00:09:41 E O'Driscoll: Many thanks to everyone who helped organize the Pizza Night. It was great fun and the pizza was good too. 00:10:34 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:10:49 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): From the History page on the web site: Thanks to all those who contributed to organizing it: Bob and Debbie Herres, Jocelyn Doire, and Brigitte Lord. Chris Taylor handled the draw for prizes with tickets made by Bob and Debbie, Lynda Buske and Eldon Gaw took photos, Gail Eagen distributed the name tags, Brigitte Lord took care of the plates, utensils, garbage and the recycling. Thanks to Debbie Begin & Bob Herres for donating the cookies, drinks, prizes, tattoos and the tickets. 00:18:48 Tom Trottier: More importantly, I believe that tours paid for to a travel agent/company in Ontario, your $ are insured 00:19:55 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Quantum key distribution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_gJp2uAjO0 00:20:00 Allison: Great tips for checking out a tour company. I don't think it's overkill - that is a large and important purchase that you want to ensure as much as possible a good experience. 00:20:36 Tom Trottier: Next..... QUANTUM AI!!!!! 00:21:20 Tom Trottier: "God does not play dice" - Einstein 00:21:52 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Windows 10: 4 months to go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjD_XJuo7g 00:22:04 Tom Trottier: "God does not play dice" is a famous phrase by Albert Einstein expressing his belief that the universe operates according to deterministic laws, rather than random chance, particularly in the context of quantum mechanics. He used this phrase to criticize the probabilistic nature of quantum theory, arguing for a more orderly understanding of the universe. 00:22:55 Tom Trottier: Old machines are lasting longer.......... 00:23:41 Steve Parker: To which the reply was "Stop telling God what to do with his dice" 00:28:47 E O'Driscoll: Here is a snippet of a news thingy that intrigued me... IP addresses spoofed: : "Richardson says that he asked Air Canada to provide the IP address of the device used to cancel the booking through a request under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The record showed that the device that cancelled the ticket online was tied to an IP address in India. Nur Zincir-Heywood, a Halifax-based cybersecurity expert, said the IP address can also be spoofed, meaning it can be modified to appear from a different location. So it does not necessarily mean that whoever cancelled the ticket is really in India. " 00:29:02 Tom Trottier: Smartphones are computers 00:29:06 Tom Trottier: & smartwatches 00:29:12 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/ 00:43:09 Claudette: I read that Microsoft will be cancelling passwords. What will be used instead and how will it affect users. 00:43:30 E O'Driscoll: Question: so all books are e-books, correct? 00:43:58 E O'Driscoll: For $1 - it makes sense. Delivery!!! 00:44:17 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Vulnerability management Previous Q&A discussions 2020-12-30 https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20201230_PowerPoint.pdf 2024-02-07 https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240207_PowerPoint.pdf 2025-02-19 https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20250219_PowerPoint.pdf 2025-03-26 https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20250326_PowerPoint.pdf Patch My PC Home Updater https://patchmypc.com/product/home-updater/ GlarySoft Software Update https://www.glarysoft.com/software-update-free/ UniGetUI https://www.marticliment.com/unigetui/ Secteer VulnDetect https://vulndetect.com/#/ 00:45:07 Tom Trottier: Use the menu system to get to https://www.humblebundle.com/books 00:45:43 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): @Claudette This probably relates to Passkeys 00:47:48 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Passkeys use strong public-private key encryption 00:48:45 Tom Trottier: Also updaters WInget, Chocolatey, Scoop, Ninite, AppGet, Npackd and the PowerShell-based OneGet 00:57:23 Tom Trottier: The problem with updating OS or software in companies is that the company's applications may stop working. In particular, Python 3 and 4 have some incompatibilities - but this is common. Maybe a change in function or parameter definition or order. 00:59:08 Tom Trottier: So companies have test systems and try out OS/software updates with test data. 01:00:25 Tom Trottier: And some software just bundle compatible app versions, they have tested to work. 01:01:28 Tom Trottier: it might be hard for Winget to update itself! 01:08:15 Claudette: Microsoft doesn't like us to use apps that are not in their stores. 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Great fun even for a slightly rainy night. Very much appreciated 01:18:41 mikev: Reacted to "Thank you to all who..." with 👍 01:19:14 Tom Trottier: Will any OPCUG library presentations be on Youtube? 01:19:22 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Will any OPCUG libra..." Nope. 01:19:31 Lynda Buske: Replying to "Will any OPCUG libra..." Not mine either 01:19:42 Bob Herres: Good evening Thank you all 😀 01:19:44 Timothy: thanks everyone. 01:19:46 Carol Pearson: goodnight