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Forum: General XP issues or comments November 27th 20, 02:04 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,772
Posted By Neil
Modem advice

On 11/25/2020 3:56 PM, Mayayana wrote:
I'm wondering about advice people might have about modems.
After several years with the same Netgear I thought maybe it's
time to update, did some...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 17th 20, 07:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 100
Views: 28,084
Posted By Neil
Word look alike?

On 9/17/2020 2:02 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Neil wrote:

On 9/16/2020 10:17 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

How is a 32-bit program going to manage a data block (with the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 17th 20, 05:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 100
Views: 28,084
Posted By Neil
Word look alike?

On 9/17/2020 11:57 AM, nospam wrote:
In article , Neil
wrote:


How is a 32-bit program going to manage a data block (with the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 17th 20, 11:49 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 100
Views: 28,084
Posted By Neil
Word look alike?

On 9/16/2020 10:17 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

How is a 32-bit program going to manage a data block (with the document)
in memory that is over 4 GB in size? Yes, the program can, as you
implied,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 12th 20, 09:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,476
Posted By Neil
Latest Edge Update

On 9/12/2020 3:56 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Neil" wrote

| Today, when most people even
| use browsers to get their email the internet is even less "ours" than
ever.
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 12th 20, 07:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,476
Posted By Neil
Latest Edge Update

On 9/12/2020 12:00 AM, Bill wrote:

I haven't been protesting that Win10 is the only choice; in fact, I have
Linux on my machine too.Â* Part of the reason for my post was to help
open the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 11th 20, 01:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,476
Posted By Neil
Latest Edge Update

On 9/11/2020 1:06 AM, Bill wrote:

(big snip)Â* Let's not forget who "owns"
the computer.

We own the hardware, we do NOT own the OS and most software.

IMO, Win10 is definitely a mixed...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 3rd 20, 08:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 833
Posted By Neil
Substitute for Word in Office 365

On 9/3/2020 3:01 PM, Alex Trishan wrote:
I'd like to set up a "link" so that whenever I click on (or a program
calls) Office 365 Word, Libreoffice Swriter is invoked instead.

How would I do...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 12th 20, 05:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,540
Posted By Neil
Stupid Windows 10 HELP!

On 8/12/2020 10:48 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On 8/11/2020 3:36 PM, John K.Eason wrote:
In article , (Neil)
wrote:

*From:* Neil...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 11th 20, 07:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,540
Posted By Neil
Stupid Windows 10 HELP!

On 8/11/2020 10:52 AM, Todesco wrote:
I am sooooo tired of W10 moving icons on my desktop.Â* I've tried all of
the things by googling and nothing works.Â* Any ideas?

That has never happened on...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 2nd 20, 07:40 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 393
Posted By Neil
duckduckgo

On 7/2/2020 12:27 PM, Mayayana wrote:
Anyone know why duckduckgo.com now redirects
me to html.duckduckgo.com/html and clears the input
field, so that I have to re-enter the search terms?
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 3rd 20, 09:05 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 52
Views: 434
Posted By Neil
Firefox secure DNS?

On 6/3/2020 12:52 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 6/3/2020 6:53 AM, Neil wrote:
There is no way for the end user to know whether a DNS provider will
track and sell your usage, but I can't imagine...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 3rd 20, 11:53 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 52
Views: 434
Posted By Neil
Firefox secure DNS?

On 6/2/2020 4:32 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
On 6/2/2020 8:39 AM, Neil wrote:
I'm not sure what you mean by "...your own DNS server...", but there
is not much of a way that one can evaluate the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 2nd 20, 01:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 52
Views: 434
Posted By Neil
Firefox secure DNS?

On 6/2/2020 8:11 AM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https

Would you trust this? It seems like it's just randomly ignoring your own
DNS server and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 3rd 20, 04:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 515
Posted By Neil
Welcome to Windows? I already have Windows

On 4/2/2020 6:45 PM, Boris wrote:
This machine, March 31, 2020:
Feature update to Windows 10, version 1909
Build 18363.720

Two days later, just now, I get this on a cold boot:

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 12th 20, 09:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 55
Views: 587
Posted By Neil
I'm almost ready to go back to W7

On 3/11/2020 12:11 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
W10 has been a dud for me.Â* It's slow.Â* I've done all kinds of things to
make it better, but it's still not as responsive as W7.Â* In several
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum December 28th 19, 08:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 7
Views: 309
Posted By Neil
Weird diff between 7 & 10

On 12/27/2019 9:53 PM, pjp wrote:

If I open "MY Computer/This PC" under both win7 & 10 I see my IP camera
in the listing along with my router and the other pcs on the network.

What I find...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 15th 19, 12:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 3
Views: 778
Posted By Neil
Taskbar WordPad button, not responding to right-click???

On 11/15/2019 2:16 AM, John Doe wrote:
I have a taskbar button for WordPad documents.
Since the 1903 update, sometimes right clicking on that button does not
pop up a list, nothing happens.
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 13th 19, 10:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 40
Views: 578
Posted By Neil
EU cookie nonsense

On 11/13/2019 1:50 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:19:48 -0000, Neil wrote:

On 11/13/2019 12:11 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 13th 19, 10:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 40
Views: 578
Posted By Neil
EU cookie nonsense

On 11/13/2019 3:34 PM, Sjouke Burry wrote:
On 13.11.19 19:50, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:19:48 -0000, Neil wrote:

On 11/13/2019 12:11 PM,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 13th 19, 07:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 40
Views: 578
Posted By Neil
EU cookie nonsense

On 11/13/2019 12:11 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:06:32 -0000, David wrote:

On 13/11/2019 16:45, Commander Kinsey wrote:
I wonder, is a cookie...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 5th 19, 05:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 119
Views: 1,937
Posted By Neil
Thunderbird -OT

On 11/5/2019 2:55 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 22:06:07 -0500, Neil wrote:

On 11/4/2019 7:56 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:36:03...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 5th 19, 04:06 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 119
Views: 1,937
Posted By Neil
Thunderbird -OT

On 11/4/2019 7:56 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:36:03 -0500, Neil wrote:

On 11/4/2019 4:22 PM, Char Jackson wrote:

To the user, the decision...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 4th 19, 10:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 119
Views: 1,937
Posted By Neil
Thunderbird -OT

On 11/4/2019 4:22 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 01:25:01 -0500, Neil wrote:

On 11/3/2019 3:46 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
[...]

The xref header...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum November 4th 19, 07:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 119
Views: 1,937
Posted By Neil
Thunderbird -OT

On 11/3/2019 3:46 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
[...]

The xref header wouldn't be a good choice because it's server specific.
It's not that unusual to have multiple servers defined, which would...
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