Forum: Windows 7 Forum
August 28th 13, 02:06 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 101
Views: 1,887
Adding a note to a File Name?
pyotr filipivich wrote:
I know Unix allows you to have executable files without extensions, but it
won't allow you to have two files with the same name in the same...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
August 15th 13, 02:02 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 101
Views: 1,887
Adding a note to a File Name?
"Freckles" wrote:
Is there any way to append a note to a file without effecting that file's
name.
In other words if I have a file "PHOTOGRAPHS" How can I add a note to...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 26th 13, 05:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,034
16 Bit Application Won't Run
Andy wrote:
Could you give me an example ?
I write 16 and 32 bit programs using assembly.
I would love to learn how to build icons into my 16 bit programs.
In...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 26th 13, 01:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 886
OT : Windows 8
"Bill in Co" wrote:
But how much of our already purchased, windows-based software, would even
run in Linux? (Just curious). Unless there is some Windows...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 26th 13, 01:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,034
16 Bit Application Won't Run
ka6uup wrote:
I have a handy little 16 bit application called "All The Time"which has
been running on my xp computer for several years.
About two weeks ago for no reason I...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 26th 13, 01:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,034
16 Bit Application Won't Run
Andy wrote:
If the program has an icon, it is not 16 bit, unless you associated
an icon with the program.
How do you figure? What do you think we did before...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 24th 13, 05:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 33
Views: 955
MBR and 3Tb drive question
Ken Blake wrote:
Agent, which I use, can do so too. I just don't have the fonts set
correctly to do that, since even if I could read the letters, I
wouldn't know what they...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 22nd 13, 01:57 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,047
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 18th 13, 01:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 827
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 18th 13, 01:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 614
4 Gb Ram in XP
Andy wrote:
I am surprised that a H.P. 6730b would have room for 8 Gb
of RAM when only half could be used.
If the machine can take that much RAM then it must be...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 16th 13, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 33
Views: 955
MBR and 3Tb drive question
"Seth" wrote:
NTFS is a file system, "format type". GPT is a partition type. The 2 are
mutually exclusive
That should be "partition table type" and "*NOT* mutually...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 16th 13, 02:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 33
Views: 955
MBR and 3Tb drive question
pjp wrote:
What I notice though is that it appears to be formatted NTFS and there's
no indication of the GPT format that docs state is required to access
entire...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 15th 13, 09:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,677
dumb question
JJ wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:16:26 -0400, David H. Lipman wrote:
Any new printers that are COTS will support both Win32 and Win64.
What's "COTS" ?
Commercial Off The...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 15th 13, 01:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,677
dumb question
Norvin Gordon wrote:
OK, my age is showing, how do I know if my system is 32 or 64 bit?
Find "My Computer", right-click it and select Properties. If it's a
64-bit...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 27th 13, 01:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 556
Persistent Java-related message
Paul wrote:
They give the impression here, it comes from Java 6, and they
suggest updating to Java 7. Did Java 6 even have Auto Update ?
Maybe there'd be evidence of some...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 26th 13, 09:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 556
Persistent Java-related message
"David H. Lipman" wrote:
From: "Tim Slattery"
My wife has been getting a pop-up message box on her Win XP computer,
over and over again....
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 26th 13, 05:22 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 556
Persistent Java-related message
My wife has been getting a pop-up message box on her Win XP computer,
over and over again. It says:
The page requires a secure connection which includes server
authentication.
The Certificate Issuer...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 24th 13, 05:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,304
How to listen live and record it
micky wrote:
I know there are a lot of good stations out there, but this is one
I've gotten on actual radios.
So have I, but then I live in the Washington, DC area,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 19th 13, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 10
Views: 526
OT; email attachment
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In Turnpike I can choose MIME or UUcode.
Use MIME. UUEncode is an older protocol in which the client simply has
to search through the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 19th 13, 01:57 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,209
eMail Client For Me
OldGuy wrote:
What other recommended free email clients are recommended.
Pegasus mail (http://www.pmail.com)
Important to me: In addition can anyone identify which email...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 12th 13, 09:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 536
Internet help
Motor T wrote:
I would like to know how current the information I am reading on any
"how to" type web page is. If I'm seeking an answer to a question say:
'what is the...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 12th 13, 01:54 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 13
Views: 798
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
June 12th 13, 01:41 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 536
Internet help
Motor T wrote:
I need to ask a question about web pages but I don't know which
newsgroup to ask. Any suggestions please. I looked for
alt.comp.internet but I don't see...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 11th 13, 01:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,769
"7-Zip" V9.20 Recently Downloaded
wrote:
Hi,
Yesterday I downloaded "7-Zip" V9.20 ("7z920.exe") after a
friend recommended it. One of my laptops (Dell) has Windows 7.
WinZip 7 (I used for years)...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 7th 13, 09:12 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 664
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