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Forum: General XP issues or comments September 12th 14, 03:38 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 24
Views: 1,645
Posted By [email protected]
How to Save Videos from TV News Websites

I'm trying to save a few videos from a TV station's website. Using XP
and Firefox (older version, 17). I have several video download
extensions installed, which work fine on Youtube, but not on...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 29th 14, 09:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 9
Views: 653
Posted By [email protected]
I have to Reboot to change WIFI sources

I finally got my laptop reinstalled and tweaked the way I like it.
Everything works fine, except for the WIFI. I can connect and get a
good solid connection. However, if I change location, I can...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 29th 14, 09:24 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 490
Posted By [email protected]
Brain Fart ...... (Settings)

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:18:10 -0400, Paul wrote:

wrote:
I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new
installation there are a...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 28th 14, 01:11 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 12
Views: 696
Posted By [email protected]
Taskbar "Click to go to Desktop" Button missing

In my old install of XP on this computer, I had a button (icon) on the
taskbar to "Go to Desktop" (I think it's called SHOW DESKTOP). I use
that often when I have many things open and have a small...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 27th 14, 07:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 329
Posted By [email protected]
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

On 27 Jun 2014 10:02:41 GMT, Rasta Robert
wrote:

On 2014-06-27, wrote:
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 27th 14, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 5
Views: 490
Posted By [email protected]
Brain Fart ...... (Settings)

I just reinstalled XP on my laptop. (XP-Pro SP3). When doing a new
installation there are a hundred things to set, install, modify, etc.
In the process of getting rid of annoyances, I modified some...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 27th 14, 05:27 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 4
Views: 329
Posted By [email protected]
How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

How can I create a Shortcut for "System Tools"?

I use "System Tools" far too often to keep going thru all the levels in
the Start menu.

I have never been able to find a way to create a shortcut of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 27th 14, 05:21 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 18
Views: 812
Posted By [email protected]
3 Days to Activate?

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:33:01 -0400, 98 Guy "98"@Guy. com wrote:

Still think XP is superior to 98?

As much as I hate to say this on an XP newsgroup, I have always felt
Win98 is far superior to XP...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 14, 04:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 31
Views: 1,033
Posted By [email protected]
How Do You Get Rid of "About.Blank"

On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:08:51 -0400, Paul wrote:


I'm sure you've seen the screenshot, of a browser with
too many toolbars on top... PUPs...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 14, 04:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,050
Posted By [email protected]
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro

On Fri, 13 Jun 2014 04:40:33 -0500, BillW50 wrote:

Well I am not sure how it works, but one machine I had would always scan
the drive at boot and CHKDSK never found anything,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 14, 07:25 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 31
Views: 1,033
Posted By [email protected]
How Do You Get Rid of "About.Blank"

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:50:41 -0700, "Bruce Hagen"
wrote:


Remove Adware & PUPs with these tools. Check for updates first and then scan
with each one at a time.

I see PUPs...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 14, 04:01 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 931
Posted By [email protected]
XP Home startup aps

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:35:53 -0400, Paul wrote:


On my laptop, I had to remove the printer package
for my printer, because it was eating too many
resources *even when the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 13th 14, 03:55 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 32
Views: 931
Posted By [email protected]
XP Home startup aps

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:08:53 -0500, "BillW50" wrote:

In ,
KenK typed:
When I run msconfigstartup in XP I see a lot of stuff I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 12th 14, 11:38 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,050
Posted By [email protected]
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:24:21 -0400, Paul wrote:

http://askleo.com/why_is_my_task_manager_disabled_and_how_do_i_fix_it/

There is a registry edit in there you can use. Look for...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 14, 07:01 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
Posted By [email protected]
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:23:00 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:


Would it be quicker to delete all of them and then download again using
Save As?


I thought about that, but...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 14, 02:18 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
Posted By [email protected]
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:13:45 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:04:08 -0400, wrote:


Ok, that makes sense. If I had clicked "SAVE AS" for each file,...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 14, 02:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
Posted By [email protected]
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:57:21 -0400, Paul wrote:


Just for the heck of it, I googled for "Bulk file remaner". I did
download one program called "Bulk Rename Utility". I...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 14, 02:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
Posted By [email protected]
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:29:56 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 6/11/14 3:34 AM, wrote:
I saved a bunch of animated Gifs from a website. About 400 of...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 14, 10:34 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 27
Views: 1,196
Posted By [email protected]
STUPID%20FILE%20NAMES

I saved a bunch of animated Gifs from a website. About 400 of them.
Rather than save them one by one, I just saved the entire webpage which
had about 10 to 15 per page. Then I just went to the...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 14, 02:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,050
Posted By [email protected]
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro

On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 08:09:49 +0700, JJ wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:37:08 -0400, wrote:
Doing a quick scan with Security Essentials, found no malware. ...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 14, 02:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 111,322
Posted By [email protected]
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:21:42 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:40:30 -0400, wrote:

I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 9th 14, 07:49 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 111,322
Posted By [email protected]
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question

On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 12:45:57 -0700, "Bob F" wrote:

wrote:
I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if
any of them are still...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 9th 14, 06:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 15
Views: 111,322
Posted By [email protected]
(OT) Binary Newsgorups question

I dont have access to the binary newsgroups. I'm just wondering if any
of them are still active? (from those of you who may have access).

thanks
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 9th 14, 06:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,050
Posted By [email protected]
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro

On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:24:21 -0400, Paul wrote:

http://askleo.com/why_is_my_task_manager_disabled_and_how_do_i_fix_it/

There is a registry edit in there you can use. Look for...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 9th 14, 05:00 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 17
Views: 1,050
Posted By [email protected]
Taskman dont work in XP-Pro

This is a fairly new install of XP-Pro on my laptop. The install is to
NTFS. It's not activated since this is the wrong OEM, but everything
else works. But I click on taskman.exe and nothing...
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