Hello all,

Most of my photos are backed up. However, last night I uploaded photos from my recent trip to La Veta, CO. I don't like using OneDrive. I like saving my photos to the hard drive so when the network goes down, I can still access them. Last, I have a Masters in IT and a software patent. I write this not to brag (though it could sound like that) but to share just how confused I am right now because I feel that I should know this. Here's what happened.

We all know that the hard drive has directories and folders. On my computer, there is a OneDrive directory and then a separate This Computer hard drive directory. I received a notice that OneDrive was becoming overly full and would I like to purchase some additional space. No, I wouldn't. So, I deleted the files from OneDrive and thought I would keep the photos in my This Computer Pictures sub-directory. So I deleted the OneDrive photos.

Well, you guessed it. Somehow all the photos located in the This Computer Pictures subdirectory were also deleted. And no, the This Computer/Pictures sub-directory was not also highlighted.

I could have restored them from the Recycle Bin BUT my personality is such that I immediately delete files from the Recycle Bin to have as much as disk space as possible and to not let it become "cluttered" with files that I don't want. 0:(

The good news is that this is a new computer so the files from my previous trips are on on my old computer and also backed up. I am hoping (and will check after I send this ?) that I also didn't have Olympus Workspace set up to delete the files after they are uploaded. Typically, I don't...

So, moving forward, would someone please explain how deleting files in OneDrive also causes the same files to be deleted in This Computer Pictures sub-directory?

I appreciate reading your comments. Thank you in advance. Linda

In the name of security Amazon Customer Service has instituted Customer Abuse. A few days ago I was prompted to change my Amazon password, which I did. Today I tried to sign in with the new password and got a message that they are sending me a verification email. The email never arrived (no it's not in my spam folder) and I requested it be resent 5 times after waiting for the countdown clock to expire each time, and it still never came.

So I called customer service and this lady started to ask me questions to verify my account, my name, address, zipcode, the last 4 digits on my credit card, my credit card expiration date, my last three Amazon purchases, the amount of the gift card I purchased. Then she said she had more questions and asked for the balance on my Amazon gift card account. I say I can't get that because I have to logon to see that balance and I am calling her because I can't logon. Then after waiting for her computer to generate more questions she asks for the ID code of my last purchase printed on my checking account statement.

At this point I log on to my bank and start looking for the code, and I tell the lady she is abusing me and how many more questions will there be. She says she doesn't know but has to keep asking questions. I tell her again she is abusing me as a customer and she hangs up.

I call back and ask to speak to a supervisor but just get an arrogant sadistic man who says there's nothing he can do, I have to start answering the questions all over again. I said this is crazy and I won't do business with Amazon if they can't resolve this with just three more questions. He answers real arrogantly "would you like me to cancel your account?" I say sure and call him a torrent of filthy names at which he laughs and hangs up.

That's why I'll never use Amazon again. Of course I couldn't if I wanted to because I can't log on. I spent 7 years working in credit card authorization for American Express and authorized purchases of many thousands, once even $250K at an international airport on a Sunday night, faster and with fewer questions to verify the card holder's identity than Amazon can to reset my logon.

I am emailing a copy of this post directly to Jeff Bezos jeff@amazon.com, just to see if he or his team gives a crap.

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This is the email I sent Jeff Bezos.

to jeff, me

I posted this on the City Data Retirement Forum today. Just wonder if you care. I'm not holding my breath. I saw you on a TV interview recently and wonder how a person as bright as you could entrust your company's reputation and future to a bunch of morons.

Attached is a screen shot of my post and why I am never using Amazon again, even though I have a cash balance on my gift card..

I’m not worry about “anyone else” thank you. I’m just highlighting the lunacy of this. This is about C***d caused changes /reduction in income, and unemployment filings should tell them all they need to know. Ironically the same members of Congress that insisted these payments should be larger and to all have always rejected the idea of tax cuts and “trickle down” economic policies which are designed to improve the economy, provide jobs, and reduce the dependence on government hand outs. Sending borrowed money to people who have not experienced C***d related hardship doesn’t accomplish any of the above and falls into my definition of lunacy.

If you are retired, there was no economic impact from the p******c. If you were unemployed or otherwise living at the public trough, there was no economic hardship from this p******c. For many there is no justification for this payment!

I know nothing about you or your situation but I can’t understand why Congress insists on squandering money we obviously don’t have on millions of people who have had no changes in their income and certainly don’t deserve C***d relief.

Others did lose their income source, their families are struggling, kids are hungry. Why are they not the recipients? For others like myself (retired) the best place for this payment is the local food pantry.

I'm looking to buy an All-In-One Printer with a document feeder and decent scanner. I bought an Epson Workforce 7720 Printer last year and it is a nightmare. I use more ink cleaning and aligning the print nozzles than I do actually printing. I don't use this for printing photographs, I have a Pro 100 for that, but occasionally when I print out an Obituary the persons image is terrible with color bars through it. If I run all of the maintenance tasks a couple of times it will print decently for a couple of days, but never longer than a week. then its the same thing over again,
I am going to replace it with another Brand of printer. Has anyone on here found a decent All-In-One w/document feeder that gives them next to no trouble. I had a HP Photosmart printer before the Epson for 12 years with never a problem, then one day it quit and I found a broken plastic gear inside and of course not repairable.
If anyone on here can recommend a printer please respond here or PM me, Thanks.