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I, and SWMBO, had to take Covid lateral flow tests twice this week; all clear both times. After taking the test it had to be reported on the NHS website. I have to say it was simplicity itself, including automatically reading the QR code from the test strip. Nice to see a UK government web application (which had to be created relatively quickly) working well.
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Nice to see ANY website working relatively well! 
What is a lateral flow test? Don't have them in the states.
It's hell getting old.
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It is just a test to see if you have the infection. I think it is called "lateral flow" because the liquid sample flows laterally across the test strip.
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Cool. Glad things look good for you and your poor, saintly, long-suffering wife. 
show this to her. You'll never hear the end of it.
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The US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has raised significant concerns about the rapid Covid test on which the UK government has based its multibillion-pound mass testing programme.
In a scathing review, the US health agency suggested the performance of the test had not been established, presenting a risk to health, and that the tests should be thrown in the bin or returned to the California-based manufacturer Innova. In the USA the FDA-approved versions are simply known as Rapid Covid Tests or Rapid Antigen Tests. Yet another reason to ignore any country vs. country stats comparisons, if the testing on which the infection rate is based are significantly different in accuracy.
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Herself and I have been doing them twice a week for a while - the app has improved a lot (especially the addition of the "scan the QR code" bit, it was a PITA before)
I'd still rather see a "related items together" form rather than teh "one item, Confirm, new item" approach they have. "Enter email", confirm. "Enter password", confirm, "who are you reporting for?", confirm, ... it does go on a bit.
And then it sends us two emails and two texts - one in English, one in Welsh - to tell us the results each of us just reported for a total of 4 emails and 4 texts. The texts are quick enough, but the emails can take nearly a day!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I agree, but you have to remember there are plenty of "not very technical" people who need to use these websites. Overall I think it's one of the few things the gov.uk made a reasonable fist of. Is it racism not to send me the Welsh message?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Nice to see a UK government web application (which had to be created relatively quickly) working well.
You can just imagine how secure it's gotta be then.
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The government knew everything about me long before the internet was invented.
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...but now, thanks to that site, everyone on the internet can too. 
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Lat Saturday I posted about a continually overheating GPU, followed by a lock-up (better'n a lock down, I s'pose). It could even happen when the machine was, in theory, completely idle.
I mentioned that I stopped tvnserver.exe from loading at startup. Since then, no problems at all, for the entire week of frequent and prolonged use. The CPU is also running at least 10°C cooler, usually more. In fact, it's behaving itself beautifully.
I really don't think that tvnserver.exe was the direct culprit, but I think that it was letting something in at boot that was chewing up all the system resources. Cryptocurrency springs to mind.
I posted this as a possible warning. There are lots of queries about tvnserver.exe on the web asking if it's malware, but I could find nothing definitive. However, as the only change to my laptop was stopping it from loading, and then uninstalling Tight VNC, it was certainly part of the problem.
My current main laptop is an HP gaming machine with large fans and vents, and it makes one wonder if anything nasty is running in the background, as there would be no overheating issue to flag it.
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Quote: The genuine tvnserver.exe file is a software component of TightVNC by GlavSoft.
Tvnserver.exe is an executable file that belongs to the TightVNC program, an free, open source application designed to provide users with the ability to remotely view and control a target computer with a local mouse and keyboard. This file is not a critical Windows component and should be removed if known to cause problems.
So has someone been running your system remotely?
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Apparently, Google has an app to allow Remote control, screen sharing. Was thinking of switching from Team Viewer to it. any ideas, thoughts or warnings?
almost everybody working remotely.
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I have used TeamViewer in the past and RealVNC more recently, but not heard of the Google one. The main consideration is how to ensure that only authorised users can get to the remote system.
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Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I'll take my chances for now.
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Slow Eddie wrote: Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous!
Exactly so. I was trying to get it set up to use in a small charity I was involved with a few years ago, and even with their discount the price was ridiculous. RealVNC, on the other hand, was about £30 (~$40) a year.
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Slow Eddie wrote: Team Viewer's pricing is outrageous! The Google one is free.
I couldn't help but smile at this.
You know that's because the money comes from elsewhere. They can afford to offer their service for "free"... 
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You basically took the words out of my mouth.
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If something is free... you are the product.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Exactly. Obviously it took people to develop the product/service, and costs money to run it, so the question to ask is always, what's the incentive for them to offer it for free?
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I replaced TeamViewer with AnyDesk many moons ago. Very happy with it although I use it only for occasional IT support in the family.
Mircea
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I had originally installed Tight VNC because the laptop was Win 10 Home not Pro, so no MS RDP. I had also installed a possibly dodgy graphic equalizer app that had two versions, a paid annual subscription and a 'free' version that said it would co-opt your system for third party VPN use when it was not busy. I went for the paid version, but the only way to do that was to install the free, and then upgrade. Who knows what it left behind. However, 'tis all gone now!
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When you said life would get back to normal after June...Julyed!
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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That must have been composed by a Scandinavian!
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kanske!
The less you need, the more you have.
Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?
JaxCoder.com
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