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csziggy

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1. I tried to volunteer for the Florida Democratic Party GOTV effort
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 09:30 PM
Sep 2020

They do all their training through Zoom meetings now. I can't use it on my Windows 7 desktop computer since it has no camera or microphone. So I got out the Windows 10 laptop we just got back (my husband lent it to a friend while his computer was being repaired) - can't get it on there since the f^*king friend loaded his Windows account on MY laptop. I can't get my Windows account re-installed since all my passwords and login information is still packed away.

I tried on the second laptop I bought while in England when the other one bricked during an update - oops - I changed the password after we got back so the one I used on it is no longer valid. Oh - and the same for all my email passwords so I can't get a password reset on either of those computers.

So I tried Zoom on my cellphone - no go. Apparently at some point somewhere in the Settings I disabled the microphone and camera. Even though I went into the Apps settings and gave permission for Zoom to use them, there is some global setting I couldn't find to get them turned back on.

After four hours of trying to get Zoom to work I gave up. Now I hate Zoom since everybody is using it and it won't work for me.

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