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Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 21st 17, 05:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 343
Posted By Z
Win7 new install

philo wrote:
On 04/21/2017 08:40 AM, Z wrote:
philo wrote:
I just performed a fresh install of Win7 and immediately applied the
updates. Before I did anything else I opened IE11 and a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 21st 17, 02:40 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 343
Posted By Z
Win7 new install

philo wrote:
I just performed a fresh install of Win7 and immediately applied the
updates. Before I did anything else I opened IE11 and a Microsoft tab
that I've never seen before popped up...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 6th 17, 05:38 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 696
Posted By Z
change motherboard

T wrote:
On 04/06/2017 09:09 AM, Z wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

W7 pro

If I upgrade a motherboard and processor from something really old to
modern units, am I going to get a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 6th 17, 05:09 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 696
Posted By Z
change motherboard

T wrote:
Hi All,

W7 pro

If I upgrade a motherboard and processor from something really old to
modern units, am I going to get a lot of grief over the registration
key?

Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 1st 17, 04:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 1,125
Posted By Z
Windows Update

Roy Colson wrote:
AMD SMBus
https://www.google.com/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=UsjfWKqgFsmp8wewqY-4DQ&gws_rd=cr&fg=1#q=AMD+SMBus&*
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 28th 17, 04:24 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 1,726
Posted By Z
One Note ?

Pfsszxt wrote:
--scanning through results of a "Hijack This" scan, I see numerous
references to something of MS's called "One Note". What is that?

Less than two notes.
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 19th 17, 03:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 21
Views: 2,356
Posted By Z
Premium CCleaner and Avast cleaner

Stan Brown wrote:
I'd like to see documentation of anyone's computer actually going
faster. Cleaning the System Registry won't do it.

An SSD hard drive will, though :-)
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 14th 17, 04:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 1,549
Posted By Z
Free -e-mail client(s) ?

Mayayana wrote:
If you do mind, I have a techie neice who likes
hushmail for privacy. I think it's free, but not
certain

It's only free if you use @hushmail.
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 14th 17, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 1,549
Posted By Z
Free -e-mail client(s) ?

burfordTjustice wrote:
On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:47:07 +0100
Z wrote:

Pfsszxt wrote:
Off-topic---I know ---

Since AOL was created, we have used AOL as our e-mail service...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 14th 17, 03:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 1,549
Posted By Z
Free -e-mail client(s) ?

Pfsszxt wrote:
Off-topic---I know ---

Since AOL was created, we have used AOL as our e-mail service (it has
always been free) Now a new owner is making it into a monthly
pay-for-service...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 10th 17, 01:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 431
Posted By Z
Last Update?

Ed Mc wrote:
I haven't seen an Update since the January Rollup. All I get are the
Windows Defender definitions. My setting is: Check, but let me
choose. Are the updates on hold? Thanks

No...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 25th 17, 04:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 924
Posted By Z
Windows 7 slowing down

Walter E. wrote:
My 5 year old install of Windows 7 seems to be slowing down, especially
my Firefox browser. Is there an easy way to perk it up a bit?

When I recently ran my virus checker...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 15th 17, 09:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,171
Posted By Z
Getting Windows 7 Updates Without Being Forced to Windows 10

Paul wrote:
Not going to happen.

People like you will be handled by attrition.
You'll be going to the Best Buy soon, and buying
a brand new PC with (only) Win10 available. Job done.

Two...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 14th 17, 07:48 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 7
Views: 326
Posted By Z
No updates for Windows 7 this month?

Ralph Fox wrote:
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 20:11:38 +0100, Z wrote:

I don't get anything from Windows Updates.


http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=patch+tuesday


Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 14th 17, 07:11 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 7
Views: 326
Posted By Z
No updates for Windows 7 this month?

I don't get anything from Windows Updates.
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 19th 17, 06:41 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 53
Views: 2,308
Posted By Z
page file and SSD life question

T wrote:

Hi All,

What is you guys take of prolonging SSD life by turning off
the page file?

Most W-7 and W-Nein, oops W-10 computers I come across use
about...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 19th 17, 05:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 53
Views: 2,308
Posted By Z
page file and SSD life question

T wrote:
On 01/19/2017 09:08 AM, Z wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

What is you guys take of prolonging SSD life by
turning off the page file?

Most W-7 and W-Nein, oops W-10...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 19th 17, 05:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 53
Views: 2,308
Posted By Z
page file and SSD life question

T wrote:
Hi All,

What is you guys take of prolonging SSD life by
turning off the page file?

Most W-7 and W-Nein, oops W-10 computers I come
across use about 2 to 3 GB of RAM and have a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 12th 17, 08:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 10
Views: 391
Posted By Z
Best Windows 10 newsgroup?

VanguardLH wrote:
You will need filters in Usenet.

I use one filter: self control.
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 12th 17, 03:17 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 14
Views: 607
Posted By Z
Unknown device (usb)

Den wrote:
I have windows 7 64bits with an unknown device (usb). Looking at the
registry I found three entries with unknown device. Tried every
suggestion on internet. What I would like to do...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 10th 17, 09:58 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 460
Posted By Z
7 Still Rules !

Wolf K wrote:
On 2017-01-09 11:15, Z wrote:
Wolf K wrote:
10 30.9% 8 11.1% 7 34.6%


If you count smart phones, close to ZERO percent and Linux and
iOS kicks...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 9th 17, 04:15 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 460
Posted By Z
7 Still Rules !

Wolf K wrote:
10 30.9% 8 11.1% 7 34.6%


If you count smart phones, close to ZERO percent and Linux and iOS kicks
Windows ass big time.

Numbers?
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 9th 17, 02:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 460
Posted By Z
7 Still Rules !

SteveGG wrote:
10 30.9% 8 11.1% 7 34.6%


If you count smart phones, close to ZERO percent and Linux and iOS kicks
Windows ass big time.
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 2nd 17, 09:41 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 990
Posted By Z
Inspiron 1545 won't power up with battery

Ken Blake wrote:
On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 22:58:57 +0100, Z wrote:

Dominique wrote:

I have an Acer and the battery died. Acer doesn't make
the batteries anymore.

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 1st 17, 09:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 990
Posted By Z
Inspiron 1545 won't power up with battery

Dominique wrote:

I have an Acer and the battery died. Acer doesn't make
the batteries anymore.

Have you tried a google search with "batteries [mylaptop model]"?

There might be some...
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