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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 19th 20, 01:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 100
Views: 28,564
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Word look alike?

nospam wrote:
In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

(1) the transmission is NOT
encrypted, but sent in the clear, so anyone...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 12th 20, 05:00 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,516
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Latest Edge Update

Mayayana wrote:

You can protest that Win10 is the only choice... Your something
or other won't work with 7... What about security?... There are
all kinds of arguments pro and con, but the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 11th 20, 06:06 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,516
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Latest Edge Update

Arlen Holder wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:39:14 -0400, Bill wrote:

That's what I do too. But when I delete cookies (with CCleaner), which
I do regularly, there are frequently some for...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 11th 20, 02:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,516
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Latest Edge Update

Ken Blake wrote:
On 9/9/2020 9:49 PM, Bill wrote:

Just got the latest version of Edge update (or/and other MS services?),
I couldn't even delete through the task manager.Â* There is just...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 10th 20, 05:49 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 1,516
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Latest Edge Update

Just got the latest version of Edge update (or/and other MS services?),
I couldn't even delete through the task manager. There is just a
"continue" button and an "ask me later" button. I must not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 5th 20, 10:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 1,076
Posted By Bill[_49_]
What is the groups opinion on Corsair 200 R cases

Ken Blake wrote:
On 9/4/2020 3:42 PM, Dean Jackson wrote:

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Carbide-Series%E2%84%A2-200R-Compact-ATX-Case/p/CC-9011023-WW#tab-tech-specs...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 4th 20, 09:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,597
Posted By Bill[_49_]
MS Solitaire Collection

John C. wrote:


Go he

http://www.acid-play.com/

or he

https://www.myabandonware.com/
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 20, 08:16 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,597
Posted By Bill[_49_]
MS Solitaire Collection

Paul wrote:
Bill wrote:
Bill wrote:

Of course, my primary reason for posting was to call out to you
Microsoft's participation in what I'd call "predatory gambling".

Cheers.
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 1st 20, 05:11 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,597
Posted By Bill[_49_]
MS Solitaire Collection

Bill wrote:

Of course, my primary reason for posting was to call out to you
Microsoft's participation in what I'd call "predatory gambling".

Cheers.
Bill


SEE the apparent apathy regarding...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 30th 20, 11:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,597
Posted By Bill[_49_]
MS Solitaire Collection

Zaidy036 wrote:

I suggest trying PySol Fan Club Edition - a Python Solitaire Game
Collection -Â* as a substitute for the MS collection from
https://pysolfc.sourceforge.io/



Thanks...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 30th 20, 03:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 22
Views: 1,597
Posted By Bill[_49_]
MS Solitaire Collection

I (just) started playing one of the solitaire games the other day.
Lots of advertising pushing online gambling. Having explicitly chosen a
non-gambling lifestyle, I removed the app today. What's...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 27th 20, 05:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,270
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Win95

Mark Lloyd wrote:

I had a 19" flat screen CRT monitor. IIRC, that weighed about 90 pounds.

Think of what you PAID for it too! I think I bought a light 22" for
about $229 about 8 years ago....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 26th 20, 02:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 2,270
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Win95

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 talking of home/consumer
versions). 25 years is a...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 17th 20, 01:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

nospam wrote:
In article , Bill
wrote:

Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 15/08/2020 21.08, Ant wrote:
Years from now, people will think...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 16th 20, 07:56 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 15/08/2020 21.08, Ant wrote:
Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 14/08/2020 21.59, Ant wrote:
Carlos E.R. wrote:
On...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 14th 20, 10:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

Ant wrote:

And can be archived easily.



There are plenty of examples where people can't retrieve the
archives because of outdated technology: Think paper tape, cassette
drives (big and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 10th 20, 11:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

nospam wrote:
In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote:

Certainly, I installed one on my new build last year because I still
have some...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 10th 20, 08:39 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

John Doe wrote:

For the vast majority of users "may not be needed often" is a gross
understatement. They are NEVER needed anymore. They just aren't.
They went the way of floppies. Don't mess...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 9th 20, 01:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 6,066
Posted By Bill[_49_]
No optical drives?

knuttle wrote:
On 8/9/2020 2:51 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
I agree about most people not needing them anymore. On my laptops, I
swapped the optical drives for 2nd or 3rd hard drives, and on my...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 22nd 20, 05:16 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 79
Views: 2,334,775
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Why are printers constantly redesigned with no improvements?

Bill wrote:
Commander Kinsey wrote:

In answer to the question: "Why are printers constantly redesigned with
no improvements?":* The answer is surely because they found a way to
build it...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 21st 20, 03:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 79
Views: 2,334,775
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Why are printers constantly redesigned with no improvements?

Commander Kinsey wrote:

Toner is very very expensive.* I buy ink, not cartridges, it comes in
bottles.* £10 a LITRE.


Almost 20 years ago, a "refurbished" ink cartridge ruined my HP inkjet...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 8th 20, 08:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Replies: 13
Views: 204
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panelsystem applet

nospam wrote:
In article , Bill
wrote:


Had they hired me, you might see some sort of parallel processing on
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 8th 20, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Replies: 13
Views: 204
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panelsystem applet

nospam wrote:
In article , Bill
wrote:

Had they hired me, you might see some sort of parallel processing on any
given app. I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 8th 20, 03:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Replies: 13
Views: 204
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panelsystem applet

nospam wrote:
In article , Bill
wrote:

Had they hired me, you might see some sort of parallel processing on any
given app. I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 8th 20, 03:00 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Replies: 13
Views: 204
Posted By Bill[_49_]
Microsoft is reputedly beginning to sunset the Control Panelsystem applet

nospam wrote:
In article , Bill
wrote:

Had they hired me, you might see some sort of parallel processing on any
given app. I don't...
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