Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 12th 14, 03:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,648
How to Save Videos from TV News Websites
I'm trying to save a few videos from a TV station's website. Using XP
and Firefox (older version, 17). I have several video download
extensions installed, which work fine on Youtube, but not on...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 29th 14, 09:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 655
I have to Reboot to change WIFI sources
I finally got my laptop reinstalled and tweaked the way I like it.
Everything works fine, except for the WIFI. I can connect and get a
good solid connection. However, if I change location, I can...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 29th 14, 09:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 490
Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:10 -0400, Paul wrote:
wrote:
I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new
installation there are a...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 28th 14, 01:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 696
Taskbar "Click to go to Desktop" Button missing
In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 27th 14, 07:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 329
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 27th 14, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 490
Brain Fart ...... (Settings)
I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new
installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc.
In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 27th 14, 05:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 329
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?
I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
the Start menu.
I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 27th 14, 05:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 813
3 Days to Activate?
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:33:01 -0400, 98 Guy "98"@Guy. com wrote:
Still think XP is superior to 98?
As much as I hate to say this on an XP newsgroup, I have always felt
Win98 is far superior to XP...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 13th 14, 04:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,033
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 13th 14, 04:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,055
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro
On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:40:33 -0500, BillW50 wrote:
Well I am not sure how it works, but one machine I had would always scan
the drive at boot and CHKDSK never found anything,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 13th 14, 07:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,033
How Do You Get Rid of "About.Blank"
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:50:41 -0700, "Bruce Hagen"
wrote:
Remove Adware & PUPs with these tools. Check for updates first and then scan
with each one at a time.
I see PUPs...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 13th 14, 04:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 32
Views: 931
XP Home startup aps
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:35:53 -0400, Paul wrote:
On my laptop, I had to remove the printer package
for my printer, because it was eating too many
resources *even when the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 13th 14, 03:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 32
Views: 931
XP Home startup aps
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:08:53 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:
In ,
KenK typed:
When I run msconfigstartup in XP I see a lot of stuff I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 12th 14, 11:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,055
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro
On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:24:21 -0400, Paul wrote:
http://askleo.com/why_is_my_task_manager_disabled_and_how_do_i_fix_it/
There is a registry edit in there you can use. Look for...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 11th 14, 07:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:23:00 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:
Would it be quicker to delete all of them and then download again using
Save As?
I thought about that, but...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 11th 14, 02:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:13:45 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:04:08 -0400, wrote:
Ok, that makes sense. If I had clicked "SAVE AS" for each file,...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 11th 14, 02:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:57:21 -0400, Paul wrote:
Just for the heck of it, I googled for "Bulk file remaner". I did
download one program called "Bulk Rename Utility". I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 11th 14, 02:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:29:56 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:
On 6/11/14 3:34 AM, wrote:
I saved a bunch of animated Gifs from a website. About 400 of...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 11th 14, 10:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES
I saved a bunch of animated Gifs from a website. About 400 of them.
Rather than save them one by one, I just saved the entire webpage which
had about 10 to 15 per page. Then I just went to the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 10th 14, 02:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,055
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:09:49 +0700, JJ wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:37:08 -0400, wrote:
Doing a quick scan with Security Essentials, found no malware. ...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 10th 14, 02:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 111,347
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question
On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:21:42 -0400, wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:40:30 -0400, wrote:
I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 9th 14, 07:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 111,347
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question
On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 12:45:57 -0700, "Bob F" wrote:
wrote:
I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if
any of them are still...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 9th 14, 06:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 111,347
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question
I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if any
of them are still active? (from those of you who may have access).
thanks
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 9th 14, 06:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,055
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro
On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:24:21 -0400, Paul wrote:
http://askleo.com/why_is_my_task_manager_disabled_and_how_do_i_fix_it/
There is a registry edit in there you can use. Look for...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 9th 14, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,055
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro
This is a fairly new install of XP-Pro on my laptop. The install is to
NTFS. It's not activated since this is the wrong OEM, but everything
else works. But I click on taskman.exe and nothing...
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