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Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 5th 19, 03:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 1,318
Posted By John B. Smith
What's using my bandwidth?

On Sat, 05 Jan 2019 06:10:51 -0500, Paul
wrote:

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I think this is a FAQ, but I can't remember the A if there is one .. (-:

I use...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 21st 18, 04:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 30
Views: 1,303
Posted By John B. Smith
The transition from Windows XP to Windows 7

On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:34:12 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:
snip


It's always been my contention that Microsoft craps up the user
interface on any new Windows just to convince us...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 1st 18, 02:21 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 144
Views: 3,198
Posted By John B. Smith
telephone hackers - can we upload something?

On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:41:10 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:19:36 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

A couple days ago I subscribed to NoMoRobo on my...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 28th 18, 04:01 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 144
Views: 3,198
Posted By John B. Smith
telephone hackers - can we upload something?

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:50:42 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote:

"VanguardLH" wrote

|
| I don't see a $7/month Tracfone plan. The smallest smartphone plan I
| can...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 28th 18, 02:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 144
Views: 3,198
Posted By John B. Smith
telephone hackers - can we upload something?

On Sat, 28 Jul 2018 01:42:56 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:19:36 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

A couple days ago I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 27th 18, 10:41 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 144
Views: 3,198
Posted By John B. Smith
telephone hackers - can we upload something?

On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:19:36 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

A couple days ago I subscribed to NoMoRobo on my Spectrum Phone
landline website. Since then I've gotten 2 crap calls that...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 26th 18, 02:38 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 144
Views: 3,198
Posted By John B. Smith
telephone hackers - can we upload something?

On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:08:08 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:17:23 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Char Jackson wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jul 2018...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 20th 18, 02:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 31
Views: 1,103
Posted By John B. Smith
password-protecting a file or folder

On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:49:02 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:

I've used BestCript for many years. They advertise 'no back doors',
but who knows if this is true....
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 19th 18, 12:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 31
Views: 1,103
Posted By John B. Smith
password-protecting a file or folder

On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 20:58:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Jo-Anne wrote:

On 7/18/2018 7:00 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
Jo-Anne wrote:

I've Googled password-protecting files...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 15th 18, 02:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 2
Views: 313
Posted By John B. Smith
Macrium Reflect, For Those Who Haven't Tried It Yet

On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:46:07 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

DennyCrane wrote:

After using MR to make Win7 system images for a few years, I just had
my first need to restore an image...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 12th 18, 12:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 425
Posted By John B. Smith
My ReadOnly Problem

On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:28:31 -0800, tesla sTinker
wrote:

that's not the way your suppose to install it.
Besides Eudora 7 is a piece of ****.
Indeed, nowadays,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 10th 18, 04:33 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 425
Posted By John B. Smith
My ReadOnly Problem

On Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:11:01 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:


That's interesting as my next question, after we've solved this little
problem was why my...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 7th 18, 02:56 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 425
Posted By John B. Smith
My ReadOnly Problem

On Tue, 06 Feb 2018 21:11:58 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
When I added Win7 to my XP install a year or so ago, I installed
Eudora7 on it. It’s pretty old...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 7th 18, 12:45 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 425
Posted By John B. Smith
My ReadOnly Problem

When I added Win7 to my XP install a year or so ago, I installed
Eudora7 on it. It’s pretty old and doesn’t work great but I still
like it and have ton of mailboxes in it and I’m FAMILIAR with...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 30th 17, 03:05 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 24
Views: 977
Posted By John B. Smith
Does your latest Opera not fit the help with respect to preferences security update?

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:15:50 +0000 (UTC), Chaya Eve
wrote:

My latest opera auto updated but I don't like any program phoning home.

So I looked through all the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 23rd 16, 11:22 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 89
Views: 1,747
Posted By John B. Smith
Dell warranty worth it?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:28:51 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:52:26 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

Exactly what I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 22nd 16, 09:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 89
Views: 1,747
Posted By John B. Smith
Dell warranty worth it?

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:48:38 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:23:59 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:44:33 -0700,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 22nd 16, 11:23 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 89
Views: 1,747
Posted By John B. Smith
Dell warranty worth it?

On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:44:33 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:




Me too. I go back to 1962, when I started as a programmer on an IBM
1401.

Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 21st 16, 11:23 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 89
Views: 1,747
Posted By John B. Smith
Dell warranty worth it?

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:07:48 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:




plus I've been involved with computers back when punch tape and cards
were being used for input. A support contract would...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 29th 16, 02:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 899
Posted By John B. Smith
Problem launching PaintShopPro 9

On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:03:40 +0100, jbm wrote:


I came by Photoshop3 along with a flatbed scanner that I wound up
sending back (kept the PS3:)) I updated to Photoshop5 in, I...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 19th 16, 04:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 3,942
Posted By John B. Smith
IE 8 particular about which web sites

On Wed, 18 May 2016 12:57:53 -0400, Paul wrote:
Thanks a lot guys, it looks like my IE8 just aged out rather than
developing a bug.

John B. Smith wrote:
I'm running dual-boot...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 18th 16, 02:09 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 3,942
Posted By John B. Smith
IE 8 particular about which web sites

I'm running dual-boot Win7 and WinXP. In XP (where I spend 90% of my
time) the Internet Explorer 8 won't display certain websites (sites
that have been in Favorites forever). I'd ask this in the XP...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 6th 14, 11:04 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 1,738
Posted By John B. Smith
Internet Explorer 8 fails to open

Thank you. I did finally find the problem. 'automatic tab search' or
some such name, that was deletable in Add/Remove Programs. That web
site you posted looks very helpful though.



On Wed, 05 Feb...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 5th 14, 03:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 1,738
Posted By John B. Smith
Internet Explorer 8 fails to open

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:26:01 -0600, philo* wrote:


Disable all add-ons.

If there are any you think you really need, just add them one at a time.

That's any easy way to...
Forum: Windows XP Help and Support February 5th 14, 02:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Replies: 5
Views: 1,738
Posted By John B. Smith
Internet Explorer 8 fails to open

I run IE8 and XP. I do most browsing in Firefox but for Windows
Updates and a few other things I must use IE. Today IE8 refuses to
initialize unless I right-click choose Start Without Addons. At...
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