Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 17th 10, 11:36 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 241
Compacted messages
I was under the impression that XP compresses files which have not been
accessed by the user or compacts messages in Outlook Express (newsgroup
messages, in particular) which Users read and forget....
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 17th 10, 11:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 241
Compacted messages
Could you kindly throw some light on what is the difference between
"compacting" and "compressing"? In plain English, the two words mean the
same thing.
P. Jayant
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 17th 10, 03:16 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 9
Views: 241
Compacted messages
XP during the Disk Cleanup operation indicates that certain old messages
could be compacted. Similarly Outlook Express suggests compacting messages
from time to time. But I have not seen XP...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 14th 10, 10:24 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 242
Internet Security measures in XP/SP3
Thanks for your comments. I did mean I E 8 and yes indeed, I am on O E 6.
Sorry for the mistake. Your clarification about D E P was useful. I shall
check my browser history to find if I had done...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
May 14th 10, 03:41 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 6
Views: 242
Internet Security measures in XP/SP3
I have not been able to locate any list of the Internet security features
included in SP3 as against the previous versions of XP: SP1 and SP2. I
discovered a new feature in O E 8 after installing...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
April 16th 10, 03:02 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 27
Views: 489
Installing XP on a Lenovo Laptop
I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation
disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I
have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
March 6th 10, 03:32 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 4
Views: 210
Win7 startup sound - alternate solution
I have Windows 7 on the Lenovo Laptop I purchased specifically to get
acquainted with Windows 7 without the hassle of tweaking all the options. It
has Windows Media Player pre-installed and I can...
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
February 19th 10, 06:55 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 193
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Forum: Windows 7 Forum
January 24th 10, 03:36 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
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Replies: 11
Views: 248
Windows 7 and Word 2000
For the same reason, I installed MS Office 2007 under Windows 7. There are
compatibility problems with files from the same application saved from the
two versions. I had to download a compatibility...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 17th 09, 01:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 16
Views: 387
Migration to Windows 7
Is it feasible to migrate to Windows 7 directly from Windows XP ?
OR
Is the intermediate migration to Vista essential because the upgrade option
to Windows 7 is available only from Vista and NOT...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 25th 09, 11:58 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 1
Views: 90
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 9th 09, 05:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 7
Views: 214
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 6th 09, 04:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 3
Views: 160
scam in scripts which look like East Asian
I am getting a lot of junk mail which has very few words in the English
script; most of the message appears in some East Asian script, I cannot make
out if it is Chinese, Korean or Japanese. Some...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
November 11th 08, 05:52 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 1
Views: 410
Viewing still and title of each video in a DVD
I am a user of NeroVision for authoring and burning video DVDs. I am able to
see the menu giving the entire list of videos with the starting frame and
the title of each video in the Top Menu pages...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 11th 08, 07:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 229
Unwanted Security Toolbar
Thanks for the advice but one cannot be sure that everyone reads each and
every Newsgroup likely to discuss a topic.
Besides you may stop someone like me who is prepared to observe newsgroup...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
April 10th 08, 05:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 229
Unwanted Security Toolbar
While trying to find a NetMeter for monitoring the speed of the broadband
connection I have, I suddenly found Security Alert messages on my computer
warning me that there are spywares on my...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
April 6th 08, 05:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,348
Playing mp4 files.
I captured some videos with Nero 7 which does so only in mp4 format. But WMP
11 does not recognize the file format as a Media file. I thought Microsoft's
wmv format itself was mpeg-4 and WMP 11...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
April 4th 08, 02:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 1
Views: 340
Which DirectX version for WMP 11?
Which DirectX version for WMP 11?
I have videos captured in mpeg-4 format with Nero Vision 4. When I try to
open them with WMP 11, the file formats listed there do not include mp4. So
I have to call...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
September 7th 06, 01:11 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 13
Views: 212
Compatibility of Floppies between XP computers
Granted that Floppy as a medium of data storage is outdated but it is very
useful for newbies for storing their work or loading their home work
problems. Unfortunately XP has problems with...
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
August 20th 06, 01:46 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 8
Views: 149
Which is best Nero Ultra or Easy CD Creator?
Whether you use Nero or Easy CD Creator, the first requirement is to check
if your video capture card and the driver (device) is recognized by the
software in its Readme File or other manuals....
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Forum: General XP issues or comments
July 23rd 06, 06:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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Replies: 5
Views: 80
XP offering to compact messages
I meticulously delete all Newsgroup messages and all unwanted mail messages
every week as a result of which there is hardly any mass of messages for XP
to compact. But XP keeps bugging me asking me...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
July 21st 06, 02:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 7
Views: 644
Video Capture
I am also having problems with capturing video in mpeg-2 format with the
NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Display cum Capture card. I do not know whether it is
SP2 or the frequent automatic updates XP keeps...
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Forum: Windows XP and video cards, drivers and similar
July 20th 06, 12:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.video
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Replies: 7
Views: 644
Video Capture
I am also having problems with capturing video in mpeg-2 format with the
NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Display cum Capture card. I do not know whether it is
SP2 or the frequent automatic updates XP keeps...
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