What Are You Doing Right Now
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@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
H aha ha. Try again?
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@dafyre Apparently I need more coffee...
Uploaded again and updated post - can you see now?
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@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre Apparently I need more coffee...
Uploaded again and updated post - can you see now?
I feel your pain, and yeah, it's showing now. I'm still waiting on coffee to kick in myself... and the day is nearly half over for me.
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@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
A new screen might be $12 bucks, what model laptop is it?
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
A new screen might be $12 bucks, what model laptop is it?
not even close.
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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
A new screen might be $12 bucks, what model laptop is it?
not even close.
Yeah depending on the model they usually start around $60.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
A new screen might be $12 bucks, what model laptop is it?
Dell Inspiron N5050. After a quick search, the best prices I have found are $50-60, which is in line with what @JaredBusch and @stacksofplates mentioned above.
This is a bit unbelievable, but I don't need to worry about replacing the screen right now. The service dept. manager just informed me that another technician called in and said that they ran their laptop over with a vehicle and it is now FUBAR'd. They need a replacement tomorrow, and since I am fresh out of spares, they are OK with me issuing this one as-is for now.
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@srsmith bahahah
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@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
The Millennium Falcon with the Deathstar far in the distance?
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@IRJ In the distance? That thing could reach out and touch it.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Iām curious why you lost anything at all?
Is the non office version of O365 not available to you? That would have significantly lowered your monthly cost and left you with OneDrive for business.
Plus you could have moved to Outlook.com or Gmail for free, then paid like $1/m for onedrive if you wantedYep it is available, comes in at around $AU8.xx per month. I could have gone with Exchange Online (no Onedrive) which comes in at around $AU6.20/mth.
The aim of the exercise was to see what I could get for as few $$s as possible and still work effectively.
I've moved all my photos to a 1TB external HDD, that's about all I really want to keep, lots of stuff I kept I hardly used & is available to download again so I just ditched it.
I got a free 50GB account with MEGA but not sure if I'll use it.
The Zoho mail is slow compared to an Exchange account hosted in my part of the world, I may move my email again to somewhere geographically closer????
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@srsmith said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Still don't know wtf caused it, but the laptop is a Win 7 refurb from 3+ years ago, so it's just not worth repairing.
Left it out pointed at a total solar eclipse.
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got an interview for an upgraded position within the same department.
been close to 20 years since I had a job interview.
I used to sweat over them, this time 'round, i'm maybe too laid back.
8 hour round trip and loss of a days pay just to get to the interview. -
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
got an interview for an upgraded position within the same department.
been close to 20 years since I had a job interview.
I used to sweat over them, this time 'round, i'm maybe too laid back.
8 hour round trip and loss of a days pay just to get to the interview.Congrats on the interview. Boo for losing pay.
You could be sneaky and book the day off with annual leave
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Iām curious why you lost anything at all?
Is the non office version of O365 not available to you? That would have significantly lowered your monthly cost and left you with OneDrive for business.
Plus you could have moved to Outlook.com or Gmail for free, then paid like $1/m for onedrive if you wantedYep it is available, comes in at around $AU8.xx per month. I could have gone with Exchange Online (no Onedrive) which comes in at around $AU6.20/mth.
The aim of the exercise was to see what I could get for as few $$s as possible and still work effectively.
I've moved all my photos to a 1TB external HDD, that's about all I really want to keep, lots of stuff I kept I hardly used & is available to download again so I just ditched it.
I got a free 50GB account with MEGA but not sure if I'll use it.
The Zoho mail is slow compared to an Exchange account hosted in my part of the world, I may move my email again to somewhere geographically closer????
Outlook.com not available in your part of the world? or Gmail? Those are both free options... OK AU, so more expensive dollar for dollar than US...
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@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
got an interview for an upgraded position within the same department.
been close to 20 years since I had a job interview.
I used to sweat over them, this time 'round, i'm maybe too laid back.
8 hour round trip and loss of a days pay just to get to the interview.Congrats on the interview. Boo for losing pay.
You could be sneaky and book the day off with annual leaveSelf employed mate, contractor. Have to go into the city & meet with other more important contractors & be interviewed by them to see if I cut the mustard.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Iām curious why you lost anything at all?
Is the non office version of O365 not available to you? That would have significantly lowered your monthly cost and left you with OneDrive for business.
Plus you could have moved to Outlook.com or Gmail for free, then paid like $1/m for onedrive if you wantedYep it is available, comes in at around $AU8.xx per month. I could have gone with Exchange Online (no Onedrive) which comes in at around $AU6.20/mth.
