Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 10th 15, 12:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 149
Views: 2,976
Will us elders soon be computerless?
On 4/10/2015 7:05 AM, Ant wrote:
Like in Win98 you'd click on "FIND" (to search for files). In XP it's
called SEARCH. Does the same damn thing, just confuses the user....
And for what...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 23rd 15, 01:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 396
No news is snow news
On 2/22/2015 6:37 PM, Barry Schwarz wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 04:16:59 +0700, JJ wrote:
PS) Consider using OT for off topic posts, please. Know what I mean?
...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 22nd 15, 12:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 396
No news is snow news
The good news is that all of your snow will melt. The bad news is that
your snow cannot just melt into your frozen yard (the tundra).
If you are a pessimist, you should do something about all the...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
December 11th 14, 12:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,604
XP Pro display stays on
On 12/10/2014 11:37 AM, Ron Hardin wrote:
As some of our older XP Pro (Dell) laptops age, they've started to think that
there's activity and keep the display on, when it's set to turn off in...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 30th 14, 04:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,609
Is it a platter drive ?
On 11/30/2014 9:13 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
David,
Solid State drives are silent as there are no moving parts and also
don't gedt warm.
So, why than do computer processors need those...
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Forum: Windows XP Help and Support
October 29th 14, 12:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,316
XP update malicious software?
On 10/29/2014 2:35 AM, Sasquatch Jones wrote:
"philo " wrote in message ...
On 10/27/2014 11:48 PM, Sasquatch Jones wrote:
"philo "...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 6th 14, 01:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 564
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 25th 14, 10:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 564
Laser printer recommendations
On 6/24/2014 9:29 PM, Andy wrote:
Looking for recommendations from users with laser printers.
I am fed up with inkjets.
thanks,
Andy
I have a HP LaserJet, a CP2025dn...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 22nd 14, 11:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 971
Print as laid out on screen option not avaiable?
On 6/22/2014 12:50 AM, Bill in Co wrote:
Apparently this option is not available (or at least is greyed out)? I'm
using both IE8 and FF in WinXP, and it's evidently not an available option.
...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 8th 14, 11:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 324
I think this is Impossible
On 6/6/2014 4:33 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message ,
writes:
I think this is Impossible. (Dual backups)
I want to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 4th 14, 01:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 953
Partition Size Limit for Fat32
On 6/3/2014 10:56 PM, wrote:
It's weird that I could remove SVI on all the other drives, byut not
this one. I really dont want to use any of it. When I delete stuff, I
want...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 3rd 14, 12:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,030
What is an Operating System?
On 4/2/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
I used to think an Operating System, was the software that made the
hardware inside a computer operate in a language that we understand (in
other...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
March 1st 14, 08:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 700
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 14th 14, 11:47 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 319
Download speed
On 2/13/2014 10:04 PM, Andy wrote:
I was hoping that a second computer with it's WiFi card could double my upload/download speed.
Didn't happen, one computer had 400 Mbs download speed while...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
February 2nd 14, 05:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 846
Plague Of Pop-ups In WinXp-3, Firefox.
On 2/2/2014 10:32 AM, Barry Bruyea wrote:
In recent weeks I've been plagued with full page pop ups in programs I
access every day. The most common one is telling me my Browser is out
of date...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 13th 14, 12:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,945
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 13th 14, 12:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,945
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
January 12th 14, 04:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 55
Views: 1,945
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 31st 13, 02:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 53
Views: 2,188
OT Internet Access
On 12/30/2013 9:04 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
OldGuy wrote:
Modems only last about a year. This year's modem is a Zoom ADSL X7N.
Uh, new modems may be announced every year or so, but the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 22nd 13, 01:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,216
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 14th 13, 01:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 571
WinXP & google Icon on Desktop
On 12/13/2013 2:57 PM, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:
On Friday, December 13, 2013 12:10:39 PM UTC-6, Bob F wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:
AAH wrote:
I have google Icon on my desktop which...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
December 6th 13, 10:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 340
Removing password?
On 12/6/2013 11:31 AM, KenK wrote:
I have a several-year-old notebook computer with XP Home. Years ago, for
some reason I forget, I password protected it (added administrative
account???). I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 14th 13, 11:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 415
Defragmenting:
On 11/14/2013 12:40 PM, wrote:
I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7 Professional, SP1,
with Spywareblaster, CcCleaner, Avast, and Windows firewall.
(1) TB HD
Intel...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 8th 13, 01:44 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,520
OT How to display the Run box in win8
On 11/7/2013 6:11 PM, micky wrote:
On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:36:44 -0500, micky
wrote:
I need to do something with Team viewer on my brother's computer.
To fix...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 4th 13, 05:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 404
TClockEx moving to the right!
On 10/4/2013 10:44 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 07:35:38 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:
I use TClockEx to give me different information in...
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