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Forum: General XP issues or comments March 17th 21, 04:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 4,556
Posted By Lu Wei
Has anyone used MS official forum's NNTP bridge?

On 2021-3-8 23:24, VanguardLH wrote:

I thought the NNTP bridge died several years ago. I recall trying it
for a very short time -- because it was VERY flaky.

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 17th 21, 04:43 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 4,556
Posted By Lu Wei
Has anyone used MS official forum's NNTP bridge?

On 2021-3-8 23:12, VanguardLH wrote:

Due to peering, most Usenet providers continued carrying the
microsoft.public.* newsgroups despite Microsoft shrunk away from Usenet
(because they...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 8th 21, 02:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 4,556
Posted By Lu Wei
Has anyone used MS official forum's NNTP bridge?

On 2021-3-6 5:09, Ralph Fox wrote:
...
-- Kind regards Ralph 山高自有客行路,水深自有渡船人。 -- 吴承恩 《西游记》

Thanks and glad to see a chinese signature here!

--...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 5th 21, 06:28 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 4,556
Posted By Lu Wei
Has anyone used MS official forum's NNTP bridge?

Someone posted about the project:
https://github.com/JochenKalmbach/communitybridge3
I wonder if the "official" forum is still friendly to newsgroup posters.
And is it possible that MS delete...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 15th 20, 04:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 3,203
Posted By Lu Wei
MSFN down?

On 2020-8-14 23:51, VanguardLH wrote:
Lu Wei wrote:

For a long time MSFN's Windows XP forum
(https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/ ) is my source of
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 14th 20, 02:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 3,203
Posted By Lu Wei
MSFN down?

On 2020-8-14 15:02, Paul wrote:
Lu Wei wrote:
For a long time MSFN's Windows XP forum
(https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/ ) is my source of
information about XP. But recently I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 14th 20, 05:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 3,203
Posted By Lu Wei
MSFN down?

For a long time MSFN's Windows XP forum
(https://msfn.org/board/forum/34-windows-xp/ ) is my source of
information about XP. But recently I hardly could open it. Is it only
me? Is there anything...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 18th 20, 09:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
virtual|file printer

On 2020-7-18 9:31, Paul wrote:

The manufacturer takes them and customizes them. Making them
a little less universal. HP took the Microsoft universal Postscript,
and that's what I installed...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 17th 20, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

On 2020-7-17 17:15, Paul wrote:

Now I wonder, what is the difference of installing a network printer and
a local printer to a tcp/ip port?


Maybe there is some slight difference in...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 17th 20, 08:43 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

On 2020-7-17 9:36, Paul wrote:
...
** 1) Use "Add Printer" interface.

** 2) When it asks for an install file location, browse to
***** where "X-GPD_5.469.9.0_PCL6_32_Driver.inf"...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 17th 20, 01:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

On 2020-7-17 1:32, JJ wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 09:04:13 +0800, Lu Wei wrote:

I uploaded the file he https://paste.mozilla.org/fUECMyTN
Is there any line saying it is not compatible...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 17th 20, 01:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

On 2020-7-16 10:02, Paul wrote:
Lu Wei wrote:
On 2020-7-16 1:30, JJ wrote:
...

Yes, I've shown the hidden ones and it was not anywhere including
non-PNP drivers.

If the INF...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 16th 20, 02:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

On 2020-7-16 1:30, JJ wrote:
...

Yes, I've shown the hidden ones and it was not anywhere including
non-PNP drivers.

If the INF file actually have an uninstallation task, try executing the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 15th 20, 09:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,684
Posted By Lu Wei
How do I uninstall an INF file?

I right clicked an driver inf file and selected "install". It got
installed without any prompt, which is normal. Then, how do I
*uninstall* it? The context menu do not provide an "uninstall"...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 2nd 20, 03:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 902
Posted By Lu Wei
View youtube html5

On 2020-6-27 1:20, JJ wrote:
I have no money for a tv or new laptop.

How do I view youtube videos that are html5 ?
Like the news streams.

If you'd like to view them online, Serpent 52 still...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 28th 20, 03:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,171
Posted By Lu Wei
Why do you still use Windows XP and why?

On 2020-6-28 5:56, Ant wrote:
Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares
and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC
offline? Just...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 12th 20, 02:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,270
Posted By Lu Wei
Have Gmail turned off POP3 login?

On 2020-4-12 20:55, VanguardLH wrote:
...
Thank you and Ralph Fox. For now re-enabling "less secure app" through
web seems a quicker solution.

--
Regards,
Lu...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 12th 20, 04:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,270
Posted By Lu Wei
Have Gmail turned off POP3 login?

On 2020-4-12 5:51, VanguardLH wrote:
Ralph Fox wrote:


Gmail POP3 login is still working here.

Gmail may have turned off your "Less secure app access", which...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 11th 20, 04:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 1,270
Posted By Lu Wei
Have Gmail turned off POP3 login?

Recently I found Thunderbird cannot fetch Gmail by POP3. It shows
"incorrect username and password" (not the usual "login by web first"
info) while I can login by web. I heard Google will...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 27th 20, 03:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 166
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-27 17:57, JJ wrote:
On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:45:29 -0500, Paul wrote:

The Great Firewall will block access to the CloudFlare server.

Ugh. A lot of sites would be broken because...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 27th 20, 03:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,592
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-27 17:57, JJ wrote:
On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:45:29 -0500, Paul wrote:

The Great Firewall will block access to the CloudFlare server.

Ugh. A lot of sites would be broken because...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 27th 20, 03:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 166
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-26 23:45, Paul wrote:

Firefox has abandoned XP.* Aside from that, enabling DNS-over-HTTPS by
default to US users, not chinese users instead, is rather strange. It
makes me...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 27th 20, 03:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,592
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-26 23:45, Paul wrote:

Firefox has abandoned XP.* Aside from that, enabling DNS-over-HTTPS by
default to US users, not chinese users instead, is rather strange. It
makes me...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 26th 20, 03:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,592
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-26 10:40, Arlen Holder wrote:
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/25/firefox-dns-https-default-united-states/

Firefox turns...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 26th 20, 03:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 10
Views: 166
Posted By Lu Wei
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users

On 2020-2-26 10:40, Arlen Holder wrote:
Firefox to enable DNS-over-HTTPS by default to US users
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/25/firefox-dns-https-default-united-states/

Firefox turns...
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