The aim of the exercise was to see what I could get for as few $$s as possible and still work effectively.
I've moved all my photos to a 1TB external HDD, that's about all I really want to keep, lots of stuff I kept I hardly used & is available to download again so I just ditched it.
I got a free 50GB account with MEGA but not sure if I'll use it.
The Zoho mail is slow compared to an Exchange account hosted in my part of the world, I may move my email again to somewhere geographically closer????
Outlook.com not available in your part of the world? or Gmail? Those are both free options... OK AU, so more expensive dollar for dollar than US...
Yep, they're both available.
I've made a big 'overlook'. I never realised how organised server side inbox rules made my life.
This IMAPing business is too much grief for me, I need more responsiveness & order in my email world.
I'll be moving back to an Exchange platform.
Can I use Outlook.com with my own domain for free or do I have to upgrade?? -
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
got an interview for an upgraded position within the same department.
been close to 20 years since I had a job interview.
I used to sweat over them, this time 'round, i'm maybe too laid back.
8 hour round trip and loss of a days pay just to get to the interview.Congrats on the interview. Boo for losing pay.
You could be sneaky and book the day off with annual leaveSelf employed mate, contractor. Have to go into the city & meet with other more important contractors & be interviewed by them to see if I cut the mustard.
Ah, I see. Best of luck with the interview and the travels.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Iām curious why you lost anything at all?
Is the non office version of O365 not available to you? That would have significantly lowered your monthly cost and left you with OneDrive for business.
Plus you could have moved to Outlook.com or Gmail for free, then paid like $1/m for onedrive if you wantedYep it is available, comes in at around $AU8.xx per month. I could have gone with Exchange Online (no Onedrive) which comes in at around $AU6.20/mth.
The aim of the exercise was to see what I could get for as few $$s as possible and still work effectively.
I've moved all my photos to a 1TB external HDD, that's about all I really want to keep, lots of stuff I kept I hardly used & is available to download again so I just ditched it.
I got a free 50GB account with MEGA but not sure if I'll use it.
The Zoho mail is slow compared to an Exchange account hosted in my part of the world, I may move my email again to somewhere geographically closer????
Outlook.com not available in your part of the world? or Gmail? Those are both free options... OK AU, so more expensive dollar for dollar than US...
Yep, they're both available.
I've made a big 'overlook'. I never realised how organised server side inbox rules made my life.
This IMAPing business is too much grief for me, I need more responsiveness & order in my email world.
I'll be moving back to an Exchange platform.
Can I use Outlook.com with my own domain for free or do I have to upgrade??actually I don't think you can use Outlook.com with a domain at all anymore - they had it as an option for a time.. but I heard (though can't confirm) that it was removed.
Zoho I believe offers an ActiveSync add-on for their email, though I don't know if they offer email rules in their webportal to help you out.
What do you use as your email client? Outlook 2016/2019?
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Iām curious why you lost anything at all?
Is the non office version of O365 not available to you? That would have significantly lowered your monthly cost and left you with OneDrive for business.
Plus you could have moved to Outlook.com or Gmail for free, then paid like $1/m for onedrive if you wantedYep it is available, comes in at around $AU8.xx per month. I could have gone with Exchange Online (no Onedrive) which comes in at around $AU6.20/mth.
The aim of the exercise was to see what I could get for as few $$s as possible and still work effectively.
I've moved all my photos to a 1TB external HDD, that's about all I really want to keep, lots of stuff I kept I hardly used & is available to download again so I just ditched it.
I got a free 50GB account with MEGA but not sure if I'll use it.
The Zoho mail is slow compared to an Exchange account hosted in my part of the world, I may move my email again to somewhere geographically closer????
Outlook.com not available in your part of the world? or Gmail? Those are both free options... OK AU, so more expensive dollar for dollar than US...
Yep, they're both available.
I've made a big 'overlook'. I never realised how organised server side inbox rules made my life.
This IMAPing business is too much grief for me, I need more responsiveness & order in my email world.
I'll be moving back to an Exchange platform.
Can I use Outlook.com with my own domain for free or do I have to upgrade??actually I don't think you can use Outlook.com with a domain at all anymore - they had it as an option for a time.. but I heard (though can't confirm) that it was removed.
Zoho I believe offers an ActiveSync add-on for their email, though I don't know if they offer email rules in their webportal to help you out.
What do you use as your email client? Outlook 2016/2019?
Yep Outlook 2016. I'll look into that ActiveSync thing, maybe do that this arvo.
