Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 3rd 18, 08:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 314
Web sites that won't return to Google
On 3 May 2018 17:16:50 GMT, KenK wrote:
Is there anything you can do about web sites that appear nicely when you
select them the the Google list of sites but will not return to Google when
you...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 10th 18, 07:56 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 705
Windows 7 and printer drivers
On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:33:11 +1000, Maurice Helwig wrote:
The problem is that every time I reboot the computer the OS installs its
own drivers which then have to be removed before installing the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 1st 18, 08:26 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 20
Views: 917
Video Viewer may have Trojan
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 02:39:17 -0400, G Ross wrote:
Rodney Pont wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:14:38 -0700, Gene Malvern wrote:
I've used VLC for years. But as I mentioned
earlier, what it...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 31st 18, 07:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 20
Views: 917
Video Viewer may have Trojan
On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:40:04 -0700, Gene Malvern wrote:
If you select all of the clips when you open a file in VLC they become
a playlist and you can click the next item in the playlist button...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 31st 18, 05:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 20
Views: 917
Video Viewer may have Trojan
On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:14:38 -0700, Gene Malvern wrote:
I've used VLC for years. But as I mentioned
earlier, what it won't do is go into a folder in
Windows Explorer and play the clips one...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
March 29th 18, 09:21 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 116
Views: 2,896
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 21st 18, 09:12 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 110
Views: 1,971
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 17th 18, 04:53 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 18
Views: 610
What's _in_ a hidden partition?
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 15:41:36 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Prompted by the thread where we're trying to help "fake" with his "dark"
laptop, I wondered:
I have a 100 MB (MB, not GB)...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
February 20th 18, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 10
Views: 359
Tab key.
On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:12:43 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:
Why doesn't this work when renaming files? Can it be made to do so?
What do you want it to do? It does jump to the next file for you...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
February 13th 18, 08:31 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 68
Views: 1,231
Clock
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:53:18 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
Big Ben is the name of the Bell, not the clock (believe)
Isn't Big Ben referring to the *WHOLE* clock tower? How could you have...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 26th 18, 06:02 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,387
2 security issues found on your account
On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:58:43 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
I did not ask for this quantity of E-mail. The handling for
it is the same as for "regular spam". I see little point in
distinguishing...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 29th 17, 07:15 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 438
HomeGroup Setup
On 29 Dec 2017 03:51:16 GMT, PaulRS wrote:
Any help would be appreciated
I run ftpserver on the OS/2 system and use the ftp facility in windows
explorer to connect to it. It looks like...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 17th 17, 08:49 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 438
HomeGroup Setup
On 16 Dec 2017 20:41:29 GMT, PaulRS wrote:
What is the secret to setting up a "Homegroup" with a non-Windows
computer . . . . Or is this possible?
I am having a terrible time with getting file...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
December 11th 17, 07:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 14
Views: 342
SSD and Problems with Start Button
On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:30:00 -0500, Doomsdrzej wrote:
There's a chance that eComStation has the code IBM used to produce
OS/2 and that Arcanoae is basically a rewrite of the operating system
sort...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
December 11th 17, 07:53 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 14
Views: 342
SSD and Problems with Start Button
On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:08:08 -0500, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Sat, 09 Dec 2017 07:47:35 +0000 (GMT), "Rodney Pont"
wrote:
On Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:09:33 -0500, Paul...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
December 9th 17, 07:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 14
Views: 342
SSD and Problems with Start Button
On Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:09:33 -0500, Paul wrote:
Or should I switch to OS/2 ?
latest OS/2 version :-)
https://www.arcanoae.com/
--
Faster, cheaper, quieter than HS2
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 27th 17, 08:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 556
Getting rid of that f**king ethernet card
On Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:28:11 -0600, wrote:
You could probably put all your tax software and data on a flash drive
to keep it separated too.
I would caution anyone thinking of...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
November 13th 17, 10:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 70
Views: 1,682
Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:17:49 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Both the cable and drive and mothervboard have an alignment tab. They
can only be plugged in one way. However, I could put the...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 29th 17, 08:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 35
Views: 1,455
O.T. eBay
On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:08:24 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
Recently when I open an item I have to close it
whereas before I use to be able to go back. Is
You don't actually state, but...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 25th 17, 05:21 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 50
Views: 963
A browser question
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:55:33 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
"Rodney Pont" wrote
| I think you're right. I never noticed that before.
| The guidance doesn't explain in detail...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 25th 17, 03:26 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 50
Views: 963
A browser question
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:00:12 -0400, Mayayana wrote:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| 127.0.0.1 *.doubleclick.net
| 127.0.0.1 *.doubleclick.com
| []
| Could that not...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
September 14th 17, 06:13 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 372
Changing Focus
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:25:20 -0700, David E. Ross wrote:
For example, I launch my Web browser, and its window gets the focus.
Later, I launch Adobe Reader by selecting a PDF file on my...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
July 6th 17, 04:01 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 22
Views: 199
easy mail client
On Thu, 6 Jul 2017 09:29:22 -0500, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
One account only, No binaries or Syncing required, No newsgroups for
that I have Thunderbird. Just plain and Simple.
Any...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
June 27th 17, 07:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 67
Views: 419
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 27th 17, 07:42 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,076
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