OT -- Ask Me Where I Am...

I'M ON MY VERY FIRST LAPTOP!!!

After figuring (?) stuff out, of course the first was to download Chrome.

Then, my first time online wasn't to FB, but to DARK SHADOWS

I'll probably spaz alot; I'll definitely ask questions, but what kind of a cousin would I be if I didn't visit FAMILY first!

MERRY CHRISTMAS...and it's a little arduous at this point, but I know it's a cousin's bday...CastleBee's maybe (mod, please correct that).

Please, if you don't hear from me within 4-5 days, please send me an email to my 'desktop' (she says with haughty disdain in her voice!!)

I hope everyone is/has had a great Christmas and Hannukah!!!

Hey!! I'm in the late 20th century!!

Patti


PS...I don't usually use spell check....it came up with Hannukah, exactly as I had spelled it, and disdain, again correct. I went and spell checked again, and it gave me wordS which it didn't the first go-round (I hadn't changed anything).

Comgratulations Patti.  By a sort of miracle, I may be moving up computer-wise myself, and just in time; sites won't load anymore.

Sounds like you two had an awesome holiday.

Membership of the other board I'm on (for Elton John) got together in a sort of kickstarter type thing, and got the new computer... a cord has had to be sent separately, so it's not all hooked up yet.  I hope it's not all too good to be true. 

Holidays are always hard in my situation, but this ray of hope's definitely helping.

Wow, Magnus!  That's incredible - what a wonderful thing to do.  All the best with it!!

Hi Patti congrats on your first laptop.  I  have one as well.  My sister and her husband bought it for me.
                    Love  Anne

While watching last weeks Golden Globe Awards, I was happy to see how many awards were given to made-for-online shows. (If that's not the proper way to say it, please tell me what it is.)

I was just on Amazon, and there was this banner/ad to help Amazon pick it's next series; there were about 8 shows to pick from. It was 50 minutes. Someone also mentioned they didn't want to see ads; I only notice a few before the show started, not one during the show.

I read a few reviews.....and I watched my first made for online show!!!!

(It's called 'Cocked'; a few reviewers said there was a touch of 'Dallas'.)

It was free (I guess all of them are, I suppose for this week...).

My question is, did I 'load' it to my computer, or 'stream' it...I don't want a show of any kind on my first laptop. How do I check?

Thanks,

Patti

My question is, did I 'load' it to my computer, or 'stream' it...I don't want a show of any kind on my first laptop.

Did you select Watch Now, in which case it streamed, or did you select Download?

Watch Now...so it's NOT stored somewhere on my 'puter, right?

Thanks!

Patti

No

Well, curse you my helpful Midnite

Patti

I saw something from Microsoft....make sure you have a firewall. Visit the [spoiler]Windows Store[/spoiler] to get one.

I could NOT find anything about how to get a firewall.

Thankfully, I was also running Task Mgr.

I see that I have McAfee (who knew??) with a firewall.

Here's my question: I DO have McAfee, but keep getting those annoying pop ups at bottom I think for Norton. How can I block them?

Patti

PS, yes MB, the spoiler was to protect your delicate eyes