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Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 20, 07:44 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 2
Views: 914
Posted By Mike Easter
What useful functionality is in the newer Microsoft Office thatisn't already in the older MSOffice 2007 Pro which I just installed?

Mike Easter wrote:
Arlen Holder wrote:
Â* _extend_Â* the basic functionality of an older MS
Office version so that it can read the newer MS Office formats.

It seems to me that a current...
Forum: General XP issues or comments September 21st 20, 06:28 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 2
Views: 914
Posted By Mike Easter
What useful functionality is in the newer Microsoft Office thatisn't already in the older MSOffice 2007 Pro which I just installed?

Arlen Holder wrote:
_extend_ the basic functionality of an older MS
Office version so that it can read the newer MS Office formats.

It seems to me that a current Libre Office would be a...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum September 16th 20, 02:35 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 100
Views: 28,095
Posted By Mike Easter
Word look alike?

Carlos E.R. wrote:
I think I heard about a gratis version, perhaps online inside a browser.
Is this correct? If that is so, perhaps I should suggest my friend to
use that online version and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 26th 20, 06:14 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 43
Views: 2,147
Posted By Mike Easter
Why are they called 3.5 inch drives ?

DerekF wrote:
When 3.5 inch drives measure approximately 4 inches wide, 5.8 inches
long and 0.8 inches thick, based on the dimensions of a 1 TB
desktop-class drive.

3.5" is a 'form factor'...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 16th 20, 06:32 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 21
Views: 1,399
Posted By Mike Easter
Pan. news reader

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Anyone using it? and if so do you have likes or dislikes? Do you thionk
it is a good Choice?

I'm not using Pan. I use Tb but I have gripes. I like Tb in spite of
my...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 14th 20, 06:17 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 40
Views: 1,939
Posted By Mike Easter
Gravity newsreader - good anti-troll defences

Ken Blake wrote:
The problem with "Ignore thread" is that there might be other messages
in the thread that are not replies to the troll, and that you *do* want
see. That's why I don't use...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 11th 20, 12:47 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 206
Views: 5,950
Posted By Mike Easter
No optical drives?

Mark Lloyd wrote:
Win 95 was also available on floppies (I forget how many).

Seen on /. & TheReg recently:

Boeing 747-400s still use floppy disks for loading critical navigation...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 4th 20, 12:35 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 29
Views: 1,377
Posted By Mike Easter
Conundrum!

David_B wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
David_B wrote:

ALL the dogagent newsgroups are open to the public. NONE of them
require a username/password to participate.

That is not...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 3rd 20, 01:16 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 869
Posted By Mike Easter
Will it run Windows 10?

Rene Lamontagne wrote:
Further down scrolling brings up Ubuntu which I guess is more suitable
for it, They really show a lot of different kits from budget price to
pretty steep for the super...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 3rd 20, 12:17 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 29
Views: 1,377
Posted By Mike Easter
Conundrum!

David_B wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
David_B wrote:
*HOW* does one obtain a username and password for the Dogagent
newsgroups?

Yours is an insincere/ bogus question.

In the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 2nd 20, 11:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 10
Views: 869
Posted By Mike Easter
Will it run Windows 10?

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Just what some of us need, Will it run windows 10?Â* :-)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elecrow/crowpi2-steam-education-platformand-raspberry-pi-laptop

To...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum August 2nd 20, 11:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 29
Views: 1,377
Posted By Mike Easter
Conundrum!

David_B wrote:
*HOW* does one obtain a username and password for the Dogagent newsgroups?

Yours is an insincere/ bogus question.

You are already quite familiar w/ the machinations of dogagent and...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 24th 20, 05:29 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,alt.os.linux
Replies: 81
Views: 1,014
Posted By Mike Easter
Paywalls; was What does the NYT snip

Arlen Holder wrote:
Update:
o How to Get Around Newspaper Paywalls in 2020
https://medium.com/paywall-hacks/how-to-bypass-virtually-every-news-paywall-705602c4c2ce

That (oldish, considering...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 10:41 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 88
Views: 1,473
Posted By Mike Easter
Second opinion requested! Does anyone else get a warning? (was -

David_B wrote:
Why haven't folk like you made moves to remove it from the market place?

You are raving irrationally.

--
Mike Easter
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 09:59 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

David_B wrote:
Why do YOU think Ray Banana spends a small fortune providing his free
service from the heart of Germany?

It doesn't cost a small fortune. It could be a hobby for him, like the...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 11:11 AM Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

David_B wrote:
I don't completely trust the provider. He has only ONE 'connection' on
LinkedIn. That is not 'logical'.

Your metric of judging others by their presence on social media is...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 10:58 AM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 88
Views: 1,473
Posted By Mike Easter
Second opinion requested! Does anyone else get a warning? (was -

David_B wrote:
THIS thread explains that the malware I detected wasn't ORDINARY
malware, but an extra-special item.

Ramnit did NOT come on some ancient 2008 AOL disk you had.

It had not even...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 02:34 AM Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

Apd wrote:
"Mike Easter" wrote:
Presumably you particularly wanted Dustin to note how 'clever' you
are, as he is prone to whip up custom M-IDs by his agent, not by the
NSP.

I first...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 13th 20, 12:26 AM Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

Mike Easter wrote:
David_B wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
David_B wrote:
Maybe you can explain how/why my header refers to Dustin?

An account holder (or someone w/ his credentials)...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 12th 20, 10:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 88
Views: 1,473
Posted By Mike Easter
Second opinion requested! Does anyone else get a warning? (was - Oops! (Was - '3D'))

David_B wrote:
I've installed AVG on my iMac and run a scan. About 15 items have been
removed into Quarantine.

What do you know about...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 12th 20, 10:32 PM Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

David_B wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
David_B wrote:
Maybe you can explain how/why my header refers to Dustin?

An account holder (or someone w/ his credentials) can configure the
...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 12th 20, 04:55 PM Posted to alt.computer.workshop,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 65
Views: 975
Posted By Mike Easter
My laptop has been updated - confirmation image attached

David_B wrote:
Maybe you can explain how/why my header refers to Dustin?

An account holder (or someone w/ his credentials) can configure the
account at e-s with a (possibly bogus or borrowed)...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 11th 20, 10:23 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.freeware
Replies: 73
Views: 614
Posted By Mike Easter
Tutorial for setting up Ubuntu as a Windows Subsystem for LinuxWSL in Windows 10

Arlen Holder wrote:
Dateline today...
"Microsoft's latest Windows Insider preview of Windows 10 cuts out
the Linux kernel for the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)."

This WSL...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 9th 20, 08:55 PM Posted to rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.computer.workshop
Replies: 88
Views: 1,473
Posted By Mike Easter
Second opinion requested! Does anyone else get a warning? (was -

David_B wrote:
I'm puzzled as to why THIS product hasn't found its way onto the list of
the best in the business though:-

https://www.clamxav.com

Any thoughts as to why it doesn't...
Forum: Windows 10 Help Forum June 4th 20, 11:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Replies: 39
Views: 334
Posted By Mike Easter
Wiping a USB drive.

Peter Jason wrote:
does DOS have a wipe app?

A useful utility disk to have around for DOS tools is the 'original'
make-up of Hiren's boot CD, now at 15.2. It has several 'erasers' for
DOS,...
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