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Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 25th 17, 10:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 473
Posted By sctvguy1
Adobe to pull plug on Flash in 2020

On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:50:38 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/25/technology/adobe-killing-flash/
index.html

Adobe is finally pulling the plug on Flash.

The...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 14th 17, 04:21 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.os.windows-vista
Replies: 40
Views: 1,199
Posted By sctvguy1
Windows Vista Support Has Officially Ended

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:19:05 -0500, philo wrote:


I have Vista Ultimate and it works very well.




yes, I found Vista to be very good once the service packs came out...it
was simply...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 13th 17, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.os.windows-vista,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 40
Views: 1,199
Posted By sctvguy1
Windows Vista Support Has Officially Ended

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:04:52 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 13/04/2017 3:27 AM, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 13th 17, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.os.windows-vista,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 3
Views: 112
Posted By sctvguy1
Windows Vista Support Has Officially Ended

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:04:52 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

On 13/04/2017 3:27 AM, philo wrote:

I gave Vista a try shortly after it was released and it was horrible
beyond belief...it...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 26th 17, 02:41 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 81
Views: 2,386
Posted By sctvguy1
No sense in reviving old computers

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:40:12 -0600, philo wrote:

On 02/18/2017 04:49 AM, Ant wrote:
sctvguy1 wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:30:20 -0600, philo wrote:

On...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 17th 17, 09:38 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 81
Views: 2,386
Posted By sctvguy1
No sense in reviving old computers

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:30:20 -0600, philo wrote:

On 02/15/2017 03:12 PM, Wildman wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:53:38 +0100, Linea Recta wrote:

"philo" schreef in...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 10th 17, 09:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 172
Posted By sctvguy1
7 Still Rules !

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:41:43 -0800, Big Bad Bob wrote:


yeah whatever happened to 7, which was a direct reaction of CUSTOMER
RESPONSE to Win-**** VISTA, fixing MOST of the problems Vista had,
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 6th 16, 09:55 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 41
Views: 1,075
Posted By sctvguy1
Protecting Windows XP against intrusions

On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 15:07:56 -0500, Paul wrote:

NY wrote:
If someone has a PC that is running XP, and is of a spec (eg slow CPU,
less than 1 GB RAM) that doesn't lend itself to being...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 6th 16, 09:53 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 41
Views: 1,075
Posted By sctvguy1
Protecting Windows XP against intrusions

On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:51:11 +0000, NY wrote:

If someone has a PC that is running XP, and is of a spec (eg slow CPU,
less than 1 GB RAM) that doesn't lend itself to being upgraded, what
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 11th 16, 08:21 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 7
Views: 420
Posted By sctvguy1
My W7 SP1 will not update with the new style of updating.

Have tried numerous times to install the October update, it is not
installing. I let it run the "Stand Alone Installer" all night, and
still nothing. The regular Windows Update does nothing. Is...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 28th 16, 06:24 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,475
Posted By sctvguy1
Recommendations on a new printer

On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:41:03 -0400, Dick wrote:

+1 on the Brother laser printer. I have a Brother 2270DW laser that I
use as a network printer. It is very linux friendly: both wired and
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 14th 16, 07:48 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 21
Views: 2,296
Posted By sctvguy1
Problems with updating W7

On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:59:53 -0400, Paul wrote:


In Internet Explorer, you can visit links like this, to get security
updates. 369 is the April 2015 Servicing Stack. 605 is a Cumulative that
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 2nd 16, 03:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 135
Posted By sctvguy1
Anyone going to pay for "Premium" Paul Thurrott?

I am a regular reader of his, and watch "Windows Weekly". I think that
this is really enough, but wonder who will pony up the $45 dollars to be
able to read his "premium" content?



--
"What do...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 24th 16, 04:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 8
Views: 88
Posted By sctvguy1
Default Browser

On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 07:54:48 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 19:25:45 -0000 (UTC), sctvguy1
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:38:53 -0700, Ken Blake...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 23rd 16, 08:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 8
Views: 88
Posted By sctvguy1
Default Browser

On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:38:53 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:12:00 -0500, Jeff Thoele
wrote:

How do I make edge my default browser in Windows10?

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 7th 16, 03:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 14
Views: 168
Posted By sctvguy1
Bill Gates Predictions in 1999

On Tue, 07 Jun 2016 00:04:42 +0100, JoeJoe wrote:

On 28/05/2016 03:34, Good Guy wrote:

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-15-predictions-
in-1999-2015-4?op=1

--

/*This...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 4th 16, 04:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 39
Views: 209
Posted By sctvguy1
Forte Agent newsreader

On 2015-06-03 17:51:22 +0000, J0HNS0N said:

On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:23:18 -0400, -= Hawk =- wrote:

I've been using and dragging the same copy of 1.93 from PC to PC since
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 2nd 16, 11:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 29
Views: 1,275
Posted By sctvguy1
I'm sticking with Win7

On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:47:08 -0700, T wrote:

On 06/02/2016 12:06 PM, Moss Grimmik wrote:
I have had win 10 on my computer along side win 7&8 with my main OS
linux

Hi Moss,

Me too. ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 2nd 16, 11:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 32
Views: 362
Posted By sctvguy1
Windows 10: less than 15 per cent of those who can upgrade havebothered

On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:19:00 +0100, Bod wrote:


No, I have several computers and have only upgraded 2 to Win 10, so I
still have Windows 7 and even an XP machine so I've covered all of the
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 12th 16, 06:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,131
Posted By sctvguy1
Blue Screens

On Tue, 10 May 2016 10:51:38 +0700, JJ wrote:

On Mon, 9 May 2016 23:19:45 -0400, Jason wrote:
I'd thought that Blue Screen crashes were a thing of the past - I
hadn't had any for years. But...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 12th 16, 04:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 30
Views: 299
Posted By sctvguy1
Never10 - a tool from Gibson Research Corporation

On Wed, 11 May 2016 23:34:27 +0100, David B. wrote:

On 11/05/2016 22:11, Michael Logies wrote:
It`s a nice, very small (some kb, no installation needed), reliable
tool from Steve Gibson, as...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 4th 16, 06:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 83
Posted By sctvguy1
Dual graphic card notebook

On Wed, 04 May 2016 14:51:32 +0200, g.bon wrote:

Hi, I'm using a notebook (Asus G551m) on Win10 x64.
There are an Intel integrated graphic adapter and a Nvidia Geforce G960M
in it.
Driver...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 29th 16, 02:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 84
Views: 562
Posted By sctvguy1
OT Thunderbird 45 flawed

On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:19:18 -0600, Ken Springer wrote:

On 4/28/16 8:09 PM, Rene lamontagne wrote:
On 4/28/2016 8:28 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 4/25/16 8:46 PM, Good Guy wrote:

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 15th 16, 07:45 PM Posted to comp.sys.mac.apps,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 190
Views: 5,160
Posted By sctvguy1
Apple will no longer fix Quicktime security bugs (only solutionis to uninstall)

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:00:21 +0000, Jolly Roger wrote:


Many pieces of software install QuickTime. It came with other software
you have installed.

I told him that probably iTunes for Windows...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 15th 16, 06:37 PM Posted to comp.sys.mac.apps,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 190
Views: 5,160
Posted By sctvguy1
Apple will no longer fix Quicktime security bugs (only solutionis to uninstall)

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:22:40 +0000, Marob Katon wrote:


I have never used Quicktime but I found it on my Windows computer.
Where did it come from?
I never installed it.

It usually comes with...
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