Is this normal?

[Emrys Davies]

"Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:7tg7pqFf3sU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>> news:7tg2t5FhjnU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:7tg28tFe59U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:7tf6n5Flo3U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7te9tcFqlkU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7te0v5F9tvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:hkshll$o1s$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> Exactly that Ophelia, thanks. But I am also an eternal optimist
>>>>>>>>>> asking for
>>>>>>>>> an index in addition to such a very good search facility.
>>>>>>>>> However, Microsoft are hopefully looking in and may take the hint.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, if no one will help, I will do my best to find the posts to
>>>>>>>> help you. I may be some time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Emrys, search the thread:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Re: hidden tools in W 7
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hth
>>>>>>> best O
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cannot find that Ophelia, but I accept now that the index to which I
>>>>>> referred does not exist, but I explored the possibility. Thanks a
>>>>>> lot.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I now have an whole list of 'everything'. Is that not what you
>>>>> meant?
>>>>>
>>>>> Btw do you not know how to do a search in the group?
>>>>
>>>> I search in 'Start > Search programs and files'. What did you have in
>>>> mind that I may missing?
>>>
>>> View/show all messages
>>> Edit/find/message ....
>>
>> I have View/show all messages enabled. I have not used Edit/find/message
>> except for this minute, as a result of your suggestion, when I entered
>> current data, but got no result. I will have a look at that again to see
>> if I can get a positive answer.
>
> Ok. When you get to message, plug my name into it and see what happens

Yes, that works really well. Silly me; I had been concentrating in the
wrong areas of that page, but I will brush-up on that. Thanks Ophelia.

 

[Ophelia]

"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:7tgdq6FjqvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:7tg7pqFf3sU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:7tg2t5FhjnU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:7tg28tFe59U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7tf6n5Flo3U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:7te9tcFqlkU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7te0v5F9tvU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Ophelia" <Ophelia@Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:hkshll$o1s$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> Exactly that Ophelia, thanks. But I am also an eternal optimist
>>>>>>>>>>> asking for
>>>>>>>>>> an index in addition to such a very good search facility.
>>>>>>>>>> However, Microsoft are hopefully looking in and may take the
>>>>>>>>>> hint.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, if no one will help, I will do my best to find the posts to
>>>>>>>>> help you. I may be some time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Emrys, search the thread:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Re: hidden tools in W 7
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hth
>>>>>>>> best O
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cannot find that Ophelia, but I accept now that the index to which I
>>>>>>> referred does not exist, but I explored the possibility. Thanks a
>>>>>>> lot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well I now have an whole list of 'everything'. Is that not what you
>>>>>> meant?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Btw do you not know how to do a search in the group?
>>>>>
>>>>> I search in 'Start > Search programs and files'. What did you have in
>>>>> mind that I may missing?
>>>>
>>>> View/show all messages
>>>> Edit/find/message ....
>>>
>>> I have View/show all messages enabled. I have not used
>>> Edit/find/message except for this minute, as a result of your
>>> suggestion, when I entered current data, but got no result. I will have
>>> a look at that again to see if I can get a positive answer.
>>
>> Ok. When you get to message, plug my name into it and see what happens
>
> Yes, that works really well. Silly me; I had been concentrating in the
> wrong areas of that page, but I will brush-up on that. Thanks Ophelia.

You are welcome.



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[Geordie]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
the following:

>
>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
<snip>
>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is correct.
>> What do you think.
>
>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>
Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
Davies" get on with it.
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are heard, no evidence is weighed. It isn't news at all, only a source
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[Dave-UK]

"Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
> the following:
>
>>
>>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
> <snip>
>>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is correct.
>>> What do you think.
>>
>>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>>
> Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
> You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
> Davies" get on with it.
> --

It's probably a Good Thing if he can't rename a folder and create the GodMode one.
Can you imagine what damage he'd do if let loose with all those options!

