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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 11th 20, 06:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,565
Posted By Davidm
Stupid Windows 10 HELP!

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:52:33 -0400, Todesco
wrote:

I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop. I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works. Any...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 7th 20, 12:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 158
Posted By Davidm
WIN 10 Update - device not ready

On Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:15:47 +0100, Davidm
wrote:

Windows Update screen says "The Windows 10 May 2020 Update is on its
way. We’re offering this update to compatible...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 6th 20, 02:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 158
Posted By Davidm
WIN 10 Update - device not ready

Windows Update screen says "The Windows 10 May 2020 Update is on its
way. We’re offering this update to compatible devices, but your device
isn’t quite ready for it. Once your device is ready, you’ll...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 1st 20, 02:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 204
Views: 1,622
Posted By Davidm
Simple backup option non-techy person

On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:12:23 +0100, Chris wrote:


A family friend wants to get herself a laptop to help get through
isolation. I can help with the choice of laptop, but...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 18th 19, 01:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 5
Views: 83
Posted By Davidm
Problem with Windows disk cleanup

On Wed, 15 May 2019 13:36:42 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

It is accessed from Settings, System, Storage. Under the heading
Storage Sense click "free up space now"
Is...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 24th 19, 12:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 232
Posted By Davidm
More reasons to store NOTHING on the Internet: Facebook exposes hundreds of millions of user login/passwords IN CLEARTEXT since 2012!

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 05:43:12 -0000 (UTC), arlen holder
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 06:13:24 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Libor Striz wrote:

One thing is the personal password policy....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 30th 19, 11:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 4
Views: 329
Posted By Davidm
Edit Cookies

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:41:47 -0500, wrote:

I would like to review, likely edit my browser cookies. I use Chrome
and IE browsers. I havesearched forsuch FREE apps, yet to find...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 14th 19, 05:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 72
Views: 1,119
Posted By Davidm
MS Word 2010

On Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:11:29 -0600, philo wrote:

Have not found a group for Word 2010

My wife is using MS Word 2010 on her Win10 machine with 16 gig of RAM


If she tries...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum December 15th 18, 10:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 419
Posted By Davidm
sync software?

+1On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:31:38 -0500, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 12/14/2018 4:24 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

This any good?

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 23rd 18, 12:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 41
Views: 544
Posted By Davidm
Disabling the new Win+Ctrl+C hotkey?

On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:23:05 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:

On 23/1/2018 00:08, Terry Pinnell wrote:
I had a short period of panic when all colour on my screen was...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 9th 17, 09:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 8
Views: 182
Posted By Davidm
V1709 update?

On Thu, 09 Nov 2017 08:15:30 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

My main machine has not received notification about this "1709
update", though my other machine has and has installed it...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 25th 17, 10:54 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 1
Views: 1,054
Posted By Davidm
$GetCurrent and Windows10Upgrade folders

I've got two folders, $GetCurrent and Windows10Upgrade, both with date
modified 10/05/2017 10:47. Windows10Upgrade is about 20Mb, $GetCurrent
is tiny (and marked hidden).

What are these?...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 29th 17, 06:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 192
Posted By Davidm
It's done it again!

On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:35:58 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Davidm wrote on 8/29/2017 7:29 AM:
A logon run script to set them to my preferences would be great, but
I've not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 29th 17, 12:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 192
Posted By Davidm
It's done it again!

On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:45:39 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

On 8/28/2017 6:01 PM, Peter Jason wrote:
Some MSoft download had altered my default programs yet again. ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 19th 17, 10:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 48
Views: 667
Posted By Davidm
Defrag

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 07:40:17 +0100, Martin Edwards
wrote:

On 8/18/2017 9:25 AM, Davidm wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:13:26 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 18th 17, 09:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 48
Views: 667
Posted By Davidm
Defrag

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:13:26 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:38:55 +0100, Martin Edwards wrote:

My defragmenter played up yesterday, but it worked...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 2nd 17, 10:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 31
Views: 819
Posted By Davidm
Setting Up A New Windows 10 Computer

On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 14:47:14 -0400, Alek
wrote:

Suppose a neighbor came to you and said, "I just bought an XYZZY desktop
computer [or laptop, it doesn't matter for this...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 2nd 17, 11:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 398
Posted By Davidm
Wireless mouse and keyboard problem

On Sun, 02 Jul 2017 12:36:57 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote:

I had this problem on my old computer and expected to leave it behind
when I built my current machine late last...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 30th 17, 01:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 57
Views: 267
Posted By Davidm
Easiest way to disconnect Ethernet temporarily (other than pulling the cat5 cable?)

On Mon, 29 May 2017 18:42:23 +0000 (UTC), Chaya Eve
wrote:

What is the easiest way to temporarily disconnect Ethernet on a Windows 10
desktop PC?

Whenever I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 25th 17, 12:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 21
Views: 138
Posted By Davidm
Win10 upgrade notes

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:14:12 -0500, Andrew Rossmann
wrote:

In article , says...

On 04/23/2017 08:36 PM,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 25th 17, 12:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 106
Posted By Davidm
Creators Update rollout

On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:46:03 -0400, Paul
wrote:

There can be a link in the Windows Update window, that says
if you want to upgrade now, click this link. That gives
an...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 14th 17, 01:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 5
Views: 69
Posted By Davidm
Stop Windows 10 Creators Update?

Is anyone aware of a utility/hack that can be used to prevent/delay
the Windows 10 Creators Update (like GWX Control Panel did for the
first W10 release)?
I'd like to delay it (on W10 Pro and Home)...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 6th 17, 10:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 19
Views: 90
Posted By Davidm
File Associations

On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:07:32 +0100, Michael Logies
wrote:

On Sun, 05 Mar 2017 12:07:22 +0000, Davidm
wrote:

Is there any way to have...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 5th 17, 12:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 19
Views: 90
Posted By Davidm
File Associations

Getting really fed up with Win10 grabbing back my file associations,
in particular pictures (jpg, giff, bmp), pdf and web links.
Is there any way to have something (program, script, batch file...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 20th 17, 10:38 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 32
Views: 197
Posted By Davidm
trying windows 10 again

On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:18:30 GMT, mick wrote:

On 19/02/2017 03:58:16, Tim wrote:
"Ghostrider " wrote in news:s6CdndsZnIv8cTXFnZ2dnUU7-
...
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