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Hi, jgstanley,

Thanks for your detailed post. I had indeed been to the Mozilla instructions on how to disable the built-in PDF viewer, as I didn't like that viewer and wanted to switch it back to...

Hi, curiousclive and ruirib,

Clive, I do indeed keep Firefox up-to-date, even though it's tough to keep up with the new "program update every 24 hours" policy that FF seems to have adopted...

Interesting update on this issue. I tried loading PDF files into Firefox with PDF-Xchange Viewer instead of Adobe Reader and the same problem occurred: The PDF failed to load the first time, then...

Hi, DrWho,

I agree. I've noticed AR getting more obese and bloated with every version, though I assumed that at least some of that bloat was due to the increased annotation features that AR has...

Hi, DrWho,

Thanks for your post. My computer builder, who is indeed an "old time PC tech," said that ten years ago the driver would be the first thing they'd check, but that it's much less...

Since I last updated Adobe Reader (I'm using Ver. 11.0.2), I've noticed some strange new behavior with the program. The first time I click on any PDF file, say on a web page, I get an Adobe window...

Hi, All,

Just thought I'd post back to let everyone know how this issue turned out. After trying everything I knew to try, I called in the pro who had custom-built the machine for me, and at...

Hi, Douglas,

I agree with you that unencrypted email messages are like electronic post cards, as I said above. But when you say that "Every server hop your messages make further exposes their...

Hi, Pseudoid,

Gee, are you sure that was Scott McNealy? I could have sworn that was Big Brother in George Orwell's "1984.";)

Cheers,
Al

Hi, Douglas,

Thanks for your post. I assure you that there was not a single shred of animosity in anything I wrote, merely concern, as that last sentence came across, to my ear at least [Ah, the...

Agreed, ruirib. That was precisely the point I was trying to make, though you have done so more simply, and therefore far better and more eloquently, than I did. The Lounge is a wonderful place to...

Hi, Douglas,

With all due respect, that last sentence in your reply to Mike is out of line. Telling him that if he wants privacy to "stay off the Internet!" is inappropriate and uncalled for. He...

NO email sent through any system is private unless it has been properly encrypted or is otherwise shielded from scanning. Sending an unencrypted email is essentially like sending an electronic...

Hi, mrjimphelps,

Great suggestion! I was blaming everything on W7, but hadn't given a thought to the possibility that the drive itself might be the issue. I just tried opening several data and...

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the MS Fixit, but there was no change. I then tried opening 3 different files from the CD and they all opened just fine.

It seems odd that the young and agile...

Hi, Browni,

Agreed. My problem, though, is not with the contents of the ISO file, but rather with figuring out how to get W7 to properly recognize and read the CDs it writes from this or any...

Hi, F.U.N. downtown,

Actually, I did get an XP SP3 ISO from Microsoft at this address:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25129

Hope that helps.

Al

Hi, ruirib,

Thanks for the links, but I'd already been through the CDBurnerXP ISO instructions. I did, however, try ISO Burner you suggested, which seems to work well, and when I finished...

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I've downloaded an ISO file from Microsoft that contains Windows XP SP3 and have been trying to use CDBurner XP to burn the ISO file to a blank CD-R. I've done this now with two CDs and each...

Hi, hrboyce,

Your comments regarding Google and its abysmal track record on privacy are right on target. I do my level best to avoid anything Google wherever possible, including using Abine's...

Brino, you're right on the mark. I've abbreviated your excellent post in the quote above to show what are for me the three main points that will forever keep me from ever using Google's services or...

Thanks to all for an interesting and helpful discussion. I checked on both the Panda and ProtectMyDisk sites and found this on the Panda site:



That last sentence about not being reversible...

Hi, bbearren,

Thanks for that tip. I hadn't found the "Personalize > Window Color > Advanced appearance settings" pathway to "Selected Items," but that seems to be the closest I'll get to being...

We're on the same page. I just wish M$oft would allow us to customize the Aero themes, but apparently we're not allowed to do that. It's not a huge issue that I want to spend a lot of valuable time...

You're dead on. I couldn't stand that XP "blue bubble" look, so I always set XP to the "Classic" theme, then adjusted the colors to suit myself, with a bright red for highlighted items to make them...