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Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum April 30th 20, 05:51 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 204
Views: 1,537
Posted By Smiles
Simple backup option non-techy person

Chris wrote:

A family friend wants to get herself a laptop to help get through
isolation. I can help with the choice of laptop, but what is a good,
effective and preferably cheap option...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 18th 20, 03:22 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 19
Views: 348
Posted By Smiles
Free Mial Clients

Buffalo wrote:
Just an average home user and would like Newsgroups included.
I am presently using Windows Live Mail 2012 and would like to get a
different free email program basically since...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum October 27th 18, 02:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 2
Views: 216
Posted By Smiles
HOSTS file

Mayayana wrote:
"slate_leeper" wrote

| Somewhere between 8/28 and yesterday, my custom HOSTS file was
| replaced with the default Microsoft example file. My file was
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum February 17th 17, 03:31 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 57
Views: 353
Posted By Smiles
Backup software opinions please

Jason wrote:
I have used Acronis True Image for years. It's been ok if sometimes a
little touchy. It has saved my bacon more than once when there was a
software or hardware calamity, but it...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 23rd 15, 03:50 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 4
Views: 421
Posted By Smiles
problem with mouse

My problem started tusday so I do not know if this is related to any upgrade

when I highlight a selection of text in word I must click at end of
selection before choosing next option

when select,...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum December 11th 14, 02:04 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 7
Views: 359
Posted By Smiles
touch pad shut off

is there a utility I can use to shut off the touch pad on a laptop
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 17th 14, 02:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 10
Views: 494
Posted By Smiles
window exploer

Bob I wrote:


On 11/14/2014 6:03 PM, Smiles wrote:
good day on my sons computer Win 7pro

we just did 110 updates it has been done for 11 months

now when he creates a new folder he...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 15th 14, 01:03 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 10
Views: 494
Posted By Smiles
window exploer

good day on my sons computer Win 7pro

we just did 110 updates it has been done for 11 months

now when he creates a new folder he must do to another drive or folder
and back to see it

an ideas...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 2nd 14, 04:23 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 10
Views: 433
Posted By Smiles
can I reboot and update?

Todd wrote:
On 11/01/2014 06:12 PM, Zaidy036 wrote:
On 11/1/2014 9:04 PM, Todd wrote:
Hi All,

I do a lot of remote support. A lot of the time I
see the indicator that tells me...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum April 7th 14, 12:27 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 723
Posted By Smiles
OT Need eMail

OldGuy wrote:
I need an eMail program that will provide rules for incoming eMails.
Specifically I need to detect the eMail by Subject match then copy all
attachments to a folder. Needs to run...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum November 9th 13, 11:45 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 56
Views: 1,071
Posted By Smiles
Backup Software

Pfsszxt wrote:
Is there a good freeware backup program ? If so, what, please.

I have used Cobain for years does a great job

http://www.cobiansoft.com/cobianbackup.htm
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 22nd 13, 03:56 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 619
Posted By Smiles
explorer not right

Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Smiles" wrote in message
...
Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Smiles" wrote in...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 21st 13, 05:10 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 619
Posted By Smiles
explorer not right

Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Smiles" wrote in message
...
Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Smiles" wrote in...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 21st 13, 02:17 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 619
Posted By Smiles
explorer not right

Bruce Hagen wrote:
"Smiles" wrote in message
...
good day

when I open explorer in W7 select a folder in left panel click...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 20th 13, 02:18 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 12
Views: 619
Posted By Smiles
explorer not right

good day

when I open explorer in W7 select a folder in left panel click on new
folder nothing shows up if I move up one folder and back down to
original folder I have a new folder now I must...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 12th 12, 01:53 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 46
Views: 2,007
Posted By Smiles
How do I make a text listing of folder contents?

Peter Jason wrote:
I have Win7 SP1.

I have a 1TB HDD now full of downloaded TV movies.

There are over 250 movies.

I want to make a list of these for my movie database and this will
...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum January 16th 12, 01:52 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 8
Views: 886
Posted By Smiles
Windows not loading, unable to start laptop

Binaryx wrote:
Dell Vostro 1520 notebook running Windows 7, worked fine around 2 years,
but today got problem: when tried power on, it not load windows, stay black
screen, and three active(On)...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum October 30th 11, 10:32 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 20
Views: 434
Posted By Smiles
length of backup

thewiz wrote:
I did my first backup to an external drive and it took hours.
My hard drive is 500G.
Will it take less time as it does the next backups?
full backup will always take hour
Forum: Windows 7 Forum September 18th 11, 04:39 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 17
Views: 332
Posted By Smiles
KVM switch

Ed Cryer wrote:
I'm thinking of having two computer boxes side by side, one keyboard,
mouse & monitor linked with this KVM switch;
http://tinyurl.com/6gw248n
I'll use a simple 1/8" jack going...
Forum: Windows 7 Forum March 25th 11, 01:36 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general
Replies: 21
Views: 257
Posted By Smiles
putting a shortcut into the SEND TO menu

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:03:05 -0400, KCB wrote:

wrote in message
...
On 24/03/2011...
Forum: The Basics June 29th 10, 12:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 16
Views: 2,334
Posted By Smiles
new hard drive freezes BIOS

Ron Patterson wrote:
I know this may not be the proper place for this question. Perhaps if no
one here can field it, you can refer me to the appropriate newsgroup.

Computer currently dual...
Forum: The Basics June 29th 10, 12:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 16
Views: 2,334
Posted By Smiles
new hard drive freezes BIOS

Ron Patterson wrote:
I know this may not be the proper place for this question. Perhaps if no
one here can field it, you can refer me to the appropriate newsgroup.

Computer currently dual...
Forum: The Basics June 29th 10, 12:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 35
Views: 2,200
Posted By Smiles
Missing boot-start driver bthex.dll

Richard wrote:
On 27/06/2010 13:30, John John - MVP wrote:
Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 13:45, Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 12:59, John John - MVP wrote:
Richard wrote:
On...
Forum: The Basics June 29th 10, 12:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 35
Views: 2,200
Posted By Smiles
Missing boot-start driver bthex.dll

Richard wrote:
On 27/06/2010 14:58, Smiles wrote:

John John - MVP wrote:
Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 13:45, Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 12:59, John John - MVP wrote:
...
Forum: The Basics June 27th 10, 02:58 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Replies: 35
Views: 2,200
Posted By Smiles
Missing boot-start driver bthex.dll

John John - MVP wrote:
Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 13:45, Richard wrote:
On 25/06/2010 12:59, John John - MVP wrote:
Richard wrote:
On 24/06/2010 22:37, John John - MVP...
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