Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 26th 11, 09:32 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 135
Permission to run a program
I have a laptop with Win 7 Home and a netbook with Win 7 Starter edition.
On the laptop, every time I open a PDF file, Windows asks whether I want to run
the application (Foxit Reader). On the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 10th 11, 01:56 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 270
Wireless N or G?
"Kenny" wrote:
There used to be a group here specifically for network advice but it's
disappeared from the server
alt.internet.wireless is no longer on your Usenet server?
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 4th 10, 08:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 263
Wireless printer with Verizon aircard
"Rick Morrison" wrote:
Got a request from a friend for help and I'm not quite sure how to approach
this. He has a laptop and is accessing the internet with a Verizon...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 4th 10, 08:42 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 263
Wireless printer with Verizon aircard
Is the Verizon card plugged directly into a USB port on the
computer? If so, the problem is probably VZ Access Manager
(VZAM).
VZAM insists on taking control of Wi-Fi networks when it is
running. ...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 1st 10, 05:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 271
Bye
"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:
There are free Usenet providers...
Three years ago I subscribed to Astraweb. It's not free, but it's
$10 for 25 GB, with no expiration date. So far,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 8th 10, 10:47 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 220
Different views for different folders
On 5/7/2010 6:29 PM, Dave Rudisill wrote:
In XP and Vista, I could set the view for a folder without
changing the view setting for other folders. For example, one
folder under "My Pictures"...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 8th 10, 03:23 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 220
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 8th 10, 12:29 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 220
Different views for different folders
In XP and Vista, I could set the view for a folder without
changing the view setting for other folders. For example, one
folder under "My Pictures" could use the list view, another the
detailed view,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 15th 10, 11:37 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 329
How to lock desktop icons in place
"Bill Yanaire" wrote:
right click on the desktop, the uncheck "Auto Align Icons". My Icons stay
where I put them on all four Windows 7 machines that I use.
That has always...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 10th 10, 03:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 215
Acer Aspire 4810TZG win 7 problem. Help ?
"Michael H" wrote:
I´m missing a Acer applicafication on my Acer 4810TZG.
I have installed Win 7 32 bit instead of Factory 64 bit, cause some
softwareproblems, now i miss...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 27th 10, 09:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 445
Can win startup login be eliminated?
Thank you!
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Dave
"Alex Clayton" wrote:
Ok, it's been a while since I changed it, so I just did again to make sure I
am remembering this right. G
When I removed my...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 25th 10, 08:02 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 317
Windows 7 Memory Usage
For those of us who saw a recent Computer World article claiming
that "Most Windows 7 PCs max out memory", I see that Win7News has
just pointed to a couple articles discrediting the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 24th 10, 09:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 262
Mouse Over (Hover)
"Bill Bradshaw" wrote:
I feel pretty dumb. This is a new laptop and it has to do with the way the
touchpad works. So forget my question.
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Bill
Brought to you from...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 24th 10, 09:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 14
Views: 192
Fax From Word
"Dave" wrote:
Wouldn't it be just as easy to send as email attachment since you're using
your address book?
Just a thought,
Dave
I need to send (or receive) a fax...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 20th 10, 03:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 458
Slow USB
LouB wrote:
wrote:
http://www.nirsoft.net has a free utility to report all the info you need.
Direct link is...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 28th 10, 10:14 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 30
Views: 624
Dual boot in Windows7
"Lord Vetinari" wrote:
"relic" wrote in message
...
"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 25th 10, 06:44 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 2
Views: 171
Fax and Scan with MobilePhone as Faxmodem
"Roland Schweiger" wrote:
An first glance, Windows7 has a new "Fax and Scan" utility which is a kind
of fax console.
Personally i hate the antique system of Faxing...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 17th 10, 08:03 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 208
how to disable taskbar thumbnail preview?
"minimus" wrote:
I went to group policy editor and enabled "turn off taskbar thumbnails". I
turned off and on my computer. The setting does not apply. I still see the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 5th 10, 04:07 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 258
Neat trick!
"someone watching" wrote:
Yes that is a neat trick ... but what a name!
Note that the string "GodMode" is arbitrary.
I use "DaveMode." g
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
December 22nd 09, 02:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 258
Boot problem
"Ivan" wrote:
I'm having a mildly irritating problem when booting up W7, it goes through a
screen with three options, 'windows setup' (default).. 'windows 7' and...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
November 22nd 09, 02:07 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 677
W7 tips and tricks...
Andy wrote:
I'm not so sure about this method as there's no way to conveniently
cancel all the checkboxes, ESC didn't work. ???
Checkboxes were around in Vista as well.
To clear all...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 31st 09, 05:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 13
Views: 794
A dos program
"Bullwinkle's news" wrote:
Hi,
I have a program that was originally a dos program.
In order to run it you had to type run then the program's exe file. Worked
fine in...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 29th 09, 05:23 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 347
Micro SD adapter not working
After updating the TI Flash Media Driver, my laptop was able to
read the 2.0 GB SD card I use in our camera.
The phone, though, uses a 1.0 GB micro SD card. With XP and
Vista, I use a Kensington...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 28th 09, 01:28 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,830
Taskbar Thumbnail Previews
Jetta wrote:
Dave Rudisill wrote:
Has anybody found a way to eliminate the thumbnail previews on
the taskbar?
The only workaround I have found is to increase the value...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
October 28th 09, 01:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,830
Taskbar Thumbnail Previews
"Dave-UK" Here@home wrote:
"Dave Rudisill" wrote in message ...
Has anybody found a way to eliminate the thumbnail...
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