Computer questions you'd be embarrassed to ask any where else!

Masala · 28-04-2021 10:49am

Hi all

I need to send my details by PDF to a Solicitor. But I want to Password Protect same - any recommendations of a good free utility to do so??

regards

Masala · 28-04-2021 11:30am

OSI wrote: »

Adobe actually have an online utility to do just that:

https://www.adobe.com/ie/acrobat/online/password-protect-pdf.html

Hi ...is it free do you know?? Am having problems logging in at moment...but will try later.

many thanks again

Johnboy1951 · 28-04-2021 12:11pm

Masala wrote: »

Hi all

I need to send my details by PDF to a Solicitor. But I want to Password Protect same - any recommendations of a good free utility to do so??

regards

What about creating a password protected Zip file of the PDF?

Masala · 28-04-2021 3:03pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

What about creating a password protected Zip file of the PDF?

Ya... I have also found that. I have WinZip and most of my end recipients come back to me complaining that nothing arrived!!!

Johnboy1951 · 28-04-2021 3:06pm

OSI wrote: »

It is indeed.

A lot of email servers will reject a Zip file.

Put the protected Zip into a folder and send that folder.
I think that bypasses the refusal to transfer a protected Zip.

YellowLead · 28-04-2021 3:07pm

Sorry I know this is a serious thread - but in case anyone feels their questions are silly they can’t be any worse than what my mother thought:
She thought that you need the switch on the printer in order to send an email. So every time before sending an email she would get up, plug in and switch on her printer before clicking send.
I think she did this for years before sending one in my presence and I was like ‘are you printing something’ lol.

Masala · 28-04-2021 3:22pm

OSI wrote: »

Adobe actually have an online utility to do just that:

https://www.adobe.com/ie/acrobat/online/password-protect-pdf.html

Unfortunately - its says 'Protected Files cant be Sent' when trying to email off the PDF. I reckon it wants me to pay a subs to get rid of this option

New Home · 28-04-2021 3:28pm

This might help.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/tag/how-to-password-protect-pdf-without-acrobat/

Masala · 28-04-2021 3:35pm

New Home wrote: »

This might help.

https://www.top-password.com/blog/tag/how-to-password-protect-pdf-without-acrobat/

Many thanks - but this suits going from Word to a PDF and then protecting.

I have a PDF already populated and just need this passworded!!!

New Home · 28-04-2021 3:40pm

Could you convert it to Word, add the password and convert it back again? I guess it'll depend on what version of Acrobat you have. There are some other alternatives, but read the T&Cs and Privacy statements carefully.

looksee · 28-04-2021 4:55pm

I know this thread isn't really the place for the printer story above, but it made me laugh, so I shall leave it

(and I kinda get where she was coming from

)

FishOnABike · 28-04-2021 5:16pm

PDFEncrypt ( https://pdfencrypt.net ) a free, open-source native app that allows you to password protect (encrypt) PDF files for free might be worth checking out.

FFVII · 28-04-2021 6:00pm

Masala wrote: »

Many thanks - but this suits going from Word to a PDF and then protecting.

I have a PDF already populated and just need this passworded!!!

Libre office will do all.

Open writer, write out your stuff.

Click File-->Export as-->Export as pdf-->click security tab

Jellybaby_1 · 04-05-2021 6:36pm

This is less computer question and more internet query. I've been watching the TV series Cuckoo on Netflix. I didn't really enjoy it, acting great, but too wacky for me. So I come on Boards to see if anyone ever commented and read a thread in the Television forum, everyone loved it. Ok, that's that. I logged out of Boards and decided to browse my other interests on Youtube and BOOM, Greg Davies and Taylor Lautner in Cuckoo pop up all over the screen! I've never searched for Cuckoo, Davies, or Lautner on Youtube ever. I hadn't even signed into Youtube either. Am I being stalked? :eek:

FFVII · 04-05-2021 7:01pm

Jellybaby_1 wrote: »

This is less computer question and more internet query. I've been watching the TV series Cuckoo on Netflix. I didn't really enjoy it, acting great, but too wacky for me. So I come on Boards to see if anyone ever commented and read a thread in the Television forum, everyone loved it. Ok, that's that. I logged out of Boards and decided to browse my other interests on Youtube and BOOM, Greg Davies and Taylor Lautner in Cuckoo pop up all over the screen! I've never searched for Cuckoo, Davies, or Lautner on Youtube ever. I hadn't even signed into Youtube either. Am I being stalked? :eek:

You're tracked all over the net.

