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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum September 30th 20, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-8,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 5,591
Posted By mechanic
[MICROSOFT] Introducing web capture for Microsoft Edge

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:08:08 -0400, Paul wrote:

Jeff Barnett wrote:
On 9/29/2020 8:00 PM, í*½í¸‰ Good Guy í*½í¸‰ wrote:

[ Microsoft Web Capture ]...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 19th 20, 11:22 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 95
Views: 26,603
Posted By mechanic
How to clean up a white keyboard?

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:35:15 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On 9/18/2020 3:15 AM, mechanic wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:51:02 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Check, power failures do not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 18th 20, 11:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 95
Views: 26,603
Posted By mechanic
How to clean up a white keyboard?

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:51:07 -0400, Jonathan N. Little wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

Changing the subject slightly, I once knew a woman who told me she never
used her cell phone during a...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 18th 20, 11:15 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 95
Views: 26,603
Posted By mechanic
How to clean up a white keyboard?

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:51:02 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Check, power failures do not affect pots service, they run on their own
independent power systems.

One of their ways to ensure...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 16th 20, 12:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 95
Views: 26,603
Posted By mechanic
How to clean up a white keyboard?

On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:43:20 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:07:25 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

I just googled ibm m keyboard and found pictures of them....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 2nd 20, 11:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,606
Posted By mechanic
How to set Remote Desktop policies in Win10

On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:20:01 -0400, Wolffan wrote:

On 01 Sep 2020, mechanic wrote
(in article ):

On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 06:58:23 -0400, Wolffan wrote:

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 20, 10:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,606
Posted By mechanic
How to set Remote Desktop policies in Win10

On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 06:58:23 -0400, Wolffan wrote:

[snip]
Which is why we¢ll be buying elsewhere.

Just out of interest, who's "we" in your posts, by the way?
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 20, 09:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,606
Posted By mechanic
How to set Remote Desktop policies in Win10

On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 14:20:29 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

XP *is* broken as WannaCry amply demonstrated and should be
treated as such.

The majority of WannaCry victims were Win 7 and 8...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 20, 11:24 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,606
Posted By mechanic
How to set Remote Desktop policies in Win10

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:04:33 -0400, Wolffan wrote:

If it ain¢t broke, don¢t fix it.

Trouble is, it was broke, as many XP users (inluding many in the NHS
in the UK) found when WannaCry ran riot...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 31st 20, 11:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,606
Posted By mechanic
How to set Remote Desktop policies in Win10

On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:05:09 -0700, Norm Why wrote:

Hi,

I use a WinXP device to access Win10 PCs. Win10 lists errors in "Event
Viewer". How do I set 'native mode' on Win10. Details please....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 29th 20, 11:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 09:04:19 -0400, Paul wrote:

Since VGa is analog, and the wiring isn't all that
good, the higher resolution settings tend to have
reflections and ghosting. If pushed to the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 27th 20, 11:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 22:44:50 +0100, mechanic wrote:

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:05:48 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

If we look at bandwidth the difference is even larger. 8-bit colour was common
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 27th 20, 10:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:05:48 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

If we look at bandwidth the difference is even larger. 8-bit colour was common
for 800x600 which is 3.8m bits. We can easily do 24bits @...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 26th 20, 07:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:06:42 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

I wouldn't use anything less than 2560x1440 nowadays.

Not much of a jump from 800x600 in 25 years!
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 26th 20, 10:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:16:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:

Wrong. Cloud computing, virtual machines, and docker-like software are all
blurring what a computer on your desk can do. From my desk I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 26th 20, 10:15 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:28:46 -0400, dale wrote:

On 8/25/2020 6:29 AM, mechanic wrote:
25 years on, we are reminded of the big changes Win95 showed
compared to the preceding Win3.1 (I'm...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 25th 20, 11:29 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,227
Posted By mechanic
Win95

25 years on, we are reminded of the big changes Win95 showed
compared to the preceding Win3.1 (I'm talking of home/consumer
versions). 25 years is a long time - what is it, 12-15 Moore
periods?...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 18th 20, 11:41 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 40
Views: 1,939
Posted By mechanic
Gravity newsreader - good anti-troll defences

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:57:18 +0100, Philip Herlihy wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:06:44 +0100, in...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 17th 20, 11:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 40
Views: 1,939
Posted By mechanic
Gravity newsreader - good anti-troll defences

On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 10:06:44 +0100, in alt.comp.os.windows-10 you
wrote:

Using it now. I exported everything (and downloaded the original
installer) before installing the 2020 version, but...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 13th 20, 06:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 1,331
Posted By mechanic
Chromium Edge

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 07:45:44 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On 8/13/2020 1:00 AM, occam wrote:
On 11/08/2020 18:53, Mark Lloyd wrote:
I noticed that today's Win10 update replaced MS Edge with...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 13th 20, 10:29 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 1,331
Posted By mechanic
Chromium Edge

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 10:00:03 +0200, occam wrote:

On 11/08/2020 18:53, Mark Lloyd wrote:
I noticed that today's Win10 update replaced MS Edge with Chromium Edge.
They took a long time to do...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 12th 20, 01:00 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 1,331
Posted By mechanic
Chromium Edge

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:04:51 -0400, Wolffan wrote:

On 11 Aug 2020, Mark Lloyd wrote
(in article ):

I noticed that today's Win10 update replaced MS Edge with...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 12th 20, 12:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 1,331
Posted By mechanic
Chromium Edge

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 11:53:15 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:

I noticed that today's Win10 update replaced MS Edge with Chromium Edge.
They took a long time to do that.

Yes, same here with the change...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 5th 20, 11:28 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 29
Views: 1,376
Posted By mechanic
Power corrupts (was - Conundrum!)

On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:03:39 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

On 2020-08-04 7:03 p.m., Paul wrote:
David_B wrote:


Here is the list of Public Newsgroups available to my friend:-

...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 5th 20, 11:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 23
Views: 1,328
Posted By mechanic
Fresh install, plus personal files, still crashing.

On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:23:34 -0400, micky wrote:

Well, then we're even since I posted the wrong problem

I'll get back to you all in a few days.

Are we missing something? What we need is a...
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