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    Photo Degradation on iCloud

    Do photos uploaded to iCloud suffer quality degradation due to generation loss during copying?

    I have an iPhone (old model SE) and an iCloud account and have been taking pictures with my phone...
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    The vast majority of roof aerials (roof antennas)...

    The vast majority of roof aerials (roof antennas) are 300 ohm and have two identical terminals either with screws or thumbscrews or wingnuts. A few are 75 ohms and have have coax jacks Sometimes...
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    Having a similar problem with Windows 10 updates,...

    Having a similar problem with Windows 10 updates, I did a search in this website and came to this thread.

    I followed the instructions suggested in the blue link someone suggested above.

    It goes...
  4. Thanks. I haven't been to the coffee shop yet so...

    Thanks. I haven't been to the coffee shop yet so I have not tried it yet.

    By the way, would any of you know ...

    My computer started out with Windows 7 OEM (normally with a lower purchase price...
  5. Thumb Drive Instead Of Windows Update Assistant

    Question: How would I use a completely different computer (a Macbook) to go to a coffee shop with wifi and fetch a copy of the latest Windows 10 updates (pro 64 bit) to put on a thumb drive and bring...
  6. I gave up on trying to download Win 10 because I...

    I gave up on trying to download Win 10 because I figured out it would take one and a half months using overnight sessions that the ISP cuts off after about three hours.

    At any rate, although I...
  7. How To Get Free Win 10 Upgrade With No Hi Speed Intenet?

    Can I use a Win 10 Reinstall DVD or Win 10 Retail DVD to do the free upgrade (Win 7 to Win 10) instead of scheduling and downloading?

    If I let it download Win 10 and then shut off the PC for the...
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    Thanks. I'll uninstall the Yahoo toolbar (which I...

    Thanks. I'll uninstall the Yahoo toolbar (which I never use).

    I'm using Internet Explorer 8 and Windows XP with Service pack 3.

    The problem is just occasional, web sites that have worked okay...
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    Unwanted Yahoo page: The page cannot be found

    Quite often these days I type a URL up top in my Internet Explorer and it delays and then a purple text Yahoo page comes up saying the web page cannot be found. (Along with a few suggestions...
  10. I read somewhere that SP2 has to be installed...

    I read somewhere that SP2 has to be installed before SP3.
  11. Unable to Install XP SP2, Don't Have Permission

    I was trying to install Service Pack 2 on an older PC running Windows XP and it won't let me.

    I get the message "You do not have permission to update Windows XP. See your computer administrator."...
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    I forget whether I clicked the Apply button in...

    I forget whether I clicked the Apply button in the past although I think I did from time to time.

    I have seen the check box still checked when periodically spot checking my Internet Options. After...
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    Do you wish to debug? Stop asking me!

    I'm using Internet Explorer (v6.0.28) and Juno 4.0 build 5 normally to surf the internet and get this message: "A runtime error has occured, do you wish to debug?"

    I go into the Internet Options...
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    Thanks, Puterfixer.

    Got the ISO file downloaded (took a few tries via dialup), burned onto a CD, pasted the stuff onto the unpartitioned new drive, worked like a charm.

    Both the original drive...
  15. But if the system came pre-installed with XP Home...

    But if the system came pre-installed with XP Home and the recovery disks are unique to the model of machine (OEM XP Home), then even an XP Home retail version CD won't work with the machine's old...
  16. The new drive is a secondhand Quantum and I...

    The new drive is a secondhand Quantum and I haven't found the proper manufacturers tools (Seagate's web site).

    Not sure how to create or use gparted CD's; don't have Linux.

    The old drive does...
  17. The machine is an HP Pavilion. The recovery...

    The machine is an HP Pavilion.

    The recovery disks do work stand-alone on a brand new drive; I have done a recover before ending up with the software complement the machine came with. No problem...
  18. Migrate (Move) Windows XP OEM To Bigger Hard Drive

    I have a PC that came with Windows XP Home OEM already on it. I still have the recovery CD's that go with the machine.

    Now I want to upgrade to a bigger hard drive. But the recovery disks will...
  19. Thanks! Worked like a charm!

    Thanks! Worked like a charm!
  20. The system is not crashing, but a few things...

    The system is not crashing, but a few things don't work. For example there is no sound, the sound applet in the control panel says that there is no sound device but the built in sound on the...
  21. [RESOLVED] Bad disk sector, DLL corrupted, repair?

    When I did a CHKDSK on my hard drive, some bad sectors were found and some files that appeared to be system files were named as being affected.

    I don't remember how many files were corrupted or...
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    "Still don't work" I tried the suggestions in...

    "Still don't work"

    I tried the suggestions in both of the replies and the security alert popups still appear. (Actually I am not sure what entries in the advanced list, like "Use CCL 1.0" or...
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    Funny Noises From Hard Drive

    Does the primary IDE drive actually bypass the secondary drive's electronics and use its own electronics to drive the secondary drive?

    I had a 7200 RPM IDE hard drive as a primary drive and an...
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    How Do I Stop Security Alert Popups?

    How can I stop getting "security alert, However there is a problem with the site security certificate" popups? They keep coming up when I visit certaiun web sites.

    I want to "Do you want to...
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    A C++ function to format a diskette

    I am seeking information on how to format a diskette using my own C++ program. I can't seem to find any function calls for this in the MS Visual C++ help.

    I do not wish to launch someone else's...
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