Jellybaby_1 · 04-05-2021 7:07pm

FFVII wrote: »

You're tracked all over the net.

Well, the cheek!

Didn't realise it was so blatantly in your face like that. I'm seriously thinking of closing my subscription with YT now but I enjoy connecting with people with the same interests as me. Oh well.

FFVII · 04-05-2021 7:21pm

Jellybaby_1 wrote: »

Well, the cheek! Didn't realise it was so blatantly in your face like that. I'm seriously thinking of closing my subscription with YT now but I enjoy connecting with people with the same interests as me. Oh well.

you can use firefox, adblock, ghostery, privacy badger, duckduckgo, don't use gmaps, don't use gmail, lock down android and on and on it goes...:pac:

looksee · 04-05-2021 7:57pm

I have adblock and ghostery. I use google maps, gmail, you tube, and I generally accept cookies because I usually can't be bothered sorting them out, but I haven't noticed a serious amount of 'stalking'. I get virtually nothing in the way of spam.

Garlinge · 04-05-2021 9:07pm

Every so often I will go into Chrome and 'clear cookies'.

Jellybaby_1 · 05-05-2021 6:54pm

FFVII wrote: »

you can use firefox, adblock, ghostery, privacy badger, duckduckgo, don't use gmaps, don't use gmail, lock down android and on and on it goes...:pac:

I am already using firefox. I have gmail though. Never heard of adblock, ghostery, badger or duckduckgo, don't know what lock down android means!

looksee wrote: »

I have adblock and ghostery. I use google maps, gmail, you tube, and I generally accept cookies because I usually can't be bothered sorting them out, but I haven't noticed a serious amount of 'stalking'. I get virtually nothing in the way of spam.

Yes I use google maps, gmail and youtube too. Sometimes I accept cookies but sometimes I check what I'm accepting and they in the main not 'on' only the essential ones so I click 'save' and then 'close' on the sites I've used.

Garlinge wrote: »

Every so often I will go into Chrome and 'clear cookies'.

We do that regularly too, at least himself does.

A lot of new fangleddanglers mentioned here. Sorry folks, technology passed me out along the way.

05-05-2021 11:42pm

FFVII wrote: »

you can use firefox, adblock, ghostery, privacy badger, duckduckgo, don't use gmaps, don't use gmail, lock down android and on and on it goes...:pac:

Thats dreadful advice. Especially for a person who by being in this thread has admitted they aren't tech-savvy.

"Don't use gmail". So, Jellybaby should set up there own mail server, running on a Lenovo ThinkCentre underneath their stairs? Cop on.

Cookies are everywhere. its a fact of life.

When you say "you are tracked all over the internet" it makes it sound like the user is being watched. They are not.

Gmail - (Owned by Google), gmaps - (Owned by Google) etc use your browsing habits to do analysis and drive advertising. Thats how malicious it is. They aren't watching your every movement.

New Home · 06-05-2021 9:55am

I don't think it's dreadful advice, I think it's something to start from and if something isn't clear we can ask. As for not using gmail, plenty of other mail providers around without having to set up your own server.
The complaint was about getting unwanted ads, those suggested are all valid points, IMO.
BTW, if you don't want to use google as a search engine, aside from duckduckgo you can also use qwant or ecosia.org. Neither track you, the latter plants trees using revenue from your searches.