 

[Ophelia]

"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:fm26n5l5jh8pqrqull2i6dpbmq162465g9@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
>> the following:
>>
>>>
>>>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>> <snip>
>>>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>>>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>>>> correct.
>>>> What do you think.
>>>
>>>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>>>
>> Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
>> You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
>> Davies" get on with it.
>> --
>
> It's probably a Good Thing if he can't rename a folder and create the
> GodMode one.
> Can you imagine what damage he'd do if let loose with all those options!

sorry I thought he was genuine

Dopey O



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[Ophelia]

"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
>> news:SZqdnTLQWNcRa-_WnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>
>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:7tg9taFrk8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:rZ6dnTJ8pqzeeu_WnZ2dnUVZ8lWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7tg6eoF6vhU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:e8l5n598r7s4b4tvgv82p8it2abv4ijuvn@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 153:41 -0000, "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net>
>>>>>>> compiled the following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I pasted
>>>>>>>>GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} into a new folder but
>>>>>>>>I was
>>>>>>>>told 'Rename: a file name cannot contain any of the following
>>>>>>>>characters: \
>>>>>>>>/ : * ? " < > |' I played about with this but did not get anywhere.
>>>>>>>>Maybe
>>>>>>>>you would kindly be slightly more explicit like cutting your code
>>>>>>>>down to
>>>>>>>>what you found to be acceptable or, better still, talk some sense
>>>>>>>>into me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> GodMode: not GodMode. It is a colon :, not a period.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that may have cracked this but not sure. I have all of the
>>>>>> data shown down the left hand side of the relevant page on this link:
>>>>>> http://www.ithinkdiff.com/4564/enable-the-secret-godmode-in-windows-7,
>>>>>> but I do not have the Action Centre which is shown. What do you
>>>>>> think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The correct name is this:
>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>> That's a FULL STOP after the word'GodMode', not a colon.
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't paste the name into a new folder you RENAME the new folder.
>>>>> Right-click on your Desktop > New > Folder
>>>>> Rename the new folder to this
>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>
>>>> How do I rename a folder which has not got a name. When I rc on my
>>>> desktop
>>>> > new > folder > rc > I do offered the facility to RENAME.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Select and copy this:
>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>
>>> Create a new folder.
>>> It will be called New folder.
>>> If you have been computing for ten years you must know how to rename a
>>> folder.
>>> Right-click the New Folder and select Rename.
>>> The name New folder will have a blue background.
>>> Position the cursor over the highlighted name and it will change from an
>>> arrow to an I-beam.
>>> Right-click and select Paste.
>>
>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>> correct. What do you think.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I think you are a troll. Fuck off.






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[Geordie]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:55:24 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
the following:

>
>"Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
>news:fm26n5l5jh8pqrqull2i6dpbmq162465g9@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
>> the following:
<snip>
>>>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>>>
>> Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
>> You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
>> Davies" get on with it.

>It's probably a Good Thing if he can't rename a folder and create the GodMode one.
>Can you imagine what damage he'd do if let loose with all those options!
>
Heaven forbid.
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[Emrys Davies]

"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:fm26n5l5jh8pqrqull2i6dpbmq162465g9@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
>> the following:
>>
>>>
>>>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>> <snip>
>>>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>>>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>>>> correct.
>>>> What do you think.
>>>
>>>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>>>
>> Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
>> You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
>> Davies" get on with it.
>> --
>
> It's probably a Good Thing if he can't rename a folder and create the
> GodMode one.
> Can you imagine what damage he'd do if let loose with all those options!

