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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum August 4th 15, 07:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 7
Views: 1,055
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Bring back the old Task Manager in W8

On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 01:41:32 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

On 04/08/2015 01:09, B00ze wrote:
Good day.

Just stumbled on this:
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 4th 15, 04:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 65
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Does activating Win 10 cancel Win 7 on a computer?

On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:00:08 +0000, Bucky Breeder wrote:

Ken posted this via :

I am a bit confused about exactly what happens if I upgrade to...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 29th 15, 03:01 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 40
Views: 1,951
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Will I be contrained by Windows 10 if all I want is the WinXPuse model?

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:17:44 -0400, M.L. wrote:

I realize I'm perhaps *not* the norm, so, might I ask if I will be
*constrained* by Windows 10 or not?


My experience going from windows 98SE...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 19th 15, 07:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 14
Views: 462
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
OT I still suspect my computer is infected

On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 05:21:44 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

On 19/07/2015 03:45, Seymore4Head wrote:
Too paranoid? Do you not think that the firewall blocking a known
trusted program called...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 17th 15, 06:03 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 14
Views: 610
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Cannot boot..and yet

On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:38:56 -0700, David E. Ross wrote:

On 7/17/2015 9:07 AM, Jason wrote:
One machine failed to boot this morning. and yet..Windows is
sufficiently alive to put up the...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum July 10th 15, 04:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 12
Views: 1,085
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Why they give windows 10

On Tue, 07 Jul 2015 20:19:14 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 7/7/2015 7:52 PM, Gary Stevens wrote:
In my case I'm going to ask for social help to stay away from
speculation, I need solid...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 6th 15, 07:29 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 28
Views: 873
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Cant back up to external usb-3 Toshiba drive

On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:52:21 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

Can your machine see the drive with Windows Explorer? To check this,
Launch the Windows Explorer and then go to:

Computer Drive [D,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 18th 13, 03:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 920
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Is 2823324 safe now?

On Sat, 18 May 2013 07:38:11 -0600, Ken1943 wrote:

On Sat, 18 May 2013 13:09:31 +0200, "s|b" wrote:

On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:10 -0700, Anthony Buckland wrote:

I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 13th 13, 04:21 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 467
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
\Boot\BCD file missing

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:27:56 +0100, Al Sparber-PVII wrote:


You don't need to buy a new Windows 7 Disk to perform a complete format
of your HD to install the OS again. What you need is to buy...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 24th 13, 02:38 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 24
Views: 911
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Launch a Dos Environment in a USB Flash Drive

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:01:13 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:


There is a Command prompt, but if you want to run DOS programs, make
sure you get the...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum March 24th 13, 01:09 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 25
Views: 417
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Need a compatabilty check for Win 8.

On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:03:14 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:

I have Win7 SP1 64bit installed and hundreds of programs left over from
the ME days and after.

Is there a Microsoft product to check...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 20th 13, 03:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 569
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
adwcleaner.exe and Malware and Nuissanceware such as Babylon

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:26:13 +0000, choro wrote:

Babylon and such malware are pretty intrusive and hard to get rid of. In
desparation I tried *adwcleaner* which, touch wood, did the job in no
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 20th 13, 03:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 24
Views: 911
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Launch a Dos Environment in a USB Flash Drive

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:02:47 +0000, NY wrote:

wrote in message
...
I was told you can not "run" Dos programs via...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 22nd 12, 04:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 36
Views: 1,914
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
The latest laptops don't even come with DVD slots

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:18:32 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 21/08/2012 4:12 PM, wrote:
[...]


And USB sticks are coming down in price, on sale you can find them at 75
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 21st 12, 04:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 25
Views: 738
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Memory Test

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:07:45 -0500, Antares 531 wrote:

I'm increasingly convinced that my computer has a memory problem. It
will stall out and I see the little icon going around in circles for
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 18th 12, 08:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 505
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Win7 'Pristine' Re-Install

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:24:04 -0700, BeeJ wrote:

I have a Laptop with Win7 Pro, 4GRam, DVD RW and 400GBytes free on the
C: drive with one partition. Win7 plus my apps uses about 80GBytes.

I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 17th 12, 09:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 488
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Spontaneous restore?

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:30:00 +0100, Robin Bignall wrote:

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:02:04 +0000 (UTC), Dave Cohen
wrote:

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:27:32 +0100, Robin Bignall...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 16th 12, 04:02 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 488
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Spontaneous restore?

On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:27:32 +0100, Robin Bignall wrote:

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:19:27 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:02:49 +0100, Robin...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 15th 12, 06:55 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 444
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Understanding the basics of computing (was Got myself introuble .....)

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:17:47 +0100, choro wrote:


Use a bit of common sense which is how I did it quite a while back. So I
cannot remember the fine detail. But just in case back up all your...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 15th 12, 06:41 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,947
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Updating issues

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:07:51 +0200, Alias wrote:

On 8/15/2012 5:38 PM, gr8scott18 wrote:
Hello,

I have Win 7 SP1 on my computer. Recently it did and update, and
since then it is...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 13th 12, 08:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 7
Views: 709
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Photoshop in Win 7 64 bit

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:25:54 -0400, Paul wrote:

Mick wrote:
Hi all,

Re my new computer failing to boot this is a lower speck desktop
with
Windows 7 64 bit.

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 9th 12, 02:56 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 50
Views: 1,369
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
news reader wanted

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:29:27 -0700, Irwell wrote:

Looking for a Newsreader to usde with Win7, I have 40ude on my XP
desktop and it works great, the same build crashes on Win 7.

Pan works well,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 17th 12, 07:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 18
Views: 1,224
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Windows 7 firewall question

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:34:47 -0400, rfdjr1 wrote:

I've had Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit installed on my machine for two years
now. Ihave never used the Windows firewall, opting instead for the free
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 15th 12, 02:55 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 525
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Removing Recovery Partitions from Dell Laptop

On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:38:32 +0100, Ed Cryer wrote:

SC Tom wrote:


"Dave Cohen" wrote in message
...
I copied boot and bootmgr from...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 14th 12, 04:59 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 525
Posted By Dave Cohen[_2_]
Removing Recovery Partitions from Dell Laptop

I copied boot and bootmgr from the Dell Recovery Partition to Windows 7
and set Windows 7 partition active. Machine booted ok, but when I deleted
the Recovery Partition and Dell Utility machine...
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