WinXP user bought first desktop Win7 - Win10 Pro

On Sun, 7 May 2017 17:38:51 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 17:27, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:37:23 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 05/05/2017 22:58, John & Jane Doe wrote:
David B. wrote in :

REDACT - who taught you that word?!!!

Origin and Etymology of redact
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use: 15th century
1350-1400; Middle English Latin redàctus (past participle of redigere to
lead back), equivalent to red- red- + àctus, past participle of agere to
lead;


I repeat: *Who taught YOU that word*?!!!

Hmm, obviously that word gives you a hinky. Can you explain why that is?

Yes, of course ...... once you have provide the link to your REAL
identity at LinkedIn.

Will you do that, Char?

I thought you had already picked one at random. Now, back to my
question. Why does redaction give you a hinky?

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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote in :

(I'm not convinced - about SSDs, that is. Although my most recent one
_was_ without warning, I still feel HDs _usually_ give some indication
they're failing; I've yet to hear that SSDs do.)
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I think ssd drives are fine for laptops, especially fanless tiny ones, due
to battery life, jolting, heat issues, and fast bootup.

But they're not yet cost effective for terabyte storage.
They're not for me on this desktop anyway.

Agreed, though my main concern is sudden death rather than cost.

Some would say that's why you have to reinstall so often.
I completely understand.
Basically, most people, if they don't know what a switch is for, they leave
it alone.

Me?
If I don't know what a switch is for, I turn it off.
If something happens that I care about, I turn it back on, but, more often
than not, something happens ten days later when I've already futzed with
two dozen other things.

Luckily, anyone can recover from anything with a full re-install!

Though in your case, every such reinstall must be followed by lots of
changes to what you call switches, to get the system back how you want
it: either that, or how you want it is very close to the default, which
I don't think is the case from what you've been saying. Such switches
having to be made for every piece of software (which you also would have
to reinstall), too. I am pretty certain I'd prefer just to restore a
Macrium image - then everything's back exactly how I want it, or at
least how it was when I made the image, so the only changes I would have
to make would be those I'd made (and wanted!) since making the image.
Each to his own way though!

I hadn't seen them called rc files before.
Oh. sorry. RC === run control
It's a very common Unix/Linux term, which I figured was known here.
~/.exrc for example is the run control file for the vi editor, as I recall.
I think VIM might use .vimrc, for example.

It's just a "dotfile" or "run control" file, which is just something the
program consults upon startup to get its settings.

It's a typical UNIX thing more so than Windows though.

Yes, I'm pretty sure you're right. Windows-speak for the same concept is
probably .ini files, but (for reasons I've never grasped other than
_possibly_ startup speed and [I suspect more likely] fashion), they seem
not to be used much these days, such settings being stored in the
registry.
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I just shut off a zillion Windows 10 privacy sliders.

[Which you have to do all over again, every time you do one of your
"clean install"s. OK, I'll stop saying that now ... (-:]

To you and me they should have one and only one (with a zillion sub
sliders).

The first and only slider would be:
Q: Do you want privacy ... yes, or no?

If you say "yes", it should shut off all zillion of those sliders.
If you say "no", then it can present you with those zillion sliders.

Alas. Will never happen.

Indeed.

So I will be turning off sliders for weeks on end, I'm sure.
And even then, I've been warned the MVP HOSTS file doesn't work.
(How can that possibly be?)

(I don't know "MVP HOSTS file"; I do know "hosts file", which I use to
block lots of websites. Is that what you mean, or something different?)
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On Mon, 8 May 2017 20:12:33 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

(I don't know "MVP HOSTS file"; I do know "hosts file", which I use to
block lots of websites. Is that what you mean, or something different?)

It's essentially the same as your hosts file, but with a huge number of
entries, like around 50,000 or more.

I tried it for a very short time back in the 90's, but it wasn't my cup
of tea. If you try it, you might want to rename your existing hosts file
before dropping the big one in its place, just in case you want to
revert at some point.

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Most have 4 bedrooms (mine has more but 4 is about average).
3 is large in UK.

3 bedrooms is nothing in suburbia.
Anyway, that's a different topic altogether.

By those standards, much of England (I can't speak for Scotland, Wales,
or NI) is suburbia, then. Well, actually, 3bed isn't common.

Most have 2 baths (mine has many more, but it's not typical).
Rare here.

Heh. I guess you're in a city?

Even in so-called rural areas, big houses aren't _that_ common.
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Basements are wonderful.
It's sad that they don't do them in the Silicon Valley.
Very sad.

Agreed - here too.

All have fenced-in back yards.
(Can be confusing: I think US "yard" = UK "garden"; in UK, a yard has a
hard surface, such as cement or brick.)
Oh. Here in the US, a "yard" is the front and back.

But isn't a hard surface, but soil.