Dave-UK,

I got that and I am very pleased, to say the least, because the site offers
so much help to persons like me who have just started with Win7 after nearly
ten years solid with Win98 SE. Where I was going wrong was clicking the data
below the icon rather than on the icon itself and when I did the latter and
the icon lit up hey ho Bingo; happy bunny. I am sure that you are pleased
that your patience paid off and I thank you a lot.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On 2/10/10, Dave-UK posted:
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
>> news:SZqdnTLQWNcRa-_WnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>
>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:7tg9taFrk8U1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>
>>>> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:rZ6dnTJ8pqzeeu_WnZ2dnUVZ8lWdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:7tg6eoF6vhU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:e8l5n598r7s4b4tvgv82p8it2abv4ijuvn@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 153:41 -0000, "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net>
>>>>>>> compiled the following:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I pasted
>>>>>>>>GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} into a new folder but I
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>told 'Rename: a file name cannot contain any of the following
>>>>>>>> characters: \
>>>>>>>>/ : * ? " < > |' I played about with this but did not get anywhere.
>>>>>>>> Maybe
>>>>>>>>you would kindly be slightly more explicit like cutting your code down
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>what you found to be acceptable or, better still, talk some sense into
>>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> GodMode: not GodMode. It is a colon :, not a period.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that may have cracked this but not sure. I have all of the
>>>>>> data shown down the left hand side of the relevant page on this link:
>>>>>> http://www.ithinkdiff.com/4564/enable-the-secret-godmode-in-windows-7,
>>>>>> but I do not have the Action Centre which is shown. What do you think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The correct name is this:
>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>> That's a FULL STOP after the word'GodMode', not a colon.
>>>>>
>>>>> You don't paste the name into a new folder you RENAME the new folder.
>>>>> Right-click on your Desktop > New > Folder
>>>>> Rename the new folder to this
>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>
>>>> How do I rename a folder which has not got a name. When I rc on my
>>>> desktop
>>>> > new > folder > rc > I do offered the facility to RENAME.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Select and copy this:
>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>
>>> Create a new folder.
>>> It will be called New folder.
>>> If you have been computing for ten years you must know how to rename a
>>> folder.
>>> Right-click the New Folder and select Rename.
>>> The name New folder will have a blue background.
>>> Position the cursor over the highlighted name and it will change from an
>>> arrow to an I-beam.
>>> Right-click and select Paste.
>>
>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>> correct. What do you think.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

> I think you are a troll. Fuck off.

You are definitely over-reacting here- which I see as not
characteristic of you, in my travels in this ng.

Emrys Davies has been posting here for a while, and asks genuine
questions of genuine concern to him. And answers the responders, BTW.
And is always courteous.

Disclaimer: Not knowing much about Welsh names, I've just assumed that
Emrys is masculine.

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[Ophelia]

"Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
news:hkvee6$mvj$1@news.albasani.net...
>
> You are definitely over-reacting here- which I see as not characteristic
> of you, in my travels in this ng.

Gene, I am pleased you wrote that, because I have never seen Dave as
anything but helpful and indeed, he has helped me a lot. I just assumed he
knew something I didn't. Certainly, I know less than most

> Emrys Davies has been posting here for a while, and asks genuine questions
> of genuine concern to him. And answers the responders, BTW. And is always
> courteous.

Hopefully, Emrys will find the things he needs here

> Disclaimer: Not knowing much about Welsh names, I've just assumed that
> Emrys is masculine.



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[Dave-UK]

"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:7tgkuhFu94U1@mid.individual.net...
>
> "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in message
> news:Gvudnd8e0L6uku7WnZ2dnUVZ7qCdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>
>> "Geordie" <geordiemac@hotmail.invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:fm26n5l5jh8pqrqull2i6dpbmq162465g9@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:50 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> compiled
>>> the following:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:7tgfa6FsqbU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>>>>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>>>>> correct.
>>>>> What do you think.
>>>>
>>>>I think you are a troll. <AUP> off.
>>>>
>>> Calm now Dave, it ain't worth getting hot under the collar about it.
>>> You have given the instruction on how to go about it, so let "Emrys
>>> Davies" get on with it.
>>> --
>>
>> It's probably a Good Thing if he can't rename a folder and create the
>> GodMode one.
>> Can you imagine what damage he'd do if let loose with all those options!
>
> Dave-UK,
>
> I got that and I am very pleased, to say the least, because the site offers
> so much help to persons like me who have just started with Win7 after nearly
> ten years solid with Win98 SE. Where I was going wrong was clicking the data
> below the icon rather than on the icon itself and when I did the latter and
> the icon lit up hey ho Bingo; happy bunny. I am sure that you are pleased
> that your patience paid off and I thank you a lot.
>

Amazing, isn't it? Several people here, and a web-site, tell you how
to create a folder and give it a name and you still somehow can't do it.
Have you never renamed anything during your ten years with Win98?
It's only when somebody tells you to fuck off that you finally see
the light and are suddenly able to do it.

