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First things first. Windows Creators Update is Version 1703. The previous version is Windows Anniversary Update (Version 1607). To find out what version you have follow the instructions here. If you have Version 1703 – you have Version 1703 already, then you’re all set.

Windows 10 Creators Update is slowly rolling out in different areas so your PC will eventually update. Darcy is in Michigan and one of her computers has not yet updated from Anniversary Update (Version 1607) either. She is still waiting. If you do not want to wait for the Creators Update (Version 1703), you can update manually.

First to check the status of your PC type “Update” (no quotes) in Cortana (taskbar) search, if your computer has not yet updated to Creators Update you will see this: “Good news! The Windows 10 Creators Update is on its way. Want to be one of the first to get it? … You can either click the link shown there to get it right away or get the update by going to the following page:

The important thing to remember is that the Creators Update (Version 1703) is slowly rolling out. If you don’t have it yet, no worries -- you’ll be getting it soon. And if you don’t want to wait, now you know how to get it right away.

Late addition: Darcy's second PC updated to Creators Update (Version 1703) yesterday (June 1, 2017).

How to Find Your Wireless Network Password Without Using a 3rd Party Program
Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 (all versions)

Everyone should be using a Wi-Fi password for their home network. And most everyone does. And most everyone lets Windows remember that password for them, so they don’t have to type it in every time they want to connect (for example after a restart). Of course, having Windows remember it for you, means you don't have to, so if you ever need to remember it, you might not be able to. And with all the new gizmos out there that want to connect to the Internet, you're probably going to have to remember your Wi-Fi network password sooner or later.

Yes indeed... in the modern era, so-to-speak, it’s more likely you’ll need to know your Wi-Fi network name and password in order to set up another PC, Chromebook, tablet or smartphone [even a thermostat or refrigerator!] so it can connect to your home Wi-Fi network. If you’re going to be doing this, you’re sure going to need your Wi-Fi network password. And if you don’t remember what it is, you’ll be fumbling around, wasting time, trying to get those other devices connected.

But you don’t need to do that, I tells ya! It is really easy to find your network password… all you need to know is the name of your network. If you don’t know, you can find it in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center… or in Windows 10 Creators Update (as well as other versions) in Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi.

Once you know your Wi-Fi network name, all you need to do is enter in a simple command. In just a few seconds you’ll know your network password.

On Windows 7, type CMD in the Start menu search, press Enter, – right-click CMD when it appears at the top and choose “Run as administrator”.

On Windows 8, press Windows Key + S, type CMD press enter, right-click when it appears and then choose “Run as administrator”.

On Windows 10, right-click the start button and click on “Command Prompt (Admin)”.

NOTE: If you’re using Windows 10 Creators Update and you don’t see Command Prompt (Admin), but you see Windows PowerShell (Admin), here’s how to change PowerShell to Command Prompt and back again with the flip of a switch. Or, be lazy, you can enter the command in PowerShell (Admin) just like Command Prompt (Admin)

Step two: Enter the following command, at the prompt in the Command Prompt window. Make sure you Substitute your Wi-Fi network name for my network name which is OMAHA. Don’t worry: network names are not case sensitive in Windows.

Above: My network password showing in plain text. No! I am not going to let you see it! I blurred it! I don’t want you telling EB and then having her mooch off my Wi-Fi. I save her enough money already by working for peanuts. So, I am not showing you my network password! Are you crazy?

REMEMBER: When typing commands in Command Prompt or PowerShell you must type them exactly as shown – including spaces… OK?

Google Announces New Security Improvements for Gmail Users
All Gmail Users

Google has updated Gmail's anti-phishing which uses a new algorithm to flag and delay potentially suspicious messages. This kind of machine learning has already helped Gmail achieve "...99.9 percent accuracy in detecting and blocking spam and phishing messages" according to Andy Wan, senior product manager of counter abuse technology at Google.

The new update to Gmail will increase that number by subjecting emails that look suspicious to even more rigorous scrutiny.

The brief delay that will be imposed on suspicious messages, also gives Gmail an opportunity to check the mail with real-time updates to its anti-spam filtering system. According to Google, only a very few emails - less than 0.05 percent - will be subjected to such delays.

A new "click-time warning" feature in Gmail will warn users who attempt to click on a link that could lead to dangerous content or other potential dangers.

