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Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 28th 13, 02:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 101
Views: 1,846
Posted By Tim Slattery
Adding a note to a File Name?

pyotr filipivich wrote:


I know Unix allows you to have executable files without extensions, but it
won't allow you to have two files with the same name in the same...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 15th 13, 02:02 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 101
Views: 1,846
Posted By Tim Slattery
Adding a note to a File Name?

"Freckles" wrote:

Is there any way to append a note to a file without effecting that file's
name.
In other words if I have a file "PHOTOGRAPHS" How can I add a note to...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 26th 13, 05:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,033
Posted By Tim Slattery
16 Bit Application Won't Run

Andy wrote:


Could you give me an example ?

I write 16 and 32 bit programs using assembly.

I would love to learn how to build icons into my 16 bit programs.

In...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 26th 13, 01:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 883
Posted By Tim Slattery
OT : Windows 8

"Bill in Co" wrote:


But how much of our already purchased, windows-based software, would even
run in Linux? (Just curious). Unless there is some Windows...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 26th 13, 01:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,033
Posted By Tim Slattery
16 Bit Application Won't Run

ka6uup wrote:

I have a handy little 16 bit application called "All The Time"which has
been running on my xp computer for several years.
About two weeks ago for no reason I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 26th 13, 01:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,033
Posted By Tim Slattery
16 Bit Application Won't Run

Andy wrote:


If the program has an icon, it is not 16 bit, unless you associated
an icon with the program.

How do you figure? What do you think we did before...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 24th 13, 05:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 955
Posted By Tim Slattery
MBR and 3Tb drive question

Ken Blake wrote:


Agent, which I use, can do so too. I just don't have the fonts set
correctly to do that, since even if I could read the letters, I
wouldn't know what they...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 22nd 13, 01:57 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 1,046
Posted By Tim Slattery
Responding to government legal demands for customer data

Iceman wrote:

Some newsreaders (like 40tude Dialog) have an option for collapsing quoted
messages. Thunderbird has an extension that will do the same. I see you use
Forte...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 18th 13, 01:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 827
Posted By Tim Slattery
32 bit XP Pro on 64 bit machine (Possibly OT) ?

scbs29 wrote:

If I do replace it, would XP Pro 32 bit run on it in its own partition
? If so, will my 32 bit XP programs that are not Win7 compatible and
no longer...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 18th 13, 01:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 613
Posted By Tim Slattery
4 Gb Ram in XP

Andy wrote:


I am surprised that a H.P. 6730b would have room for 8 Gb
of RAM when only half could be used.

If the machine can take that much RAM then it must be...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 16th 13, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 955
Posted By Tim Slattery
MBR and 3Tb drive question

"Seth" wrote:


NTFS is a file system, "format type". GPT is a partition type. The 2 are
mutually exclusive

That should be "partition table type" and "*NOT* mutually...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 16th 13, 02:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 33
Views: 955
Posted By Tim Slattery
MBR and 3Tb drive question

pjp wrote:

What I notice though is that it appears to be formatted NTFS and there's
no indication of the GPT format that docs state is required to access
entire...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 15th 13, 09:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 1,675
Posted By Tim Slattery
dumb question

JJ wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:16:26 -0400, David H. Lipman wrote:
Any new printers that are COTS will support both Win32 and Win64.

What's "COTS" ?

Commercial Off The...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 15th 13, 01:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 25
Views: 1,675
Posted By Tim Slattery
dumb question

Norvin Gordon wrote:

OK, my age is showing, how do I know if my system is 32 or 64 bit?

Find "My Computer", right-click it and select Properties. If it's a
64-bit...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 27th 13, 01:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 556
Posted By Tim Slattery
Persistent Java-related message

Paul wrote:

They give the impression here, it comes from Java 6, and they
suggest updating to Java 7. Did Java 6 even have Auto Update ?
Maybe there'd be evidence of some...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 26th 13, 09:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 556
Posted By Tim Slattery
Persistent Java-related message

"David H. Lipman" wrote:

From: "Tim Slattery"

My wife has been getting a pop-up message box on her Win XP computer,
over and over again....
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 26th 13, 05:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 556
Posted By Tim Slattery
Persistent Java-related message

My wife has been getting a pop-up message box on her Win XP computer,
over and over again. It says:

The page requires a secure connection which includes server
authentication.
The Certificate Issuer...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 24th 13, 05:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 1,299
Posted By Tim Slattery
How to listen live and record it

micky wrote:

I know there are a lot of good stations out there, but this is one
I've gotten on actual radios.

So have I, but then I live in the Washington, DC area,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 19th 13, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 10
Views: 526
Posted By Tim Slattery
OT; email attachment

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:


In Turnpike I can choose MIME or UUcode.

Use MIME. UUEncode is an older protocol in which the client simply has
to search through the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 19th 13, 01:57 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 59
Views: 1,205
Posted By Tim Slattery
eMail Client For Me

OldGuy wrote:

What other recommended free email clients are recommended.

Pegasus mail (http://www.pmail.com)

Important to me: In addition can anyone identify which email...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 12th 13, 09:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 534
Posted By Tim Slattery
Internet help

Motor T wrote:

I would like to know how current the information I am reading on any
"how to" type web page is. If I'm seeking an answer to a question say:
'what is the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 12th 13, 01:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 791
Posted By Tim Slattery
My unbranded Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System reports cannot save file as memory low

Mick wrote:

My unbranded Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Operating System
Computer has 8 GB DRAM Yet on trying to save a file it reports out of
memory!

That's...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 12th 13, 01:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 534
Posted By Tim Slattery
Internet help

Motor T wrote:

I need to ask a question about web pages but I don't know which
newsgroup to ask. Any suggestions please. I looked for
alt.comp.internet but I don't see...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 11th 13, 01:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 34
Views: 2,762
Posted By Tim Slattery
"7-Zip" V9.20 Recently Downloaded

wrote:

Hi,

Yesterday I downloaded "7-Zip" V9.20 ("7z920.exe") after a
friend recommended it. One of my laptops (Dell) has Windows 7.
WinZip 7 (I used for years)...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 7th 13, 09:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 658
Posted By Tim Slattery
How to View Video file from an I-PAD on My Dell Studio XPS 9100 Computer with Windows 7 Pro (SP1)

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

But in general, the answer is yes, although it might be necessary to
download some free application, such as VLC, or especially, QuickTime
from the...
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