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Forum: Windows 7 Forum May 8th 15, 03:37 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 677
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Windows Update: How To *Really* Kill It?

On Thu, 07 May 2015 18:27:54 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:

I *always* specify the "Don't do anything without asking..." option...
but Windows keeps on burning me.

Today it was a power...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 26th 15, 03:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 22
Views: 1,014
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Install win 8 without bloatware?

On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 10:14:39 +0100, Kenny wrote:

New Acer laptop with Win 8.1 which has what I consider crapware
installed. I have removed some of it but was wondering if it would be
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 25th 15, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.apps
Replies: 147
Views: 2,787
Posted By Dave[_48_]
The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windowsand Mac

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:43:04 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2015-04-25, Uncle Joe wrote:

Linux - it simply copied those above

Wrong.

Linux - it's still a geek's favorite...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 25th 15, 04:07 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.apps
Replies: 147
Views: 2,787
Posted By Dave[_48_]
The Best Linux Distros for First Time Switchers from Windowsand Mac

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:54:17 +0000, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-25, Huge wrote:
On 2015-04-25, Steve Hayes wrote:

Wrong. The...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 23rd 15, 03:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 6
Views: 633
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Wildcards in Windows Explorer search.

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 17:01:47 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:

Win8.1

I need to know the general rules for Explorer searching using wildcards.
There's nothing in the Windows help.
Peter

File...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 21st 15, 06:56 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 31
Views: 902
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Something is filling my HD, C: drive, "more info"

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:17:24 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:36:59 -0400, KG wrote:


A few weeks ago I posted about my HD going from around...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 21st 15, 06:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 3
Views: 542
Posted By Dave[_48_]
File synch question

On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:51:29 -0500, Gordon wrote:

My wife and I each have a desktop computer with Windows 8.1 installed.
We do backups and secure storage of our critical information on...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 20th 15, 01:27 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 6
Views: 398
Posted By Dave[_48_]
External Hard Drive Software

On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:58:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Ricardo Jimenez wrote:

If you are allowing Windows 7 to handle the backup and recovery on your
machine to your external drive, is...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 11th 15, 04:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 45
Views: 1,973
Posted By Dave[_48_]
OT - Car & Wi-Fi

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:19:52 -0700, Ed Mc wrote:

On 4/10/2015 8:29 PM, pjp wrote:


I can't help but notice tv ad for Chevy stating it's built-in Wi_fi
connects up to 7 devices in a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 10th 15, 04:00 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 26
Views: 842
Posted By Dave[_48_]
creating bootable thumb drive or DVDs

On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:17:37 -0500, Tony wrote:


snipped The best emergency boot media, in my opinion, is a CD/DVD
disc. To use
the rescue media on a Dell computer, you would put the rescue...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 9th 15, 07:16 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 23
Views: 949
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Using EaseUS Todo to create an image

On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:41:56 -0400, Big_Al wrote:

W. eWatson wrote on 4/9/2015 1:09 PM:
I thought I'd install EaseUS Todo today to see if I could create an
image on a M: HD. I found out that...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum April 2nd 15, 03:53 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 36
Views: 33,856
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Windows XP still has more users than Window 8.0/8.1

On Thu, 02 Apr 2015 06:48:56 -0500, Kirk Bubul wrote:

An interesting article about how Windows XP still has more users that
8.0/8.1:

...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum March 29th 15, 04:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 23
Views: 1,528
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Mr. Mirror and Windows 8

On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:39:44 -0400, Joseph Calderone wrote:

On 3/29/2015 09:42 AM, Big_Al wrote:
Joseph Calderone wrote on 3/29/2015 7:29 AM:
Has any one been able to get Mr. Mirror 2.1 to...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 20th 15, 03:59 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 13
Views: 535
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Save My Windows

On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:37:27 -0700, OldGuy wrote:

So what is the best Linux to boot from (on USB or CD) to help doing
Windows stuff?
I already have the Trinity Rescue Kit 3.4.
Need for...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 19th 15, 09:07 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 33
Views: 1,788
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Transferring data to a new HDD.

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 10:43:08 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:22:28 +0000 (UTC), Dave
wrote:

I don't believe the free version of Macrium will clone,...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum February 18th 15, 04:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 33
Views: 1,788
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Transferring data to a new HDD.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:07:00 -0500, Big_Al wrote:

Peter Jason wrote on 2/16/2015 1:31 AM:
Win8.1

I want to transfer all the data on a 250GB HDD to a larger HDD of 1TB.

Is there a...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 15th 15, 04:55 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 30
Views: 1,303
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Windows 7 and defender

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 08:33:58 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:45:01 +0000, Peter
wrote:

As a Windows "newbie" may I ask, how safe would it be to...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 13th 15, 06:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,484
Posted By Dave[_48_]
cheapest way to set up and run working android apps?

On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:47:53 -0500, Todd Williams wrote:

Ok, been running PC systems for years and a basic tracphone for
emergencies, but to date never had an interest in "smart" phones nor
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 30th 15, 05:08 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 894
Posted By Dave[_48_]
MSE+Bitdefender??

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:13:01 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:

A wrote:

Fokke Nauta wrote:

Hardly any good things are for free.

Air, at least for now, is free.
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 29th 15, 08:36 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 7
Views: 447
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Dowloading binary files.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 04:07:34 +0000, Troll wrote:

"Peter Jason" wrote in message
...

When downloading images from a site such as Flickr,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 28th 15, 04:29 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 16
Views: 894
Posted By Dave[_48_]
MSE+Bitdefender??

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:22:47 -0800, Lono wrote:

My W7 Pro I7 laptop seems to be running fine with MSE alone. But an IT
specialist just recommended the addition of Bitdefender (free), claiming
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 15th 15, 07:28 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 11
Views: 791
Posted By Dave[_48_]
MSE adds 20 seconds to boot time

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:48:07 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:10:30 -0800, Lono
wrote:

I7 laptop with SSD W7 Pro 64

This unit ordinarily...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 9th 15, 04:37 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 25
Views: 1,179
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Off topic advice

On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:27:28 +0000, Dave wrote:

On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:31:45 -0400, pjp wrote:

I've got a folder that's approx. 40Gb I want to save off to dvds
keeping the folder...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 9th 15, 04:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 25
Views: 1,179
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Off topic advice

On Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:31:45 -0400, pjp wrote:

I've got a folder that's approx. 40Gb I want to save off to dvds keeping
the folder structure. Not many folders but 100's of files, many over a
...
Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum January 2nd 15, 07:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 7
Views: 411
Posted By Dave[_48_]
Windows 7 is obsolet

On Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:18:21 +0100, s|b wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:30:39 -0000, Mecenas wrote:

Win10 is here, we already can mount iso's to do updates.

W7 won't be obsolete until...
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