Most have acres of land outside of suburbia, but inside of suburbia, it's
smaller. In the east coast you have half acre yards a lot and a few acres a
lot, but in California they're nuts and pack them in to postage stamp
lawns. Such is the life of supply and demand.

Britain has a population of, I think, about 70 million. Look at its
size.
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And a shed.
Most who have a (back) garden (your "yard" I think) here have a shed.
A shed is where the lawn mower, leaf blower, chain saw, hedge trimmer,
string trimmer, etc. goes, along with the gasoline you don't want to keep
in the garage.

In theory, same here (though these days they often go in the garage,
even to the extent that sometimes there isn't room for the car!); the
shed can also be a (usually male, though not always) refuge, where
hobbies are practiced and/or to which he escapes.

Ah, bidets are here again ...

Since we have septic systems, a bidet saves on tissue paper going into a
tank where it mostly just turns to sludge and has to be pumped out again.
If I had a bidet, it could pay for itself in not needing the system pumped
every few years.

Plus, if it's warm, it cleans much good'er than does tissue paper.

I think you missed my (recycling of a Willie Rushton) reference to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39Wa34d7NE ... (-:
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I've seen people blueselect stuff, and then hit the backspace key one by
one to get rid of twenty characters when they could just start typing which
would wipe them all out with the first character.

Yes, indeed, another one that's painful to watch!
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Where [other presenters] tackle the world with a box of watercolours, he
takes a spanner. - David Butcher (on Guy Martin), RT 2015/1/31-2/6

In alt.comp.os.windows-10 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Ant
writes:
In alt.windows7.general "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
...
I use my ancient KPF (Kerio Personal Firewall), which seems to catch all
such attempts. It's _amazing_ just how many such calls some prog.s make!

Which version of KPF? I miss the very old version that I used to use in
Windows XP Pro SP3.
2.1.5. I think that's the last before something.

Yeah, that is what I used. So, it works perfectly in the newer 64-bit
Windows versions? I thought it wasn't compatible.

No, I'm using it here on XP-32. I can't remember what I've got for W7; I
use the W7 machine once in a blue moon, mainly for Skype and TeamViewer.
(And those mainly because it's more powerful and has a big screen,
rather than because it's W7.)

Ah. I had to stop using KPF in 32-bit XP because of its blue screen
crashes. See
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25...-replace-Kerio ,
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23283834-, etc.

I couldn't find a good replacement for my 64-bit W7 HPE SP1. PC Tools
Firewall v7 is OK. It crashes once in a while, but at least it is not
hard crashes like blue screens.
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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote in news
But they're not yet cost effective for terabyte storage.
They're not for me on this desktop anyway.

Agreed, though my main concern is sudden death rather than cost.

Understood. Sudden death is bad.

Some would say that's why you have to reinstall so often.

Though in your case, every such reinstall must be followed by lots of
changes to what you call switches, to get the system back how you want
it: either that, or how you want it is very close to the default, which
I don't think is the case from what you've been saying.

Actually, the B-E-A-U-T-Y of my setup is that there are very few changes to
the system and, even better, the changes are no different from one computer
to another and even from one operating system to another!

For example, whether I'm on Windows XP computer 1 or Windows XP computer 2
or Windows 10 computer or even Linux computer 1, the menu system is
*exactly* the same functionality!

Windows XP menu:
https://s22.postimg.org/fymg8fwip/ty..._startmenu.gif

Widows 10 menu:
https://s18.postimg.org/yp72v4vix/classic_startmenu.gif

They're the same.
You know why?

Because we all do pretty much the same things on all desktops.

Such switches
having to be made for every piece of software (which you also would have
to reinstall), too. I am pretty certain I'd prefer just to restore a
Macrium image - then everything's back exactly how I want it, or at
least how it was when I made the image, so the only changes I would have
to make would be those I'd made (and wanted!) since making the image.
Each to his own way though!

The trick here is to set up each program once, and then, if you're lucky,
you have a "dotfile" that you can use forever to keep the program honest.

For example, this "user.js" file for Firefox works on Linux, and Windows
XP, and on Windows Pro, and even on Android.
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/02/12/gh...g-0-11-is-out/

That same user.js text file works on all systems.

Same with the MVP hosts file.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

Same with a good VIM run control file.
https://dougblack.io/words/a-good-vimrc.html

Setup is cross platform for some well-written programs.

I just shut off a zillion Windows 10 privacy sliders.

[Which you have to do all over again, every time you do one of your
"clean install"s. OK, I'll stop saying that now ... (-:]

The way I get around a *lot* of the settings is that I keep a folder
hierarchy that is *outside* the stuff that the operating system maintains,
whether that's on Linux or Windows.

Then I just archive the folder (and menu) hierarchy.
Then I bring it back to the newly installed system.

