Robert Weiner

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. CoreFTP — FTP client software: [link]. Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. ZoneAlarm — PC firewall software: [link]. — Free anti-virus for home use: [link].

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Android factory reset on a Samsung S7: The ugly, the bad, and the good

Robert Weiner

I was still unable to run the Android Software Update routine — the Settings app would still quit. I copied the backup files to Dropbox, then used ES File Explorer to put them in the same internal storage location on my new phone. 2) Most important, my apps were no longer quitting.

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Setting up my new Thinkpad T400S

Robert Weiner

Laplink's software didn't warn that this might be a problem, and none of the the technicians I wound up chatting with suggested that it might be. But after several attempts to transfer my files, and several days of trying to figure out why I couldn't open any of them, I asked whether this could be the problem and the tech said it could be.

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Lame spam roundup

Robert Weiner

Text: Good day, as promised,(Internet Explorer File). Thank you for buying Adobe InDesign CS4 software. 7: I always click on unexpected files from unknown senders with gibberish addresses. Subject: You have been sent a file (Filename: Robert-356.pdf). You can use the following link to retrieve your file: Download Link.

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ROI for a donor database

Robert Weiner

There are key components of advancement support missing in the current software (one of the two areas above, or Events management, or Volunteer management, or on-line fundraising, or Campaign Reporting, or…). Our current vendor has gone out of business, or has stopped supporting our current software.

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Lame spams of the day: another roundup

Robert Weiner

Thank you for buying Adobe InDesign CS4 software. Internet Explorer file). Subject: You have been sent a file (Filename: Robert-1421215.pdf). Text: Sendspace File Delivery Notification: You've got a file called Robert-14281.pdf, You can use the following link to retrieve your file: Download Link.

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The continuing saga of the new T400S

Robert Weiner

After transferring my data and software using Laplink (and after figuring out that I had to decrypt my files first) I found that everything was owned by some mystery account. I couldn't access my files or apps from my account or the Administrator account. I found that their software wouldn't install under Windows 7.

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