I received apologies from Mike, Barbara, Sianed and Phil. If I’ve forgotten anyone, please forgive me.
I took the following notes, but as you will have gathered – I didn’t write them up until very, very, very recently – the morning of the September 16th meeting to be precise.
I introduced a whole range of topics which I’d put on Flipboard. They included Preparing (or otherwise) for Windows 11; Right to Repair; Connecting phones to TVs; and changes to the NHS Covid app, amongst others.
Fred reported that his TalkTalk problems had been resolved to some degree.
Ann advised us that the sequence on connecting to a Zoom meeting seemed to have changed and you needed to click on “Always start with camera”. Later in the meeting she reported back that close captioning was a real boon.
Margaret was having BlueTooth problems with microphone and audio; but she had managed to fix the BT missing extension, had downloaded the correct version and all was well now. She noted that the Zoom settings for speakers was not for her headphones (?).
Paul (apparently, because I have no idea what this means) told us that Vodafone improved battery ????
Owen advised that on the iPad using Safari with Google Search, the screen was showing a “Not a Robot” prompt to comply with; an unusual request; followed-up with an IP request which the CAPTCHA was impossible to read. Suggested fix – use the Chrome app for Google Searches.
David has the word Ping next to his name … why??? He wanted to show Google Photos on TV – he was advised how to do that. He was also having Washer/Dryer problems (I then have a note – “share sound with engineer”; I do apologise, I’ll do better this year, promise).
Stella told us about how she had avoided a PayPal scam.
John has the note R to Rep, third-party problem aginst his name … what does this mean?
Christine was having problems with VirginMedia; also archive was not working; there’s also a note “Button for sound” ??
Jim reported back on his confusion with the screen resolution of his laptop. Paul was able to talk him through the issue which they tested with a screenshot.
Don reported that the email addresses still appeared i the wrong order (sotty again, I don’t remember what this means); he also told us he’d changed his iPhone settings to cut-off certain apps from playing to reduce battery drain. He was looking to replace EE as his mobile provider as they had changed the PAYG arrangements. Alternatives were Smartie (on 3) – an alternative to GiffGaff (O2), or Libara (on Vodafone). He was advised to switch off Mobile Data whenever it wasn’t needed.
Steven has the words YouTube and USB against his name ??? He told us that he was looking at reviewing his broadband supplier and had a price of £31 from TalkTalk (Fibre 50/55) for a basic TV package and free calls to the UK/World.
Renee had raised a query about losing messages from Signal during an upgrade (which she probably had interrupted), and promised to send me the email exchange she’d had with the help desk.
Fred asked about Digital printing (3D printing), and we advised hi that we’d had a visit to Eagle Labs a couple of years ago and it might be a good idea to go again when we are able.