Google Form prompts user to Sign-in to Google - Fixed!

I recently modified a form that I've been using for years for basic feedback on a website I run. All of the sudden the new version had an ugly "Sign-in to Google" prompt at the very start. And to make things 100 times worse, the next line (in red) was "* indicates required question".

Needless to say that was confusing my users considerably!

If this happens, be sure to check all of these settings:

Under Responses:

• Collect email address: Do not collect
• Allow response editing: Off
• Limit to 1 reponse: off

Under Presentation:

• Disable autosave for all respondents: On

(It was the last one that had me stumped for a while!)

FYI, unsolicited plug: I've been using the extension "Email Notifications for Google Forms" by Digital Inspiration for a few years - just the Standard version - and it works exactly as advertised.

Corel Paradox - Fresh Install Notes

When you do a fresh install of Corel Paradox (part of WordPerfect Office Professional 2021) it has an interesting, if not useful, feature that is also installed. Namely "PdxRegCl" - which stands for Paradox Registry Key Cleaner.

It does what you expect - clears all of the registry settings related to Paradox. In real life, I can't imagine a need for this outside of developers, and certainly not every single time the computer is restarted.

Simply deleting the utility or renaming it will not fix the issue, it will auto re-install when Paradox is opened.

The fix is to start Task Manager, go to Startup, and disable PdxRegCl. See the image below.

With a new install, you might also be interested in my post about the printing bug and its fix.

(Note: this was a fresh install on Windows 11 Pro (release 22h2))

Corel Paradox Printing Bug Fix

I just recently did a new install of Corel Paradox (no really!) and ran into an old bug that is not well documented on the web. 

After a fresh install, the version shows as 11.0.0.676 (file pdxwin32.exe shows that version and a date of 10 Mar 2010). 

The bug is simple, try to print anything in the application and it immediately crashes. 

The good news is there is a fix, although it can be difficult to find. 

Here is the current location (https://www.wordperfect.com/en/support/updates/#wpo-x5) 

It is called "Paradox Hot Fix 1" (or "Paradox Runtime Hot Fix 1" if using the Runtime version). 

Note that after installing the patch, the version and date of Paradox does not change - so there is no easy way to tell if the patch is installed other than it no longer crashes on print.

FYI, Corel Paradox (developed by Borland) is available as part of WordPerfect Office Professional 2021 but sadly is not included in the Demo version. There have not been any changes to Paradox itself in many years - the hot fix is dated 2010!

However, I am happy to report it installs fine on Windows 11 Pro (release 22h2).

HP 8500 Printing Duplex, 2nd page is upside down

Okay, I thought I would post this here just in case it would help someone else in the future.

I had a document that I wanted to print double sided and then fold into a booklet. But every time I printed it, the back side was upside down.

My printer is an HP 8500.

Using previous printers, there would be an option for long-edge or short-edge binding - and that would fix it. But I couldn't find the option in the printer setup dialog for this printer.

The answer is:  on the right side toward the top is an little image of a piece of paper - click on it and it changes between long-edge and short-edge! (It shows you which one is currently selected in the image.)