Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 8th 17, 06:00 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 436
Desktop Shortcut Problem
Several (not all) desktop shortcuts open to the google default search
engine, or my homepage, instead of the website that were created for!
Help?
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 4th 17, 07:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 390
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 28th 17, 05:44 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 568
System Idle Problem!
I'm just curious: Why would Windows seek an excuse to go back to sleep? It
certainly makes task scheduler kind of unreliable! Fortunately, I found a
program called "Insomnia" which reverses this...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 27th 17, 05:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 568
System Idle Problem!
I'm just curious: Why would Windows seek an excuse to go back to sleep? It
certainly makes task scheduler kind of unreliable! Fortunately, I found a
program called "Insomnia" which reverses this...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 24th 17, 05:54 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 568
System Idle Problem!
Thanks so Much. Please keep me posted!
Marc
"Paul" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
I set up a backup program (Acronis) and a Malwarebyte scan at intervals...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 23rd 17, 04:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 568
System Idle Problem!
I set up a backup program (Acronis) and a Malwarebyte scan at intervals when
the computer is running with WMP going strong, as well as Thunderbird and
IE. Yet, after a couple of minutes, the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 28th 17, 05:31 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 429
Windows goes to sleep !
Thanks for your reply!
"Paul" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in
my power plan for it...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 27th 17, 08:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 429
Windows goes to sleep !
It's set to NEVER!
"philo" wrote in message ...
On 09/27/2017 11:27 AM, OREALLY wrote:
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in
...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 27th 17, 05:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 429
Windows goes to sleep !
My HP Windows 7 Desktop goes to sleep due to system idle. I have set in my
power plan for it NEVER to go to sleep,
yet after a few minutes when running backups it will go into sleep mode...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
August 26th 17, 04:34 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 296
Open Old URL Shortcuts
Here's the issue: If you have desktop Website shortcuts created in Chrome
they will open in Chrome, of course. But if you (for any reason) uninstall
Chrome, those shortcuts will no longer open in...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
August 25th 17, 08:49 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 296
Open Old URL Shortcuts
I have old website shortcuts from Chrome that I want to open in IE. How can
I do this?
Oreally
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 14th 17, 04:15 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 450
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 13th 17, 04:33 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 450
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 1st 17, 08:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
Thanks for your support of IE. Unfortunately, a clean reinstall of the OS is
so time consuming that I'd rather use Chrome. It has yet to crash and boots
up immediately. Too bad. IE has its...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 25th 17, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
IE still crashes daily (more than once)...this has been going on for years.
I've disabled add-ons, tried various changes in the options / advanced etc.
Still no luck!
"VanguardLH" wrote in...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 25th 17, 03:06 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
Thank you!
"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
There's been no help to be had....
So you are dismissing everyone that has offered help just...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 22nd 17, 01:44 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
There's been no help to be had....You have some ideas? They would still
welcome!
"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
(Proper quoting added by...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 21st 17, 05:29 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
I give up on IE! Totally unreliable. Crashes everyday! Microsoft should suck
their tale!!!
"OREALLY" wrote in message ...
I don't know about you folks but I am...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 19th 17, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
1) Easier to create Desktop shortcut
2) Google Toolbar (strangely not available in Google Chrome)
3) Copying a site instantly shows up in Google Toolbar
4) Ability to CUSTOMIZE Zoom
5) Manage...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 18th 17, 09:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
Yes...thanks Done all that. I'm now experimenting with delaying IE startup.
We'll see.
"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
I don't know about...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 18th 17, 07:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
There are significant advantages to IE. But Microsoft doesn't seem to give a
hoot about its reliability!
"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Sat,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 18th 17, 06:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 86
Views: 2,277
IE 11....What a Mess!
I don't know about you folks but I am sick of seeing IE11 scew up! Every day
I get messages about how it must close, or has stopped working...or even
that it has stopped working when it clearly is...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 14th 16, 04:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 421
System Restore Schedule
Thanks...that explains it
"Paul" wrote in message ...
OREALLY wrote:
I mean 'create a restore point....but why the option in the Task Scheduler
to trigger a new...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 13th 16, 11:33 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 421
System Restore Schedule
I understand that Win 7 does a sys restore every 7 days by default...or when
a new application or update is installed. However, my task scheduler has it
set for a restore at startup and at a...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 19th 16, 09:59 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 696
Google Toolbar problem
The dropdown history menu has become dysfunctional. Nothing shows up. I've
disabled add-ons, Reset IE11, reinstalled toolbar but still nothing doing
with the dropdown menu. Tried a system restore...
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