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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 12th 14, 10:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 37
Views: 1,079
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
win 8.1.1 iso

On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:47:46 -0700, Todd wrote:

Hi Silver,

Try being a gentleman. It won't hurt. Well, maybe at first.
Not everything you don't agree with or don't understand is wrong.
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 12th 14, 10:15 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 37
Views: 1,079
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
win 8.1.1 iso

On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 13:16:51 -0700, Todd wrote:

Nothing is perfect. But Windows quality could sure use some
real improvement. With Linux, there a vehicles to get problems fixed.
Red Hat...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 12th 14, 10:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 37
Views: 1,079
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
win 8.1.1 iso

On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:38:43 -0700, Todd wrote:

OS X crashes all the time you liar.

Did I call you names?

When somebody spouts such blatant lies as you do, is there any word other
than...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 12th 14, 07:12 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 37
Views: 1,079
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
win 8.1.1 iso

On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:10:15 +0000, lew wrote:

I still haven't gotten my linux NOT TO CRASH. I haven't been able to
finish configuring the desktop before it crashes. It is better now
after...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 12th 14, 03:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 37
Views: 1,079
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
win 8.1.1 iso

On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:31:40 -0700, Todd wrote:

Clones, backup images with Windows provided tools or third party clones
and images are, imo, value added and should be required as the price...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 05:51 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 12:39 PM, Char Jackson wrote:

And what exactly is the issue with .ODT?

My gripe would be that they've selected an obscure filetype as the default
rather than a common...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 05:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 11:19 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 2/5/14 6:56 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On 05/02/2014 4:59 AM, mechanic wrote:

The 'they' in the quoted post refers to the developers of the...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 05:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 11:15 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 2/5/14 7:03 AM, Silver Slimer wrote:

snip

I only use Thunderbird because it allows me to send encrypted mail
through GnuPG. In the...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 03:42 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 10:36 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 08:56:00 -0500, Silver Slimer wrote:

The biggest gripe I have with Atlantis is that it saves to .RTF by
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 02:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 6:35 AM, Ken Springer wrote:

Technically, all people should be using open-source simply because the
code is transparent. However, people should only be accepting to use
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 01:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 05/02/2014 4:59 AM, mechanic wrote:

The 'they' in the quoted post refers to the developers of the app.
How do they expect to compete with MS-Office on features, or
Libre/Open Office on...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 5th 14, 03:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 04/02/2014 9:41 PM, Ken Springer wrote:

Open-source in general is buggy or doesn't work.

After 3 or 4 years of using it, I'm afraid I have to agree with you for
the programs I've tried...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 4th 14, 05:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 202
Views: 9,863
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Atlantis Word Processor

On 04/02/2014 10:22 AM, BillW50 wrote:
I often don't get very excited about the daily offering on
Giveawayoftheday.com. And today was just another word processor which I
tried dozens of them in...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 3rd 14, 01:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 6
Views: 399
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Update from Win 8 to Win 8.1

On 02/02/2014 8:19 PM, migrante wrote:
"migrante" escreveu na mensagem ...
Tried to update Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 but update isn't available.
Clicked update...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 2nd 14, 06:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 12
Views: 654
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Windows 8 newsgroup ?

On 02/02/2014 11:48 AM, John Doe wrote:

"Noise". That's an polite way to put it. I would have wrote
"crap from the clueless".

Some UseNet groups are chock-full of Google Groups users....
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 2nd 14, 06:19 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 11
Views: 652
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Windows 8 newsgroup ?

On 02/02/2014 11:48 AM, John Doe wrote:

"Noise". That's an polite way to put it. I would have wrote
"crap from the clueless".

Some UseNet groups are chock-full of Google Groups users....
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 11:00 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 56
Views: 3,976
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Toshiba Laptop Keyboard and Bios

On 31/01/2014 5:45 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
On 31/01/2014 5:37 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 1/31/2014, Silver Slimer posted:
On 31/01/2014 3:51 PM, philo wrote:

Yes it does. I've...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 10:45 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 56
Views: 3,976
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Toshiba Laptop Keyboard and Bios

On 31/01/2014 5:37 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On 1/31/2014, Silver Slimer posted:
On 31/01/2014 3:51 PM, philo wrote:

Yes it does. I've seen a defective HD "hang" the machine and could
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 10:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 56
Views: 3,976
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Toshiba Laptop Keyboard and Bios

On 31/01/2014 3:51 PM, philo wrote:

Yes it does. I've seen a defective HD "hang" the machine and could not
get to the bios. I was kind of amazed that the OP never took the 30
seconds it would...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 10:24 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 42
Views: 2,586
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Spam

On 31/01/2014 3:02 PM, Justin wrote:
Silver Slimer wrote on [Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:26:55 -0500]:
There is none. If a person insists on holding onto hardware for a
decade, they should also...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 06:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 42
Views: 2,586
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Spam

On 31/01/2014 1:27 PM, Alias wrote:

I feel the same way about my own time running the multitude of
distributions currently offered. However, it indeed has better support
for legacy hardware...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 31st 14, 05:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 42
Views: 2,586
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Spam

On 31/01/2014 4:11 AM, BillW50 wrote:
In ,
Silver Slimer typed:
On 27/01/2014 11:15 AM, Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

IMO, OP's problem is that he has old...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 28th 14, 02:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 3
Views: 539
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Can you send Windows 8.1 upgrade?

On 27/01/2014 9:24 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 27/01/2014 09:54, migrante wrote:
I remember in early years, microsoft used to send MS Windows updates
on Cd-Rom for free. Why are we being treated...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 27th 14, 04:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 42
Views: 2,586
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Spam

On 27/01/2014 11:15 AM, Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

IMO, OP's problem is that he has old hardware. The two devices he refers
to are both well over 10 years old.

What's the incentive for a...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 27th 14, 03:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 14
Views: 740
Posted By Silver Slimer[_5_]
Tool bar icons i Windows Live Mail

On 27/01/2014 4:43 AM, "...winston‫" wrote:

Doubt Ballmer had the idea or final approval. It's more likely (size of
icon) is borrowed from /designed by the Office Team).

Windows Live...
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