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Forum: General XP issues or comments April 14th 15, 12:14 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 592
Posted By RobertMacy
Best Free eMail client for XP

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:19:38 -0700, OldGuy wrote:

Using Operal Mail and Opera Browser now.
Having too many problems.
Better (free) choices please for my XP Pro!



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Forum: General XP issues or comments April 11th 15, 11:53 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 18
Views: 717
Posted By RobertMacy
(OT) Sending a phone text to an email address????

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:05:29 -0700, wrote:

...snip....

Thanks for all help.


get a gmail account, sign up for voice, and select from a long list of
available local...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 14th 15, 12:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 1,137
Posted By RobertMacy
CD/R scratched and defective...can get data??

On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:13:01 -0700, Paul wrote:

...snip...

Scratches aren't going to hurt. Especially radial scratches. Tangential
ones might have more of an effect, but...
Forum: General XP issues or comments February 13th 15, 08:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 22
Views: 1,137
Posted By RobertMacy
CD/R scratched and defective...can get data??

On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 13:03:15 -0700, Bill Cunningham
wrote:

I have 5 CD/Rs that are pretty old. They contain a OEM version of 32
bit
XP MCE and drivers, and other...
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 27th 15, 12:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,447
Posted By RobertMacy
How To FAX

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:19:25 -0700, Dave Doe wrote:

...snip....
Jeez, who has a phone line (from dialup days) connected to their
computer thesedays ??? :)



Rural area....
Forum: General XP issues or comments January 26th 15, 11:03 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 20
Views: 1,447
Posted By RobertMacy
How To FAX

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:12:49 -0700, OldGuy wrote:

You can easily do it over the internet, using a free online fax
service. There are several such choices. Do a Google...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 14, 08:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 40
Views: 1,396
Posted By RobertMacy
Lightning and modems

On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:36:42 -0700, wrote:

...snip...

Central and south Florida
We have a thunderstorm every day in the summertime and some will have
flash bang...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 14, 04:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 40
Views: 1,396
Posted By RobertMacy
Lightning and modems

On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:10:13 -0700, Paul wrote:

...snip....some really good info just to keep Aioe happy

And rather than worry about the details, all I can say is
you'd...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 30th 14, 02:50 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 40
Views: 1,396
Posted By RobertMacy
Lightning and modems

On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:39:54 -0700, wrote:

....snip...

If you buy decent surge protectors and assure your grounding is good,
there is no reason to ever unplug...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 12th 14, 03:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 416,647
Posted By RobertMacy
XP and DSL?

On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:15:26 -0700, KenK wrote:

I signed up for Centurylink DSL yesterday. I'll get it by 9/26.

If anyone here uses DSL, especially Centurylink's, how...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 25th 14, 02:35 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 12
Views: 773
Posted By RobertMacy
OT SpeedTest

On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 23:14:38 -0700, Bill in Co
wrote:

....snipp....

OK, I'm still a bit confused. So do we assume 8 bits per byte for the
Internet data...
Forum: General XP issues or comments August 24th 14, 09:48 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 12
Views: 773
Posted By RobertMacy
OT SpeedTest

On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:20:16 -0700, Bill in Co
wrote:

OldGuy wrote:
OldGuy has brought this to us :
Other than going to SpeedTest.com is there a way to do...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum July 20th 14, 03:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-8
Replies: 23
Views: 458
Posted By RobertMacy
My friend got scammed

On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:18:37 -0700, Roger Blake
wrote:

On 2014-07-18, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
Maybe, but maybe not. It may the primary goal of some...
Forum: General XP issues or comments July 8th 14, 01:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 13
Views: 864
Posted By RobertMacy
Remove File Association

On Tue, 08 Jul 2014 00:32:43 -0700, OldGuy wrote:

XP Pro

How to Remove File Association ?
I want the file type not associated with anything.



All of them or do you...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 29th 14, 02:08 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 3,158
Posted By RobertMacy
CAN ANYONE DECIPHER THESE?

On Wed, 28 May 2014 16:43:26 -0700, wrote:

ACPI\IBM0068\5&2890D699&0
and
ACPI\NSC1100\4&3863886d&0

I can not find a driver for either of these, both listed as UNKNOWN.
...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 19th 14, 02:06 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 18
Views: 69,861
Posted By RobertMacy
analog dialup modem phone number needed for line testing, usa

On Sun, 18 May 2014 22:17:47 -0700, Paul in Houston TX
wrote:

Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Anyone know of an analog dialup modem phone number
that I can use for line...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 15th 14, 07:27 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 384
Posted By RobertMacy
Drive check utility?

On Thu, 15 May 2014 09:24:51 -0700, KenK wrote:


Can anyone recommend a free disk drive checking utility besides DOS
chkdsk?
One more friendly and easier to understand...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 11th 14, 10:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD? (WINDOWS 98 should bein the subject line!)

On Sun, 11 May 2014 12:14:49 -0700, Bill in Co
wrote:

I'm not sure there is a list (although there may be). If you're using
OE,
perhaps the simplest thing...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 11th 14, 03:16 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD? (WINDOWS 98 should bein the subject line!)

On Sat, 10 May 2014 16:30:15 -0700, 98 Guy com ""98""@guy. wrote:

..snip....
It's your registry files.

You should run the scanreg utility from DOS and restored a previous
version.

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 9th 14, 01:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Fri, 09 May 2014 02:23:11 -0700, wrote:

...snip....

Those have got to be the worst computers ever made. I dont have any
computers that run that slow, even my old ones...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 9th 14, 03:45 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Thu, 08 May 2014 19:36:40 -0700, Good Guy
wrote:

On 09/05/2014 03:22, RobertMacy wrote:
On Thu, 08 May 2014 17:53:46 -0700, Good Guy ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 9th 14, 03:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Thu, 08 May 2014 17:53:46 -0700, Good Guy
wrote:

...snip....
Insert your CD in the drive and at the command prompt type this:

sfc /scannow

This should...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 9th 14, 01:49 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Thu, 08 May 2014 11:05:27 -0700, wrote:



Hope this helps.

remember if something doesn't work quite right, it's the same as not
working AT ALL!!
FINALLY! here's the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 8th 14, 08:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Thu, 08 May 2014 11:05:27 -0700, wrote:

...snip to keep Aioe happy...
Hope this helps.


just tried to work with four PC cases and EACH one of them have something
wrong...
Forum: General XP issues or comments May 8th 14, 02:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 743
Posted By RobertMacy
OT corrupted files, how to replace from CD?

On Wed, 07 May 2014 22:11:48 -0700, wrote:

...snip....
Win98 is a lot less touchy than XP, so it's easier to manipulate. First
off, do you have a recent backup, or even...
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