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@ takdog That is a different variety than grows native in the Texas panhandle. This is a Texas panhandle native cholla that I have domesticated. It grows in my backyard & this was taken in early Summer when it blooms:

Thanks mudmanc4 I did not intend to limit this topic to "Original Members". I just wanted to see how many were still around at least sometimes. Anyone remember these:

Good to see the responses. I hoped there would be more. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all.

I have an older Surfboard cable modem. It has had no problems for many years. I never even tried a Suddenlink supplied modem. Now Optimum since they bought Suddenlink. Still the same modem. SB6141. Fast enough for my connection. It still only get around 200 or some lower Mbps even though it is supposed to be a up to 300Mbps connection. I have not done a reset since the speed was changed from 200 to 300. Maybe that would correct the speed. It is supposed to be able to do 343 Mbps. I do not have any splitters on my cable & it is internet only.

Hi All, As an Original Member I like to drop by every once in a while. I have not seen many topics I have anything to contribute to these days. I miss when this forum was very active. This would be a good topic for other members to do the same. Let us know you are still alive. Unless you have figured out how to post from the other side.

@ ha05ger, Unfortunately both Roco & tommie gorman have passed away. If either post from the other side I would love to see it.

I'm like most PC users I have some payware & some freeware. The sites I posted are usually payware that is temporarily freeware with no updates. Some are for a limited time . A year or six months. Then they expire. Most are lifetime with no updates. I have some that I have had for years without an update & they still work for my needs.

I believe I & others posted about these websites many years ago. I have used these two for several softwares: giveawayoftheday & sharewareonsale The softwares are usually a full version with no updates. Some are for a limited time like 6 months or 1 year. A lot of them are lifetime but no updates. I have never found a virus or malware in any software I got from theses websites.

Something for the solar eclipse tomorrow 4/08/2024 I will see about an 84% eclipse in Amarillo.

NorthIndiana84, The post was to you & CA3LE or anyone it might help. For it being in your email; you probably have your notification settings set to receive email for posts made. For the browser issue that is what worked for me. Keep in mind I only use portable browsers. CA3LEFirefox & Opera. I have IE browser as disabled as possible since Windows won't work when I completely uninstall it. So all I have to do is delete the portable folder & put in a fresh copy. That is not actually an "Install". I did install Brave temporarily but did it in a sandbox program I have. So it was gone with a reboot. I would wait for CA3LE to respond before you uninstall & install new browsers as he might consider my problem unrelated to your problem. For the .gif website https://gifcap.dev/ : In never worked correctly for me. I used my screen capture program & then converted it to an .mkv. & .gif. I can download the .mkv from my topic & play it with VLC player.

I don't know if this is related to the problem I had. The solution for me was to delete & install new browsers. No problems since.

Thanks CA3LE, That clears it up. I do test some & I hope the data helps.

Thanks xs1, There is not a link to the Beta Testers page in the drop downs. I copied the link & saved it. I'm not in it but you are not either. Probably because we are in different groups. You in Moderators & me in Original members. When I test I can select Start or Linear. Isn't the Linear test the same as the Beta test ?

Hi CA3LE, Is there a list of beta testers ? Am I a beta tester ? I know many testers have Beta Tester under their avatar, I like my "Original Member" status & would not want to trade it for Beta Tester. Both would be OK. I usually get at or above what I pay for to a close server. For the Linear test & a little below for the "Start" test or multi thread test whichever you prefer. I won't be on the Top 50 Member list. My paid for speed is 200Mbps download & 10Mbps upload.

Hi CA3LE, While I got the credit for the solution your link & suggestion sure led me to it. This is a "Warning" I still get in Event Viewer. I thought I would get the "Errors" fixed first. There are some "registry handles" that are not closing. I've tried some suggestions I found on the Internet but none of those worked. So again I will check out any suggestions. This is the information from Windows Event Viewer: Warning 3/14/2024 11:34:34 AM User Profile Service 1530 Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service Date: 3/14/2024 11:34:34 AM Event ID: 1530 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: User: SYSTEM Computer: MY-PC Description: Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards. DETAIL - 3 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000: Process 3300 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVC.EXE) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000 Process 1060 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000 Process 812 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast\aswToolsSvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles Service" Guid="{89B1E9F0-5AFF-44A6-9B44-0A07A7CE5845}" /> <EventID>1530</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2024-03-14T16:34:34.162109300Z" /> <EventRecordID>168</EventRecordID> <Correlation ActivityID="{86A66C9C-CE07-0005-834C-D7221276DA01}" /> <Execution ProcessID="1572" ThreadID="3660" /> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>MY-PC</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> </System> <EventData Name="EVENT_HIVE_LEAK"> <Data Name="Detail">3 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000: Process 3300 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Windows Live\WLIDSVC.EXE) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000 Process 1060 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000 Process 812 (\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast\aswToolsSvc.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2165380602-1430432178-1808743609-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall </Data> </EventData> </Event>