Posted on 03/17/2021 7:16:22 AM PDT by Chickensoup
And find a good password wallet application, as Myrddin wrote.
I use LastPass, and use the SanDisk vault on a thumb drive as a backup.
You know, I had it on the last computer and moved with it to this computer. Installed in probably in december 19, then moved with it in March20 and now it is march 21
Time is a funny thing
I have not found a place to leave brave feedback
I keep NONE of my passwords in any of my web-capable devices.
If you cannot remember them, use a disconnected or non-electronic device to record them.
Keeping your passwords on ANY device that you use to access outside sites is begging for trouble, IMHO.
Passwords *MUST* be secure.
this looks like a good tool for disabling W10 updates:
https://www.google.com/search?q=download+Wu10Man
For me the easiest is one password... that will open my password protected excel file that has ALL the info on all my accounts... URL’s, id’s, email, pwd...etc.
And you can store that xlxs file anywhere safe to pull up and cntl-c cntl-v data as needed.
oops ... that tool doesn’t nuke the tasks:
There is a lot more settings that need to be adjusted to fully disable automatic scanning for updates the services alone can be marked disabled but the second the scheduled tasks fire off, they will re-enable the disabled services, or re-create the tasks that are needed to run, its very rootkit-esque behavior from MS and it seems that most of these tools don’t really solve the issue hence they resort to silly host file rules.
I had to disable these Tasks, some with psexec because Task Manager won’t even allow administrator users to disable them
Windows > InstallService > ScanForUpdates
Windows > InstallService > ScanForUpdatesAsUser
Windows > UpdateOrchestrator > Schedule Scan
Windows > UpdateOrchestrator > Schedule Scan Static Task
Windows > UpdateOrchestrator > USO_UxBroker
Windows > WaaSMedic > PerformRemediation
and then I noticed that if I would click find updates on windows, it’d magically re-enable some of the tasks above, notably “Schedule Scan”, forcing automatic updates on again so I had to then go and apply full DENY permissions to SYSTEM user on each of the task files in %windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft, otherwise it would straight up re-enable or re-create the tasks. Now when I click find updates, with the services and tasks disabled and permissions blocked, it no longer re-enables automatic updates and will error out if the update services are disabled, when I want updates I enable the Windows Update / BITS services and click find updates just like when I used Win7.
Ayy said on June 5, 2020 at 1:47 pm
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oops, forgot Microsoft > Windows > WindowsUpdate > Schedule Start.
Second time? You had a backup, right? I hope there isn’t going to be a third time that you lose your stored passwords.
We’ll probably end up with a new color, like RED screen of death now.
>>>one password... that will open my password protected excel file<<<
That’s the idea behind the encrypted SanDisk thumb drive. If you want to use a different thumb drive, or an SD card, or store them on your computer (not recommended), you can password encrypt your files with 7-Zip (free).
BTW, I used to use an excel file, but I switched to using an individual appropriately named text file for each account. They’re much easier to work with and you can include a multitude of related info. You could even use individual directories in the thumb drive or 7-Zip file so you could include photos and other files.
You couldn't choose a better time, the new Mac Mini smokes most computers out there and reasonable price for such a power house. Brave runs fine on Mac but so does Safari and you can save passwords in either one to your cloud drive. You can always refuse updates on the Mac unless you set it to automatically update. I used Apple before Mac forced the Apple II GS into the dustbin of history them switched to Mac and never looked back. I have owned several PCs in my time even kept Windows running on my Macs most of the time through SoftPC but just couldn't force myself to downgrade to the PC. Compare side by side a PC Screen running the same software on the Mac and see which one you would really rather look at all day, will make choice easy.
Even better, get a password manager like PasswordSafe. I do NOT recommend using one that stores the passwords online. I run Linux and use keypass. Most of my passwords to sites are about 20 or more characters long.
A single piece of paper, taped to my wall, is super secure.
Good luck to the hackers trying to get a hold of those passwords.
Today I got a red alert that my Win10 is nearing the end of its life and I need to download a newer version.
My laptop has been BSODing like crazy lately and this new “version “ alert terrifies me.
I hope they don’t expect me to pay for it.
I didn’t want 10 in the first place but there’s no 7 drivers for all the hardware.
Win10 is nearing the end of its life?
We can only hope................
Sounds like a phishing scam.....................
Just had a four hour computer vid meeting. Am wiped.
Will be back later when recharged to address this.
I am grateful to you all.
It was in the obligatory Windows notice thingy on my taskbar.
No idea what it is
Next to the Start button use the search field and type: control panel
Click on the result. Go to: Credential manager.
Microsoft stores passwords there. If you see some for websites you are saving passwords for then it is not the Brave web browser causing the issue. I would think any updates would leave stored passwords alone there as my work pc has updates each month and none are wiped.
I use Chrome at work and they store passwords and are unaffected.
See #50 for links to how to’s for Brave.
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