You started this thread by asking if being locked out of your computer was
normal and on being told to reset your screensaver you changed it from
one minute to three minutes.
Quote:
" Thanks for that. It was on one minute and I have changed it to three
minutes. Easy now that I know that the change is possible."

Once again I ask the obvious question , in all of your ten years with
Win98 have you never adjusted the screensaver timeout?

You follow the pattern of a lot of trolls on these newsgroups, asking vague
questions to keep a thread going,
Quote:
"Ophelia, I find the search facility most helpful particularly if I use words
like 'Create', 'Recovery' or 'Search', but is there a list/index hidden
somewhere which itemizes the main eventualities or am I expecting too much?"

What the fuck are "the main eventualities"?

And you answer,
Quote:
"It would be a ready made all in one alphabetical index which would guide me
to whatever programmes are available, such as Repair Disc, Recovery Disc
Creation (which I have found) and many others, but I think that I may be
asking too much. It just crossed my mind that I may be missing something."

Most sensible people call that the Start menu. Didn't your Win98 have such
a list and wasn't it called the Start menu?

Then GodMode folders appears in the thread giving you the opportunity
for more confusing questions.
I tell you what to do and you reply,
Quote:
" Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is correct.
What do you think."

By removing the full stop from the name you hoped to prolong the confusion
and the thread. If you had copied/pasted the name then there is no way the
full stop would be missing.
You are a troll and a time waster and I look forward to your next thread
with interest.

..

 

[Dave-UK]

"Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message news:hkvee6$mvj$1@news.albasani.net...

>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The correct name is this:
>>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>>> That's a FULL STOP after the word'GodMode', not a colon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You don't paste the name into a new folder you RENAME the new folder.
>>>>>> Right-click on your Desktop > New > Folder
>>>>>> Rename the new folder to this
>>>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I rename a folder which has not got a name. When I rc on my
>>>>> desktop
>>>>> > new > folder > rc > I do offered the facility to RENAME.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Select and copy this:
>>>> GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
>>>>
>>>> Create a new folder.
>>>> It will be called New folder.
>>>> If you have been computing for ten years you must know how to rename a
>>>> folder.
>>>> Right-click the New Folder and select Rename.
>>>> The name New folder will have a blue background.
>>>> Position the cursor over the highlighted name and it will change from an
>>>> arrow to an I-beam.
>>>> Right-click and select Paste.
>>>
>>> Done that and when I open the folder I get this in the address bar:
>>> GodMode{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Not sure that this is
>>> correct. What do you think.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>> I think you are a troll. Fuck off.
>
> You are definitely over-reacting here- which I see as not
> characteristic of you, in my travels in this ng.
>
> Emrys Davies has been posting here for a while, and asks genuine
> questions of genuine concern to him. And answers the responders, BTW.
> And is always courteous.
>
> Disclaimer: Not knowing much about Welsh names, I've just assumed that
> Emrys is masculine.
>
> --
> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>
>

In the Microsoft groups, like microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, you got
posters who were able to post a question just by clicking on the Microsoft
Communities button (or whatever it's called) in Windows Mail.
They didn't have to know about Usenet or newsgroups or the option of paying
for a reliable news server or anything like that.
Consequently there were questions from complete beginners along the lines of:
'How do I stop my computer? I can only see a Start button.'

But this is a proper newsgroup where people have to get several things in place
in order to post. First they have to know that newsgroups exist.
Then they have to know how to access newsgroups via a reader of some sort.
Then they have to find a free server that allows posting or pay for an account
with somebody.
All this tends to weed out the complete novices.
That's why I am sceptical when somebody comes on here asking stupid, vague questions.
And I am even more sceptical when, after multiple answers by several people, the
poster continues to prevaricate.
Then, when confronted, all becomes clear and the thread can be closed with the OP
finally happy, until the next time.

"Where I was going wrong was clicking the data
below the icon rather than on the icon itself and when I did the latter and
the icon lit up hey ho Bingo; happy bunny"

Does this explanation make any sense to you, considering it came from somebody
claiming ten years of Windows experience?