Since it's OUTSIDE the typical menu and folder hierarchy, the programs and
operating system don't poop all over it.

For example, notice these two menus outside the Windows 10 "Programs" menu.
https://s9.postimg.org/u95xs8ocv/two...uses_win10.gif

In the end, I'm only going to have one, either the Win10 menu method:
https://s14.postimg.org/zco7bcjcx/win10menu_loc.gif
Or the Classic Start menu method:

But the point is that the only way to keep it clean and portable is to keep
it OUTSIDE the existing menu hierarchies that programs poop all over.
https://s28.postimg.org/s9al5b08d/winxpmenu_loc.gif

Just like I did with the Windows XP menus being outside the hierarchy.
Menu:
https://s22.postimg.org/fymg8fwip/ty..._startmenu.gif
Hierarchy:
https://s14.postimg.org/kfzunsbkx/wi...u_location.gif

So, if you plan it right, and you stay out of any folder that the operating
system allows apps to pollute, it's a pretty portable system, which even
ports across operating systems at times but which certainly easily ports
across computers of the same operating system.

So I set up the same menu on all my desktops that way.
Same hosts file on all my desktops (and even Android).
Same user.js files and run control files on all computers.
etc.

In message , Ant
writes:
In alt.comp.os.windows-10 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Ant
[]
2.1.5. I think that's the last before something.
[]
Ah. I had to stop using KPF in 32-bit XP because of its blue screen
crashes. See
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25...-replace-Kerio ,
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23283834-, etc.
[]
Ah. I've never had one; bad luck.
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Imagine a world with no hypothetical situations...

On Mon, 08 May 2017 19:58:07 -0500, (Ant) wrote:

In alt.comp.os.windows-10 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Ant
writes:
In alt.windows7.general "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
...
I use my ancient KPF (Kerio Personal Firewall), which seems to catch all
such attempts. It's _amazing_ just how many such calls some prog.s make!

Which version of KPF? I miss the very old version that I used to use in
Windows XP Pro SP3.
2.1.5. I think that's the last before something.

Yeah, that is what I used. So, it works perfectly in the newer 64-bit
Windows versions? I thought it wasn't compatible.

No, I'm using it here on XP-32. I can't remember what I've got for W7; I
use the W7 machine once in a blue moon, mainly for Skype and TeamViewer.
(And those mainly because it's more powerful and has a big screen,
rather than because it's W7.)

Ah. I had to stop using KPF in 32-bit XP because of its blue screen
crashes. See
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25...-replace-Kerio ,
https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23283834-, etc.

You need a registry edit:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\fwdrv]
"MaxBufferSize"=dword:00032000

If there's anywhere else "MaxBufferSize" is mentioned,
increase it there too.

Kerio 2.15 was made when 16-64 MB of RAM was the norm, so it
had a tiny buffer in memory (not sure, but I think it was 2MB).
Increasing it to 32MB solves the problem.
I have not had a crash since I increased the buffer.
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On 08/05/2017 16:20, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 17:38:51 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 17:27, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:37:23 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 05/05/2017 22:58, John & Jane Doe wrote:
David B. wrote in :

REDACT - who taught you that word?!!!

Origin and Etymology of redact
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use: 15th century
1350-1400; Middle English Latin redÃ*ctus (past participle of redigere to
lead back), equivalent to red- red- + Ã*ctus, past participle of agere to
lead;


I repeat: *Who taught YOU that word*?!!!

Hmm, obviously that word gives you a hinky. Can you explain why that is?

Yes, of course ...... once you have provide the link to your REAL
identity at LinkedIn.

Will you do that, Char?

I thought you had already picked one at random. Now, back to my
question. Why does redaction give you a hinky?

It's simply not a word in popular usage - in my experience anyway.

I don't mind at all that you are a black woman - as long as you are
truthful.

--
"Do something wonderful, people may imitate it." (Albert Schweitzer)

On 07/05/2017 21:39, Tomos Davies wrote:

99% of intelligence is (INHO) in the ability to pay attention to detail.

I tend to agree - In My Humble Opinion? (IMHO)

Perhaps I refer to group(s) which are NOT Windows related?

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"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
- Albert Einstein

On Wed, 10 May 2017 22:31:24 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 21:39, Tomos Davies wrote:

99% of intelligence is (INHO) in the ability to pay attention to detail.

Yeah, the other 1% is BD. I see you know him.


Perhaps I refer to group(s) which are NOT Windows related?

And yet you posted in:


"alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general"

Maybe you should redact the newsgroup list you posted to ?
Or is this yet another deliberate STALKING attempt ?
EPIC FAIL !!!!
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On Wed, 10 May 2017 22:07:28 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 08/05/2017 16:20, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 17:38:51 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 17:27, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:37:23 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 05/05/2017 22:58, John & Jane Doe wrote:
David B. wrote in :

REDACT - who taught you that word?!!!

