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Forum: General XP issues or comments November 21st 11, 10:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 259
Posted By Jackson
Can I delete these files?

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:18:13 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Jackson
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 20th 11, 12:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 259
Posted By Jackson
Can I delete these files?

XP MCE

I ran Secunia PSI and it found an obsolete Adobe Shockwave
Player_10.4.1.35 that should be removed. I searched the
machine and and found an active Adobe Shockwave
Player_11.6. but Secunia...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 17th 11, 09:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 199
Posted By Jackson
Which plugin (or maybe something enabled) do I need?

/.../

Disable your security software (anti-virus, 3rd party firewall, etc).
If you're using the hosts file to block content, like ads, move or
rename it. Flush the web browser TIF cache. Then...
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 17th 11, 08:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 199
Posted By Jackson
Which plugin (or maybe something enabled) do I need?

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:14:31 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

"Jackson" wrote in message
...

....
Forum: General XP issues or comments November 17th 11, 04:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 7
Views: 199
Posted By Jackson
Which plugin (or maybe something enabled) do I need?

My daily (on line) newspaper (Pensacola News Journal)
invites readers to make comments on articles it has
published. When the comment appears a moment later, a
ThumbsUp/Down icon is displayed, and...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 12th 11, 12:16 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 292
Posted By Jackson
Mouse Skips

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:28:03 -0700, BeeJ
wrote:

Win7 Pro latest updates. PC 3.2GHz with 8GRAM
Using Avast virus scanner. MS 5000 Kbd and Mouse.
This started a few days ago...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 28th 11, 09:32 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 483
Posted By Jackson
Making Windows explorer show file extensions.

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:55:31 -0500, Jackson
wrote:

Just started using win 7, home premium.
No file extentions seem to show...
/...

Thanks to all, especially for the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum August 28th 11, 02:55 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 15
Views: 483
Posted By Jackson
Making Windows explorer show file extentions.

Just started using win 7, home premium.

No file extentions seem to show, and I can't find the
little box to click "show extentions". On xp I have it in
the Folder Options applet of the control...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 5th 11, 11:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 51
Views: 730
Posted By Jackson
Was: Repair Windows XP Service Pack 3

/.../
Note: If you're not attached to Real Player you might want
to try VLC media player.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

It's a free, well-regarded program that plays just...
Forum: The Basics July 4th 11, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 5
Views: 1,475
Posted By Jackson
Will this work? Download program on XP and install it on Win7.

On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 21:08:29 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote:

On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:15:33 -0500, Jackson wrote:
Will this scheme work? On my XP (MCE), I will download...
Forum: The Basics July 4th 11, 01:15 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 5
Views: 1,475
Posted By Jackson
Will this work? Download program on XP and install it on Win7.

I want to buy a portable with win7. I would like to keep it
off the net until I install a few programs: ZoneAlarm
firewall, Panda Cloud security, Spyware Blaster and perhaps
a few more.

Will this...
Forum: The Basics June 11th 11, 04:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 6
Views: 1,364
Posted By Jackson
Problem with System Restore

Thanks, Tim. You have got my computer back to where I
recognize it. That Pluck program didn't warn me it was
going to change settings, or if it did warn me, I missed it.

I had named the set of...
Forum: The Basics June 11th 11, 03:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 6
Views: 1,364
Posted By Jackson
Problem with System Restore

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 23:38:10 +0100, "Tim Meddick"
wrote:

Have you tried turning System Restore off, and back on again?

To do this; go to :

"Control Panel" "System...
Forum: The Basics June 9th 11, 10:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 6
Views: 1,364
Posted By Jackson
Problem with System Restore

I played with a new program (Pluck) that somehow screwed up
the font/size of the various options that are listed in the
box you get when you right click a program, and in general
the text in any...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 13th 10, 01:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 403
Posted By Jackson
Windodws Updates fail to install themselves

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:20:08 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
wrote:

Jackson wrote:
Dell C521 64 bits, dual processor
Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP3

Windows update ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 13th 10, 01:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 403
Posted By Jackson
Windodws Updates fail to install themselves

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:20:08 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
wrote:

Jackson wrote:
Dell C521 64 bits, dual processor
Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP3

Windows update ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 13th 10, 05:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 6
Views: 403
Posted By Jackson
Windodws Updates fail to install themselves

Dell C521 64 bits, dual processor
Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP3

Windows update downloaded six updates Thursday morning, but
only four of them installed. Here are the four that
failed:...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 13th 10, 05:31 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 207
Posted By Jackson
Windodws Updates fail to install themselves

Dell C521 64 bits, dual processor
Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP3

Windows update downloaded six updates Thursday morning, but
only four of them installed. Here are the four that
failed:...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 5th 10, 09:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 163
Posted By Jackson
KB2286198 downloads but does not install.

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:36:38 -0500, Jackson
wrote:

Dell Dim C521, AMD 64 x2 Dual,
Media Center Edition ver 2002,
Service Pack 3
IE8

The update downloads from the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 5th 10, 09:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 163
Posted By Jackson
KB2286198 downloads but does not install.

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:36:38 -0500, Jackson
wrote:

Dell Dim C521, AMD 64 x2 Dual,
Media Center Edition ver 2002,
Service Pack 3
IE8

The update downloads from the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 5th 10, 08:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 163
Posted By Jackson
KB2286198 downloads but does not install.

Dell Dim C521, AMD 64 x2 Dual,
Media Center Edition ver 2002,
Service Pack 3
IE8

The update downloads from the Win Update but does not
install itself. There is no explanation given.
I was on...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 5th 10, 08:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 94
Posted By Jackson
KB2286198 downloads but does not install.

Dell Dim C521, AMD 64 x2 Dual,
Media Center Edition ver 2002,
Service Pack 3
IE8

The update downloads from the Win Update but does not
install itself. There is no explanation given.
I was on...
Forum: The Basics February 18th 10, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 8
Views: 552
Posted By Jackson
Purging ThreatFire from register

Thanks for the link; I have downloaded the utility. I am
waiting for any advice on whether to try to clean the
registry or just leave it alone before I run the utility.


On Tue, 16 Feb 2010...
Forum: The Basics February 18th 10, 11:54 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 8
Views: 552
Posted By Jackson
Purging ThreatFire from register

Thanks for the link; I have downloaded the utility. I am
waiting for any advice on whether to try to clean the
registry or just leave it alone before I run the utility.


On Tue, 16 Feb 2010...
Forum: The Basics February 16th 10, 12:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 0
Views: 61
Posted By Jackson
Purging ThreatFire from register

XP (mce)SP3
Dell Dimension DIMC521, 64 X2Dual

I ran chkdsk: Mycomputer, C:, Properties, Tools, Check now,
with automatic system fix and recover bad sectors. This is
the first time I ever did...
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