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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:37 PM

Re: Online backups

My main purpose is a very long shot: if my office burned down and I lost not just my computer but my two hdd's!

RB, consider putting those two hdds in your car. Instant off site backup.

I keep a small plastic tool box in my [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 1:06 PM

Re: Dual booting XP/W7 success.

Joe, this is water under the bridge, but did you know MSFT provides a free way to run XP in a virtual machine in Win 7? I have used this extensively and it is really slick. No rebooting required. The virtual machine is a desktop icon just like any [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:34 PM

Re: The Best of All Worlds?

I do not care for Win 8 at all. IMHO, M$FT blew it big time.

That said, once you click on the desktop tile, it looks/operates pretty much like Win 7. If you miss the Start button, get a free one from [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:18 PM

Re: FF Add-on: Zoom Page

Using the Ctrl key with + and - and using the wheel also works. In addition, Firefox remembers what magnification you used on that web site and give it to you the next time you visit the site.

I have a hard time with these web sites that use [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:14 PM

Re: question

If you are "logged into" a https site, your transmissions are always secure. Being on a Wi-Fi network, unsecured or not, does not change this.

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 12:42 AM

Re: Google's 5 Year Security Roadmap

Agreed. I have been putting distance between myself and Google for some time now. Waaaaay too intrusive.

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 12:45 AM

Re: Dual-booting Windows7/xp

Joe, I agree with Steven. Running XP in a virtual machine in Win 7 is really slick. And you can get the software for free from MSFT. No need to partition the hard drive either. XP lives inside Win 7. And it's the real XP, too.

Really [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 1:26 AM

Re: Weird E-Mail Happening

Sounds to me like you've got a virus or somebody's hacked your email account.

The tax return email should be the tip off.

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 1:27 PM

Re: which boots faster: win7 home or win7 pro?

Going back to the OP's situation, install a SSD. Boot and shutdown will be so fast you won't care.

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 1:20 PM

Re: A (hopefully) better laptop.

Joe, regarding a second drive for mirroring:

Buy a notebook sized hard drive (2.5 inches) and drive dock for same.

Hooks up via USB.

Get a free copy for EASEUS Todo Backup and clone the hard drive to the external [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 1:05 PM

Re: Beta testers wanted for cloud backup by MBAM

Everybody's getting into the cloud backup business. Hardware and backbone prices have come down enough to make this a reasonable business model.

However, no matter how much "they" say they care, will quadruple encode my data, give [more]

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chasb replied to the Humor and Urban Legends board. 8:05 PM

Re: Offiicial rating guide released

Direct link w/out all the BS:

http://i.imgur.com/29nBPBS.jpg

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 12:10 AM

Re: Very first web browser?

Another Wiki source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers

Browser popularity over time:

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:55 PM

Re: The malware wars: How you can fight it !

Sorry Gordon, I gotta disagree.

Win7 is not so easy to find.

Check here: [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 9:33 PM

Re: Desktop publishing

Barbara,

If you'll spend $70-100 on a bare drive and a drive dock, get a free copy of EASUS Todo Backup and clone your hard drive once a week or so, you'll have a bootable copy of your OS, all your programs and all your data. Then, solving [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 7:02 AM

Re: malware problem

Cnet has had problems with the purity of their downloads. I read an article where they said the problem was fixed, but maybe not.

I quit using them since other download sites like Tucows, Major Geeks, file Hippo, Source Forge and Softpedia [more]

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chasb replied to the Humor and Urban Legends board. 4:40 PM

Re: Job's tour

I wonder what the asterisk refers to? But with a record number of citizens receiving a record amount of our tax dollars for free, I can certainly understand the audience member's concern. :) For each job created by the nobama administration, 75 [more]

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 2:31 PM

Re: Hotmail page frozen

Hotmail page frozen

Probably the best thing that's happened to Hotmail in a while.

Charlie Brown

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chasb replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 2:15 PM

Re: Best price

Gordon, all that info you so generously shared is the best single explanation of why I'm still running Office 2000. I have a copy of 2003 laying around here someplace. I might upgrade to that.

Office 2000 does everything I need and [more]

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chasb replied to the Humor and Urban Legends board. 6:10 PM

Re: Do you like the taste of Bacon?

aj -

http://www.amazon.com/Baconnaise-Flavored-Spread-Regular-15-...