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Forum: General XP issues or comments April 2nd 21, 01:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 36
Views: 9,617
Google is redirecting me to a "consent" page - is it new or justme ?

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 23:08:44, Paul in Houston TX
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised):
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Duckduckgo.com
No JS needed.
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 1st 21, 05:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 36
Views: 9,617
Google is redirecting me to a "consent" page - is it new or just me ?

R.Wieser wrote:
Charlie+,

it means they dont know who you are

After having used them for a decade thats rather hard to believe.

and your avoidance to Google harvesting all your...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 30th 21, 11:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 36
Views: 9,617
Google is redirecting me to a "consent" page - is it new or justme ?

R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all,

Recently while trying to google something I've been getting redirects to a
"consent.google.com" page in relation to how I want to have my private data
to be used...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 15th 20, 06:43 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 95
Views: 26,615
How to clean up a white keyboard?

T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a old off white keyboard that adore in
my shop.Â* The keys are starting to look a bit
nasty.

I have tried rubbing alcohol and vinegar and
nothing seems to...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 5th 20, 01:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 1,055
What is the groups opinion on Corsair 200 R cases

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

D.J.

Looks nice but I overclock and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 25th 20, 04:16 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 62
Views: 3,311
Computer needs warming up.

Peter Jason wrote:
A friend has a computer that needs to be warmed up in cold weather
before it will start.

He blows hot air into it from a small electric floor-heater.

Then it starts...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 18th 20, 12:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,288
Strange sounds from my laptop.

micky wrote:
A win7 question but I included win10 in case it happens there too and
because I think a lot of win7 experts now only read win10.

The sound on my Dell E4300 Latitude laptop...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 16th 20, 09:16 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 603
Windows "Your Phone"

Optimist wrote:
Why does this app keep failing every few days with the message "We can't connect to your phone"?
This happens even when the phone is next to the PC and is connected to the LAN.
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 6th 20, 06:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 14
Views: 1,271
High case temperatures

AK wrote:
My computer was doing an image save of my hard drive to a second hard drive. (Gparted)

I have done that many times.

But I heard some unusual sounds coming from my computer...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 2nd 20, 11:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 393
duckduckgo

Mayayana wrote:
Anyone know why duckduckgo.com now redirects
me to html.duckduckgo.com/html and clears the input
field, so that I have to re-enter the search terms?

I ran...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 30th 20, 12:26 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Replies: 23
Views: 459
Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

Arlen Holder wrote:
Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 17th 20, 03:05 AM Posted to rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 53
Views: 817
How do you edit an icon in one of the Windows system DLLs?

Arlen Holder wrote:
Two fundamentally basic Windows icon-editing questions:
(A) How do you edit an icon in one of the Windows system DLLs?
https://i.postimg.cc/43GKMY2Z/icon01.jpg
(B)...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 7th 20, 10:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 263
How to watch a far-away wedding without socializing withairpolane passengers

micky wrote:
I have a friend whose grandson's wedding is coming up, in Europe. The
plane is flying but apparently there will be other passengers on the
plane, not just her.

She's had...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 13th 20, 01:36 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 44
Views: 334
Sending a word file via email, etc.

micky wrote:
My brother asked me this question.

When you've written something in Word or some other word processor, is
there a one- or two-step way to email it to someone?

I just said...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 8th 20, 01:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 108
Windows Backup question

Bill wrote:
After doing a backup with Windows 10, in the folder DATA, there are 2
subfolders: One had files I recognized in it, and the other was called
"$OF" (without the quotes of...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 1st 20, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 14
Views: 321
Word (2003) crashes unexpectedly

freejazz wrote:
Hi, my friend always uses Word 2003 for his works.
I don't know if it is caused by me when I installed Windows 10
(upgrade: 7-10) and I tried to install another version of...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 22nd 20, 07:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 9
Views: 106
c:\recycler question

Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 12th 20, 09:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 11
Views: 97
external NVMe enclosures with external power supply?

T wrote:
On 2020-04-12 05:38, VanguardLH wrote:
T wrote:

The usage is to clone drives and to be univesral to any customer that
has USB ports (2, 3 or C).

And...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 12th 20, 05:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 95
OT Slightly Poor internet signal

knuttle wrote:
With every thing going on, we are trying to view the live broadcast from
our church through the the internet. We are having problems getting it.

I have a Samsung Smart TV...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 10th 20, 10:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 1
Views: 66
external NVMe enclosures with external power supply?

T wrote:
Hi All,

Any you guys know of an external NVMe enclosures
with an external power supplies?

Many thanks,
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 9th 20, 11:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 1,218
Strange behavior of Excel 2003

Patok wrote:
Â* Since about a couple of months, the Excel from Office 2003 Pro
started misbehaving. When I try to save a particular document, it says
that a sharing violation occurred and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 6th 20, 12:23 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 39
Views: 2,456
What useful functionality is in the newer Microsoft Office that isn't already in the older MSOffice 2007 Pro which I just installed?

Arlen Holder wrote:
Most of you probably have newer versions of Microsoft Office than I just
downloaded & installed, where I simply want to ask you what functionality
you find useful in your...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 5th 20, 10:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt-comp-os-windows-8
Replies: 1
Views: 287
London's busiest shoping centre

😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

This is how London's busiest shopping centre looks these days:

[ Sophie's take on London ]
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 2nd 20, 02:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 9
Views: 216
Cloned/restored Win10Pro drive to NVMe drive -- won't boot

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
First I used Partition Magician's copy-to-SSD function, then again tried
Macrium Reflect to restore an image from one drive to another, but in
neither case will the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 18th 20, 02:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 33
Views: 322
VPN and Wi-Fi Network

nospam wrote:
In article , Arlen Holder
wrote:


But...
3. Are you sure that connecting by Ethernet to the router doesn't...
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