Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
July 28th 15, 07:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,081
New features WANTED for Home versions
Hi, Mark.
Right-click on an empty spot on your Desktop. Select View and make sure
Auto arrange icons is NOT checked. You might also want to Align icons to
grid - or not.
RC
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R. C. White,...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 19th 15, 04:05 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,311
Microsoft Office updates
Hi, again, Jo-Anne.
Replying to my post to add:
I found it!
It has been years since I ran Win7 and pre-2010 Office that I forgot where I
found this. Back in those days, we had to update Office...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
July 18th 15, 08:00 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,311
Microsoft Office updates
Hi, Jo-Anne.
It's very easy to miss the subtle distinction between "WINDOWS Update" (WU)
and "MICROSOFT Update" (MU), because so often we think of Windows and
Microsoft as synonyms.
But, as the...
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
July 11th 15, 06:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 9
Views: 927
Battery draining power in few seconds
Hi, Gary.
As the others said, you probably need a new battery.
But...I've had this problem with both my Netbook and my cellphone and they
both recovered, at least for now. For both, the process...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
July 5th 15, 05:09 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 16
Views: 254
Upgrade to 64 bit win 10 from 32 bit win 8.1
Hi, HS.
It's not just a matter of licensing. It's hardware, including drivers, dlls
and such.
Once booted into 32-bit, there's no way to load the 64-bit support system
except by rebooting from a...
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 30th 15, 10:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 95
Views: 3,842
Anti-virus program?
Hi, Ken.
Yep, I'm still 79 - for 10 more days. Then I'll join those "Old Guys".
The neat thing about it is that I'm still learning! ;)
And I don't feel old, which surprises me. I tell my...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
June 27th 15, 02:46 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 4
Views: 192
ati drivers
Hi, Thomas.
You know, of course, that ATI was bought by AMD several years ago.
Check out this site:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 25th 15, 09:18 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,237
I don't want a password
Darn! I should have thought of that! :{
RC
". . .winston" wrote in message ...
R. C. White wrote:
Hi, Char.
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 25th 15, 05:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,237
I don't want a password
Hi, Char.
And we use WD-40 because "Water Displacer 39" still didn't work. ;}
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 21st 15, 03:40 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 6
Views: 473
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
June 11th 15, 07:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 18
Views: 450
Is the XP classic start menu Commentary.
Hi, Char.
I presumably have 8.1 on this laptop
If that laptop has a Break (or Pause/Break) key, just press that key while
you hold down the Windows key. In a second or two, the System page...
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 11th 15, 07:43 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.windows-xp,alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,957
Is the XP classic start menu Commentary.
Hi, Char.
I presumably have 8.1 on this laptop
If that laptop has a Break (or Pause/Break) key, just press that key while
you hold down the Windows key. In a second or two, the System page...
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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum
June 5th 15, 03:39 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Replies: 36
Views: 534
I don't agree with new upgrade policy
Hi, Rene.
Old but not fat (81 Years) started out with a Zoom modem on an APPLE 2
Plus at 300 baud doing the BBS scene.
Wow, you're old! I won't be 80 until next month. ;)
My first online...
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
June 3rd 15, 03:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
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Replies: 27
Views: 1,845
Windows 8 or 10?
Hi, Ken.
Not "get it free for one year", but "for one year, get it free".
There would have been much less confusion if Microsoft had simply organized
their sentence properly. It's the "free for...
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Forum: Windows 8 Help Forum
May 22nd 15, 03:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 79
Views: 2,112
Creating personal data/special folders
Hi, Char.
In the beginning, I remember seeing lots of "balance your checkbook!" and
"organize your recipes!" types of claims. :-)
When was the last time you printed out your...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 21st 15, 02:43 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 12
Views: 673
Screen Icon positioning mysteriously changed
Hi, Ashton.
As a starting point, please tell us your settings for Align icons to Grid
and for Auto arrange icons.
To see these settings, right-click on a blank part of your desktop and
choose...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 10th 15, 05:03 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 16
Views: 969
System Reserved Partition???
Hi, Joe.
Why bother with a third-party product when DISKPART does everything you
need to create a one-partition system?
Or use DiskPart's user-friendlier GUI, Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc). ...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
May 10th 15, 04:50 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,911
surge protector for laser printer?
Hi, Jo-Anne.
In 1985, I bought what Xerox said was the first Xerox 4045 laser printer
delivered in Oklahoma. This was for me to print income tax returns that
looked as good as the ones my former...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 30th 15, 03:55 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,561
Win7 in boot-loop. Help!
Hi, Gene.
Have you assigned a drive letter to the SSD?
The BIOS will assign a Disk NUMBER to the SSD (Disk 0? Disk 1?).
You can do that in Disk Management.
No, but then you (or the OP) can...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 14th 15, 05:34 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,022
Windows File Explorer Issue - Thanks, all
Hi, Ken.
why doesn't someone like you who realizes both those things move to a
better program or programs?
Inertia?!?
That's a big part of the "why", Ken. But there's more to it than that....
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 14th 15, 04:06 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,022
Windows File Explorer Issue - Thanks, all
Hi, Vanguard.
You might not see this message because you've said you don't read posts made
with WLM. But you've speculated - wrongly - about WLM's behavior and your
speculation needs to be...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 14th 15, 02:48 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,551
icon layout saver
Hi, Jim.
If MS would only arrange to leave them alone, there'd be no need for
savers.
Right-click on your desktop and choose "View". Make sure that "Auto arrange
icons" is NOT...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 13th 15, 11:22 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 426
Any Win 8 groups?
Hi, Kenny.
Did you remember to Reset List?
In WLM, right-click on the new server in the left column (by default), click
Newsgroups.... When the list finishes populating, click Reset...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 9th 15, 04:03 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,299
BCD and ReSizing partitions
Hi, Sylvain (?).
Note that the boot partition here is usually not the
"one where Windows sits", as it is on XP. It's an extra,
unnecessary partition that only holds boot files.
That's...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 5th 15, 05:06 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 15
Views: 846
Drive later change - why?
Hi, pjp and VanguardLH.
You mean DISK Management (diskmgmt.msc), not DEVICE Management
(devmgmt.msc).
Windows by default assigns the next available letter to a newly-installed
device. But, if...
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