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Hi jmp,

Is this list of use if you have not come across it ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_genealogy_software

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Technical Help / Re: Converting to Windows11 from Win10
« on: Friday 28 March 25 11:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

This is now affecting a lot of people with perfectly good Windows 10 computers that are not able to be upgraded according to Microsoft's requirements.

These are mainly, Processor is too old https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors or your computer does not have a TPM 2.0 chip and UEFI Secure Boot - used as part of the BIOS for security on the computer.

There has been lots said in technology forums and media that this is then creating far to much electronic waste and lots of people cannot afford to go out and buy a new computer just to get Windows 11 and Microsoft should reduce the requirements, but no joy. There are ways around these that Microsoft do not stop you doing, but then they are able to stop some further upgrades happening automatically, meaning you have to jump through hoops again to get the ' newer ' version.

Like a few years ago when Windows XP & Windows 7 reached end-of-support, you can carry on using Windows 10, BUT there will be no more security updates later this year which makes it more open to problems or being infected with a virus.

An option is to install Linux instead of Windows, but then there is a very limited amount of software you can use compared to Windows, and for Genealogists that use programs like RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree etc, rather than an online tree in Ancestry or Find My Past,  they will not work on Linux  :'(

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Technical Help / Re: No sound on laptop
« on: Thursday 06 March 25 11:57 GMT (UK)  »
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I agree. You might be making things worse by trying the various fixes.  I'm sure you must have a reliable computer repair shop somewhere in the Wrexham area.

Gadget

It's a pity there is no member on here that is close by and maybe able to help.

I hate to ask, but do you have any family / friends ( especially a youngster  ;D ) that maybe able to help, unless you can find a nice friendly computer repair shop that could look and help for free / very small donation.

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Technical Help / Re: No sound on laptop
« on: Tuesday 04 March 25 15:08 GMT (UK)  »
@wilcoxon Here is a link to the ASUS support site that is for sound problems on their laptops and another site that has some step by step instructions with screenshots to help :-)

Don't know if this will help ?

https://www.asus.com/uk/support/faq/1015070/

https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/asus-laptop-sound-not-working-solved/

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Technical Help / Re: Data transfer
« on: Thursday 28 November 24 14:55 GMT (UK)  »
If you have used the cable before o transfer photos then you should be able to do that with the file :-)

Sounds like you are having one of my days  ;D

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Technical Help / Re: Data transfer
« on: Thursday 28 November 24 14:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Roobarb,

If it is a USB cable for charging it might be that is all it will do and charge it may not be capable of data transfer.

What is our tablet and does it have a USB port that you are able to plug a USB Stick or external drive into then you could copy the footage across from the tablet, unplug the device, plug it into your laptop and then copy it across from the device to your laptop ?

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Technical Help / Re: deleted photos on laptop
« on: Friday 15 November 24 15:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

You can download a program called Recuva and that may be able to restore your deleted pictures :-
https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

There is a quick user guide here :-
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=recuva%20portable&mid=DFCC80F80427290A59ABDFCC80F80427290A59AB&ajaxhist=0

It would be best if you have a spare USB stick and you can download and install Portable Apps https://portableapps.com/ on there and have Recuva added as a program :-)

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Technical Help / Re: Software GEDCOM Compatability Tests
« on: Friday 04 October 24 07:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi McGroger,

Although that is not the one :-[ That looks like a good read and thank you as it had not come up in any of my searches.

The one I remember had a table that showed how many GEDCOM entries are in the test file and then how many had been imported correctly in each program tested and then gave an accuracy %. It then went on to list the errors very similar to the article you have linked to.

Thank you all and I know better next time, bookmark anything that you think is interesting and of use  ;)

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Technical Help / Re: Software GEDCOM Compatability Tests
« on: Thursday 03 October 24 13:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

No, not quite.

There was a table of several programs with details of how accurate a GEDCOM had been imported and what errors there had been with handling certain tags and then what the Export of a GEDCOM was like compared to the ' standard ' so it picked up the programs different ways of handling their ' unique ' features of their software.

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