Hopefully, this isn't a big risk for the at-risk groups. The last thing any country needs while testing an unknown vaccine is for any sort of side effects happening to an already lower resistant caste of society.

I'm just throwing that out there, but hoping all is well.

4 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

I guess the more precise question is how much higher is this figure from the "normal" background death rate for this period of time.

Then you would have to add the figure for natural/ accidental / fabricated (murder & violence) deaths to the figure for covid-19 victims to have any sort of realistic total.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The resignation will become effective once it is approved by the Attorney-General. According to the statement, Nate Narksook insists that he performed his duty as assigned and had endorsed the prosecutors’ decision on behalf of Mr. Songsakul who, at the time, was on working other business.

He may have submitted his resignation, but this should not be signed off on until after the investigations are complete.

Then he can prove his honesty, as is his reasoning for resigning, before he answers to his mistakes. In other words resignation should not be allowed to give Nate a free pass.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Your seemingly authoritative post would benefit from a links to relative legislation.

Granted, this is just guidelines for pleasure craft. The failure to report would make it illegal.

Another reference can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sailing-a-leisure-craft-to-and-from-the-uk (basically saying the same thing) Extract from that website:

For any vessel/craft inside territorial waters that cause suspicion, they can be stopped, searched & questioned at the discretion of the investigating authority. Just trust me on that, I'm not looking for references for this..................

9 hours ago, webfact said:

"It is a real concern and it's not just Russia," he said. "There will be severe consequences for any country that attempts to interfere in our free and fair elections."

I wonder what has changed since 2016? I haven't seen severe consequences handed out since then. Or is it any country apart from Russia?

Still, a few informative books being published at the minute revealing US/Russian relationships at that time. I might just start reading again.

1 hour ago, scammed said:

my pc broke a few days ago, i had to install a new hard drive and win 10,

the guy at the shop did the decent thing and installed win update stop,

so i wont get degraded performance and increased junk on my drive for

every passing month until heat death of universe

I understand that everyone has their own views on this. But for the reasons you give, I don't think that stopping windows updates is the decent thing to do. Even if you only have a 40/80/120 GB HDD installed. If you don't like the already installed disk cleanup utility, there are plenty of free tools out there to keep the OS healthy.

3 hours ago, Pib said:

 

Please note those where optional non-security "preview" updates that MS has started doing again.  Some people consider "preview" to mean "beta" although MS says they are production quality updates.  Additionally, these preview updates will be replaced by the Update Tuesday updates. 

 

Although I installed the optional preview updates this time, after reading below I probably will not in the future....not be a MS beta, excuse me preview, tester.  Just wait for the Update Tuesday updates which would hopefully include fixes to any bugs found in the preview update releases....found by the guinea pigs.   

The Update Tuesday updates are the really important updates and of course any critical updates MS can push out at any time.

 

See below Microsoft partial quote....see the weblink for more details.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/resuming-optional-windows-10-and-windows-server-non-security/ba-p/1471429

 

 

Yep, very important to point that out; it certainly won't affect the majority of users on W10 2004 without problems to delay these 'fix' updates.

As I have mentioned before, I have reasons for getting the latest and greatest as soon as possible (before the other users get this).

The information on this link is from 2018 but may still be useful. The fact that your computer isn't allowing you to install antimalwarebytes may be included with this. Have you tried starting in safe mode (with networking) and installing from there?

Anyway, good luck................

https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/12900-qip-ru-redirect#:~:text=Chrome menu icon-,(at the top right corner of Google Chrome)%2C select,select "Remove from list". 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“The team will focus on screening medical personnel, business owners and the unemployed, as these three groups have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis the most.”

What about the drinkers?

Don't forget the drinkers...................

Daffy D's links above will guide you through. Below is just another link for this:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-properly-change-system-default-language-windows-10 

You Tube link to talk you through it:

3 hours ago, fangless said:

I have Win Pro and no such option shows on my system!

Just updated my personal notebook this morning; you should see something like this after updating:

"Winver" will show this version:

Try cleaning up your browser, delete your temp files & cookies, do a complete clean. If in the same position, I would also delete your URL shortcuts and re-establish them. Sometimes they go bad, or the website has changed from http to https, etc.

I'm a bit confused as to the OP's position. Assuming he does not have the password/locking code (otherwise he could unlock, save as, print, scan & make new pdf, etc.

I am not going to discuss the various methods of opening secured pdfs, but to cut to the chase the below graphic is of one of dozens of similar programs which will do the job for you. Websites visible on all search engines. Search engines are your friend if you need to look further; I use this program for company business.

13 hours ago, bartender100 said:

Having a bit of a brain freeze, I just factory rest my PC, everything is fine updated and running perfect and i now want to use the debloater, which I have done before. My problem is I can't get powershell in my right click context menu to open debloater with.

 

Looked online but can't seem to find the answer. I have opened and run powershell as administer. I know it must be something simple I am missing.

 

Help pretty please please anyone

Which version of Windows are you running? If it is W10, right-click on the start button and you should see this:

If you need the link in your context menu, @JaiMaai's link above will do that. On the other hand, using a third party software is a lot easier. There are a lot of programs out there and I use a portable version of WinAeroTweaker to alter my context menu (as below) which for me is extremely handy:

On the subject of debloating (through GitHub scripts), there are now different scripts for W10 2004 and earlier releases; see attached .docx file for clarification. That said, the following script will open the latest update direct from the web, just paste into Powershell (running as admin) and use the GUI version provided:

[ For copy & paste:  iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://git.io/debloat')) ]

The attached .docx explains better. And just to clarify (even though this link is safe) it is entirely up to the user whether they trust links to these type of scripts on the net.............

Debloat Windows 10 in 2020_Explaination.docx

4 hours ago, webfact said:

On the question of how to prevent a second wave of infections, 94.51% want the Government to forbid all foreigners from entering Thailand, 86.41% suggest stringent screening processes, 83.80% say people must wear face masks and regularly wash their hands

Sorry, I have to admit I'm not very good at statistics, but can someone explain the percentages regarding the 1,459 people questioned in this survey?

My weak maths gives me a total of 264.72% questioned and answering to reach the percentages shown in the article.

Probably the reason I'm not good at these sort of statistics given in polls; 100% numbers which can be manipulated into whatever they want broadcast. And to think that people actually believe .........................

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Is there a genetic component in which the immune systems of Thais and others in the Mekong River region are more resistant to the coronavirus?

I wonder does this theory include foreigners who have lived here for 10, 15, 20 years?

The same way that it takes the average foreigner 21 days to acclimatize to life in Thailand?

Or are we a risk?