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10-14-2013, 08:28 AM | #1 |
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Cool shortcuts for computers...
Don't know if the linky will work but it's got some very easy shortcuts for the computer.
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10-15-2013, 04:49 AM | #2 |
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Ted shows some great shortcuts in the video. Most of wich I will forget to try.
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08-25-2014, 07:43 AM | #3 |
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Making Computers easier to use.
Microsoft says that they made Windows 8 more user Friendly. I bought a new Toshiba Satellite Laptop that had it on it. First off, its not installed, so you have to connect to the Internet, to install it. Then it takes about 2 days for all the upgrades up to 8.1. Then it has to have Adobe installed to read some of their documentation on how to use it. Adobe had a virus attached to the download that their Norton didn't catch, that screwed everything on it up. So after 3 days it was back to their original download, and starting all over. If they are making the Windows more user friendly, for new computer operators, I don't know where its at. I learned to use old Dos operating system, a lot easier, than the new Windows Systems.
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08-25-2014, 08:54 AM | #4 |
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Windows 7
Calvin, about 4 months ago I replaced myWindows XP because Microsoft was no longer going to support it. I got Windows 7 instead of 8. Seemed like nobody liked 8. 7 is just fine.
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08-25-2014, 02:37 PM | #5 |
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Right now I have computers with xp, Windows Vista, 7 and 8. I HATE windows 8.
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The ASUS laptop touch pad is so sensitive that I can highlight and delete everything I've typed in a nanosecond. Sometimes I can undo what I didn't intentionally do. So, I bought a wireless keyboard and mouse. I sit the laptop on a table next to my recliner and use the mouse and keypad. Sunday I bought a mouse pad for the optical mouse. Seems that if I run the mouse on the arm of the chair, the laser opening fills with fiber and the mouse won't work. The mouse pad stays on the chair arm better than a folded newspaper. So, I have the latest and greatest Microsoft operating system that I run almost exclusively in desktop mode, just like the older versions. I've had to attach a keyboard and mouse instead of using the ones on the laptop and I'm using a mouse pad for an optical mouse. I'm closer to the thrilling days of the '90's. Ain't technology wonderful? |
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08-26-2014, 12:14 PM | #7 |
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It looks like I'm going to be running 3 operating systems, on my laptop, to do what I want to do, with it. I'm going to have to put XP on it, to run the older accounting programs, and some other programs that I have. I'll put Linux 13.1 on it to surf the net, where I won't get loaded with viruses.
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08-27-2014, 06:35 AM | #8 |
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does linux get rid of the pop ups? Seems like even with popup blockers, I'm knee deep in ads, especially from newspaper sites.
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08-27-2014, 06:48 AM | #9 |
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I maxed out the pop up blocker and have to turn it off to load half the stuff. Arrrggggg!
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08-27-2014, 08:40 AM | #10 |
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I use Firefox in Linux, and don't have any trouble with pop-ups. One thing that helps in Windows, is to use Superantispyware, or some spybot remover, to keep as many spybots off your harddrive as possible. They are what keeps the pop-ups coming.
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