Hi! Once upon the time, if I rightclicked on the desktop and chose to Arrange Icons by Type, all shortcuts ended up in the beginning (top-left). Now I get two...
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buralex@...
alecb3ca
Nov 5, 2007 2:19 am
... Lotta: Shortcuts displayed on the desktop actually come from two sources (just as shortcuts from Start-Programs come from two sources) If in Explorer you...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Nov 5, 2007 2:39 am
... Duh. Never occurred to me. Actually, I found mine in All Users.WINNT. All Users was empty. Boy, do I miss Win95! I've clung to 2K forever. Tomorrow I'll...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Nov 5, 2007 3:32 am
... Problem solved, obviously. But I'm curious. Why do they sort themselves between .r and .s? Lotta...
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buralex@...
alecb3ca
Nov 5, 2007 4:32 am
... Beats me :-) Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Nov 5, 2007 5:16 am
... I can tell you that now: Take a boot disk with DOS 7 (from Win98) and run FDISK. After partitioning and formatting run a Win98SE setup. Axel...
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David Smart
smartware_co...
Nov 5, 2007 6:20 am
As well as that, there are shortcuts and there are shortcuts. E.g. Internet shortcuts are not the same as file shortcuts, which are not the same as MS-DOS...
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alice ttlg
alice_ttlg
Nov 5, 2007 12:57 pm
... XP's not too bad, I used 98 for about six years and finally switched to XP in 2005 and pretty much everything I could do in 98, I eventually worked out in...
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alice ttlg
alice_ttlg
Nov 5, 2007 12:59 pm
... heehee! I used to reformat and reinstall Win98 about every two years, just to clean out the registry and dump old bits of software I wasn't using anymore...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Nov 5, 2007 10:13 pm
... Axel, my first impulse was to follow your advice - almost. ;-) I spent an hour disabling things and it still doesn't look as I want. Then I turned it off...
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Ray Shapp
rayshapp
Nov 6, 2007 12:04 pm
Hi fw and alice, <<Mac has the file properties set as open with TextEdit>> Thanks for the help. I haven't heard back from my friend, but your suggestions look...
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Bruce Meyers
oldguy1166
Nov 8, 2007 8:52 pm
I have a friend who has a mac and wants to send me some material to post on a website. I want to get text files - pure ascii files - but so far I am getting...
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alice ttlg
alice_ttlg
Nov 8, 2007 9:25 pm
... Use TextEdit to create the file and when he saves, add the .txt extension to the filename. That should do it. Or if they're on an older Mac, tell them to...
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David Smart
smartware_co...
Nov 8, 2007 9:37 pm
Don't know Macs well, but Google give me this: http://www.quality-books.com/fileconversions.htm ClarisWorks for Mac is the fourth topic. Regards, Dave S ... ...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Nov 15, 2007 1:14 pm
Hi! I've always had only 1 computer before, so I'm totally confused about these things. I've figured out how to share a folder and how to create a mapped...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Nov 15, 2007 5:22 pm
... No, actually the router makes it safer than connecting just one machine directly, as it hides the computer's IP address from outside, so noone can address...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Nov 16, 2007 12:40 am
Hi, I upgraded AVG. Now it seems to do automatic updates and I don't find a way to turn it off. I don't think the free version supported automatic updates at...
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sisterscape
Nov 16, 2007 2:56 am
In my 'Windoze days' I used AVG and always did manual updates. I know that the option is there but can't remember where - try right clicking on the various...
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K B
calamityjanenow
Nov 16, 2007 3:05 am
I have used AVG for just forever. I have always had the auto updates but it makes me feel warm/fuzzy. Karen On Nov 15, 2007 9:56 PM, sisterscape...
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buralex@...
alecb3ca
Nov 16, 2007 3:29 am
... Lotta: I forget who the original poster was but a couple of months (or more) back a user was having slow opening problems with files in shared folders...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Nov 16, 2007 6:28 am
... I do not map folders but whole partitions though not as drive letters but as \\Machine\F\Folder\... Due to the same directory structure I have...
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Stan Blazejewski
stanblaz_au
Nov 16, 2007 9:35 am
... OK, to turn off auto update ..... open the control center, click on scheduler then click on the scheduled tasks button. Highlight 'Update plan in basic...
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David Smart
smartware_co...
Nov 16, 2007 9:53 am
It's in the scheduler - where it always has been. Right click the taskbar icon and launch the Control Centre. (Double-click might do that for you, depending...
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WV-Mike
mikebreiding
Nov 16, 2007 11:14 am
... Ditto here. I depend on my router to act as a hardware firewall. I run no antivirus software. I run Spybot S&D to help with clean-ups and the freeware...
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WV-Mike
mikebreiding
Nov 16, 2007 11:20 am
... I detest AV software as I find it burdensome, cumbersome and intrusive. To my knowledge I have not had a PC virus since my first one - nearly 20 years ago....
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Nov 16, 2007 12:36 pm
... Yes, and a bit of sense helps too. (Sorry, tried to resist but failed.) Axel...
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David Smart
smartware_co...
Nov 16, 2007 11:24 pm
Some (not all) routers include a firewall. Mine doesn't, so I run firewall software. The router I put in a customer's premises does, and has been very ...
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David Smart
smartware_co...
Nov 16, 2007 11:35 pm
... I run AVG Free. It is not burdensome and it is not cumbersome. Actually, it isn't even intrusive - even when it finds a virus. It just goes about its...
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gkluther
Nov 17, 2007 4:09 am
Mike, I too do safe computing (what ever that means) but I still bet Viri (plural of virus?). I think your stand is a little outmoded and foolish. Hey, nothing...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Nov 17, 2007 9:05 am
... Why? Email is text, pure ASCII. All a virus can do is pollute my screen with some meaningless character jumble. Just for fun I even go and open some ZIPs I...
