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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 24th 20, 11:44 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 261
Posted By [email protected]
which laptop is best? hp/microsoft/dell/lenovo/acer

On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:29:19 +0000, mechanic
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:54:55 +0000, wrote:

My current pooter is a Sony VAIO which I bought in...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 23rd 20, 07:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 261
Posted By [email protected]
which laptop is best? hp/microsoft/dell/lenovo/acer

I am considering buying a Windows 10 notebook.

Which of the above (or other) companies produces the most reliable
laptop? I'm happy to pay more for quality. I just don't want the thing
dying after a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 23rd 18, 09:07 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 554
Posted By [email protected]
uninstall Windows Defender

I installed Microsoft Security Essentials, then uninstalled it. Now
when I do Windows Update it keeps trying to install "Definition Update
for Windows Defender" as an "important" package.

How can I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 3rd 18, 09:49 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 6,700
Posted By [email protected]
2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4074598)

On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:37:50 -0500, Paul
wrote:

To do it offline, you:

1) Boot the installer DVD or the emergency boot CD that Windows 7 Backup
makes for you. There...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 3rd 18, 09:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 6,700
Posted By [email protected]
2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4074598)

and the following;

C:\Windows\system32DISM /online /remove-package:KB4074598

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Image Version: 6.1.7601.18489

An error...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 3rd 18, 09:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 6,700
Posted By [email protected]
2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4074598)

On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:31:44 -0500, Paul
wrote:

Is it possible to get help from Microsoft in this issue? I'd consider
paying a fee for competent tech support.

They...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 3rd 18, 02:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 6,700
Posted By [email protected]
2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4074598)

On Sat, 03 Mar 2018 04:01:46 -0500, Paul
wrote:

I downloaded and tried to install each of the following six packages.
They all failed with message "The update is not...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 2nd 18, 09:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 6,700
Posted By [email protected]
2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB4074598)

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:34:58 -0500, Paul
wrote:

If you want to study "what is missing from my system",
you'd use MBSA 2.3 for that. It only handles "security"
patches, not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 10th 16, 05:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 68
Posted By [email protected]
migrating from win 7 to win 10

I bought my current computer (Sony Vaio) in 2010, running win 7
Ultimate. It's had a couple of failures this year, the Blu-ray and SSD
drives have had to be exchanged.

The repair people said it's...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 5th 16, 06:40 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 14
Views: 827
Posted By [email protected]
USB mem stick drive letter

When I plug in a USB memory stick, in the same physical socket,
sometimes it appears as my G drive, and sometimes as my H drive.

Sometimes it doesn't aopear at all, so I take it out and plug it...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 3rd 16, 07:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 11
Views: 121
Posted By [email protected]
windows 10 newsgroups ?

are there any windows 10 newsgroups with substantial traffic, apart
from alt.comp.os.windows-10 ?

ty
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 20th 16, 08:37 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:50:36 -0400, Paul wrote:

mklink "C:\Users\John Smith\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual
PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vhd" "E:\abc\Windows...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 19th 16, 07:53 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 20:59:09 +0700, JJ wrote:

On Sat, 18 Jun 2016 16:45:16 -0400, Paul wrote:

Symbolic links, on the other hand,
are a feature of File Explorer....
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 18th 16, 05:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

On Sat, 18 Jun 2016 18:39:19 +0700, JJ wrote:


Is this as simple as copying the file "C:\Users\John
Smith\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 17th 16, 07:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:11:59 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 17/06/2016 14:19, wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:02:46 +0100, Roger...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 17th 16, 02:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:02:46 +0100, Roger Mills
wrote:

On 17/06/2016 13:06, wrote:

Is this as simple as copying the file "C:\Users\John
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 17th 16, 01:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,542
Posted By [email protected]
Windows XP Mode - Virtual hard disk file

From the start menu, I choose; Windows Virtual PC - Manage Virtual
Machines

which gives me one item; "Windows XP Mode"

I select this, and choose "settings".

This gives me a dialog box "Windows XP...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 29th 16, 01:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,567
Posted By [email protected]
uninstall Internet Explorer 8

On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:24:33 -0500, philo wrote:

I agree. No need to uninstall IE8 which will just put the machine back
to an older version...simply don't use it.

I browse ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 28th 16, 10:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,567
Posted By [email protected]
uninstall Internet Explorer 8

I have Windows XP and wish to uninstall Internet Explorer 8, replacing
it with Google Chrome.

Is it as simple as uninstalling "Windows Internet Explorer 8" in
Control Panel, add or remove...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 13th 16, 07:28 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,428
Posted By [email protected]
Windows Defender

On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:15:38 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:01:01 +0100, wrote:

I keep getting definition updates for...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 13th 16, 07:01 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 1,428
Posted By [email protected]
Windows Defender

I keep getting definition updates for Windows Defender in Windows
Update.

I have Kaspersky Anti-Virus installed.

Do I actuallly *need* Windows Defender? If so, why?

If not, how do I unintall...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 18th 16, 10:26 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 727
Posted By [email protected]
operation of Macrium 6.1

I have three partitions on my computer's internal 128 GB SSD drive;

1) recovery (none), NTFS primary, 6.33 GB
2) system reserved (none), NTFS active, 100 MB
3) C:, NTFS primary, 112 GB

I want to...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 10th 16, 08:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 834
Posted By [email protected]
SD card reliability

I am told "SD card media [is] inherently slow and unreliable".

I just bought a 256 GB SD card, intending to use it for backups, for a
Sony Vaio bought in 2010.

Is that statement as to current SD...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 11th 15, 09:24 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 3
Views: 1,141
Posted By [email protected]
strange directory appears

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:03:52 +0000, wrote:

Recently (yesterday) a peculiar directory has appeared, viz:

I suspect this is from the latest MS Update for Visual Studio...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 11th 15, 09:03 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 3
Views: 1,141
Posted By [email protected]
strange directory appears

Recently (yesterday) a peculiar directory has appeared, viz:

C:\90e779dbae23653ae6dir
Volume in drive C has no label.

Directory of C:\90e779dbae23653ae6

11/02/2015 12:28 DIR ...
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