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  • Re: OT - Microsoft newsgroups

    From davidontj@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Paul on Wed Feb 8 07:01:45 2023
    On Saturday, 4 February 2023 at 05:58:18 UTC, Paul wrote:
    On 2/3/2023 10:57 PM, Newyana2 wrote:
    "Paul" <nos...@needed.invalid> wrote

    | Switch to news.mixmin.net:563 . Does not appear
    | to support port 119.
    |
    | news.mixmin.net/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
    |

    That seems to work, but it looks like only about half
    the posts are there. ?
    My test was a dismal flop, as propagation through the
    server takes a day or two. It's not really healthy
    at the moment.

    Paul

    Hello folks! 🙂
    For quite some time I've been using BLOCKNEWS to read newsgroups.
    They are as 'cheap as chips'! https://blocknews.net
    All Microsoft groups are available AFAICT
    Most of my personal posting is now on 'alt.computer.workshop'.
    Everyone is welcome! :-D

    Warm regards,
    David B.

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  • From Apd@21:1/5 to davidontj@gmail.com on Wed Feb 8 15:27:44 2023
    davidontj@gmail.com wrote:
    For quite some time I've been using BLOCKNEWS to read newsgroups.

    So why are you posting from GG and using a proxy?

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  • From Robert in CA@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 8 21:56:55 2023
    I tried to post this normally but I see from your
    post I can't. I already tried twice and it failed. Now
    I know why.

    So please excuse posting on this thread.



    I have a Dell XPS 8500, with Windows 7
    Professional, SP1, with Spywareblaster,
    Malwarebytes, Avast , Windows Defender
    and Windows firewall.

    (2) TB HD
    Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
    Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
    Internal Hard Drive

    I also have

    I have a Dell Optiplex 780 Tower, with
    Windows 7 Professional,SP1, with
    Spywareblaster, Malwarebytes, Avast ,
    Windows Defender and Windows firewall.

    Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
    Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
    System type : 64-bit operating system

    and (external hard drives)

    (8500)

    Seagate Desktop HDD ST6000DM001 6TB 128MB
    Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
    System type : 64-bit operating system

    (780)
    Seagate Desktop HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 64MB
    Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
    Internal Hard Drive


    This concerns the 8500, I don't really have a
    problem per se but I've noticed that recently
    when I click on pages or links instead of it
    going directly to it I get a circle like its
    busy or that it takes an inordinate amount of
    time to load.
    If I click the link again then it will appear
    or if reload the page it will but I never had
    to wait before. The 8500 was always fast and I
    never had to wait at all.

    Also and this could just be with Fox News but
    the page jumps by itself to picture in picture
    format but if I scroll back up it returns to
    full screen. It never did that before either.


    I did a HD Tune and also checked my HD for free space.

    https://postimg.cc/5YPZxBT6

    https://postimg.cc/JHDdM9j2

    https://postimg.cc/mPNpL3FB

    https://postimg.cc/BtLhLf1h

    https://postimg.cc/xXRgD0Wd

    Thanks,
    Robert

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  • From Robert in CA@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 17:47:31 2023
    Paul,

    Can we still correspond using this post thread
    for problems?

    Robert

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