 

[Char Jackson]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:41:59 -0000, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote:

>In the Microsoft groups, like microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, you got
>posters who were able to post a question just by clicking on the Microsoft
>Communities button (or whatever it's called) in Windows Mail.
>They didn't have to know about Usenet or newsgroups or the option of paying
>for a reliable news server or anything like that.
>Consequently there were questions from complete beginners along the lines of:
>'How do I stop my computer? I can only see a Start button.'
>
>But this is a proper newsgroup where people have to get several things in place
>in order to post. First they have to know that newsgroups exist.
>Then they have to know how to access newsgroups via a reader of some sort.
>Then they have to find a free server that allows posting or pay for an account
>with somebody.
>All this tends to weed out the complete novices.
>That's why I am sceptical when somebody comes on here asking stupid, vague questions.
>And I am even more sceptical when, after multiple answers by several people, the
>poster continues to prevaricate.
>Then, when confronted, all becomes clear and the thread can be closed with the OP
>finally happy, until the next time.
>
>"Where I was going wrong was clicking the data
>below the icon rather than on the icon itself and when I did the latter and
>the icon lit up hey ho Bingo; happy bunny"
>
>Does this explanation make any sense to you, considering it came from somebody
>claiming ten years of Windows experience?

FWIW, I was thinking exactly the same thing, so from my perspective
you weren't out of line.

My brother has been using Windows since the Win95 days and just
figured out a year ago that he could drag and drop files in Windows
Explorer by using the RIGHT mouse button rather than the left, so it's
definitely possible that 10+ years of Windows experience can still
leave gaping holes, however my brother will likely never find himself
posting on a Usenet newsgroup. That, to me, is the big difference.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:41:59 -0000, Dave-UK wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message news:hkvee6$mvj$1@news.albasani.net...

>>> I think you are a troll. Fuck off.
>>
>> You are definitely over-reacting here- which I see as not
>> characteristic of you, in my travels in this ng.
>>
>> Emrys Davies has been posting here for a while, and asks genuine
>> questions of genuine concern to him. And answers the responders, BTW.
>> And is always courteous.
>>
>> Disclaimer: Not knowing much about Welsh names, I've just assumed that
>> Emrys is masculine.
>>
>> --
>> Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
>>
>>
>
> In the Microsoft groups, like microsoft.public.windows.vista.general, you got
> posters who were able to post a question just by clicking on the Microsoft
> Communities button (or whatever it's called) in Windows Mail.
> They didn't have to know about Usenet or newsgroups or the option of paying
> for a reliable news server or anything like that.
> Consequently there were questions from complete beginners along the lines of:
> 'How do I stop my computer? I can only see a Start button.'
>
> But this is a proper newsgroup where people have to get several things in place
> in order to post. First they have to know that newsgroups exist.
> Then they have to know how to access newsgroups via a reader of some sort.
> Then they have to find a free server that allows posting or pay for an account
> with somebody.
> All this tends to weed out the complete novices.
> That's why I am sceptical when somebody comes on here asking stupid, vague questions.
> And I am even more sceptical when, after multiple answers by several people, the
> poster continues to prevaricate.
> Then, when confronted, all becomes clear and the thread can be closed with the OP
> finally happy, until the next time.
>
> "Where I was going wrong was clicking the data
> below the icon rather than on the icon itself and when I did the latter and
> the icon lit up hey ho Bingo; happy bunny"
>
> Does this explanation make any sense to you, considering it came from somebody
> claiming ten years of Windows experience?

Yes, of course trolls exist, and they act as you say.

I claim that Emrys is not one of those. Instead, he seems (to me) to have
trouble understanding things that for you and me are easy. I too have
trouble being patient dealing with that, but in this situation, patience
*is* called for, IMO. Thus my reply to you, but I'm thinking of Char
Jackson too, who said in this thread "it's definitely possible that 10+
years of Windows experience can still leave gaping holes".

Referring to the rest of what Char said: in this case, the subject of this
discourse *is* posting - and not even from vBulletin USENET gateway...

Years ago, I first heard the cliche "He doesn't have ten years experience -
he has one year ten times over".

Anyway, I prefer in this case to give Emrys the benefit of the doubt, and I
also accept that YMMV.

--
Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom