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Forum: General September 14th 18, 02:22 AM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 11,416
Posted By Mayayana
the non-computerate

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Jocks
| are idiots. Humanities people are dreamers. Religious
| people are misled cowards. Artists are just plain nuts.
| Bankers are a...
Forum: General September 13th 18, 04:58 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 11,416
Posted By Mayayana
the non-computerate

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| What we need to remember is *these people are not thick*: they're just
| not _interested_

I think it's not an accident that this comes...
Forum: General September 13th 18, 04:30 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 11,416
Posted By Mayayana
the non-computerate

"pyotr filipivich" wrote

| the impact
| of the transition from Gagothic to Cyrillic alphabets and the spread
| of Slavonic literacy into 12 century Novgorod

You took the...
Forum: General July 10th 18, 02:20 PM Posted to alt.windows7.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,uk.tech.broadcast
Replies: 18
Views: 13,763
Posted By Mayayana
Does .mp4 - or any other video format - have a text field (comment, not subtitle)? If so, what can edit it?

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| I'd like to have a similar facility for videos (I have mostly .mp4
| format, but am interested for any format): _is_ there something
|...
Forum: General February 20th 12, 04:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

| I see nothing difficult about moving between two versions of Windows,
|
| You don't? I do!
|
| That's right, I don't

You seem to be arguing with a number of people
in this thread that...
Forum: General February 19th 12, 02:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

| I am always logged on as an administrator (I know *big* security no-no).
| But that still doesn't help a portable application dropped in the
| Program Files folder under Windows 7.

On XP most...
Forum: General February 18th 12, 07:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

| Because Windows 7 (and Vista) changes the rules and forces loyal Windows
| users to relearn Windows all over again. And one of the stupid new rules
| is that an application has no right to...
Forum: General February 16th 12, 09:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

|
| I had an interesting experience at one point before I
| siwtched to XP. I had just built a new PC. The board was
| either Asus or MSI. I've forgotten which. It had a Via
| chipset. I went...
Forum: General February 16th 12, 08:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

| And
| what good is 512MB or even 1GB of RAM for a W98 machine? Sure I have
| added more RAM than 64MB to a W98 machine before. But I never saw any
| advantages to using more.
|

Why not? Though I...
Forum: General February 16th 12, 03:47 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 255
Views: 31,513
Posted By Mayayana
Why do you still use Windows XP?

| Same goes for decent hardware, the maker
| usually supports it with their own driver. If maker doesn't care enough
to
| do that, it's a BAD idea to use their hardware anyway.
|

I think that's...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 11:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Why was this X-posted to win-98? (was: Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions)

| Why has it all of a sudden become a common practice of cross-posting
| between a win-98 group and XP / Windows7 groups?
|

I actually borrowed the link from the earlier post about
Firefox,...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 05:19 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| I also disable Java because that IS
| pretty much a sealed executable. Flash too,

Yes. I don't even have either of those installed.
I don't understand what you mean by disabling VBScript
while...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 05:04 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| One option that I don't see immediately available is making Zone 0
| settings visible. Do you have any clues?

That's in there, under the misc. settings, near the
bottom. But in my experience...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 04:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| IE MD is an HTA powered by VBScript.
|
| The doctor is ill. :)
|
| I guess it's that combination of IE and VB that gives me the running
heebies.

:) You don't like VBScript? I think it gets a...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 04:10 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| Small ding here, but *every* browser is just a fancy DOWLOAD MANAGER
| itself.
|

I'm talking about actual download manager software.
That's not the same thing as a browser. (An email...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 03:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| UserAgent=Mozilla/4.7 (compatible; OffByOne; &sys)
|
| Anything here scream "download manager" at you?
|

&sys? I assume by that you mean that it reports the
OS version, like "Windows XP",...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 06:50 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| If you can actually FIND this marvel, scan it for malware. It
| should be interesting what turns up.
|

If you'd read the original post you'd know that there
is no compiled software involved. Do...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 06:32 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

|
| And the page you provide the link to claims my browser, about a
| thousand times better than IE, OffByOne, is a download manager.

That's based on the userAgent string. Download managers
are...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 06:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

| Why disable Distributed Component Object Model in this "IE" Doctor fix ?
| Do you know what software you may inhibit in doing so ?
| What does it have to do with the original intention ?
|

DCOM...
Forum: General November 2nd 11, 05:20 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 47
Views: 5,886
Posted By Mayayana
Tool to fix IE nags and restrictions

I posted this in the IE group, but not many people
go there, so I'm posting here as well.

Announcing: An updated version of a free tool.
The IE MD (Internet Explorer Doctor)

The IE MD has been...
Forum: General November 1st 11, 04:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mayayana
Firefox gone crazy - now upgrades in general (and crossposted)

| Exactly right. "Home and Student" is cheap, and the license is
| restricted. I'm not sure about features, but they're probably
| restricted also.
|
| "Home Premium" can be used anywhere. It has...
Forum: General November 1st 11, 05:47 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mayayana
Firefox gone crazy - now upgrades in general (and crossposted)

| That's not at all correct. That restriction has nothing to do with the
| Home edition; it exists for the “Home and Student” version;

Home and Student is the Home version I was referring to.

|...
Forum: General November 1st 11, 03:06 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mayayana
Firefox gone crazy - now upgrades in general (and crossposted)

|
| So, you have a problem with labeling? The term "Professional" merely
| indicates that the software in question offers a greater range of
| features than the version labeled "Home" and since there...
Forum: General October 31st 11, 09:31 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mayayana
Firefox gone crazy - now upgrades in general (and crossposted)

| Perhaps you are completely oblivious to the differences between Patents
| and Copyright?
|

I'm talking about claims such as saying that the product
can only be used by amateurs. (A lot of...
Forum: General October 31st 11, 06:45 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
Replies: 38
Views: 4,351
Posted By Mayayana
Firefox gone crazy - now upgrades in general (and crossposted)

| So my advice to all is to avoid licenses written by firms who act likwe
they
| do not know that the world can and DOES work like this for many. If you
| accept their software, all you do is...
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