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A Tech Support group to help BBG Family with personal electronic devices. Please, feel free to ask any question that may be of use to you, and you're more than welcome to share your knowledge on the issues being discussed/inquired.

Location: BBG Central
Members: 35
Latest Activity: Mar 21, 2021

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Heavy hitting scams that should be aware of

Scammers will hit us from all directions. During time of hardship such as the recent year, scammers will come out to do more damages in the most vile of ways. It's better to know things ahead of time and be ready rather than be reactive a bit too…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Mar 21, 2021.

Be careful with your smart mobile devices 1 Reply

Just received a phone call from my wife while her friend was in tears about the husband's phone being stolen, hijacked, and continued to be hacked using the hijacked phone through his synched computer.Lesson to learn:1. If you have a smart mobile…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by John Sheehan Nov 13, 2019.

Warning: Latest scamming wave

Recently, there has been a wave of renewed scamming tactics to gain bitcoins (electronic money) using fear. If you see something like the message below, IGNORE IT!! DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK!! If you are uncertain, do your research and post any…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Nov 12, 2019.

2017/01/23 - Intrusive Warning in full effects 3 Replies

I've received a few emails the past few days, including a few others of my coworkers, with attachments that are quite suspicious, in Microsoft Word, Excel, and even Adobe PDF.This is a new twist in hacking computers using an old approach. MACs and…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Slip Sinker Jan 23, 2017.

BBG Server (Ning) sudden dropouts/unable to connect to

Hi everyone. It appears in the recent months, people are getting more and more dropouts, or cut-offs from BBG Server (Ning), and unable to connect to BBG website. For one thing, this is beyond BBG's control. It's server issues that the tech…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen Sep 20, 2016.

Need help with registration at BBG from different platforms 5 Replies

Hi folks. For those who use iPhones, iPads, and MAC base, could you help me in diagnosing the issue we have with BBG registration? Apparently, we have issues with those who use IOS (Apple products) from either registering, posting, or uploading.Let…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by David, aka, "McScruff" Apr 15, 2015.

INSTRUCTABLES ON CHANGING AVATAR PICTURE 2 Replies

Welcome to BBG... one of the first things your going to want to do is establish a profile pic or avatar ... heres howVideo instructable on how to change your profile avatar...…Continue

Started by Slip Sinker. Last reply by Slip Sinker Mar 25, 2015.

Instructable: Using Microsoft Powerpoint for making instructables 12 Replies

Funny as the title sounds, it's actually very intuitive, and simple to use. Those who don't have Photoshop, or any image editor, to use, yet, have Microsoft Office software suite, you're golden.I'm using Microsoft Office 2010 for demonstration, but…Continue

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Leo Nguyen Feb 17, 2015.

Insert photo-video-link into comment box (01/29/2015) 4 Replies

Quite a few of our members ask about how to insert photos/videos/links into a comment box, both as attachments, and as inline photo posting. Well, time to create an instructable.INSERTING PHOTO(s)To insert photo(s) as an attachment, click on the…Continue

Tags: Comment, Box, Video, Photo, File

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Leo Nguyen Jan 30, 2015.

Mobile Upload Instructables (Updated 2015, 01-25) 10 Replies

For those who utilize smartphone, tablets, and mobile technology, I'm writing an updated instructable for such an occasion, which is long overdue.For this specific instructable, I'm using an Android based smartphone:Android version 4.4.7…Continue

Tags: Smartphone, Tablet, Device, Mobile, Photos

Started by Leo Nguyen. Last reply by Andy is OptiMystic Jan 26, 2015.

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Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 20, 2013 at 3:44pm: Well JB, just like you, I like Linux as a personal OS as well, since Linux is the primary OS for most of the personal electronic platforms. Welcome aboard, and help when you can. I'll answer the question in forms of Discussion Forum to be organized. this way, we can simply come back to it when we need to.

Comment by JBplusThuy on October 20, 2013 at 1:40pm: Hi guys, Leo let me in here, you're all doomed ;-)

When people ask for advice about Windows, I'll try really hard to not start all my responses with, "1. Stop using Windows" but I hope you'll all understand if I give in to temptation once in a while :-)

I'm a Linux user on my own time; on my employer's time I'm primarily a Linux user ad secondarily a Mac user, and use Windows only in VMs for specific development and testing purposes.

One thing I'd throw out there generally is that if you're still using XP, it's really worth considering an upgrade to Windown 7. It really is better. Windows 8? I'm not a fan of the new UI; other than that I suppose it's a capable OS.

My time is a bit limited these days and I've been kind of a stranger on BBG, but I'll try to help out here in the tech support group when I can.

Jonathan

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 19, 2013 at 8:26pm: I love the google maps on my android phone but ill have to say bing maps provides some sharper images in my area during early spring with less foliage on the trees. your right David simpler in this case is better

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 19, 2013 at 7:34pm: Thats all I use Ken, There is little need for more sophistication, if the goal is to merely find ponds and learn the lay of the land before visiting...

This is one time in technology, where less is more.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on October 19, 2013 at 7:31pm: Wasn't someone wanting to know how to cut/paste images into a post?

That would be Tooty, Allen

Comment by Slip Sinker on October 19, 2013 at 6:10pm: In a pinch use google maps or even bing maps

Comment by Allen Morgan on October 19, 2013 at 5:15pm: Wasn't someone wanting to know how to cut/paste images into a post?

Comment by Allen Morgan on October 19, 2013 at 2:53pm: I've got Google Chrome on this computer. I would love to get Google Earth. I know I have to download Google Updater. I've tried several times to do this, but can never get to a spot that will let me download the Updater.

I know several months ago, I tried to download Google Earth, and managed to get "something" that had Google Earth, but also managed to install a toolbar onto my browsers that I didn't want, not to mention a whole bunch of other advertising things. Many of these adverts were video, and really showed down processing times and webpage loading. I've since managed to uninstall all that stuff, but would still like to get the real deal.

Comment by Vince Fusco on October 19, 2013 at 2:29pm: Leo..... HELP PLEASE...... Each time I try and download Google Earth, I get a message that says..."a problem has been detected and windows shut down to prevent damage to your computer" Then it says restart your computer.I am using Google Chrome and Windows XP. What might be going on here??? I tried downloading it twice today and got the same message both times.

Comment by dick tabbert on October 19, 2013 at 2:19pm: One of them issues being dust bunnies we learn the hard way at least I did. An once of prevention can save you a bundle in the end I know but did learn a lesson. We need to learn to clean the dust not just outside our computers but inside or have it done if you feel squeamish about it like I was. I lost a computer a couple month ago the shop in Swanton told me it was full of dust and the fans couldn't get enough air to my power supply so I replace it. I traded computers with my wife and the fan for the motherboard was so full of dust well lets say thanks to Leo we didn't loose it we just caught it in time. I'll send a picture so don't let it happen get on cleaning intervals.