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Forum: General XP issues or comments May 30th 19, 11:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 9
Views: 757
Posted By freeman
Desktop Icon Control

Looking for a free icon desktop control that will hide/show the desktop
icons with a control on the taskbar or ??? I want to turn on or off
visibility. Other features not required.


I tried...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 25th 19, 09:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 30
Views: 1,359
Posted By freeman
Browser Blank

What is the best URL to use when opening a browser.
Something that will try to get to the internet but will not be
political, sales or anything but a benign web page or just blank.
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 24th 19, 01:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 499
Posted By freeman
browser

My app to get the current default browser works on one Win XP Pro laptop
but comes back blank on a different Win XP pro laptop.

Both show FireFox as the default browser when I try to load a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 28th 18, 12:44 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 319
Posted By freeman
What is difference

Genuine vs activated ?

note that several months after I got the laptop it started the genuine
nag. since I could not figure it out then, I did a repair and it kept
all my data. repair partition...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 27th 18, 09:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 823
Posted By freeman
Please help - Mouse Jumping And Clicking by Itself

My wired mouse is clunky but does not have any problems.
I cannot find a wired mouse that is small and has the side button I need !

unfortunately many of the function keys do not work but some do.
I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 26th 18, 10:53 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 2
Views: 391
Posted By freeman
MouseDown forever

I did something to cause this probably but what.

As if left mouse button is locked down.

left click again and it releases.

left click again and it stays down.

How do I quit this other than boot...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 21st 18, 08:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 577
Posted By freeman
Filter

Subject
From
Date
Size
Custom Header
There is NO local help for any of this !


Side note:
The developers have let us down on HELP and features that were extremely
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 21st 18, 07:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 0
Views: 319
Posted By freeman
Lenovo T500 Keyboard Dead

Still troubleshooting this problem.

Lenovo T500
Other than keyboard it works fine.

On power up 9 out of 10 times all is good.

When the keyboard is dead it has these variations.

Power up
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 21st 18, 07:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 577
Posted By freeman
Filter

Running Seamonkey for newsgroups.

How do I automatically filter crap (i.e. delete) from anon etc ?
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 16th 18, 11:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 486
Posted By freeman
Password hashing

Are you asking the correct question ?

How long is the hash ? 25 characters or ?

Do intruders have access to the application to decrypt then message ?

If so, it is the password that needs to be...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 2nd 18, 10:28 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 1
Views: 354
Posted By freeman
TBird Profile Will Not Connect

Needed to move TBird profile from c: to d:

Used TBird.exe -p to work on it.

moved all of the single profile to D: successfully.

but now TBird -p will not allow me to change the profile to D:

I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum March 13th 18, 08:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 28
Views: 494
Posted By freeman
Video software

VLC is free and can convert video file formats .
The latest "improved" version is flaky on my Win 7 pro desktop so maybe
the previous version is best.

VLC can also edit by snipping pieces out of a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 13th 18, 08:38 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 3
Views: 402
Posted By freeman
Keyboard Goes Dead

Win XP Pro. Lenovo T500

Need to figure out why my laptop keyboard sometimes goes dead.
I cannot associate it with anything.

No other problems.

I see no Fn button to do this.

The USB mouse keeps...
Forum: General XP issues or comments March 12th 18, 09:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 517
Posted By freeman
O.T. Prepaid/disposable cell phones

If you are near a Target store then go there and ask all the questions
you want.

They have many phone company choices and some very good phones for way
under $100.

I got one that uses Verizon and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 28th 18, 11:42 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 18
Views: 564
Posted By freeman
Win 10 Bookmarks

if Win 10 is so great where are the bookmarks ?

All Windows should allow bookmarking so the deep ones that are most of
interest can be immediately brought forward whenever needed.

What do I gotta...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 18th 18, 12:37 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 22
Views: 430
Posted By freeman
OT Explorer++

And more
(NOTE: Explorer++ is still better that any Windows version including the
crappy Win 10 File Explorer but improvements and fixes would be
appreciated.).

(A)
Why does not the File menu and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 15th 18, 10:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 22
Views: 430
Posted By freeman
OT Explorer++

More yet

5) would be nice:
The tree needs to have tooltips and the tooltips should show the folder
hovered over by the mouse so we do not have to constantly have to resize
the tree window.

P.S. I...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 15th 18, 09:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 22
Views: 430
Posted By freeman
OT Explorer++

More

4) BIGGIE
I use VeraCrypt and when I start it up, Explorer++ shows the Drive
Letter TWICE in the tree. Clicking on either one expands the tree
identically with the correct subfolders showing...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 15th 18, 09:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 22
Views: 430
Posted By freeman
OT Explorer++

Where do I report significant problems with Explorer++ ??

1) BIGGIE: If I drag-drop from Explorer++ from either pane it works OK,
BUT if I drag-drop from Address it fails ! That should allow...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 15th 18, 12:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 25
Views: 620
Posted By freeman
Windows / File Explorer Replacement

Look like Explorer++ is what I want.
Will exercise it extensively and put it to the test.
Explorer++ has a portable mode and can show folder sizes.
see Tools / Options.
It is fast and does not have...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 14th 18, 02:14 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 25
Views: 620
Posted By freeman
Windows / File Explorer Replacement

You obviously do little Windows shopping !


James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:12:32 -0000, FreeMan wrote:

Win XP and onward.

I am sick and tired...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum February 13th 18, 10:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 25
Views: 620
Posted By freeman
Windows / File Explorer Replacement

Win XP and onward.

I am sick and tired of Windows / File Explorer and its stupid interface
! I was hoping that Win 10 would fix that bad behavior but NOT !

All this crap just wastes time for the...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 15th 18, 11:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 45
Views: 1,614
Posted By freeman
Finding a new PC on which Windows 7 can be installed.

W10 is crap any way you look at it.
My Win10 laptop is the biggest pain to use.
Never ready when i am.
supper sluggish on all fronts.
Seems to update and hold me up several times a wwek.
Apps I use...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 12th 18, 10:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 493
Posted By freeman
XP Validation

When did I ever say that the current Win install was with a general
license key ????

jumping to conclusions.

The laptop h=came with this OS installed and with the key it came with.

I said if...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 12th 18, 10:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 34
Views: 939
Posted By freeman
XP Validation

When did I ever say that the current Win install was with a general
license key ????

jumping to conclusions.

The laptop h=came with this OS installed and with the key it came with.

I said if...
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