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DARK TRANQUILLITY - Forward Momentum Album 'Atoma' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0C-gVFN28

Another 8.1 (with classic shell) praise :O) Just checked the old Tosh (near 10 years old, still in regular use for yt & music streaming \ playing), realized it's original 8.1 install is nearing it's 10th birthday. All updates installed. Never the slightest sign of problem, error or hiccup during all that time. & only ever done 1 Reflect restore, many years ago replacing HD. ps, damn, how time dissolves quickly...

^^^ This.

Time for a journey away from this tormented planet :O) David Helpling and Jon Jenkins - The Crossing

^^^ ltsc 2019 seems to always go clear of any problems :O)

Metal with many good twists. And a lively drummer :O) Stoned Ghost - Omen

!! Security updates.

Vivaldi updates stopped long ago. FF went to esr. Defender not updated for a while. Time is gradually chewing bits off 8.1, 10 LTSC when it's time (if the laptop still works).

Yenisei - Reflections

Seems like the end of Defender, last update I got was 19 july. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-defender-for-windows-8-and-81

Now maybe facing this lol++ Microsoft owns the trademark to the letter "X" in a variety of classes, including computer software, computer hardware, and telecommunications. This means that Microsoft has the exclusive right to use the letter "X" in connection with these products and services. The trademark was first registered in 1994, and it has been renewed several times since then. It is currently valid until 2034. https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/25/microsoft-x-trademark-twitter-rename/

No doubt, twitter is being demolished :O)

Time to leave this disjointed planet for a while... In The Branches' etheral and celestial guitar :O)

Thanks, a good overview which pointed me towards more reading (found good Dell pages about just this), and will go ahead when feeling well prepared.

A recommended update for tpm available. But... owned \ clear is out of my field of experience :O) What can happen if it's cleared, f.ex. am unsure about interaction with bitlocker partitions. And should it be re-owned (whatever that is) afterwards ? Big mysteries... Thanks for any info.

Today in plain sun. Alpes Maritimes, France.

Psychlona - Blast Off

July update done on Precision. All perfect, seemingly always the case with LTSC.

No end in sight for my Dell 7440 :O) No feeling of, or sign of, insecurity. Nice to see continuous MS defender updates. ps, now 8,5 years with it's original w.8.1 install, never a bluescreen etc, a superb os that was\is. + amazed that the Dell is still behaving like new ! OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600 Product ID: 00180-10945-04374-AAOEM Original Install Date: 04.02.2015, 09:46:48 System Boot Time: 14.07.2023, 14:33:07 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Latitude E7440

"NOYB, a privacy advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against the US company TeleSign, a Belgian telecom provider BICS, and their mutual parent Proximus. They claim these companies are unauthorizedly profiling billions of phone users to assign them a 'reputation' or 'trust' score." https://betanews.com/2023/07/13/us-company-secretly-tracks-rates-mobile-phones/

Camel - For Today 3:30 > Andy Latimer...

^^^ Donations should fix things. Having enough space for files is important. External picture hosting... long term it's very destructive for any forum > members change their hosting \ delete pictures etc > topics loose important and historic content. Who has not come across forums with interesting topics where a collection of 'x' or something replaces interesting \ valuable images.

^^^ Halestorm, quite a girl :O) Trippelgänger - Trip to Hell

Compilations, nice way to discover new bands. 4 Hour Trip: 4 Hrs of Psychedelic - Stoner - Space - Desert - Post - and Heavy Rock

Another dose of melodic black :O) Insomnium - Argent Moon