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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 16th 19, 03:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.english.usage
Replies: 533
Views: 18,253
Posted By Peter Percival
Please stop calling them apps!

Apd wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote:
I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on
my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word
anymore? If...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum May 7th 19, 10:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 1
Views: 71
Posted By Peter Percival
What is UNP/CampaignManager?

What is UNP/CampaignManager?
--
"He who will not reason is a bigot;
he who cannot is a fool;
he who dares not is a slave."
- Sir William Drummond
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 27th 18, 07:47 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 324
Posted By Peter Percival
Clipboard

VanguardLH wrote:
Andy Burns wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

The Windows Clipboard can only hold one clip at a time.

I don't think the O/P is looking for multiple clipboard buffers,...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 26th 18, 09:09 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 324
Posted By Peter Percival
Clipboard

VanguardLH wrote:
VanguardLH wrote:

Peter Percival wrote:

It was my belief that under Win7 one could put something on the
clipboard with ctrl-C, try to recover it with ctrl_V, only...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 26th 18, 09:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 324
Posted By Peter Percival
Clipboard

😉 Good Guy 😉 wrote:

[...] Â* A few months ago you were trying to buy a
pirated Windows 7 from eBay but it seems you now have Windows 10.

You're confusing me with someone else.
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 26th 18, 05:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 12
Views: 324
Posted By Peter Percival
Clipboard

It was my belief that under Win7 one could put something on the
clipboard with ctrl-C, try to recover it with ctrl_V, only to get the
previous item put on the clipboard not the item just...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 22nd 18, 01:52 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 42
Views: 652
Posted By Peter Percival
Microsoft Office 2016 for free with just a command!

Johnson wrote:


Another goody for you, Microsoft Office 2016 for free with just a
command!

Here is Camtasia movie showing the activation of MS Office pro plus
with just a command...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 20th 18, 09:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 4
Views: 296
Posted By Peter Percival
"Type here to search" has stopped working

Peter Percival wrote:
When I place the cursor in the "Type here to search" thing, a window
appear above it with some stuff about Cortana.* But as soon as I type
the first letter of what I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 19th 18, 09:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 4
Views: 296
Posted By Peter Percival
"Type here to search" has stopped working

When I place the cursor in the "Type here to search" thing, a window
appear above it with some stuff about Cortana. But as soon as I type
the first letter of what I want to search for that window...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 13th 18, 10:37 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Big Ben

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 14/2/2018 00:11, Tim wrote:
"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote in news:p5uu4t$nfd$1
@toylet.eternal-september.org:

On 13/2/2018 22:49, Rene...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 13th 18, 10:33 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 13/2/2018 22:49, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Big Ben is the name of the Bell, not the clock (believe)


Isn't Big Ben referring to the *WHOLE* clock tower?

The...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 12th 18, 10:13 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 12/2/2018 01:49, Peter Percival wrote:

It is a matter of taste and not subject to rational explanation.


Also a good excuse,

It wasn't meant to be an...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 12th 18, 10:00 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

Peter Percival wrote:
Ken Blake wrote:

If you want to know the time very accurately, of course a digital
clock is more better.

How come?Â* There is nothing about digit clocks that...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 11th 18, 08:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

Ken Blake wrote:

If you want to know the time very accurately, of course a digital
clock is more better.

How come? There is nothing about digit clocks that mean that they can't
be wrong.
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 11th 18, 06:49 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 11/2/2018 23:31, Peter Percival wrote:
In the lower right-hand corner of my screen is the time and date.Â* When
I left click on it I see a calender and a digital...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 11th 18, 04:31 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 68
Views: 1,191
Posted By Peter Percival
Clock

In the lower right-hand corner of my screen is the time and date. When
I left click on it I see a calender and a digital clock. Under Win7, I
used to see an analogue clock. How under Win10 can I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 9th 18, 07:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 308
Posted By Peter Percival
IE11 tabs in Win 10

Good Guy wrote:
On 29/01/2018 17:46, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Any Ideas to what I am not doing

Yes

(or Doing wrong.

Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 12th 18, 09:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 357
Posted By Peter Percival
Stop Microsoft down loading fixes, updates, etc?

CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:11:35 +0000, Peter Percival
wrote in
How can I stop Microsoft downloading fixes, updates, etc? ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 12th 18, 05:57 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 357
Posted By Peter Percival
Stop Microsoft down loading fixes, updates, etc?

CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:11:35 +0000, Peter Percival
wrote in
How can I stop Microsoft downloading fixes, updates, etc? ...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 12th 18, 05:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 357
Posted By Peter Percival
Stop Microsoft down loading fixes, updates, etc?

Good Guy wrote:
On 10/01/2018 18:43, KenW wrote:
That info is all over the net.
Try a search.



What made you think he is intelligent enough to search for himself?

I would imagine...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum January 10th 18, 07:11 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 15
Views: 357
Posted By Peter Percival
Stop Microsoft down loading fixes, updates, etc?

How can I stop Microsoft downloading fixes, updates, etc? Short of
disconnecting it from the Internet, that is.
--
Do, as a concession to my poor wits, Lord Darlington, just explain
to me what you...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 14th 13, 12:06 AM Posted to uk.media.radio.archers,alt.comp.blind-users,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 11
Views: 1,022
Posted By Peter Percival
Meet James Stuart Hodges (aka SixStringStu)

Follow-up set.

Carol M Lucifer wrote:
"Brian Gaff" wrote in
:



Ever thought of going into writing TV scripts,
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