Origin and Etymology of redact
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use: 15th century
1350-1400; Middle English Latin redàctus (past participle of redigere to
lead back), equivalent to red- red- + àctus, past participle of agere to
lead;


I repeat: *Who taught YOU that word*?!!!

Hmm, obviously that word gives you a hinky. Can you explain why that is?

Yes, of course ...... once you have provide the link to your REAL
identity at LinkedIn.

Will you do that, Char?

I thought you had already picked one at random. Now, back to my
question. Why does redaction give you a hinky?

It's simply not a word in popular usage - in my experience anyway.

I don't mind at all that you are a black woman - as long as you are
truthful.

You would hold me to a higher standard than you hold yourself? You've
previously claimed to be "open and honest", which I'm sure you know
isn't exactly truthful.

On 11/05/2017 06:41, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 10 May 2017 22:07:28 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 08/05/2017 16:20, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 17:38:51 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 17:27, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:37:23 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 05/05/2017 22:58, John & Jane Doe wrote:
David B. wrote in :

REDACT - who taught you that word?!!!

Origin and Etymology of redact
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use: 15th century
1350-1400; Middle English Latin redÃ*ctus (past participle of redigere to
lead back), equivalent to red- red- + Ã*ctus, past participle of agere to
lead;


I repeat: *Who taught YOU that word*?!!!

Hmm, obviously that word gives you a hinky. Can you explain why that is?

Yes, of course ...... once you have provide the link to your REAL
identity at LinkedIn.

Will you do that, Char?

I thought you had already picked one at random. Now, back to my
question. Why does redaction give you a hinky?

It's simply not a word in popular usage - in my experience anyway.

I don't mind at all that you are a black woman - as long as you are
truthful.

You would hold me to a higher standard than you hold yourself?

Quite possibly - if you are the lady who looked at my LinkedIn profile. :-)

You've previously claimed to be "open and honest", which I'm sure you know
isn't exactly truthful.

It is no easy task to discover the truth. Do you think I have lied to
you, Char? Is there anything you would like me to clarify?

--
The only people who make a difference are the people who believe they can.

On Thu, 11 May 2017 08:22:15 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 11/05/2017 06:41, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 10 May 2017 22:07:28 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 08/05/2017 16:20, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sun, 7 May 2017 17:38:51 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 07/05/2017 17:27, Char Jackson wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2017 23:37:23 +0100, "David B."
wrote:

On 05/05/2017 22:58, John & Jane Doe wrote:
David B. wrote in :

REDACT - who taught you that word?!!!

Origin and Etymology of redact
Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use: 15th century
1350-1400; Middle English Latin redàctus (past participle of redigere to
lead back), equivalent to red- red- + àctus, past participle of agere to
lead;


I repeat: *Who taught YOU that word*?!!!

Hmm, obviously that word gives you a hinky. Can you explain why that is?

Yes, of course ...... once you have provide the link to your REAL
identity at LinkedIn.

Will you do that, Char?

I thought you had already picked one at random. Now, back to my
question. Why does redaction give you a hinky?

It's simply not a word in popular usage - in my experience anyway.

I don't mind at all that you are a black woman - as long as you are
truthful.

You would hold me to a higher standard than you hold yourself?

Quite possibly - if you are the lady who looked at my LinkedIn profile. :-)

You've previously claimed to be "open and honest", which I'm sure you know
isn't exactly truthful.

It is no easy task to discover the truth. Do you think I have lied to
you, Char? Is there anything you would like me to clarify?

Since you asked, how do you reconcile the 'open and honest' claim with
the stalking? What's open and honest about what you're doing?

We've been down this road before, though, haven't we? You'll claim that
you prefer the term 'researcher' rather than 'stalker', but calling it
something different doesn't make it different. You'll also claim that
you're trying to uncover the "truth" or expose "bad guys", but it's just
simple stalking.

On 11/05/2017 12:00, Char Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2017 08:22:15 +0100, "David B."
wrote:
[....]
It is no easy task to discover the truth. Do you think I have lied to
you, Char? Is there anything you would like me to clarify?

Since you asked, how do you reconcile the 'open and honest' claim with
the stalking? What's open and honest about what you're doing?

We've been down this road before, though, haven't we? You'll claim that
you prefer the term 'researcher' rather than 'stalker', but calling it
something different doesn't make it different. You'll also claim that
you're trying to uncover the "truth" or expose "bad guys", but it's just
simple stalking.

No, it's not. It has taken years of painstaking effort to get to this point.

The real life bad guy who I have exposed, Dustin Cook, has opened up a
can of worms now. If you have the time, please read the thread he
started called "Wanna Torrent" on the alt.computer.workshop group.

Message-ID:

I have no fight with you, Char Jackson.

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