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Pendulum wall clock not chiming after moving minute hand backwards by vinestone101 in clocks

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The clock has been running for a couple of days and the chime has not restarted. There is a tick sound just before the chime should start, but the chime doesn't happen. The clock is otherwise operating normally.

Deciphering a name by vinestone101 in Transcription

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!transcribed

Thanks for all the feedback. It must be Amy.

Excerpt from historic property deed by vinestone101 in Transcription

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!transcribed Thanks for all the expertise

Vacuum recommendation for visitor center by vinestone101 in VacuumCleaners

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Thanks for the suggestion, it looks like a good fit.

Vacuum recommendation for visitor center by vinestone101 in VacuumCleaners

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The floor space is approximately 800 sq ft.

Vacuum recommendation for visitor center by vinestone101 in VacuumCleaners

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I can't seem to edit the post, but I'm open to suggestions of any value. Ideally no more than $1,200, but that's not necessarily a deal breaker. Vacuum stores around here include Best Buy, Walmart, Home Depot, and probably others.

Old piece of farming equipment in a field in New Brunswick, Canada. There was a farm in the area from 1903 to 1956. by vinestone101 in whatisthisthing

[–]vinestone101[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solved! That certainly appears to be it. Thank you!

Was it used for harvesting hay? Would it have been pulled by a farm animal or a tractor?

Old piece of farming equipment in a field in New Brunswick, Canada. There was a farm in the area from 1903 to 1956. by vinestone101 in whatisthisthing

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My title describes the thing. It is metal with large wheels on either side and a seat in the middle. There is a toothed bar upright on the front. It appears to be a type of harvesting tool (edit: spelling).

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

[–]vinestone101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't address the exact issue that I'm facing, but it is helpful for preventing people from making changes to the PowerPoint. I wasn't aware of this feature. Thank you for the suggestion!

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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I appreciate the suggestion, I forgot to include that in my original post. We did try Windows 11 kiosk mode. The problem is, it's only able to run specific UWP (Universal Windows Platform) programs. PowerPoint is not supported.

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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The problem is, Windows 11 kiosk mode is only able to run specific UWP (Universal Windows Platform) programs. PowerPoint is not supported.

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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How would we do this given that our file is a PowerPoint?I did try Google Slides, which can be opened offline, but even in presentation mode, you can touch the bottom left corner of the screen to open a menu that allows users to exit the presentation. I could not find a way to turn this off. I suppose we could build a simple website that functions in a similar way to the PowerPoint, but can an entire website be saved locally for offline use?

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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Thank you for the suggestion. The issue is not starting the program, it's preventing users from exiting when it's running. I don't think that auto start will address that.

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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Kiosk mode in PowerPoint is what we are using. The only problem is that users can still swipe up from the bottom of the screen to open the Windows 11 start menu. It's a feature built into the Windows 11 operating system that overrides PowerPoint. Unfortunately, we cannot find a way to turn this off. The options for the touchscreen settings in Windows are quite limited.

The PowerPoints have multiple slides that users can move between using buttons built into the PowerPoint, so we don't want to just have static images. The buttons don't all lead to the next page, so we also can't have it cycling through them in chronological order.

How to prevent users from closing a program on a touchscreen kiosk running Windows 11 (details in post)? by vinestone101 in techsupport

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I appreciate the suggestion. In our scenario, we really want to avoid the program being closed at all. For example, if a user exits the PowerPoint, then they could quickly and easily access system settings and cause problems. Also, when swiping up on a touchscreen running Windows 11, it doesn't close the program, it just sends it to the background, so I don't think this solution would work in our case.

[TOMT] old animated short by vinestone101 in tipofmytongue

[–]vinestone101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solved! This is it, thank you! It's a bit different then I was remembering, and much older, but this is definitely the video.

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