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A further comment re the update to 21H1. I brought my off-site machine home today and when I turned it on, it was finalising an update - lo and behold it was finishing the update to 21H1 which must have been started in the background when I last ran the machine on 10th June. It certainly didn't show up on the Windows Update screen back then. The update to 21H1 does show in the update history, as do further related updates installed today. All 4 machines now on 21H1. Colin

I did a quick Google as this sort of thing really annoys me. The first result produced this:- For Apply to folders greyed out in Folder View, right click the affected folder to make sure it is not included in a Library. If so remove it to apply Folder View. This is a link to the page https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/changing-to-list-view-but-apply-to-all-folders-is/1fee229d-6335-4009-bcbb-55b3f8ca8911 I notice that your screen capture shows your sample folder as being in a library. Not sure what "being in a library" entails as it's not something I've ever knowingly used. Just an idea, hope it helps. Colin

I've occasionally run into this behaviour, and I can't honestly remember how I resolved it. Don't forget, however, that although the obvious place to look, as you have done, is at the options available under the "View" tab, there are further options under the "Tools" tab. These include an "Apply to all folders" button and a list of other options activated by check boxes. Some options may only apply to folders of the same type. Hope this helps. Apologies if you are already aware/have tried this. Colin

I followed the information on the link and downloaded the files, and installed them very quickly without any obvious problems on the 3 machines I have here. The system is reported as 21H1. In the update history however, 21H1 is not mentioned and the installation date in "System About" is shown as 22/06/2020 which is the date on which v2004 was installed. That was updated to 20H2 on 30/10/2020. This may be "normal", but seems a little odd. Thanks for the assistance, Colin

Ok, thanks for the link. I'll try that. I'm not aware of any reason why the update should have been held back on my machines - all Dell laptops, Latitudes and a Vostro of varying ages/specs. Thanks, Colin

I have checked Windows Update manually on several occasions - mostly on the machine that's used regularly, but also on 2 others. I had a push last weekend to try to get those 3 to update, but they weren't having it. They're all old machines, but are running 20H2 fine if slowly. I'll have another push in a month or so if nothing has happened via the normal updates. The 4th machine is kept on another site as backup hardware but I'll try that one shortly. Thanks, Colin

First option produces nothing. I went down the second option route but it took so long I had to leave it running overnight. I checked next morning and the machine was on 20H2 - presumably the update was aborted for some reason. I have used the media creation tool in the past and will try it if I have to. I've a few important things to do in the near future, so I'll wait until they're done before I have another try with the update assistant before moving on. I've 4 machines to update, and none have so far shown the 21H1 update.

Still waiting for the 21H1 updates to appear here.

This may help :- https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157717111668177/ Flickr has changed payment processors a couple of times now, I think, and the first change required payment details to be given to the new processor, or else the payment defaulted to a monthly basis. I think this is correct. I renewed last year for a year after giving details to the then new processor. I think at that time Flickr stated that when a renewal date was due in 60 days, a popup such as you describe would appear. Searching the Help Forum further should bring up more info. Hope this helps. Colin

RIP "Merry Talker"

I use Flickr. As stated above, a free account carries some adverts but you can post 1,000 images. You can move up to a subscription account which allows unlimited use. I like the interface, and have nearly 6,000 images on there. Colin

I usually report/forward all scam email, provided that the relevant reporting address does not involve too much wading through an unhelpful website. Remember also, that you can often similarly report scam text messages. Colin

All this reminded me that tax rates used to be expressed as so many shilinngs and pence in the £, not as percentages. You could therefore have a basic rate of 7s 9d in the £. So, you'd divide the number of pounds by 4(5s), add half of that(2s 6d), and then add 1/10th of the figure added at stage 2(3d), in order to work out the tax. All good fun, added to which you had an "Earned Income Relief" which, if my memory is correct, reduced earned income(i.e. not investment income) by 2/9ths. Like most things you become familiar with, it didn't seem difficult at the time.

I seem to recall that part of the logic of the 10 shillings = 1 (New) £ was that many of the existing coins would have nicely fitted in to the system. The half-crown (2/6d) would have become 25 new pence - similarly the shilling = 10p, sixpenny piece = 5p. The mention of the threepenny piece further up the thread reminded me that one day in school, a friend said "if you can guess the date on this threepenny bit, you can have it". Now he didn't know that I helped in my parent's shop by counting the cash in the till each evening. I used to note the dates, mainly if a very old coin appeared. I had noticed however that many of the threepenny bits had been minted during WWII, and in 1943 in particular. In answer to my friend's question I said "1943". He was somewhat stunned that when he looked he had a few of them!! I wasn't paid out.

I remember that the price of 45 rpm records stayed at 6s 8d for a long time as you got exactly 3 records for £1. Once that link was broken the price rose a lot. My parents ran a newsagent shop at the time of "Decimal Day". It was the only morning I remember my father ever making the breakfast. He was in the shop but couldn't cope with the new money, so mum went down and served whilst my dad did the cooking. I was training as an accountant at the time and I remember every time we had any sort of difference for the next year it was described as a "decimal difference" - until it was properly sorted, of course.