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Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 29th 20, 01:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 4
Views: 850
Posted By John B. Smith
Does anyone Skype?

This doesn't seem a likely place to ask but can't find a newsgroup.
Though I did post on Microsoft skype forum.

I bought a second webcam, a pricey Amcrest AWC496....
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 5th 20, 10:27 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 3
Views: 706
Posted By John B. Smith
zoom meetings, webinars and my sound

I recently was invited to attend a webinar on a subject that
interested me. The sound was atrocious, in that it kept fading in and
out. Previously I tried to attend a Zoom meeting only to be told...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's November 3rd 20, 02:34 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 3
Views: 743
Posted By John B. Smith
Difficulty Assigning Drive Letters

Last weekend I installed a new boot drive after months of intermittent
problems. I used Macrium Reflect to image my two booting partitions
onto the new drive. I was anticipating a huge fight but it...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 4th 19, 11:03 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 1,072
Posted By John B. Smith
Chrome blasts XP out of the water when I Exit from it

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:24:48 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
My employer uses Google Chrome for their OS (it's a school). I
installed some variant of the...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 10th 19, 08:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 1,072
Posted By John B. Smith
Chrome blasts XP out of the water when I Exit from it

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:24:48 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
My employer uses Google Chrome for their OS (it's a school). I
installed some variant of the...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's March 9th 19, 05:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 11
Views: 1,072
Posted By John B. Smith
Chrome blasts XP out of the water when I Exit from it

My employer uses Google Chrome for their OS (it's a school). I
installed some variant of the Chrome browser on my WindowsXP desktop
and am able to sign onto the school's website, get my email,...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 5th 19, 08:27 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:45:11 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:

Downloaded and installed Free AVG 32 bit. All was well till the 2nd
morning when I turned off...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 5th 19, 01:53 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

On Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:39:06 -0500, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:42:20 -0200, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:39:14...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's February 2nd 19, 10:30 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:42:20 -0200, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:39:14 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
On Sun,...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 19th 19, 05:05 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

On Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:39:14 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:39:03 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 17th 19, 09:55 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

On Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:39:03 -0000, "Mr Pounder Esquire"
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
I just noticed, finally, that my Avast is 'no longer supported for XP
or...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's January 13th 19, 01:05 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 18
Views: 1,272
Posted By John B. Smith
Anti-virus for XP?

I just noticed, finally, that my Avast is 'no longer supported for XP
or Vista'. I'm looking for a free antivirus and it seems to be a tough
hunt. I finally downloaded something from Scanguard, but...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 23rd 18, 09:02 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 306
Posted By John B. Smith
Was failures on boot 12-16-17

On Sun, 23 Dec 2018 10:01:10 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:12:46 -0500, Paul wrote:

Jonnyguru.com has power supply reviews, and...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 23rd 18, 12:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 306
Posted By John B. Smith
Was failures on boot 12-16-17

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 17:50:36 -0500, John B. Smith
wrote:

Well as you guys suggested a year ago I installed a new power
supply today. Seasonic Focus 850. Old supply was PC...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's December 22nd 18, 11:50 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 6
Views: 306
Posted By John B. Smith
Was failures on boot 12-16-17

Well as you guys suggested a year ago I installed a new power
supply today. Seasonic Focus 850. Old supply was PC Power
and Cooling 610 watt. I've been dithering all year, replaced
memory,...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's September 4th 18, 11:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 17
Views: 557
Posted By John B. Smith
Homebuilt computer has slowed noticably.... why?

On Mon, 03 Sep 2018 16:13:21 +0100, Peter Johnson
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Sep 2018 10:51:53 -0500, Charlie Hoffpauir
wrote:

My home built is getting...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 20th 18, 01:21 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 476
Posted By John B. Smith
Kaspersky saves the day

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 19:12:44 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:

Last night, Saturday, I went to shut off my head phones and heard a
voice coming thru: "We're...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 20th 18, 01:19 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 476
Posted By John B. Smith
Kaspersky saves the day

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 19:15:30 -0400, Flasherly
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 13:01:39 -0700, ? Cows are Nice ?
wrote:

I don't trust Kaspersky...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's August 19th 18, 06:48 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 10
Views: 476
Posted By John B. Smith
Kaspersky saves the day

Last night, Saturday, I went to shut off my head phones and heard a
voice coming thru: "We're microsoft your computer is ****ed. If you
attempt to turn it off without calling us we'll **** it up...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's July 6th 18, 06:19 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 4
Views: 446
Posted By John B. Smith
Security using XP with Firefox no longer updating itself

Firefox tells me they will no longer be updating their XP 32bit
version. Their solution: buy Windows 10 if I want to be secure. My
question to you guys is how much trouble can I get into by...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 3rd 18, 04:40 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By John B. Smith
kaspersky rescue disk

On Sat, 02 Jun 2018 21:58:43 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jun 2018 19:20:00 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 30 May 2018 11:44:05 -0300, Shadow...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 3rd 18, 12:20 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By John B. Smith
kaspersky rescue disk

On Wed, 30 May 2018 11:44:05 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Tue, 29 May 2018 16:25:54 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2018 19:57:39 -0400, John B. Smith...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 30th 18, 11:54 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By John B. Smith
kaspersky rescue disk

On Tue, 29 May 2018 16:25:54 -0300, Shadow wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2018 19:57:39 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

maybe there was something wrong with the Rescue 10...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 29th 18, 12:57 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By John B. Smith
kaspersky rescue disk

On Mon, 28 May 2018 16:57:17 -0400, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:


No possibility of going back to last year's image as when I redo my
flashdrive to get the...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's May 28th 18, 09:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 20
Views: 944
Posted By John B. Smith
kaspersky rescue disk

On Mon, 28 May 2018 12:07:35 -0400, Paul
wrote:

John B. Smith wrote:
On Mon, 28 May 2018 10:09:20 -0400, John B. Smith
wrote:

I thought it...
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