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    Problem installing\running SILVERLIGHT

    I am having problems running MS Silverlight on my W10 pc. Help please.

    When I search my pc for Silverlight I find that the file Silverlight.exe already exists.
    Clicking it just tries to...
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    Designating the FULL PATH of a W10 file

    I have trouble designating the full-path name of a file for insertion into a browser slot when I want to upload that file. Isn't there an automatic way (rather than the manual way I use) to do that? ...
  3. Problem involving an unwanted browser, SafeSearch

    I am running IE 11 on a W10 desktop. When I click Tools\Internet Options my Homepage is shown as www.google.com (as I want it to be), but when viewing the opening screen I see that:

    the Command...
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    How do I search for files ....

    ... on my W10 desktop containing the words "ferris wheel"?

    This was so easy and intuitive with XP and even W8.1. With W10 I am baffled!

    Do I do the search using Cortina, or is that just for...
  5. Thread: Firefox

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    Firefox

    With my W8.1 desktop I get a screen that says. “Looks like you're using an older version of Firefox.” and I am offered a chance to update Firefox. In fact, my current Firefox is version 2.0.0.7....
  6. Thread: Removing an app

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    MidKnyte: Thanks. The Instructions say to first...

    MidKnyte: Thanks. The Instructions say to first be sure the program to be uninstalled (Fast Browser) is not running. How does one make that determination? ...wdc
  7. Thread: Removing an app

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    Removing an app

    I want to remove an app that I had downloaded to a W8.1 pc. Can someone please tell me where in the Control Panel I find the means to do that -- the equivalent of Remove in XP? Thanks. wdc
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    SAFE download sites

    I find that many (most?) of the problems I have with my W8.1 pc arise from unwanted changes brought about by downloading a new app. Is there a way to identify download sites that do NOT push unwanted...
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    Unwanted Fastbrowser browser

    With my W8.1 desktop pc ….. my home page was Mozilla Firefox and I used Firefox to define a set of bookmarks. But after loading a certain app today I now find that: a) my opening screen is...
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    jdc2000: Thank you. ...wdc

    jdc2000: Thank you. ...wdc
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    Change Yahoo Mail password?

    Chagrined to ask but ... how do I change my Yahoo mail password? Thanks. .... batpark
  12. Thread: Short-cut keys

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    Short-cut keys

    Would someone please suggest an app (or a method using W8.1 itself) to define and store shortcut keys for common items? Like Alt-L to insert my library card number and Alt-e for my email address?...
  13. How do I send a private message to a VDr. member?

    Can someone please remind me how to send a private message, say to Photolady, the moderator of Digital
    Images within Virtual Dr.? Thanks. ... wdc
  14. Han: Thank you. ...wdc

    Han: Thank you. ...wdc
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    Fink: Thanks. ...wdc

    Fink: Thanks. ...wdc
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    [RESOLVED] Showing "Problem Solved"

    Please tell me again how to indicate that a posted issue has been solved? Can that button be made more obvious? Thanks. ...wdc
  17. Thank you. I now can get a beep whenever I hit...

    Thank you. I now can get a beep whenever I hit the CapsLock key, just what I needed. ... wdc
  18. [RESOLVED] How can I sound a beep when I hit the Caps Lock key?

    Is there an app that will do that?

    I find myself, a one finger typist, typing away only to find I hit the CapsLock key inadvertently.

    Isn't there also a command that will turn blocks of text...
  19. [RESOLVED] Tech support facilities within W8.1 pc

    In XP one could see listings of the properties of the pc's hw and software and could also access HELP without going onto the internet. Those capabilities surely (?) must be there in W8.1, right?...
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    Shortcuts to often-used strings

    Would someone please remind me how to create shortcut keys (like, say, Alt + D) that would insert my library card number into a text file? Can I do that within W8.1 or do I have to install a special...
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    Full path mname of a file?

    Another elementary question re new (to me) W8.1 desktop. --- I SaveAs a screenshot as pink.jpeg. How do I determine its full path name so that I can designate it as an attachment?

    More generally,...
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    [RESOLVED] How to start a scan?

    I have forgotten how to activate the scanner in my HP 2540 all-in-one that is wirelessly connected to my W8.1 pc. The pc works fine as a printer. Would someone please remind me which item in Control...
  23. Thread: Indexing files

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    jdc2000: Thanks for your continued help. I...

    jdc2000: Thanks for your continued help. I followed the steps (a-f in the balloon) in the link you sent me but my pc still does not find target words in files that are on my external drive.

    For...
  24. Thread: Indexing files

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    Indexing files

    As I understand it, the W8.1 Search facility (that finds a file containing a target word) looks through files only on the C:\ hard drive and that it does not search other external drives. Is that...
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    jdc2000: Right! Thanks so much. ... wdc

    jdc2000: Right! Thanks so much. ... wdc
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