07-05-2021 6:31pm

There's no doubt that Google is the more comprehensive search engine, but in the library service we often recommended people to use DuckDuckGo to stop the user's habits and interests being tracked for intrusive advertising.

Tpcl20 · 07-05-2021 6:37pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Thats dreadful advice. Especially for a person who by being in this thread has admitted they aren't tech-savvy.

"Don't use gmail". So, Jellybaby should set up there own mail server, running on a Lenovo ThinkCentre underneath their stairs? Cop on.

Cookies are everywhere. its a fact of life.

When you say "you are tracked all over the internet" it makes it sound like the user is being watched. They are not.

Gmail - (Owned by Google), gmaps - (Owned by Google) etc use your browsing habits to do analysis and drive advertising. Thats how malicious it is. They aren't watching your every movement.

I mean, a lot of people don't like that, including the poster who asked for advice.

Jellybaby_1 · 07-05-2021 6:51pm

My query actually was, how did Youtube know what I was looking at on Boards?

Johnboy1951 · 07-05-2021 9:32pm

Jellybaby_1 wrote: »

My query actually was, how did Youtube know what I was looking at on Boards?

You were logged in to Google who tracks your every move .....

New Home · 07-05-2021 9:32pm

It depends on what cookies you accepted along the way - sometimes some cookies will look at your browsing history and pick up stuff from there. They can be very, very, very sneaky.

New Home · 07-05-2021 9:34pm

BTW, there's a way of deleting and stopping youtube history and most tracking in it. I'll see if I can find the correct area.

Red Hare · 08-05-2021 7:39am

I mostly use Safari to surf internet.
So Safari informs me that in the last 31 days that " google analytics.com was prevented from profiling you ( ie. me) across 14 websites.
aldi.ie -- 14 trackers
helpscouth.net --8 trackers
boards.ie--8 trackers
rte.ie--7 trackers
mccannfitzgerald.com--7 trackers
hse.ie--6 trackers
flac.ie--4 trackers
anpost.com --1 tracker
boots.ie--1 tracker

and the list goes on an on

So its not just your tube, or boards, it could be any website and any time where trackers are popping up

Jellybaby_1 · 08-05-2021 3:44pm

New Home wrote: »

BTW, there's a way of deleting and stopping youtube history and most tracking in it. I'll see if I can find the correct area.

I'm not worried about anyone knowing my browsing history, I'm a very good girl! Nothing to hide!

runawaybishop · 08-05-2021 3:47pm

Yeah Google track your interests so they can use targeting advertising, but you can opt out of it. It's not really a big deal imo.

New Home · 08-05-2021 3:51pm

Jellybaby_1 wrote: »

I'm not worried about anyone knowing my browsing history, I'm a very good girl! Nothing to hide!

This is specifically about the youtube history, which is one of the things google use to base their suggestions on.

There was an old anecdote of someone who kept complaining to his colleagues that all the teaspoons he brought to the office kept disappearing, so his very kind coworkers decided to be very helpful and started writing "spoon spoon spoon" or something like that at the bottom of each email they sent him... in white font, so he wouldn't see it. The paranoia kicked in when all of a sudden he started seeing ads and suggestions about spoons all over the internet.

Jellybaby_1 · 08-05-2021 3:52pm

New Home wrote: »

This is specifically about the youtube history, which is one of the things google use to base their suggestions on.

There was an old anecdote of someone who kept complaining to his colleagues that all the teaspoons he brought to the office kept disappearing, so his very kind coworkers decided to be very helpful and started writing "spoon spoon spoon" or something like that at the bottom of each email they sent him... in white font, so he wouldn't see it. The paranoia kicked in when all of a sudden he started seeing ads and suggestions about spoons all over the internet.

That's hilarious!

Jellybaby_1 · 04-06-2021 7:15pm

When a Boards poster quotes a Twitter link, why can't I open it? Do I have to have a Twit account?

