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Forum: General XP issues or comments January 2nd 21, 06:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

UPDATE:
o https://i.postimg.cc/bN875p8b/apk01.jpg 1600 APKs extracted
o https://i.postimg.cc/cLXyGjTH/apk02.jpg 16GB of archive storage

Automatically saving all your program installers is part...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 21, 04:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 07:17:30 -0500, Paul wrote:

Most likely links:
TestDisk - partition table repair (attempt) https://www.cgsecurity.org/
Photorec - scavenger ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 21, 09:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:23:12 -0500, Paul wrote:

There is TestDisk, if a partition got deleted (partition entry
removed from partition table).

Hi Paul,
Happy New Year!

You're one of the handful...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 21, 04:22 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 02:56:02 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:

Note the loss of restore points coincides with "Windows Modules Installer"
o And note the "Windows Modules Installer" coincides with...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 21, 03:56 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:55:59 -0000 (UTC), Auric__ wrote:

Windows 10 1909, clean install 2 weeks ago.

Hi Auric,
Happy New Year!

Thanks for being purposefully helpful, which is a rarity on this...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 1st 21, 03:25 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:35:46 -0600, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

Check the actual configuration of your restore points (how much disk
space you reserve for them). As new restore points are created...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 31st 20, 08:47 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

Update:

Part of a well-organized setup is the philosophy of system restore points.

I know some people abhor them, but I find them useful when a system is
destroyed while testing freeware, where...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 31st 20, 08:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

On 30 Dec 2020 16:20:26 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

If the Restore Points are included in the SVI, then nearly all is
Restore Points, because the 'Current Usage:' of the Restore Points is
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 31st 20, 07:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

End of year survey for how much storage you typically use
for your Windows installed program files & program data

Happy New Year!

Here's my quick survey of space used (none of which needs backing...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 31st 20, 07:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,863
Posted By Arlen Holder
End of year survey for how much storage you typically use for your Windows program files & program data

End of year survey for how much storage you typically use
for your Windows installed program files & program data

Happy New Year!

Here's my quick survey of space used (none of which needs backing...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 29th 20, 07:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:57:19 -0600, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Even though I have been using my method for decades with all programs on
D, Now as Mayayana says, with the availability of large SSDs...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 29th 20, 07:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:22:31 -0500, Mayayana wrote:

The installation drive is not the problem. You can
tell the installer to install to D drive.

As is almost always, if not always the case,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 29th 20, 07:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:33:16 -0600, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Apps from Microsoft store don't give you an option,
they always install on C:\.

1. I never use Microsoft Store apps, but I don't...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 29th 20, 04:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,061
Posted By Arlen Holder
Philosophy on a tutorial for setting up Windows in a well organized KISS philosopy such that search is never needed & reinstall is trivial

On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:00:57 +0000, scbs29 wrote:

Hello all.
I am a new user of Windows 10 Pro, ie. 3 days. I wish to install a
program, ON1 Photo 10 to the D: drive to save space on my SSD...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 6th 20, 08:43 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,737
Posted By Arlen Holder
What Windows port scanning freeware do you recommend for general use?

On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 02:32:55 -0500, Bill wrote:

The high cost of freeware is that a lot of help is needed to pick the best.
o The high cost of asking questions is you have to deal with the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 3rd 20, 06:22 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,737
Posted By Arlen Holder
What Windows port scanning freeware do you recommend for general use?

On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 12:01:13 +0700, JJ wrote:

Start by looking from different point of views.
Hint: "AngryIP" is a Windows XP era software.

Hi JJ,

As you are aware, I invest, sometimes, hours...
Forum: General XP issues or comments December 1st 20, 07:12 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 1,737
Posted By Arlen Holder
What Windows port scanning freeware do you recommend for general use?

What Windows port scanning freeware do you recommend for general use?

In a separate thread, I needed to know what ports were open on my printer
o If you print from Windows 10 to your LAN networked...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 30th 20, 04:28 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 23
Views: 3,127
Posted By Arlen Holder
Windows file name & content search freeware that works better than the native Windows search tools

See also new information for finding files by size over here today:
o Windows10 search., by Peter Jason
https://alt.comp.os.windows-10.narkive.com/srSjdljM/windows10-search
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 27th 20, 06:51 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,773
Posted By Arlen Holder
Modem advice

On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 20:04:38 -0500, Neil wrote:

I've had most of the major branded modems over the decades, but the most
reliable, flexible, and durable ones have always been the Netgear modems...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 25th 20, 11:18 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,773
Posted By Arlen Holder
Modem advice

On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:56:16 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

you have now lots of wi-fi equipped neighbours.

Hi JP Gilliver,

I think the OP meant "router" and not "modem", where noise is...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 25th 20, 11:01 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,773
Posted By Arlen Holder
Modem advice

On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:56:41 -0500, Mayayana wrote:

I'm wondering about advice people might have about modems.

I have bought many an Arris modem; but methinks you mean routers.

After several...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 13th 20, 09:05 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 6,088
Posted By Arlen Holder
Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands list)

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:47:31 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I may have lost my marbles today, can't find advanced settings to do
swapfile settings, version 20H2...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 13th 20, 01:11 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 6,088
Posted By Arlen Holder
Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands list)

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

I may have lost my marbles today, can't find advanced settings to do
swapfile settings, version...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 11th 20, 09:03 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 6,088
Posted By Arlen Holder
Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands list)

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:51:18 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:

One huge advantage of the Run commands is that you can insert them into
shortcuts, which makes it a _lot_ fewer steps for things you...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 11th 20, 08:51 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 6,088
Posted By Arlen Holder
Over 250 Start Run commands (please improve this Start Run commands list)

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 19:21 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), John K.Eason wrote:

has the same effect as clicking the Network and Sharing entry in CP.

Thanks for confirming that it works for you.
o Win+R...
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