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Forum: Backup and Restore 09 Dec 2012
Replies: 8
Views: 6,499
Posted By guybc
Restore failure

I have just tuned into this thread because of a restore failure from all restore points - I tried the sfc /scannow which showed a file of the same name, but 'enter' or 'open as administrator' caused...
Forum: Customization 14 Sep 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 2,595
Posted By guybc
Thanks

Many thanks. Great help
Forum: Customization 13 Sep 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 2,595
Posted By guybc
How to change "Date modified" in folders

XP used to have several choices of date modified times - such as 'Recently',' Last Month' etc.

I only have 'Earlier this year' and 'A long time ago'.

This is not helpful! Is it possible to...
Forum: General Discussion 14 Aug 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 580
Posted By guybc
Thanks very much, Derekimo. Now I can read the...

Thanks very much, Derekimo. Now I can read the help files.
Forum: General Discussion 12 Aug 2012
Replies: 3
Views: 580
Posted By guybc
Cannot open Help folders.

The "Help' file in some programs are all .chm files and "Windows cannot open these files" is the inevitable error message. .chm is not listed in the list of file formats accessed from the control...
Forum: Browsers & Mail 11 Jul 2012
Replies: 1
Views: 387
Posted By guybc
How do I change the message size in WLM?

Many incoming messages are too large for the normal window and require the use of the lateral slider to read the message. Reducing the Font size in options does not seem to cure this.
Forum: Backup and Restore 06 Jun 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 665
Posted By guybc
Thanks, that's helpful, The error was...

Thanks, that's helpful,
The error was 0*80070002 which is well covered here, but seemed too intricate for my old mind!
Forum: Backup and Restore 06 Jun 2012
Replies: 4
Views: 665
Posted By guybc
Would this backup method be adequate?

I have read many entries regarding backing up in this forum and get more and more confused!
System images creation work fine with win 7.but making backups in addition gives an error message, which...
Forum: General Discussion 08 Jan 2012
Replies: 0
Views: 738
Posted By guybc
All document show as modified 'A long time ago'

Documents can be filed in Explorer by a drop down arrow on the right of the screen. I choose to file by 'date modified'. In XP this used to be a handy guide to distinguish recent files from those...
Forum: Browsers & Mail 11 Nov 2011
Replies: 11
Views: 3,037
Posted By guybc
Thankyou, roncurr.

Thankyou, roncurr.
Forum: Browsers & Mail 10 Nov 2011
Replies: 11
Views: 3,037
Posted By guybc
default for encoding in Live Mail

The insertion of bizarre figures, such as an a with a circumlex for apostrophes, corrects itself if 'encoding' is changed to Unicode (UTF 8). However, the default changes back immediately to Western...
Forum: General Discussion 12 Oct 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 798
Posted By guybc
Thanks, Brink, for yet more help. I think what...

Thanks, Brink, for yet more help.
I think what I was trying to achieve was the old structure of Explorer, which is not available in WIn 7.
Forum: General Discussion 12 Oct 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 798
Posted By guybc
Thanks, TJG. For some reason I don't have any...

Thanks, TJG. For some reason I don't have any info. on the left of the window, just the libraries. I notice that friends with W7 do have that feature.
Forum: General Discussion 11 Oct 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 798
Posted By guybc
Windows Explorer frustration.

R click on the start button, and choosing 'Windows Explorer' takes me to a library window only. How can I access the Explorer that I used to see in XP which showed me the folder structure in my...
Forum: Browsers & Mail 05 Oct 2011
Replies: 11
Views: 3,037
Posted By guybc
I'm not claiming to have solved the problem, but...

I'm not claiming to have solved the problem, but the changes made have resulted, on my computer, in the absence of the annoying apostrophe substitute. I had never seen some of the options you mention...
Forum: Browsers & Mail 03 Oct 2011
Replies: 11
Views: 3,037
Posted By guybc
apostrophe problem solved

Having had the similar problem with the apostrophe, I changed the font on live mail to times new roman and the encoding to unicode 8 and this solved the problem.
Windows 7Pro, 64 bit.
Forum: Browsers & Mail 29 Aug 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,439
Posted By guybc
Thanks - that worked to the extent that there was...

Thanks - that worked to the extent that there was a response to clicking on the link - BUT only opened a blank page. Can we go one step further?
Forum: Browsers & Mail 28 Aug 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,439
Posted By guybc
Thanks ffor the reply. I have done that without...

Thanks ffor the reply. I have done that without any change. The link you gave, for instance, doesn't work. At the same time, I can move around as before with links that refer within this forum.
Forum: Browsers & Mail 27 Aug 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 1,439
Posted By guybc
Failure to open links to other websites

using WIndows 7 pro. 64 bit and IE 9 -On any open web-pag'e links referring to other websites, usually in blue, opened easily to the new web page.
Now, L-clicking on the link shows the faint image...
Forum: Browsers & Mail 13 Jul 2011
Replies: 11
Views: 3,037
Posted By guybc
No answers

I have the same problem.
Forum: Browsers & Mail 20 May 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 1,136
Posted By guybc
Thanks for the reply. That is a very complicated...

Thanks for the reply. That is a very complicated issue! My problem is a new one after a year of using Live Mail. Can you suggest a route to investigate the change?
Forum: Browsers & Mail 20 May 2011
Replies: 2
Views: 1,136
Posted By guybc
apostrophe in mail changes form

Using windows 7 and live mail, an apostrophe used in an outgoing mail changes to a series of characters which I can only illustrate by an attachment.
Before sending, the message reads 'I've been'....
Forum: Browsers & Mail 27 Apr 2011
Replies: 1
Views: 1,467
Posted By guybc
persistent full screen in IE 8

IE8 always opens in full screen mode. F11 brings up toolbars, but this is transient and has to be done each time IE is opened. If I R. click on toolbar, 'tools','full screen'has a box containing a...
Forum: Music, Pictures & Video 04 Feb 2011
Replies: 5
Views: 966
Posted By guybc
Thanks for your help, Brink. I followed another...

Thanks for your help, Brink.
I followed another thread on the same topic with an identical blue icon and reloaded my codecs( whatever they are) with K Lite 64.
That has completely fixed the...
Forum: Media Center 03 Feb 2011
Replies: 4
Views: 9,728
Posted By guybc
Thank you Harvey. I had the same problem with the...

Thank you Harvey. I had the same problem with the same icon and the second solution worked for me also
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