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Forum: General XP issues or comments August 13th 20, 01:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
Replies: 7
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Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
I booted up my very old Windows XP Pro. SP3 this morning...

On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:15:54 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:
"Spalls Hurgenson" wrote

| My biggest complaint is that not only doesn't Valve support...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 12th 20, 02:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
Replies: 7
Views: 1,056
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
I booted up my very old Windows XP Pro. SP3 this morning...

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:07:22 -0500, (Ant) wrote:

... It was weird/odd to reuse my very old OS that I haven't touched for
years again. I was there to uninstall two old computer...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 22nd 19, 02:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 1,337
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
win 7 event viewer/sysrtem

On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:42:53 -0500, wrote:

is there a better way to get to the system event log than using eventvwr.msc at a c prompt?

Typing eventvwr.msc in the "search"...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 15th 18, 02:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,647
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
StartUp Sound

On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 07:59:44 -0500, wrote:

7 year old Dell, running Windows 7, 250 GB SSD C:\
with 960 GB spinner for image storage etc.

Makes a peculiar sound at...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 14th 18, 02:23 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,423
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
free screen capture software?

On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:29:24 -0500, JBI wrote:

For Win 7 & 10, looking for free screen capture recorder to record
movies not just images. Thank you!

While it's not explicitly...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 22nd 18, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 75
Views: 1,897
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
I ask out of ignorance

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:34:39 -0500, wrote:

What's to prevent the bad guys from accessing my hard drive via my IP
address?

At its most basic, it is your operating system and any...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 16th 18, 02:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 183
Views: 2,266
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
No. 1 paid utility in Mac App Store steals browser history, sends it to Chinese server

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:04:01 GMT, SilverSlimer wrote:

On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:54:31 +0000, Lewis wrote:


Does anyone else ever imagine what today's computing would have been like...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 21st 18, 01:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 134
Views: 4,698
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Positioning the Windows Explorer windows

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:34:17 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"Spalls Hurgenson" wrote

| In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 20th 18, 01:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 134
Views: 4,698
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Positioning the Windows Explorer windows

On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:05:55 -0700, Ken Springer
wrote:

Windows 7 Pro

Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer
window to a specific folder...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 4th 18, 02:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 265
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Malwarebytes

On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:30:46 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 11:08:17 -0600, Sam E
wrote:

On 03/03/2018 03:27 AM, Stephen...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 6th 17, 02:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 17
Views: 215
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Do fans extend HDD life?

On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 21:04:57 -0400, "B" wrote:

"Peter Jason" wrote in message
...

I have Seagates 500GB to 3TB in bays on my computer...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 18th 17, 02:31 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 3
Views: 283
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Win 7 Update just sits there whirling

On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:12:53 -0500, GlowingBlueMist
wrote:

On 4/17/2017 1:44 PM, AIOEUSER wrote:
I think I need the few updates that I left checked.


As for the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 10th 17, 02:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 311
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
What Do / Would You Use It For ?

On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:36:06 -0700, AIOEUser
wrote:

i.e. Everything or Agent Ransack

What tasks do you do using these apps ?

If I was to code up something similar, what...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 19th 16, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,837
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
December updates ?

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:03:27 +0000, scbs29
wrote:

Hello all
In the December updates there is an 'important' update kb3207752.
Selecting More Information leads...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 16th 16, 01:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 49
Views: 294
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
[Not a] Problem with dashes in file names [but a search engine problem]

On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:47:29 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 09:26:03 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
wrote:

Personally, I prefer Locate32...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 15th 16, 02:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 49
Views: 294
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
[Not a] Problem with dashes in file names [but a search engine problem]

On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:34:01 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:13:39 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 13 Oct 2016, Ron C...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 1st 16, 02:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 1,198
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Sleep vs. Shutdown

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:32:10 -0700, masonc
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:02:54 -0400, SteveGG
wrote:

What's the relative merits of these...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 1st 16, 02:35 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 1,198
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Sleep vs. Shutdown

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 10:21:23 -0400, Micky
wrote:

On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:30:32 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2016...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 31st 16, 02:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 1,198
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Sleep vs. Shutdown

On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:02:54 -0400, SteveGG
wrote:

What's the relative merits of these states for an inactive PC ?
Sleep appears to have some function of the CPU...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 26th 16, 03:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 55
Views: 2,552
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Can you boot from a flash drive? Disadvantages?

On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:29:36 -0400, Micky
wrote:

IIUC, even though one still can't boot any version of Windows from an
external HDD, one CAN boot winXP, Vista, 7,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 16th 16, 01:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 850
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
View Options for Folders

On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:32:15 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

David E. Ross wrote:
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

I want most of my folders to have the View option of List. A few
folders,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 12th 16, 02:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,334
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Windows Update Icon

On Wed, 11 May 2016 11:51:49 -0700, "OREALLY"
wrote:


The Windows Update ICON has stopped showing up on the systray. How do I get
it back?

Thanks

Microsoft has released a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 9th 16, 02:05 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 1,610
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Dumping list of files /with tags/ to a file?

On Mon, 09 May 2016 09:52:48 +0100, Etal
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Nil wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson Wrote:

I have a bunch of files that I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 8th 16, 02:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 1,610
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Dumping list of files /with tags/ to a file?

On Fri, 06 May 2016 13:19:26 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Fri, 06 May 2016 08:58:21 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 5 May...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 6th 16, 01:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 1,610
Posted By Spalls Hurgenson
Dumping list of files /with tags/ to a file?

On Thu, 5 May 2016 09:45:29 -0400 (EDT), Nil
wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson Wrote in message:
I have a bunch of files that I have...
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