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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 22nd 19, 11:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 14
Views: 487
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Which is better?

Thanks,

While Acer does make a 1366x768 monitor, it is not K2O2HQL. The Walmart ad
says it is K202HQL ABD. The Amazon ad says it is 1600x900, its native
resolution.

I have an Acer 1600x900...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 22nd 19, 11:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 14
Views: 487
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Which is better?

Thanks Paul,

While Acer does make a 1366x768 monitor, it is not K2O2HQL. The Walmart ad
says it is K202HQL ABD. The Amazon ad says it is 1600x900, its native
resolution.

I have an Acer...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 22nd 19, 01:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 14
Views: 487
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Which is better?

Hi,

I have an Acer 1600x900 K2O2HQL monitor connected to a Win10 PC. After
Windows update I noted that the monitor image was blurry and streaked. I
looked into the matter and downloaded an Acer...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 2nd 19, 03:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 72
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
New Windows 10 upgrade errors

Thanks Paul,

I ran CHKDSK in administrator mode. I didn't need the /F option C:/ was
clean. I think my HDD may need to be defragmented. I'll do it after 'disk
cleanup' completes.

Microsoft must...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 2nd 19, 12:02 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 72
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
New Windows 10 upgrade errors

Hi,

After last Windows 10 upgrade there were problems. I could do "Disk Cleanup"
but not completely. 'Clean up system files' no longer works. Nor does
'Cleanup shadow copies and all but last...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 10th 19, 07:20 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 1
Views: 216
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Win10 how to correct key settings/language

Hi,

I am not on Win10 at the moment. In my Win10 PC I cannot use Notepad or MS
Word, because the all the special keys like ?, !, ', @, # map to the wrong
characters. I am in Canada. and use ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 22nd 19, 07:08 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 128
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Hauppauge

Hi All,

I have owned the Hauppauge USB WinTV device for about a year of it working.
Then because of a Win10 upgrade, it stopped working. The new WinTV8.5 setup
program does not detect the device....
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 14th 18, 10:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 297
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
GTX950 GPU, Windows10

Hi,

Task manager tells me that Winows10 is using my GTX950 at all times. GPU
usage is maybe 4% with 0.8/4GB memory in use. Naturally I am pleased. But
what tasks could the OS assign to the GPU...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 11th 18, 08:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 635
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
WinXP RDP success is version dependent

Hi,

I had no problems with Win7. Now I have two Win10 machines and one WinXP
Pro -32bit machine. I can RDP from WinXP into Win10 no problem But from
Win10 into WinXP I get blue screen. I also have...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 9th 18, 08:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 449
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Remote Desktop: Unable to log in because of account restriction

I use Remote Desktop extensively, mostly so that I can use a 1080p HD
monitor to access my three Windows machine; 2 Win10 and one WinXP. I
decided to reconfigure my network. Now, when I try...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 9th 18, 07:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 449
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Remote Desktop: Unable to log in because of account restriction

Hi All,

I use Remote Desktop extensively, mostly so that I can use a 1080p HD
monitor to access my three Windows machine; 2 Win10 and one WinXP. I decided
to reconfigure my network. Now, when I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 9th 17, 05:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 854
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
best free WinXP anti-virus

Hi,

WinXP is essential on my WnXP (physical) PC. As a grandfather, this PC runs
Microsoft Security Essentials. It still upgrades to the latest definitions.
But I only run it when needed. Malware...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 1st 17, 03:03 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 17
Views: 169
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Complaint about Microsoft criminal misuse of Telephone system

"...winston?" wrote in message
...
Norm X wrote:

a Microsoft Purchase Confirmation dated December 16, 2025

Yes. From my Gmail records",...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 1st 17, 02:55 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 17
Views: 169
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Complaint about Microsoft criminal misuse of Telephone system

"burfordTjustice" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:22:14 -0500
"...winston" wrote:

Not true.


...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 1st 17, 02:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.hardware
Replies: 13
Views: 114
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
wireless mouse not working

I have a Nexxtech wireless mouse. It has stopped working on my Win10Pro
desktop PC even after reboot. It worked before. I have moved it to this
WinXP netbook where it works fine. I'm using...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 27th 17, 03:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 325
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
MS Readyboost & eBoostr v4.5

"Paul" wrote
Norm X wrote:
I use a 16GB class 10 SDHC on my Win10 Acer E5-511. Currently it is using
a 4GB ReadyBoost cache. ChrystalDiskMark shows speed up. ReadyBoost was
not invented...
Forum: General XP issues or comments April 25th 17, 10:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 325
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
MS Readyboost & eBoostr v4.5

I use a 16GB class 10 SDHC on my Win10 Acer E5-511. Currently it is using a
4GB ReadyBoost cache. ChrystalDiskMark shows speed up. ReadyBoost was not
invented while WinXP evolved. eBoostr v4.5...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 1st 17, 09:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 17
Views: 169
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Complaint about Microsoft criminal misuse of Telephone system

[snip]
Long ago, I came to the conclusion that Microsoft is sleazy with money. I
needed to cancel a credit card, the only way to terminate recurrent
charges. At one point the Supreme Court...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 7th 17, 01:14 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 17
Views: 169
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Complaint about Microsoft criminal misuse of Telephone system


Long ago, I came to the conclusion that Microsoft is sleazy with money. I
needed to cancel a credit card, the only way to terminate recurrent
charges. At one point the Supreme Court under...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 28th 17, 04:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 337
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
/boot/memtest is missing

[snaippage]
That would kinda crimp your style on a BIOS hack.

I've even got one motherboard here, where one of the
settings in the BIOS, doesn't do anything. So while they
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 28th 17, 08:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 337
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
/boot/memtest is missing

I have reinstalled the 4GB stick, clearly marked AMD memory. I note web
sites specify three RAM voltages that AMD memory can use. My BIOS fixes
RAM voltage at 1.8 V. If I were to change the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 25th 17, 03:10 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 337
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
/boot/memtest is missing

Thanks again Paul for your insights. There are many combination
possible for 4GB & 2GB but few work. To see better, I tried a 4GB +
2GB combo and focused on Win testing. CPU-Z ran...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 22nd 17, 08:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 337
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
/boot/memtest is missing

"Paul" wrote
[snippage]
Thanks again Paul for your insights. There are many combination possible
for 4GB & 2GB but few work. To see better, I tried a 4GB + 2GB combo and
focused on Win...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 19th 17, 05:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 416
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Chimes

Hi All,

I am sitting in front of 1080p monitor connected to WinXP Pro netbook. I
have RDP connections to two Win10Pro machines, one of which has WinXP Pro
open in a VM. That means I control 4...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 12th 17, 09:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 8
Views: 534
Posted By Norm X[_2_]
Not a valid PGP SEA file.

Talk weird and no
one understands, encrypted or not.

Decrypt this:

-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG...
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