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>>> Of Winterlight
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At 06:58 PM 07/10/2014, DSinc wrote:
OK, maybe nobody has an answer, but, this collective has spent 17
msgs sharing their own
personal issues, gripes, fav OS's, etc. What gives? I thought we
tried to help if/when we could.
The OP is seeking help. Perhaps there is no answer. Is that so hard
to o
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DSinc
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Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8.1 problem
OK, maybe nobody has an answer, but, this collective has spent 17 msgs
sharing their own
personal issues, gripes, fav OS's, etc. What gives? I t
with the Lumia brand now that
they own it.
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At 01:14 PM 10/6/2014, you wrote:
>OpenVPN
Open, of course, is Linux but WP 8.1
ny Note-like WP phablets? Seriously considering a Note 4 as my
next device.
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Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8.1 problem
>I have a small set of indispensable apps that aren't available on WP.
>Until that changes, I feel like I'm stuck.
Back in the WP 7 days I use to read this a lot about windows phone.
Personally, I don't run that many apps that don't co
2:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8.1 problem
>I have a small set of indispensable apps that aren't available on WP.
>Until that changes, I feel like I'm stuck.
Back in the WP 7 days I use to read this a lot about windows phone.
Personally,
At 04:22 PM 06/10/2014, Winterlight wrote:
which only came with an Iphone app. But now they switched to a web
based format so any web browser can be used. I suspect a lot of
future apps will be written this way.
I think there are too many "apps" that should be webpages/web
scripts. As you po
I have a small set of indispensable apps that aren't available on
WP. Until that changes, I feel like I'm stuck.
Back in the WP 7 days I use to read this a lot about windows phone.
Personally, I don't run that many apps that don't come with WP8.1
although I did want the AKC dog tracker which
eneration.
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Thane Sherrington
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 9:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8.1 problem
At 01:00 AM 06/10/2014, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
>Bo
At 01:00 AM 06/10/2014, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Boo hoo so Android isn't iOS or Windows simple & polished but it's a
hell of a lot more open & customizable with stock (or branded)
interface replaceable so you have options. Hell I'd jump to an Ubuntu
phone before I do a windows phone.
Actually, I'
At 04:32 PM 05/10/2014, Winterlight wrote:
I doubt that your conclusion has been reached after having done any
in the lab testing as did PCWorld and Maximum PC.
Of course, my conclusion hasn't been affected by advertising dollars
from MS, either. You can believe whatever you want. I work wi
You're going to deny MS goal is to lock the platform up? You don't see
xbox as the perfect testing ground it is to root out rooting? ;-)
Boo hoo so Android isn't iOS or Windows simple & polished but it's a
hell of a lot more open & customizable with stock (or branded)
interface replaceable so you
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/
It's CLI & likely needs administrator rights.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> I have run the CHKDSK with no errors detected. I know what S.M.A.R.T. means
> but is it part of Windows Administrator tools or do I need to get/b
I have run the CHKDSK with no errors detected. I know what S.M.A.R.T.
means but is it part of Windows Administrator tools or do I need to
get/buy a third party application?
Thank you for your help.
Regards, Bruce Sinclair
On 10/5/2014 5:20 AM, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Question is what file are
I hate to call you on this Winterlight, but this just isn't
true. The "8 works better on older hardware" is just wrong. I work
on a lot of different machines - 25-40 a week, and I see a lot of 8
machines. I haven't seen one that outperformed a similar Windows 7
machine, and the odd problem
At 02:15 AM 10/5/2014, you wrote:
ll M$ wants, like the xbox
experiment, is to lock the system down so far you have to pay them to
fart.
sounds like more MS is evil, I love XP, and want to live in the past whining.
And why in the hell in the prime of Android would you want a windows
phone?
At 06:20 AM 05/10/2014, Joshua MacCraw wrote:
Chkdsk is good advice always as 1st course of action for soft errors
but SMART is better for checking drive health.
Good point. A SMART test would be worth doing as well.
T
At 05:00 PM 03/10/2014, Winterlight wrote:
I don't think System Restore restores all files - it isn't an
image, just protection for key system files.
It restores everything back to what it was. It restores changed
files. I have never had it not work.
It replaces user files with old copies?
Question is what file are you prevent from restoring? Must be
something in the logs about it. Could be the very action that "hid"
the files is what's preventing their restore. I'm sure this message
mean the files in question (that won't restore) ARE in the restore but
write is being blocked.
Chkds
Blah blah, not selling me on that Winerlight! The simple fact that
Valve jumped ship from Windows says a lot about what Redmond is up to.
There is ZERO reason to switch to 8 from 7 or Vita for that matter and
10 is on borrowed time until it's vetted as reversing 8's mistakes
like metro & the app st
.
I don't think System Restore restores all files - it isn't an image,
just protection for key system files.
It restores everything back to what it was. It restores changed
files. I have never had it not work.
In my experience, Windows 8 is significantly more flaky than Windows
7, so y
At 05:24 PM 02/10/2014, Bruce Sinclair wrote:
Hello everyone. New Guy here. I have a new
Lenovo M83 mini-tower running Win 8.1 64bit Pro OS .
While “exploring” the C:\ folder ( BUT not the C:\Windows folder), I
either deleted or hid a set of files. I tried
to run the System Restore program
Hello everyone. New Guy here. I have a new Lenovo M83 mini-tower
running Win 8.1 64bit Pro OS .
While “exploring” the C:\ folder ( BUT not the C:\Windows folder), I
either deleted or hid a set of files. I tried to run the System Restore
program to recover them.
I received the following e
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