. I think you’re missing the point. Why is Microsoft interfering? If I had a problem I’d contact Veracrypt not ask MS to fix.
PrefInvestor1
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY HI @mememe, Sounds like you might have a disk error to me, ever had the PC power off without shutting it down properly. That will cause very minor disk corruption. Try the following to fix it:- Open a cmd window as administrator (type cmd in the search box, right click on “run as adminstratorâ€) and then type chkdsk f where is something like c: or d:. If your not sure which disks to do do them all, it can do no harm. Command is short for “check disk†If you need to do the C: drive you will need to select the option to do the scan on restart and then restart the PC and it will do the scan then. You might also get a message about the disk being locked and do you want to proceed. Just say yes. Running this command should sort out any problems. Results of the operation will be reported in the event log. ATB Pref
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @PrefInvestor1, will your spreadsheet work on Office 2013? I’d like to see it please. Can you send it on this board?
J_Westlock
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY mememe: BTW are you still with IG Markets? Are you concerned that they send trading statements by email? Yep I know! They aren’t the only ones as well. I’m not concerned personally and it is easier… but it is a bit outdated and less secure. I don’t actively use IG, I used to use it for s/betting. That’s a story in itself as it almost ended in a legal case but they settled up in the end… and strangely left my account still open. I use veracrypt too by the way. It’s a great product like truecrypt before it. I know that if my PC or laptop ever got stolen (again) that they can’t access the data.
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @J_Westlock, thanks I’ll give it a try. I’ve used Apache but don’t really like it. As you say it’s easier to use excel as most places are MS houses and also I’ve been using it for 20+ years so familiar with a lot of the functionality. BTW are you still with IG Markets? Are you concerned that they send trading statements by email?
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @skiking37 not malware. The message I get is ‘The filesystem has not been properly dismounted and do I want Windows to detect and fix errors (if any) on the filesystem’. Have sent to the open-source provider there is no issue. Anyway, what business is it of Microsoft?
J_Westlock
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY mememe: However, I’m using a very old version of Office so should upgrade - hate being ‘forced’ to for security reasons functionality is more than sufficient for me I only use excel. I don’t mind paying but people say they have issues using Office 365 - have you? Why don’t you try LibreOffice on Windows first @mememe ? (Given your use some open source stuff already) I find it works fine for all I need it to do… but tbh I use both. If it wasn’t for fact that most workplaces are MS houses and it was just for my personal use… I’d defo be using LibreOffice.
PrefInvestor1
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY skiking37: Not convinced MS are tracking you and offering help on open source applications that aren’t there’s. That sound like malware Yes @skiking37, @mememe, I tend to agree with skiking37. I have never encountered any such messages and I have various bits of open source software and freeware on my PC. As for Office 365 its great, I really like it, changes to Excel functionality and the capabilities for working with tables and making the whole thing more like a database have changed my whole approach to producing spreadsheets. I would not wish to return to the old ways. ATB Pref
PrefInvestor1
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @trader_jack, @mememe - If you check out the comparison of the various editions of office in my long post to you TJ you will see that the one found by mememe is NOT the perpetual Home & Student but a version that has to be paid for each year. Not what you want I think… Pref
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @trader_jack, Office 365 is £50 on Amazon amazon.co.uk Microsoft Office 365 Home | up to 6 users | 1 year | PC/Mac | box: Amazon.co.uk: Software £49.99
skiking37
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY Not convinced MS are tracking you and offering help on open source applications that aren’t there’s. That sound like malware
mememe
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY @PrefInvestor1, I should have said Microsoft track what you do (rather than copy) else why do they keep telling me I have a problem with the open-source software I use and can they ‘investigate’ - no thanks cos I don’t have any issues. However, I’m using a very old version of Office so should upgrade - hate being ‘forced’ to for security reasons functionality is more than sufficient for me I only use excel. I don’t mind paying but people say they have issues using Office 365 - have you?
PrefInvestor1
24 Feb 2020
LLOYDS is going to FLY Hi Again @trader_jack, Its only just occurred to me but you probably have never bought anything from Amazon have you ? - so you wont have an account. You will need to create one if you are going to order from them. I did the search on Amazon.co.uk and you can get “Office 2016 Home & Student†for £72 (instead of £119.99) with free delivery image.png1625x794 278 KB Notice it says “Fulfilled by Amazon†that means that Amazon hold the stock and will deliver it. So you will definitely get it if you order from here. You will need an account to do the purchase though…over to you I’m afraid. You might be able to buy it from John Lewis, they sell Microsoft software. Just make sure you tell them its “Office 2016 Hoime and Student†that you want or they might sell you the wrong version. You can probably do this by phone, more your style probably. Its going to cost you the full price of £119.99 that way though. Buying from Amazon as you can see is much cheaper !. ATB Pref
