Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 17th 15, 04:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,547
Single Point Internet
I have two Win 7 PCs and two Win XP PCs, all Pro versions and several
NAS sitting on my LAN.
Would it be beneficial and or doable to have only one PC, call it the
master, connected directly to the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 17th 15, 04:29 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,755
Network Traffic Part3
THat is a lot to take in right now.
Give me a day or two to try to digest it.
See my new post on single point internet and see if that makes sense to
do.
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 10th 15, 05:01 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 983
Windows Desktop Recorder
VLC?
Has anybody used that for desktop movie capture?
It is very stable for other things.
I never saw anything in VLC to indicate it could capture the desktop.
Where do I look? What is the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 29th 15, 04:42 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,944
Addressing Home
I guess I was not as clear as needed but that is because I am learning
the terminology.
Am I correct in assuming that things like TeamViewer only allow someone
to manipulate the desktop of the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 21st 15, 06:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,243
WiFi and Cat5 Speed.
Try this one. It has cool graphics:
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
I like that site!
The results are similar to the SpeedOf.Me site but the info reported is
much better.
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 21st 15, 04:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,243
WiFi and Cat5 Speed.
Did not think I would get this kind of response.
These are the same results I get on several PCs, laptop and desktop,
and over the course of a month trying at different times of the day and...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 21st 15, 02:41 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,243
WiFi and Cat5 Speed.
Win 7 Pro laptop to ATT router.
On ATT Uverse 50mb service.
Using Chrome
via WiFi connection
Speedtest.net reports 30mb download and 5 mb upload.
Speedof.me reports 20mb download and 5 mb...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 7th 15, 11:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 877
Backup CD
OldGuy submitted this idea :
I can copy CDs and DVDs but what is the best way to create an image like an
.ISO that I can backup store on my NAS?
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
September 29th 15, 06:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,083
Explorer
I do not see much of a reason to use the Win 8.1 CD on my Win 7 laptop.
Came with Win 7 installed and a WIn 8.1 CD
All I see is more learning curve.
However, if MS has fixed the really crappy Win 7...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 24th 15, 05:01 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,550
Windows Services and Startup
Looking at MSCONFIG and wondering...
Is there any free tool that will tell me what each of the items in
Services and Startup does and if it is really necessary for proper
windows...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 21st 15, 04:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 689
Clone Question
Say I have a bad laptop HHD that seems only to have a bad boot area
such that it hangs most of the time but one in a great while it boots
to Win 7 and everything looks good until the next boot...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 12th 15, 03:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 415
Toshiba M7 Win XP Pro
My Toshiba Tecra M7 Running Win XP Pro with all updates.
(1) looking for a performance tool set.
Something free and easy to use and quick.
Not too intensive. Sort of like what Win 7 does for...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 11th 15, 06:34 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 969
Two Routers Continued
Not going well.
Powered off the ATT unit and kept off during all Amped operations.
The is an obvious conflict between the ATT and Amped (at it default UP
of 192.168.3.1 for internet access but not...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 8th 15, 06:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 861
Setup Two Routers
ATT ARRIS Model NVG589 PN 587234-004-00
Amped R20000G router.
Connected the ATT via Cat5 to the Amped.
Still not sure where to connect on the Amped.
Amped has a "modem" (WAN) connector and other...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 8th 15, 06:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 315
Setup Two Routers
ATT ARRIS Model NVG589 PN 587234-004-00
Amped R20000G router.
Connected the ATT via Cat5 to the Amped.
Still not sure where to connect on the Amped.
Amped has a "modem" (WAN) connector and other...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 8th 15, 04:02 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 499
Laptop Up With SSD ... Now What?
I finally, after much struggle, got the Samsung SSD installed and
running from a MRF6 Clone of the if-y HDD.
It, the SSD, is fast.
I used EaseUS to adjust partitions as I desired.
Now, what should...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 4th 14, 03:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 433
XP Bites Me Again
Things are a tiny bit better.
I used MSConfig to shut off all Services and Startups.
Win started and got to the desktop but with no WiFi or Ethernet access.
I started turning on via MSConfig some...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 14th 14, 06:32 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 399
Pen Drives Shows As HDD
Most all pen drives show up as removable drives.
I have one Sony 32G USB3 that shows up as a HDD.
P/N SDCZ80-032G
Some apps are looking for a removable drive so do not see the Sony
unless I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 9th 14, 06:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 521
Post Executables
Where can I post executable (.EXE) that I write that might help
newsgroup folks?
I just finished one that will list and write a log of the Recycle Bin
contents.
Would people be interested in this...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
October 3rd 14, 05:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,040
Dual Boot Me
OK, I am bad but need your help.
Hopefully a step by step to accomplish what I need.
I have a Samsung P580 that came with Win XP and Win 7 disks.
Unfortunately it has Win 7 installed but not Win...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 6th 14, 03:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 216
Spyware
I tried to download AdWare and saw two apps to download from Bleeping
computer: adwcleaner and junkware-removal-tool
What is the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 6th 14, 03:28 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 0
Views: 213
Router USB Drive
Amped R20000G router allows plugging in a USB device for NAS like
storage. I cannot find what size maximum USB device I can use.
Anyone know? The downloaded manual does not state (as far as I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 9th 14, 02:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 371
iexplore taking 50% CPU
For one, SeaMonkey (as well as Thunderbird) seem to have very poor
coding. Very sluggish operations. Possibly poor thread usage.
I have SeaMonkey running and it has nice features but hangs while...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 23rd 14, 06:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,711
HotMail Troubles
John Doe was thinking very hard :
OldGuy OldGuy spamfree.com wrote:
An alternate email address allows access to your account in case
you lose track of your password. Lots of websites use...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 23rd 14, 06:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,711
HotMail Troubles
1) signed in to on-line Hotmail and was warned that in a few days I
would be REQUIRED to provide more personal information. either a phone
number or an alternate eMail address. They say to...
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