Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 20:37

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You don't actually need to buy - There's Spectacle , it's free and works exactly like Magnet . Thank you, that looks very useful! You're probably right that I'm not doing super-intensive research for free applications, since MacOS is not my main system. :) Again, it just takes 0.5 seconds of your …

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Re: best mb from epox, qdi, abit and dfi

Posted on 2019-11-01, 19:31

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I really don't know what I would pick for a home PC now. It's been a few years. I've stopped getting mainboards, CPU's, cases and all of these things separately. Instead, I've settled with buying a small form factor (SFF) office PC every few years. At the moment, my main machine is a Fujitsu …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-01, 19:20

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I'm not really sure what he's talking about, to be honest. Someone would have to explain what alternative to "embedded in an email" you have with attachments. If you attach images to your mail in Apple Mail, the mail will automatically be converted to HTML and all of the images get embedded into it …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 21:10

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I've been a lot more comfortable since moving to OS X for my day-to-day work, because the UI doesn't get in the way. I don't have to guess what something does. Settings are nearby, they're generally not hidden in a way I have to go looking for them I hear that so often, but Apple sometimes hides …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 18:58

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It uses more horizontal space to show useless blocks of stuff that I don't even use You are in control of these blocks - don't blame Microsoft if you simply don't want to put your own useful applications in there. I don't use Skype, Xing and Edge either - so I throw them out and put the Adobe suite …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 18:13

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Isn't everyone changing their designs over the years? Compare Android 1.x to Android 10, for example - it's completely different. Gone are the grey dropshadow buttons, there is no dedicated menu or search key anymore - more gestures are used instead of buttons. Even Apple changed their designs …

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Re: best mb from epox, qdi, abit and dfi

Posted on 2019-10-31, 14:46

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I have an Abit VH6T and I'm running a 1.4GHz Tualatin in it. It's extremely stable - I never have any problems with any hardware. All of my ATI and Nvidia graphics cards work, my Voodoo 2 and Banshee just run fine and I have even thrown an old OpTi ISA sound card in there. DOS gaming on 1.4GHz is so …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 14:40

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I just can't accept the stupid automatic updates and the (unnecessary) overhauled start menu. The original menu from Windows 9x was extremely simple and very good. Can't they just K.I.S.S. ? I honestly like the start menu. All of my favorite programs are to the right of the whole list and I can …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-31, 00:13

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The UI elements are inconsistent Not really. Windows is just using two design philosophies at the moment - their flat "Metro style" applications that are pushed through the store and are available in light or dark color schemes and the legacy Win32 applications we've been used to since at least …

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Re: Windows Protection Error after installing nvidia driver

Posted on 2019-10-27, 19:11

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Do you have more than 512MB of memory? It can cause this and if so, you'll need PATCHMEM.

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Re: Sound Blaster Extigy ..software?

Posted on 2019-10-26, 11:22

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I've just seen RETRO Hardware on YouTube holding his Extigy driver CD in front of the camera and was immediately reminded of this thread. So he has one! 🤣 I've commented on the video. Maybe he is kind enough to upload this thing somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOG3p9ilTJ0

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-24, 00:23

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Can one use a win7pro key to activate 10pro after a fresh install? Yes. Although that may not work forever. Microsoft hasn’t released any sort of statement about this upgrade method at all. It’s possible that Microsoft will disable it soon, but it’s also possible Microsoft will look the other way …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-10-24, 00:20

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3x 512MB modules? Is that stable in general, or under 9x? I've always heard 9x was unstable with more than 1GB It gets unstable with more than 512MB of memory, but it depends on the hardware if it'll actually boot. On my IBM T23 it won't even install with too much memory and will complain about not …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-10-23, 20:35

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Windows 10 Pro is pretty decent. There are a few questionable decisions (like app suggestions for Candy Crush etc.) but they're mostly optical annoyances or tiny background problems that can be fixed quickly. What I always do when I install Windows 10 is use Winaero Tweaker afterwards and tick all …

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Re: Is Impact Computers a good resource for laptop parts?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 19:33

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I bought a screen for my Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 from them - I live in Germany and it was here after two weeks - very well packed and fully working. They seem to be pretty resourceful with old parts and I would buy there again.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-10-22, 18:52

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Got a trash IBM T23 with a very good screen that I transplanted into my now perfect T23. Pretty challenging project - the IBM T23 uses a plastic type that gets very brittle with age and just crumbles away when stressed too much. I had to fix up the case with steel wire, epoxy, superglue and baking …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-10-22, 18:46

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It worked until some version (1803, I think?) but now it’s semi-reliable at best. Winaero Tweaker has an option to disable it which completely disables the Windows Update service. Works reliably. https://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836 (By default, the Update service gets reenabled after …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-10-18, 22:11

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And I am loving it. Are you doing advertising for McDonalds now, too? :lol: Tell me about it. I once stumbled upon this review: http://www.thg.ru/mobile/20020306/a31p-05.html I had an A31p years ago and I regret selling it. It's one of the craziest machines ever made. The screen looks really …

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Re: FYI: Steam drops XP/Vista in 2019

Posted on 2019-10-16, 19:07

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I too was unable to run Fallout 3 on windows 10 using Steam... but when I decided to buy Fallout 3 on GOG, then it worked without any issues (the GOG version, the steam version has never worked on any of my systems)! From the back of my head, I think the Steam version is completely unpatched and …

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Re: Poll: most annoying game controls

Posted on 2019-10-16, 19:02

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Anyway, anything with 3D movement and inverted look controls and no remapping option gives me conniptions. There are a lot of PlayStation 1 games with control schemes like that. Colony Wars is a series that annoyed the crap out of me with inverted flying controls. Only the last title in the series …

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