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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 9th 20, 07:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 5
Views: 898
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Replacing thermal paste

On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 06:07:13 -0400, micky
wrote:


So then I went to replace the fan, something I tried years ago but I
couldn't get the old fan out. I removed 2 screws...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 2nd 20, 07:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 23
Views: 1,565
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
To fit 3.5 HD as extra drive in new PC

On Wed, 2 Sep 2020 17:55:27 +0100, Dean Jackson
wrote:

New computer advertised as as having 2 X 3.5 inch drive bays.
However there is just a gap with no slots to fit...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 25th 20, 04:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,267
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Win95

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:29:22 +0100, mechanic
wrote:

25 years on, we are reminded of the big changes Win95 showed
compared to the preceding Win3.1 (I'm talking of...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 23rd 20, 08:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 7
Views: 863
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Netwrok quirk

On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:45:58 -0300, pjp
wrote:


Network quirk ...

Everytime I start one of my Win10 pro pc's (I5, 8gb Ram) and try to
access the ethernet I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 23rd 20, 08:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 6
Views: 936
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Reinstalling win10

On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 15:05:08 +1000, Lucifer
wrote:



Brand new windows. Only two icons on the desktop. I installed only
Firefox. Still crashed 3 times in...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 26th 20, 05:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 55
Views: 2,107
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Has anybody ever stacked two CPU coolers?

On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 19:01:34 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

Has anybody ever stacked two CPU coolers? First one fitted normally, then the second welded on top of it....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 16th 20, 02:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 619
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Windows "Your Phone"

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 07:28:59 +0100, Optimist
wrote:

Why does this app keep failing every few days with the message "We can't connect to your phone"?
This happens even...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 20th 20, 05:20 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 6
Views: 201
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Insider build # observations.

On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 02:52:15 -0400, Big Al wrote:

Nothing to back this up but...

I'm on the insider fast track in one of my Virtual machines.
For the past months/year, the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 5th 20, 01:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 21
Views: 458
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Google new special email when users sign in via Microsoft's new Edge browser instead of via Chrome

On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 07:25:09 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

Dateline today... verbatim

o *Google is now Pushing Chrome through Gmail's new device Sign-In Alert...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 1st 20, 11:20 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 6
Views: 108
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Anyone using a PCTV tuner and TVCenter software successfully on Win 10?

On Sun, 31 May 2020 18:58:45 -0500, none wrote:

Got a PCTV HD Pro Stick 800e I bought to use with Win XP back around '06
(about four laptops ago). Worked great with XP as...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 12th 20, 02:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 143
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Outlook365: can I delete images? (If so, how?) And amend subject?

On Tue, 12 May 2020 09:59:59 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:


Can I amend the subject of a stored email? Or edit the content? I used
to be able to do this relatively...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 7th 20, 04:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,uk.telecom.mobile
Replies: 26
Views: 566
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Android to Windows

On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:32:17 +0100, Optimist
wrote:

Why is it that Windows does not allow pictures to be upload from Android to Windows using a wireless
LAN? And is...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 28th 20, 03:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 11
Views: 149
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
New Microsoft Edge - How to set Google as homepage

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:58:12 +0000, aa wrote:



Hmm, it's not for me. Where specifically in Settings are you doing
this? Thanks.

Click on the three dots in the top...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum December 27th 19, 04:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 23
Views: 350
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
New Win10 User, 1st irritation

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:15:28 -0400, pjp
wrote:



First irritiation must be that one cannot seem to drag-n-drop things
like used to be able to do, e.g. can't...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum December 11th 19, 02:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 2,080
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
AbbyyFineReader

On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 16:18:12 +0000, Roger Mills
wrote:

I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 26th 19, 03:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 16
Views: 1,323
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Photo Viewer

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:46:48 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 11:03:21 -0700, Ken Springer wrote:

I use the Photo Viewer mentioned by Peter...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 25th 19, 05:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 16
Views: 1,323
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Photo Viewer

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:09:08 -0700, wrote:

Can someone tell me where to find the photo viewer that comes with
windows 10? I've searched everywhere but can't find the file...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 18th 19, 02:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 78
Views: 4,392
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Win10 boot problems swapping HDDs

On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:19:08 -0000, Philip Herlihy
wrote:



When you install Windows, it selects and installs drivers to suit your
hardware, so unless the two...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 9th 19, 03:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 53
Views: 817
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Sophisticated scam about windows certificate?

On Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:04:26 +0100, Terry Pinnell
wrote:



I requested an email and paste it below:
--------------------

Subject: Service Center
From: Service Center...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 14th 19, 04:20 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 357
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Where's "Safely remove"?

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:12:43 -0400, Jason wrote:

The icon no longer appears among the hidden taskbar icons.
This seems to be the case regardless of what was plugged
into USB...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 12th 19, 03:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 8
Views: 151
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Showing all desktop items

On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:54:12 -0400, Jason
wrote:

This happens occasionally and then, sometimes, clear itself up after a
reboot or two: some icons created on the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 16th 19, 05:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.english.usage
Replies: 533
Views: 18,281
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Please stop calling them apps!

On Wed, 15 May 2019 20:14:30 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote:

I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 25th 19, 03:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 107
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Print Screen only one monitor

On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:16:39 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:08:45 -0400, PT French
wrote:

I have two monitors but often print...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 3rd 19, 03:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 27
Views: 439
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Curved Monitors.

On Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:08:23 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:



Thanks to all; I want a bigger monitor to allow
easier 2-program display, and so I might as well
have a curved...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 18th 19, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 9
Views: 439
Posted By Peter Johnson[_2_]
Installing Software BS

On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:26:25 -0500, Nil
wrote:

On 17 Feb 2019, "Bill Bradshaw" wrote in
alt.comp.os.windows-10:

Running Windows 10 Pro 32...
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