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Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 8th 18, 01:49 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 25
Views: 912
Posted By chicagofan
.bat on taskbar? (Now colours in Aero) and elsewhere)

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , chicagofan
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
[]
Pinning to taskbar isn't a function of Aero -...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 6th 18, 01:29 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 25
Views: 912
Posted By chicagofan
.bat on taskbar?

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , VanguardLH
writes:
[]
Which Windows theme are you using? I'm using an Aero theme (and not the
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 29th 18, 04:57 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 56
Views: 1,009
Posted By chicagofan
Best Browser?

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Mayayana
writes:
"Paul" wrote

| Of all the browsers, Seamonkey is...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 29th 18, 04:41 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 56
Views: 1,009
Posted By chicagofan
Best Browser?

chicagofan wrote:
Paul wrote:
mechanic wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:02:08 -0700, T wrote:

On 03/26/2018 04:31 AM, mechanic wrote:
On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:36:56 -0000 (UTC),...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 29th 18, 12:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 56
Views: 1,009
Posted By chicagofan
Best Browser?

Paul wrote:
mechanic wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:02:08 -0700, T wrote:

On 03/26/2018 04:31 AM, mechanic wrote:
On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 20:36:56 -0000 (UTC), Dominique wrote:

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 13th 17, 10:32 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 35
Views: 800
Posted By chicagofan
Infernal september

T wrote:
On 09/12/2017 04:35 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:27:01 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 9th 17, 05:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 35
Views: 800
Posted By chicagofan
Infernal september

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 9/8/2017 5:08 PM, T wrote:
On 09/08/2017 01:41 PM, T wrote:
I stinking Infernal September working again or are they still
out. If this appears they are fixed,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 13th 17, 01:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 34
Views: 1,344
Posted By chicagofan
What'sa proper reader for Usenet?

David B. wrote:
On 01/05/2017 11:40, mechanic wrote:
On Mon, 1 May 2017 09:02:19 +0100, David B. wrote:

I feel fairly sure that I read somewhere you claim that you had
been on Usenet...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 17, 03:41 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 640
Posted By chicagofan
Problem uninstalling Google Chrome

Paul wrote:
chicagofan wrote:
After taking about 30 mins. for Chrome to uninstall, it failed to
remove the desktop icon for it. Now when I try to delete the icon,
it says I "need...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 18th 17, 08:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 19
Views: 640
Posted By chicagofan
Problem uninstalling Google Chrome

After taking about 30 mins. for Chrome to uninstall, it failed to remove
the desktop icon for it. Now when I try to delete the icon, it says I
"need permission", and when I continue, it gives me a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 18th 17, 03:35 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,176
Posted By chicagofan
Getting Windows 7 Updates Without Being Forced to Windows 10

Nil wrote:
On 16 Feb 2017, Gene Wirchenko wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:16:31 -0600, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:
I stopped...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 9th 16, 03:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 7
Views: 158
Posted By chicagofan
10 Good Reasons ..

Wolf K wrote:
On 2016-07-09 07:56, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 20:35:02 -0500, Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

On 7/8/2016 8:05 PM, The New Other Guy wrote:
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 2nd 16, 08:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 121
Posted By chicagofan
No more Usenet on Shaw Cable

Rene lamontagne wrote:
Yesterday afternoon I opened Thunderbird to newsgroups and saw no new
ones, on clicking an old one I got the message box that the program
could not find the Shaw Cable...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 22nd 16, 07:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Replies: 27
Views: 204
Posted By chicagofan
Microsoft stops support of old Windows on new PCs. What?

pjp wrote:
In article ,
says...
In article
Anonymous...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 17th 15, 06:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 628
Posted By chicagofan
GWXUX

Paul wrote:
...winston wrote:


Protect your interests.

By switching off Windows Update as well.

Since most of the incoming content is associated
with greasing the rails for Windows...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 16th 15, 10:40 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 1
Views: 534
Posted By chicagofan
smart TV question

Stan Brown wrote:
On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:51:21 -0500, chicagofan wrote:
I've had the classic version of Roku for several years and like your
friend have had no "calling home" problems.

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 20th 15, 02:31 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,943
Posted By chicagofan
Windows Media Player has no sound?

David E. Ross wrote:
On 11/19/2015 3:19 PM, chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what
has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 20th 15, 01:51 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,943
Posted By chicagofan
Windows Media Player has no sound?

VanguardLH wrote:
chicagofan wrote:

My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what
has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months.
snipped the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 20th 15, 01:49 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,943
Posted By chicagofan
Windows Media Player has no sound?

OldGuy wrote:
Go into Control Panel Sound and try different settings to select the
sound source.

Thanks, OldGuy, if it happens again, will do. :)
bj
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 20th 15, 01:47 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,943
Posted By chicagofan
Windows Media Player has no sound?

Paul in Houston TX wrote:
chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what
has changed in WMP,
because I haven't used it in several months.

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 19th 15, 11:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,943
Posted By chicagofan
Windows Media Player has no sound?

My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what
has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months.

I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum October 17th 15, 10:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 24
Views: 3,421
Posted By chicagofan
Win 10 nag screen

Good Guy wrote:
On 17/10/2015 18:49, chicagofan wrote:
Good Guy wrote:
On 17/10/2015 13:47, Stan Brown wrote:
But I don't believe they think we all want Windows 10. By now
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum October 17th 15, 06:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 24
Views: 3,421
Posted By chicagofan
Win 10 nag screen

Good Guy wrote:
On 17/10/2015 13:47, Stan Brown wrote:
But I don't believe they think we all want Windows 10. By now
comments in the press and in a zillion online forums have disabused
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 12th 15, 07:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 44
Views: 3,402
Posted By chicagofan
How to remove prompt "Upgrade to Windows 10" ?

Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:44:25 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Jeez, its only Windows 10, Not the black plague.

Regards, Rene, Running Windows 10
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 7th 15, 02:36 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 744
Posted By chicagofan
Can't uninstall Free Avast

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , chicagofan
writes:
When I select uninstall Avast in Programs it throws up a screen
telling me what...
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