Jerry, I often have these problems with AT&T. When this happens, I pull out my portable hotspot and plug it in to the electricity. It has a battery so I can go out in the middle of the woods and have access to the outside world. Good luck with Time Warner.

I love Pasco Camera Exchange, but since I live in Jacksonville it is an even more difficult trip for me. The good news is my best Friend lives less than 3 miles from their store, so I go there whenever I visit her, which is often. They are great people to deal with and offer lots of help and information.

You need to check your settings in Outlook. Go to tools, Account Settings, highlight your account and click on change. Then write down each item in the account information, and be sure to check the more settings button. In each tab verify what is checked and what settings are enabled for your ports. Then go back and test the setup before leaving. If it works then, keep the page you have written all this down on and go back to reinstall Windows 10. Once you have reinstalled windows 10, if you are using the version of Outlook that comes with the new program, you should go into Outlook and verify that you have the same setup information as before in Windows 7.
You will need to set up a new account and put in the values you wrote down from the Windows 7 Outlook setup.

This is not a windows 10 problem but a new account setup in Outlook problem. When setting up, do not let the program set it up for you. Use the manual installation, that way you can easily specify the information you utilized with Windows 7 and Outlook.

DwsPV, I am not much of a bird follower either, but when I was in your country, I was amazed at how these birds just posed for pictures. They truly seemed to want attention.

Thanks for the information on the Weavers. I watched for them everywhere I traveled as they are so different from any bird I have seen here. The males worked so hard to please the female. I was not aware that the female would destroy the nest, but, I guess as the saying goes, "If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."

The Grey Lourie in the pictures was the only one I saw. I was not sure of its true name, but, it is very similar to our Cardinals, which are red. I could only guess at its name. Thanks for clearing that up for me. The clip you posted was cute. Poor Bushman was just trying to find a meal and the Grey Lourie was none too cooperative in that venture. The Go Away Bird name definitely is appropriate.

I have hundreds of pictures of so many other birds in South Africa. I could not share all of them, so I chose the ones I admired the most. I loved the Starlings. My photos do not begin to really show their beautiful colors. Nothing to compare them to here in the US.

I always see the beauty of God's creations and the birds of South Africa are definitely beautiful. Of course, so were the other magnificent animals, flowers, coastlines, and people. I would love to go back at some time in the future.

Thank you, Debbie. I was in awe watching these beautiful birds building their nests.

The next set I was told were Starlings. They are different than those we see here in the States.

Starling

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Starling

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Starling

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A Grey Cardinal ????

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Looking at some photos from my trip to South Africa in 2012, I came across these rather interesting birds. Thought you might enjoy them.

The first series is called a Weaver. The male works extremely hard to build a nest to please the female he is courting. If she approves of the nest, she will enter it when done. If she does not approve of the nest, the male will build another. Trees are covered with these nests in many areas between Kruger and Capetown.

Male Weaver Building Nest 1

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Male Weaver Building Nest 2

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Male Weaver Building Nest 3

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Male Weaver Building Nest 4


Male Watching to See if She Approves

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Female Approval ???

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Weavers' Nests

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The edits to the snowman really improved this photo, however, it would be better still if you remove the electrical cord and outlet going up the side of the house in the middle of the photo.

It was very beautiful, Bob. I love the harsh differences between the water and the lava terrain. This photo shows the lava with a natural arch in the water and the view here was spectacular. Thanks for coming by to see it.

Taken 10/25/2015 from the top of a volcanic crater in Haleakala National Park, Hawaii. Straightened the horizon but no other post processing.

Nikon D5200
ISO 100
1/200
f/14.0
55 mm

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This was taken while standing within a native cemetary located on the Road to Hana, in Hawaii. It was hand held.
Other than straightening the horizon slightly, no post processing was done.

Nikon D5200
ISO 200
1/200
f/7.1
28 mm

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Jerry, After using this Oral B toothbrush for 7-8 years, it is time to replace it. I too am from the repair it/don't replace it generation. I bought a new Oral B in 2001 and used it for many years. Fourteen years to be exact. I was FORCED to replace it this past summer and for some reason it really irked me to do so. I did not mind replacing the heads, but the body should have lasted forever. . . . . . I wonder if I can get 14 years out of this new one???????

When you say you "Just updated", are you saying that you have just now completed the installation and the computer won't boot? OR, are you really saying that it booted after the initial installation and some time later it stopped booting?

No, I am not being "picky" about what you wrote, but, it really makes a difference. If you have just updated the system and are trying to boot up for the first time, be aware that the installation process may take more than just a few minutes to complete. When I upgraded to Windows 10, it took my computer about two hours to install before it tried to reboot. It then took about 1 to 2 hours to complete the installation of the new operating system during the boot up process. Not all of the program installs when it is initially downloaded. While the boot screen is showing, the computer is actually still installing the program. Watch for notifications in the upper left hand corner of the screen. As the program completes the installation, will show you the progress of the installation. This can take up to 4 hours to complete, as Windows 10 is a large program and installation is slower than we all think. After all, computers are supposed to be fast, aren't they? (smile)

However, if you are trying to turn on the computer after it was upgraded to Windows 10 and the computer had been up and running with the system, you may need to revert back to Windows 7 and then try to reinstall. I would try to start in safe mode with network access and check to be sure that all your drivers have been updated for the newer Windows program. You can also revert to Windows 7 in safe mode.

Don't give up. It really is a good program once you get it up and running, but it is not a quick installation. My laptop was running on Windows 8.1 and was only 9 months old when I upgraded. It still took over 6 hours to completely upgrade as I had lots of files, programs and pictures that the installation had to work around. Lost nothing and it works well today.

Patty

I have missed 4 recent lunar events due to clouds and rain and as usual, Jacksonville was covered up with clouds all day and night. Oh well, life goes on.

Since you are the only user of the computer, you can easily change the settings to make you always log in as Administrator.

Click Start button and find the Control Panel.
Go to Control Panel and Click on User Accounts.
Click on Change User Account Type.
Your computer may only show you. Click on this so it becomes active.
Makes Changes to --------'s Account shows on screen.
Click on Change the Account Type.
Choose to make the Account Type "Administrator".
Click Change Account Type at bottom of screen.

This will NOT affect your password. It will be the same.

You may need to restart the computer for all changes to take affect, but when you do so, the User (you) will now be logged in as Administrator so you can change things that you previously could not change, such as deleting a photo.

Windows has worked this way I think since Windows 2000, but definitely XP and Vista worked this way.