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Real Name:
Henry Clarke
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Finished a life long career in aviation. During the last few years I was "volunteered " to install and maintain the first computers and lan, at my last airport, where I was deputy manager.
This led to a very early asociation with Microsoft and, by the pure luck of the draw, I was offered a Beta testing opportunity for Vista. I dedicated myself to this, in my retirement, and was then moved on to Windows 7 testing.
This gave me an early insite into the navigation and manipulation of Windows 7 software.
Latterly, younger, and technically better qualified persons than I, have stepped in to forums such as this, and can often give more learned opinions than I.
I can occasionally, however, hopefully pull some old chestnuts out of the fire.
I have a bad tendency to have a propriety feeling about the forum, which unfortunately leads me into unwarranted outspoken comment, which tends, I think, to p**'s off the management.
Location:
Denmark
Interests:
Interests
1. My third generation family,
2. Anyhting concerning computers.
3. Private, and small business, of on site installation and help service for non savvy computer users. Very much orientated towards older people.
4. Not an interest, but an obligation, to maintain my 4 acre garden!
Occupation:
retired
Computer Specs
Operating System:
I own one hi spec laptop, but constantly have four or five different models running in the house.
Computer Type:
Changing almost daily.
CPU Type and Speed:
See above
Anti-virus Software:
Anything currently testing
Computer Skill Level:
Certified Professional

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Stickies and Help

by RAK on 12-24-2009 at 01:48 AM
Drew has just raised an interesting point, regarding a sticky on an old, and constantly repeated, query.
It is a topic which has troubled me for some time now. But, you can take the horse to water etc... How to get newbies (and a few others) to read stickies before asking a question.

Like many, I was using Betas from the start of the Windows 7 era. We could even include Vista in the argument, as many problems are common to both systems.
Since the public release of Windows

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Speeding up the boot and Welcome screens.

by RAK on 11-09-2009 at 05:24 AM
I was having a discussion on another forum, and got fascinated by an observation another member had made. If you use the default desktop, the welcome screen only stayed for 2 or 3 seconds. If you customised the desktop, this deteriroated to, in the worst cases, about 50 seconds.

I began to explore the startup procedures and finally got on the track of how to circumvent this. It is a matter of paths, and default pictures. If you would prefer your own custmised desktop, experiment with

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Microsoft are not innocent, but..

by RAK on 08-26-2009 at 01:51 AM
I must say, I'm easy when it comes to operating systems.
I was lucky enough to get into the Windows Vista, and subsequently, Windows 7, Beta testing. I therefore had the advantage of not having to dig to deep into my pocket to examine the OS’s.
Although my preference is Windows in all flavours.I try others, and they all have their advantages. My desktop dual boots Windows 7, 32 and 64 Bit. I experimented with a Linux server, as it has less overheads. I got no further than the

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