New Home · 04-06-2021 7:41pm

It depends on what browser you're using and on your tracking protection. If you right-click on them (or long-press on them from your phone) you can open them in a new window and you'll be able to see them.

Jellybaby_1 · 04-06-2021 11:16pm

New Home wrote: »

It depends on what browser you're using and on your tracking protection. If you right-click on them (or long-press on them from your phone) you can open them in a new window and you'll be able to see them.

I'm using my desktop computer. Can't be faffing on a phone screen, too small for me. Right click doesn't work.

New Home · 04-06-2021 11:43pm

Right-click on the link, go to "open in new tab". Right-click on its own won't work. What are you seeing when you right-click on the link?

Jellybaby_1 · 05-06-2021 6:58pm

New Home wrote: »

Right-click on the link, go to "open in new tab". Right-click on its own won't work. What are you seeing when you right-click on the link?

Ah, my mistake, Mixed up my left and right. I've just checked the right-click and it opened up on a new page. Great, thanks!

Kat1170 · 05-06-2021 8:48pm

Jellybaby_1 wrote: »

Ah, my mistake, Mixed up my left and right. I've just checked the right-click and it opened up on a new page. Great, thanks!

Place your cursor (arrow) over the link and press the mouse wheel. Should open the link in a new page.

cute geoge · 06-06-2021 12:51pm

I like watching online auctions on the laptop and up to this I could watch reviewed highlights afterwards now there will be a charge of E100 to watch highlights but the live auctions are still free .would it be possible to record the live auctions on my laptop and watch it later because I am too mean to pay E100

SourSessions · 06-06-2021 12:58pm

cute geoge wrote: »

I like watching online auctions on the laptop and up to this I could watch reviewed highlights afterwards now there will be a charge of E100 to watch highlights but the live auctions are still free .would it be possible to record the live auctions on my laptop and watch it later because I am too mean to pay E100

https://www.apowersoft.com/free-online-screen-recorder

FFVII · 21-06-2021 11:03pm

Gabbyss wrote: »

To be honest, I haven't come across a similar one, since I rarely make print screenshots of my correspondence in messengers, but several times I couldn't take a screenshot in the different programs. I wanted to send my colleague a step-by-step photo instruction on how to use some of the functions of our office software, but I ran into this problem "can't take screenshot due to security policy". I didn't have much time, so I used the first Windows screen recorder that I found here https://www.movavi.com/screen-recorder/ and it worked. I cann't understand why I couldn't take a photo of the screen while I was able to record on video all my actions that were visible on the monitor. Any ideas?

Your company security is sh*te.

dennyire · 25-07-2021 1:03pm

Push Notifications

I used to be able to play lotto online or order just eat online

Now they send me a message from my bank saying press your mobile no.

Nothig happens and i get no mesage on my phone.

Seemingly push notifications is disabled on my phone.

I have googled how to enable it through settings but no matter what I try cant get it to work.

Anyone got an easy solution for a non tech person?

Thankss

New Home · 25-07-2021 1:39pm

Check in your spam message folder, maybe they end up in there.

dennyire · 25-07-2021 1:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117659245#Comment_117659245

dennyire · 25-07-2021 1:57pm

This is in my phone rather than pc

FFVII · 25-07-2021 6:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117659322#Comment_117659322

What phone?

Standard?

New Home · 25-07-2021 6:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117659322#Comment_117659322

There's a spam folder for text messages, too (at least, in Android). Go to your messages and click on the three dots. You should get a drop down menu where you should be able to see "Spam and blocked", or something similar.

dennyire · 29-07-2021 12:50pm

Thanks New Home.

Tried that but nothing there.

Maybe ill just go to 3 shop and ask one of their young tech wizards have a look

Kimbot · 29-07-2021 1:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117659111#Comment_117659111

If you are on an android phone then go to "Settings" then in here there should be a "Notifications" section so click into it, scroll down to the relevant app and click on it. You should see a button to enable notifications for that app or disable them etc.

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