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Assuming that the eventual server name issues are resolved:

It seems to me the most obvious has not been asked/suggested.


Thunderbird NOT running!
Go to the Thunderbird profile folder, go...

@Energyflux2012:
IMHO since Windows XP SP2 no Windows computer has ever again needed any third party software firewall.
Thank you for this additional "nail in the coffin".

I do that almost weekly when I replace a customer's old XP system with a new one. Conditions: System disk from originating computer is free on my desk and with USB adapter (example) connected to the...

All recommendations re. Java are to disable Java in all your browsers, not to discard it totally. and that is done easily - except for IE. But if someone still uses IE it's their problem anyway.
The...

As parent and grand parent I'd say you better not... ;-)

You 'should' do that anyway and regularly!

That was the pointy in time when you should have returned the machine for a warranty...

@ldb
Run Adblock Plus with these TWO filter lists: EasyList and Fanboy's list.
I found that tip a while ago in a MozillaZine thread and haven't seen any ads since I did install the second list.

Hello Twinkie;

Please read this article on my blog, there I talk in a bit more detail about Cnet.

The short of it is: You can delete that junk.

Don't download programs into the Documents...

Hey, I beat you by 13, how's about that?
I use my age as an excuse to say the things I'd like to say, like to pretty young ladies; they ALWAYS accept it graciously. Go figure. :huh:

Sorry, we...

I feel we should tell our readers HOW TO AVOID these dubious (at best!) pieces of
s&*t software and NOT TO USE them at all.

If you don't want to see ads all you need to do are IMHO only FOUR...

@Doc Brown: You are correct and I have no illusions about that either. But do I need to help making it THAT EASY?

@all that so far have chimed or may do so in the future: Thank you!

. . . but I threw something else out to the Lounge that has nothing to do with our attitudes so I started a new thread.

Reading the previous sentence I realize how much of my own attitudes...

Please bear with me but I just have to throw it out here:

Recently looking at the Modern UI and thinking about the many threads here and in other places about Windows 8 pro and cons I realized...

Brother you are spot on!

For non geeks I would rather recommend CCleaner for startup cleanup, especially the portable versions from here.

For techie geeks IMHO Autoruns is by far best because...

@Drew1903
Thanks for the introduction, nice touch.
@Ted
What a pleasure to meet you; my name you already looked up (in the profile?). I think I'll PM or email you.

@all: I will report about my...

@Clint:

WOW and THANK YOU. That's post, CHOKE FULL of the good stuff.

Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!@

@Medico, I think I might even apologize. I did not make it abundantly clear that in the second half of my reply (post #14) to your post #13 I was actually addressing rannoch from #12 and not you;...

Well, something is wrong IN your system. Don't take the external disk drive back, you should have it anyway if you are serious about backups.

What strikes me is that despite numerous reminders to...

... because there is such a thing as "end of extended support" for any and all Microsoft software. Then the previous poster WILL have to change and the gap that has to be bridged will be even wider....

@ruirib and
@Drew1903

You guys and many others know your ways around your computer(s) and Windows.

I mostly deal with self-proclaimed "computer illiterate" home users. I can't wait for the...

That day will be early April 2014. And at that day you will likely not get any new systems with Windows 7 anymore, only Windows 8 or Apple Mac....

If you are serious and if your current hardware...

No, I have not yet Rui. I had two separate systems where I replaced broken/bad HDD and re-installed the original Vista systems because I want to get the "cheap" upgrade version. So currently I don't...

@Drew1903
I like your post, what you say makes a lot of sense. We seem to be on the opposite ends of the spectrum but anyway, thanks.

@ruirib
Faster file operations?
What I saw so far (Release Preview and RTM) was plain old NTFS.

@Rfarmer
What is the business need to update? !!!

Have you already seen a running Win8 system?...

@Gomek:
I bet that your Adobe Reader and/or your Java were not up-to-date when that happened.
Adobe Reader should be at version7 update 5 and Adobe Reader at version 10.1.3.

As most documentation sees it then you don't have a wireless network.


Correct. The following depending on my memory, thus maybe undependable:
Some (older?) HP and/or Brother printers had...