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Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 4th 16, 12:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 835
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Microsoft Excel Forgotten password

On Fri, 04 Nov 2016 03:17:43 -0400, Andy wrote:

Do you think i am going to call some number a random poster gives me
NOT.


You could run it through google. Try it, and you'll realize...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 22nd 16, 02:26 PM Posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.hacker
Replies: 32
Views: 374
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
"Hacking Windows" doesn't really happen. Windows getscompromised by stupid impatient clicking users

On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:00:33 -0700, Big Bad Bob wrote:

On 10/19/16 16:01, Cornelis Tromp so wittily quipped:
The vast majority of 'Windows hacking' comes from the stupidity of
users, not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 19th 16, 01:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 26
Views: 314
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows 7 Dell Inspiron D630 won't update to Windows 10

On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:25:50 -0230, Algeria Horan wrote:

Windows 7 Dell Inspiron D630 won't update to Windows 10

I tried to install the utility on a just-received handmedown Dell
Inspiron...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 19th 16, 01:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 20
Views: 1,624
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows 7 Dell Inspiron D630 won't update to Windows 10

On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:25:50 -0230, Algeria Horan wrote:

Windows 7 Dell Inspiron D630 won't update to Windows 10

I tried to install the utility on a just-received handmedown Dell
Inspiron...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 13th 16, 06:04 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 19
Views: 156
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Just curious!

On Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:28:33 +0100, David B wrote:

Pretending that this was a link ....



I pasted same into my Microsoft Edge address bar and hit...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 11th 16, 03:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 13
Views: 68
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
migrating from win 7 to win 10

The repair people said it's sometimes difficult to get replacement parts
because of the computer's ago.


That's generally not correct. You may not be able to get exactly the
same parts,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 9th 16, 04:58 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 8
Views: 134
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Show empty DVD drive

On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:54:19 -0700, T wrote:

Hi All,

In Windows Explorer (WE) (NOT IE), when I want the DVD drive to show
even when it does not have a disk inserted, I go into WE Folder
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 7th 16, 05:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 6
Views: 84
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Pile of Crap

On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:45:20 -0500, Ken wrote:

W10 Hater wrote:
New W10 laptop.
Downloaded latest video and wifi drivers. Others were up to date.
Seamonkey is dog slow and i have to move...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 6th 16, 03:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 14
Views: 827
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
USB mem stick drive letter

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 18:16:52 -0700, T wrote:

On 10/05/2016 10:40 AM, wrote:
When I plug in a USB memory stick, in the same physical socket,
sometimes it appears as my...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 6th 16, 03:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 18
Views: 1,257
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Someone else also controls my computer

On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 23:39:52 -0400, emf wrote:

Sometimes, when I am online, my computer goes crazy, f.e. I press the
down arrow and the page goes upwards, or I click a file to open it and
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 6th 16, 02:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 9
Views: 65
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Hangs in Windows 10 after update KB3194496

On Thu, 06 Oct 2016 09:05:19 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

Is any one else experiencing lock ups after the installation of this
cumulative update?

Yesterday my computer locked ups many times. ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 1st 16, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 123
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Unix again. ISC updates critical DoS bug in BIND DNS software

On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:26:04 +0100, Cornelis Tromp wrote:

I heard Unix never has any bugs and it's only Windows. What now?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3126472/security/isc-updates-
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 30th 16, 01:12 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 22
Views: 1,284
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows 7 better than Windows 10

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:36:04 -0400, Mongoose wrote:

"Good Guy" wrote in message
...
On 29/09/2016 20:35, Mongoose wrote:

Much...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 28th 16, 10:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 3
Views: 160
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
stop the animation of the various progress bars

On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:19:10 -0400, micky wrote:

Not so important, I guess, but you guys seem to know everything:

Is there a way to stop the animation of the various progress bars?

I'm...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 6th 16, 03:20 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 38
Views: 141
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Resetting permissions.

On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:34:51 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:

On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 02:16:57 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 05 Sep 2016, Peter Jason wrote...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 24th 16, 01:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 11
Views: 105
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Backup and Restore

On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:42:23 -0300, pjp wrote:

Ok, finally figured I'd make a rescue disk and an image backup for this
newly updated Win 10 netbook I have using Backup And Restore option
found...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 20th 16, 05:10 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 78
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows 10 updates whether you want it to ornot…unless you know the trick.

On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 16:10:17 +0100, David B. wrote:

I read that he-

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3085136/windows/two-ways-to-control-or-
stop-windows-10-updates.html

Is this...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 11th 16, 06:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 2
Views: 330
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Backup-Restore query

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:42:42 -0300, pjp wrote:

A while ago I once had system become unstable and happened to have a
recent Windows Backup I used that restored system to stability.

I've...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 5th 16, 03:48 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 1,226
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Extended Partitions not found on Easus Partition Management

On Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:11:59 -0400, Micky wrote:

How am I supposed to get more than 4 partitons?
Extended Partitions not found on Easus Partition Management

I must be confused, but I've...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 28th 16, 06:25 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 28
Views: 162
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Still No Good Reason ...

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:07:45 +0000, Roger Blake wrote:

On 2016-07-27, SteveGG wrote:
... to "upgrade" from 7 to 10.

Extended support window. If you want to...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 21st 16, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 16
Views: 197
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
F2 does not select extension

On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:52:28 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:

If I use F2 on a selected file, the extension is not included. Is this
new to Win 10? (I've come straight from 15 year with XP.)

Is...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 11th 16, 03:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 39
Views: 205
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows 10 modifies low low level software (BIOS)

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:56:11 +0100, volunteer wrote:

I manage several lap tops for a local community center. I've asked
questions here before and always had some useful responses.
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum July 8th 16, 01:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 67
Views: 733
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Can't Boot

On Fri, 08 Jul 2016 07:58:18 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:

On 7/8/2016 3:47 AM, Smirnoff wrote:
You could try this:

...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum June 17th 16, 04:15 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 60
Views: 1,059
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
Windows Update

On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:57:20 -0400, Thip wrote:

I thought I'd report that every single one of the bad boys popped up in
my Updates just now. I don't know how many times I've hidden them. One
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 16th 16, 03:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 3
Views: 79
Posted By Dave C[_3_]
W10 installation hanging.

On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:40:34 +1200, Fred wrote:

W10 is stuck at 99% when installing. I'm used to this taking a few hours
or even overnight, but the laptop I'm upgrading at the moment has been
...
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