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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 28th 15, 07:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 1,050
Posted By R. C. White
New features WANTED for Home versions

Hi, Mark.

Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop. Select View and make sure
Auto arrange icons is NOT checked. You might also want to Align icons to
grid - or not.

RC
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R. C. White,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 19th 15, 04:05 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 42
Views: 1,308
Posted By R. C. White
Microsoft Office updates

Hi, again, Jo-Anne.

Replying to my post to add:

I found it!

It has been years since I ran Win7 and pre-2010 Office that I forgot where I
found this. Back in those days, we had to update Office...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 18th 15, 08:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 42
Views: 1,308
Posted By R. C. White
Microsoft Office updates

Hi, Jo-Anne.

It's very easy to miss the subtle distinction between "WINDOWS Update" (WU)
and "MICROSOFT Update" (MU), because so often we think of Windows and
Microsoft as synonyms.

But, as the...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum July 11th 15, 06:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 9
Views: 890
Posted By R. C. White
Battery draining power in few seconds

Hi, Gary.

As the others said, you probably need a new battery.

But...I've had this problem with both my Netbook and my cellphone and they
both recovered, at least for now. For both, the process...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 5th 15, 05:09 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 16
Views: 228
Posted By R. C. White
Upgrade to 64 bit win 10 from 32 bit win 8.1

Hi, HS.

It's not just a matter of licensing. It's hardware, including drivers, dlls
and such.

Once booted into 32-bit, there's no way to load the 64-bit support system
except by rebooting from a...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 30th 15, 10:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 95
Views: 3,742
Posted By R. C. White
Anti-virus program?

Hi, Ken.

Yep, I'm still 79 - for 10 more days. Then I'll join those "Old Guys".

The neat thing about it is that I'm still learning! ;)

And I don't feel old, which surprises me. I tell my...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 27th 15, 02:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 4
Views: 176
Posted By R. C. White
ati drivers

Hi, Thomas.

You know, of course, that ATI was bought by AMD several years ago.

Check out this site:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 25th 15, 09:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 17
Views: 1,199
Posted By R. C. White
I don't want a password

Darn! I should have thought of that! :{

RC


". . .winston" wrote in message ...

R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Char.
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 25th 15, 05:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 17
Views: 1,199
Posted By R. C. White
I don't want a password

Hi, Char.

And we use WD-40 because "Water Displacer 39" still didn't work. ;}

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 21st 15, 03:40 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 6
Views: 457
Posted By R. C. White
In terms of wallpapers what do we have with new version?

Hi, Keith.

Select the one you want an install it as the computer wall paper.

Better yet: Select more than one (I use 4) and set them to appear like a
slide show, rotating one per minute or so. ...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 11th 15, 07:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 18
Views: 450
Posted By R. C. White
Is the XP classic start menu Commentary.

Hi, Char.

I presumably have 8.1 on this laptop

If that laptop has a Break (or Pause/Break) key, just press that key while
you hold down the Windows key. In a second or two, the System page...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 11th 15, 07:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 79
Views: 2,896
Posted By R. C. White
Is the XP classic start menu Commentary.

Hi, Char.

I presumably have 8.1 on this laptop

If that laptop has a Break (or Pause/Break) key, just press that key while
you hold down the Windows key. In a second or two, the System page...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 5th 15, 03:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 36
Views: 516
Posted By R. C. White
I don't agree with new upgrade policy

Hi, Rene.

Old but not fat (81 Years) started out with a Zoom modem on an APPLE 2
Plus at 300 baud doing the BBS scene.

Wow, you're old! I won't be 80 until next month. ;)

My first online...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum June 3rd 15, 03:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 27
Views: 1,803
Posted By R. C. White
Windows 8 or 10?

Hi, Ken.

Not "get it free for one year", but "for one year, get it free".

There would have been much less confusion if Microsoft had simply organized
their sentence properly. It's the "free for...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum May 22nd 15, 03:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 79
Views: 2,034
Posted By R. C. White
Creating personal data/special folders

Hi, Char.

In the beginning, I remember seeing lots of "balance your checkbook!" and
"organize your recipes!" types of claims. :-)

When was the last time you printed out your...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 21st 15, 02:43 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 673
Posted By R. C. White
Screen Icon positioning mysteriously changed

Hi, Ashton.

As a starting point, please tell us your settings for Align icons to Grid
and for Auto arrange icons.

To see these settings, right-click on a blank part of your desktop and
choose...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 10th 15, 05:03 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 969
Posted By R. C. White
System Reserved Partition???

Hi, Joe.

Why bother with a third-party product when DISKPART does everything you
need to create a one-partition system?

Or use DiskPart's user-friendlier GUI, Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc). ...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 10th 15, 04:50 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 2,909
Posted By R. C. White
surge protector for laser printer?

Hi, Jo-Anne.

In 1985, I bought what Xerox said was the first Xerox 4045 laser printer
delivered in Oklahoma. This was for me to print income tax returns that
looked as good as the ones my former...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 30th 15, 03:55 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 26
Views: 2,552
Posted By R. C. White
Win7 in boot-loop. Help!

Hi, Gene.

Have you assigned a drive letter to the SSD?

The BIOS will assign a Disk NUMBER to the SSD (Disk 0? Disk 1?).

You can do that in Disk Management.

No, but then you (or the OP) can...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 14th 15, 05:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 42
Views: 1,021
Posted By R. C. White
Windows File Explorer Issue - Thanks, all

Hi, Ken.

why doesn't someone like you who realizes both those things move to a
better program or programs?

Inertia?!?

That's a big part of the "why", Ken. But there's more to it than that....
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 14th 15, 04:06 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 42
Views: 1,021
Posted By R. C. White
Windows File Explorer Issue - Thanks, all

Hi, Vanguard.

You might not see this message because you've said you don't read posts made
with WLM. But you've speculated - wrongly - about WLM's behavior and your
speculation needs to be...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 14th 15, 02:48 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 36
Views: 1,538
Posted By R. C. White
icon layout saver

Hi, Jim.

If MS would only arrange to leave them alone, there'd be no need for
savers.

Right-click on your desktop and choose "View". Make sure that "Auto arrange
icons" is NOT...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 13th 15, 11:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 425
Posted By R. C. White
Any Win 8 groups?

Hi, Kenny.

Did you remember to Reset List?

In WLM, right-click on the new server in the left column (by default), click
Newsgroups.... When the list finishes populating, click Reset...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 9th 15, 04:03 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,297
Posted By R. C. White
BCD and ReSizing partitions

Hi, Sylvain (?).

Note that the boot partition here is usually not the
"one where Windows sits", as it is on XP. It's an extra,
unnecessary partition that only holds boot files.

That's...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 5th 15, 05:06 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 832
Posted By R. C. White
Drive later change - why?

Hi, pjp and VanguardLH.

You mean DISK Management (diskmgmt.msc), not DEVICE Management
(devmgmt.msc).

Windows by default assigns the next available letter to a newly-installed
device. But, if...
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