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We're running around in circles saying the same thing. However, there are drawbacks to hosting an accdb BE in non-Windows environments. You cannot directly open the BE to do things like Compact/Repair, alter tables, etc. I have built several hybrid Access/Web applications where Access FE's on...

FYI, Daniel Pineault has been silently following AWF's current issues and posted the following about it in his Devhut site. In his blog, Daniel said he did a "three-week anonymous trial on AWF"...

no pun intended 😁 Agreed, they can contribute, but are supposed to remain neutral in arguments and maintain order if someone violates the house rules. Look at the definition of an online moderator:

I guess it's a combination of the UK's Online Safety Act thought police, Goggles AdSense warning, and Goggle AI providing tech related answers.

Is it possible Jason is a bot? Geez, are we humans heading towards extinction? Can Xenforo provide a CAPTCHA challenge to authenticate humans when they login? I would hope it's only a slap in the hand warning allowing Jon to remedy. How can you geoblock UK if AWF is a UK site? I don't think...

Incorporating definitely protects against personal liability. I would think Jon is already incorporated. The question is, is it financially feasible for Jon to do what you suggest given AWF's current situation?

I don't think any of the safeguards you suggest will stop them from pursuing site owners. That Law is relatively new and they're going to enforce it even if later on it's declared unconstitutional. As someone else recently posted, even if you win in court, you wouldn't be able to recoup legal costs.

Jon said "Someone here", as in AWF, or in the UK? Regardless of who it was, we're now in the spotlight, so what's next?

I don't think moving AWF to the USA would help circumvent. AWF has been a UK site for many years, Jon is a UK Citizen?, and several members are located in the UK. The OSA says it can go after any site, regardless of their location.

FE's can link to BE's on Linux and NAS, however if you try to directly open them it throws a memory fault, core dumped error. I tested it over 10 years ago. BE's and FE's are Windows accdb file types. If accdb's were able to natively run on Linux, then Excel and all other Office components would...

Is there a button for ignoring loose cannons?

Me thinks the simplest solution is to remove all direct messaging and non-tech forums. It's impossible to examine all past posts and messages to decide which ones violated the thought police rules. Moderators will still have their hands full with the tech forums, as nothing prevents anyone from...

Beware if that update didn't undo your registry setting. Check it again. There's a Windows service called "Remote Registry" which essentially allows Microsoft to make changes to your registry settings without notifying you.

Simple, delete all direct messages and non-tech threads, remove direct messaging and non-tech forums. It's impossible to evaluate each post to decide which ones violate the thought police rules and to moderate future non-tech content. You'll still have your hands full moderating the tech forums...

I use ProcExp a lot to see what Windows is really doing behind the scenes. Autoruns allows you submit any files to VirusTotal, which is an online tool that uses all contributors virus scanning software. I have caught several rogue files with it.

Been using it since 2011, it works! Also been using ProcExp (Sysinternals), Revo Uninstaller, and SyncToy since then.

Ohtani could be the next G.O.A.T. He's like Babe Ruth and Cy Young all rolled up into one.

You could also truly disable OneDrive by downloading Autoruns and unchecking the following services so they don't run when booting Win10. I tested this and it works! The OneDrive service does a Single Sign On (SSO) to Microsoft, whether you created an MS account, or not. If you don't create an...

On second thought, when I custom installed Office 2010 it gave me the choice of excluding features from each component. I recall seeing "Office Download Control" in the "Office Shared Features" section, and perhaps you can exclude it there from being installed, or under the "Office Tools" features?

I strongly suspect OneDrive mirrors PC storage even if it appears to be "turned off". https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5302932/one-drive-keeps-coming-back-from-the-dead It's the easiest way for MS to scrape users data. It works the same way as SyncToy and DropBox. All my...