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So, I was setting up a Google Home for a non-tech friend that has a Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve. Granted, cheap phone but it is running Android 8 so it isn’t outdated. So, it’s finds the Home, puts it on the network but after that, the phone loses connection and will not continue setup. I asked if she had any other devices and she had an old Nexus 7 tablet. Tried with that and worked perfectly the first time. Got it going but just peaked my curiosity. I assume that since Samsung is not pure Android that something they did breaks the Home app. Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Tried earlier today….and it said that it posted. But I don’t see it. Tried to do it again and it said it was a duplicate post.

I’m not that worried about it. I am the unluckiest person ever anyhow. But it doesn’t seem to be working right. Just FYI.

Thanks

I brought an Epson 3640 in 2014. Works fine & I really like it. But in the past four years, the status page says that I have printed 901 pages. The ink is just killing me...$70 to replace all cartridges which might be OK if they didn't dry out but they do! So, I'm thinking a color laser makes more sense but I want a two-sided ADF scanner & fax. Also want two paper trays. Any suggestions for a reasonably priced (under $500) multi-function laser that also has affordable consumables?

Last month, I got a $1000 amazon card for my retirement and I read the article about the adaptive controller and so I'm thinking XBox might be fun. Question is, if your reflexes are not as fast as someone not physically challenged, can you still play with it and have a good time or are you just going to get your ass kicked as soon as you start playing? I have never owned a game console so it is all new to me.

I've played around with SandBoxie & I use Hyper-V all of the time, but is it truly possible to be protected since it has to be interacting with the host system to run. Can you run a process in an operating system while also isolating it from that same OS?

My gut feeling is, it may give a user a false sense of invulnerability and therefore make them MORE likely to be infected.

Well, I thought I would go ahead and update. After 2 days, I gave up. It would run fine for maybe 10 minutes and then the interface (desktop, start button, right click) would just stop responding. The machine was not locked up....Mouse still worked. To me, it's seems like there a process triggered after several minutes. And this was both with an update and a complete clean install (wiped partition table). This is the first version that I have ever had any serious issues running.

No doubt, they'll get it right and in fairness, I forced the upgrade so I'm not saying Microsoft wrecked my machine! You install an insider build, you agree to take the risks. Just saying, I would wait until it is offered and not go get it....

This morning, I restarted my computer and it would get to the login page but no accounts would show up and there was no input box for the password/pin. Had to do hard restart maybe five times and finally it worked, I've had the on the original 10, Anniversary and now Creators. Happens maybe once every three months. Any ideas?

I have thought about taking a couple USB hard drives and building a RAID but I hear some people saying it's not reliable.  Is it?  Is it a safe as a NAS?