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two (clenched teeth) bios flashings later ... as Joan Murt said, and others agreed, Lenovo's software for managing driver updates is excellent.
hi-res screen really makes a difference in text clarity ! it also means that using the recommended 3840x2160 resolution results in the loss of WYSIWYG fidelity between Form appearance in the Visual Studio designer and what results when you run your app. yep, i'm reading up [^] on the hi-dpi additional settings, but, so far, there are no combinations of config and manifest mods, setting the Form's scaling and auto-size properties that are really acceptable.
so far installing my key apps, and syncing up to GDrive, DropBox
OneDrive, and Zoolz going great. beast auto-installed a driver for Logitech wireless mouse in a snap.
the only real problem is the back-lit keys (color is fixed at ominous red): at the brightest of the three levels they are very hard to read ... the keycaps are surrounded by bright light, but the letters are not translucent ... the visual gestalt is like being in a Dario Argento giallo horror flick (which gamers get off on, I assume)  this will pass, since I will be using an external keyboard where i can touch-type. the keys on the Dell 3570 are much easier to type with.
of course i hacked away a lot of Win 10 stuff i'll never use, and removed some Lenovo stuff ... pleasantly surprised by how little bloatware there was.
wading through the swamp of Win 10 settings and turning off all kinds of monitoring and settings took a while. further tweakings of Win 10 using Sergey T.'s excellent WinAero Tweaker (free) [^] 15 minutes, or so.
yeah, all this took a day, but, compared to installation/upgrade/migration nightmares of years past, this was easy street.
So, here's the current body-count:
Agent Ransack x64
CCleaner
Emsisoft Anti-Malware
f.lux
Google Chrome
Internet Download Manager
NordVPN
Old Calculator for Windows 10
Puran Defrag 7.7.1
Start10
UltraEdit
Visual Studio 2017
Atomineer Pro
JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate
PostSharp Ultimate
VLC media player
WinAero Tweaker
from Tralfamador with gobsmacks, Billy Pilgrim
«Differences between Big-Endians, who broke eggs at the larger end, and Little-Endians gave rise to six rebellions: one Emperor lost his life, another his crown. The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. Big-Endians gained favor in Blefuscu.» J. Swift, 'Gulliver's Travels,' 1726CE
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Sounds good Bill!
Now, back the sucker up! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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No PDF reader or zip utility (7Zip) or photo editing tool (PhotoFiltre)?
I bought FileLocator Pro (Agent Ransack) after so many years. In addition to this, I find Bulk Rename Utility extremely useful.
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Here I am, visiting Germany. In the town of Sachsenheim, I see a sign. Metzgerei. Metzger: Hacker.
PS. On the way to Stuttgart through some country roads, I see a building with the name Trumpf on top!
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Stuttgart? You could visit Wilma Bumsen there and greet her from me. 
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modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Did you graduate from the William Shatner (over)acting academy?
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Hey, if you passed through Esslingen/Neckar, you'd see Das Dick.
And it lights up at night.
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Well ... sort of.
It has Win10 on board - which means it's downloading another 4GB update1 - but no Android.
And there is a good chance that installing Android may delete the Windows partition, I just read. 
Gawd that was a PITA - looks like Partition Manager partly deleted the disk instead of fully removing it, possibly because it's eMMC and maybe it doesn't know what to do with it. If you need to do this, create a Windows recovery disk and delete all the partitions on the tablet before you try and run the official image installer: it doesn't like existing partitions so I ended up using DISKPART "clear all" which does a security wipe of the internals. Then the official image installer worked fine.
1: Hopefully, that's to Creators Update, not Anniversary edition ...
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If you erase your C: will you be blind?
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I'd go with "incredibly stupid" myself. 
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I'm in the dark about this one!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I call such things an expensive mistake, because you hae to pay with the hard currency "spare time"
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Before some weeks/months I asked wheter it is ok to shutdown an unsecurded Network.
A lot of respones told me, I'm wrong to do it...
This Network came up imediatelly again after I "shutdown" it.
Seriously: Is it really wrong to shut it down, and this time in a way that they can not bring it back easely?
I mean I take care that my children are safe (as good as possible) to Access the inet in a controlled way, but all my care is worthless if some stupids in the neighborhood publishes a unsecured Network (unsecured means in this case also the user/Password are the factory Settings) and so e.g. my son can do with this Access whatever he likes...?
Thank you for your suggestions in advance.
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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1) Buy a throwaway phone.
2) Buy a throwaway car.
3) Park outside his house and use his network to download info on joining ISIS.
4) Drive away and wait for his computer equipment to be confiscated ... once you have thrown away the evidence.
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Can you make it a bit more easy for me?
Does it means Overall: Close it is ok? I know first I Need to check it with ISIS, but that is the easy part 
Thanks 
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1) Buy a throwaway phone.
I have one of this. Just tried it. 20 meters at the Moment,
2) Buy a throwaway car.
I have one of this. 0 Meters at the Moment, this f*****g Benz is too heavy.
3) Park outside his house and use his network to download info on joining ISIS.
The net is in my house, no needing of a parking lot.
4) Drive away and wait for his computer equipment to be confiscated ... once you have thrown away the evidence.
I'm waiting ....
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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You almost certainly can't - legally - close it. In the UK that's a specific offence under the Computer Misuse Act, and can earn you jail time. Switzerland is probably the same, if not more severe about such things.
I'd suggest talking to him and asking nicely if he would mind securing it because of the possible problems with kids (and the repercussions if someone does start downloading stuff they shouldn't via his connection). He may be reasonable.
If you aren't sure where he lives, the WiFi Analyser Android app gives you a signal strength meter you can use to "home in" on the physical location.
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Yes, I think also in Swiss it is not legal to do it.
But.. I'm not completely sure about the legal situation. What I mean to know is: If someone private operates a network publicly, he is responsible for it.
Quote: I'd suggest talking to him
To which of the 50 possible Targets?
Thanks for comments/hints.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: To which of the 50 possible Targets?
If you are in a multi-dwelling building, apartment or someplace where there are common mail boxes. Print out the network name and password and put it up where all can see. It will sort itself out rather quickly.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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If your kids are smart enough to switch to a neighbours all-access Wifi probably smart enough (or give them a little time) to bypass your controls - that is if the intention is there.
0x01AA wrote: I mean I take care that my children are safe (as good as possible) to Access the inet in a controlled way
China takes the very same care for it's entire population.
Sad.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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I do not think it is necessary to present links here that I would not recommend for 15 year old children.
Comparison of restrictions what China is doing with the citizens and what I try to secure my children is something very strange!
I have maybe the possibility to do the best for my children, but very sorry, I have no influence to chinese gov.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: Comparison of restrictions what China is doing with the citizens and what I try to secure my children is something very strange!
Yes, China's leaders don't trust strangers, whereas you don't trust your own children.
15 years old: likely savvy enough to get around a nanny net filtering if he really wants to - sometimes the reason may be just because you are treating him like a juvenile.
You're a father with kids well old enough to reason with. You need to grow up and talk to them.
Sin tack
the any key okay
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