Google is also rolling out new malware protection for Gmail that uses a new way of classifying new threats using attachment heuristics to ferret out emails that could be threats based on certain signals and by sender signatures (senders who are already classified as malware or malware senders). Also, Gmail will target polymorphic malware. Polymorphic malware is any malware that rapidly changes to elude detection by anti-malware programs

While most of the new security improvements target Enterprise (corporate) customers, all Gmail users will benefit from the improved security

Before we begin our rant, let’s first define what net neutrality is and what happens when it’s gone:

Now, put on your imagination caps and imagine a highway that has 6 lanes. Each lane has it's own speed limit. If you are rich and can afford to pay the most money, you can drive in lanes 5 and 6 with no speed limit at all. If you afford to pay a little less, you can drive in lanes 3 and 4 with a speed limit of 70 MPH. But if you don't have much money, you'll be able to use the highway, but only lanes 1 and 2 - which have a speed limit of 35 MPH. But that speed is rarely attainable because there is so much traffic... it's bumper-to-bumper if you're driving in lanes 1 and 2. OK got the picture? This is an over-simplified example of how the internet may work if net neutrality rules are removed.

On May 18th 2017 the FCC voted 2-1 to remove net neutrality regulations in the United States.

What this means,, no one knows… exactly. But it doesn’t take a huge leap of logic to imagine sites paying ISPs for “favored” or “sponsored” status. If you’ve been paying attention, small mom & pop ISPs have been disappearing from the landscape, either being absorbed by the big predatory ISPs like Spectrum (formed by the merger of Charter Communications & Time Warner Cable), Comcast/Xfinity, AT&T, and a few other big, but lesser players… or simply because they were too small to compete...

Abraham Lincoln said: “I don’t think much of a man who doesn’t know more today than he did yesterday.” And we think he was right. No matter how old you are, or how much you know, you should never live a day in which you don’t learn something new. I keep telling EB this, but she keeps forgetting to learn something new. How do I know? I know because she asks me the same questions over and over. I try to teach her, but the wisdom I impart gets lost in somewhere in that jumbled, aging brain of hers. Maybe it’s just because she thinks she knows it all?

Today we’ve chosen a site from which you can learn something new every day. Today I learned about the Lancet Liver Fluke. And, my friends if you don’t know the Lancet Liver Fluke, you don’t know Jack, I tells ya.

“Making zombies of ants, Swiss cheese of snails and Sherpas of sheep and cows, the lancet liver fluke proves that you don’t need to be big to be powerful.

“Growing up to 10 mm by 2.5 mm (0.5 x 0.1 inches), Dicrocoelium dendriticum is a parasitic flatworm (also known as a trematode) that begins life as eggs living in the poo of (generally) cows or sheep. Shortly after being deposited, the eggs are ingested by a snail (such as Zebrina spp. or Cionella spp.) where they hatch into larva (miracidia). In this form they burrow through the snail’s gut and rest in its connective tissue where they develop into a second larval stage (sporocysts). Now they move to the digestive gland where they bear female sporocysts, that themselves produce yet another larval stage (cercariae). These last travel to the snail’s respiration chamber from which the snail finally rids itself of the parasite when it exits as a slime ball…”

Anyway… If you like learning, you’ll love this Cloudeight Website Pick. It’s a virtual repository of little gems, interesting tidbits, and lengthy screeds. So if you’re the type who likes his or her learning in little sips (What the heck are you doing subscribing to this newsletter?), you’ll find tasty little morsels on this site which take only a second or two to digest. If you’re the kind who likes details and verbosity, you’ll find that on this site too.

So… Go forth friends and fellow humans and sip, quaff or guzzle knowledge freely dispensed by this here Cloudeight Site Pick [Grammar!]. It's called Today I Found Out…Feed Your Brain. And you can zip right on over there by visiting this odd-looking URL http://www.todayifoundout.com/

Maybe EB is infected with the Lancet Liver Fluke and that’s why she acts the way she does. As for me, I’m no fluke I tells ya!

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What is the Dark Web?

I'm certainly glad you asked that question. If you've ever worked with or around EB, you know what dark is... her moods are darker than chocolate syrup on chocolate fudge ice cream. And if you have to work with her on the Web - oh my - the entire web gets dark, I tells ya. That's what the dark web is.

WAIT! Don't hit me, EB. I'm only kidding - except about your addiction to chocolate.

The Dark Web consists of sites that exist on the Internet, but they are on encrypted networks which cannot be accessed by traditional browsers nor explored by using traditional search engines.

The most famous tool used to access the Dark Web is the Tor browser. Some of you are familiar with Tor for its ability to hide your IP address (identity) and your online activity.

People who use Tor can spoof their location so it appears they are from a different location, even a different country, than they actually are. In short, they can hide their true location from the Web sites they visit. Even their ISP cannot record (or log) their Internet activity while accessing the Web using Tor's encryption. Tor in a way, operates like a VPN.

Imagine then that a Web site running through Tor is also hiding its real location and identity.

The most famous site on the Dark Web the Silk Road was ferreted out by authorities for selling illegal drugs and other illegal commodities. A new Silk Road called Silk Road Reloaded supposedly has taken the place of the now shuttered Silk Road. Silk Road Reloaded does not use Tor, rather it uses something called I2P, another layered anonymous, encrypted network, similar to Tor.

Now you know more than you ever wanted to know about the Dark Web. And probably EB too!

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