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Password Security - How good is yours?

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Passwords - We all have them, but are they any good?

This article was originally published in September 2012 - and is still relevant in September 2015

Any self respecting hacker will pride themselves on being able to crack a "normal" password in a very short time.

So what would a hacker be looking for to crack a password, and how long would it take?

Win 7 64Bit problem

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"Problem Solvered "

This item was first published in August 2012 Good News

The WAGS Computer Interest Group (CIG) meeting on Saturday 12th August 2012 was another success story for a first time visitor, who is now a new WAGS member.Long story short - our visitor had recently purchased a new laptop with 64bit Win7 preloaded, also just upgraded the operating system (OS) on their desktop PC to Win7 64bit as well.

The user was wanting to load (install from a CD) their 2006 version of a well known genealogy program onto the laptop (also their desktop PC), and was getting an error message to the effect that the computers were not allowing the loading of the genealogy program.

The BNA comes to WAGS

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The British Newspaper Archive (BNA)

Now available in the WAGS LibraryTo celebrate Family History Week, WAGS Library has purchased two subscriptions to the British Newspaper Archive with the generous assistance of two of the WAGS Special Interest Groups, the EPG (Enrolled Pensioner Guards) and the Scottish SIG.

You've found your ancestors, now flesh out their daily lives!

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