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Anyone?

Thanks for the response.

I’ve read the benefits of using DDWRT, but for now I’ll stay with Linksys firmware.

Thanks to ruirib and jwitalka

Questions answered!

1) OK, so if the laptop had a wireless adapter, then I CAN connect to the desktop through the router without adding a wireless adapter to the desktop, correct?

2) And, because of the software, the router itself will not see surrounding wireless networks, I would have to add a wireless adapter to the desktop for that?

Ok, so if I try to connect wireless from a laptop to the desktop through the router, that would not work. Assuming the laptop already had a wireless adapter, then I would have to add a wireless adapter to the desktop, either pci-e card or usb adapter. The router itself would not be sufficient. Is that correct?

I just read again the link you sent and at the bottom post it says inssider requires a wireless adapter and cannot use the router

I’m not entirely understanding why a wireless router cannot function as a wireless access. Can you explain this further, please?

Is there another program that can use the Linksys E4200 to detect surrounding networks?

No.

I’m not connecting to internet through a wireless connection. So, there is no wireless card or wireless adapter. The only wireless hardware is the Linksys E4200 router, which is being using to wireless connect printers.

I think the Linksys E4200 should be able to see the surrounding wireless networks, but apparently don’t have something configured correctly.

Again, the Linksys is connected by wire (LAN) to the computer by which the internet connection is made by wire from modem through the router, not wireless.

Must there be a wireless adapter to see surrounding wireless networks? Or is the Linksys E4200 sufficient to see surrounding networks? If the Linksys is, how to configure the computer and router to do this?

Thanks

Is there an .ini file that could be copied?

Or, would copying the Norton folder from program directory, reinstall, then copy that folder back?

Good idea, just plain fred. I’ll take a closer look at TU and its cost, thanks!

Backup4all is a program that with plugins does allow software settings to be backed up, but there were no plugins for Norton.

Anyone else how to backup Norton’s settings?

Thanks for looking into this.

I’m thinking of trying autokey, so that when lets say the down arrow is pressed, then a combination of keyboard and mouse wheel would scroll a certain number of mouse clicks to zoom. Would this work?

Any ideas how to make zoom level persistent within Outlook 2010?

Could there be a way to script zoom in Outlook Reading PANE (right panel) so that zoom level stays at 140% as ALT + Down Arrow is pressed and the next message appears in right panel at 140%?

I have not found any persistent solution for the Reading PREVIEW PANE (apparently the beta version Outlook 2010 DID keep the zoom level)

Here’s a vba script I found that will open the email message when double-clicked to 140 zoom level:

While you are in Outlook do the following

Press Alt-F11 to invoke the VBA Editor
On the left side locate ThisOutlookSession
Double click on ThisOutlookSession
On the right window of the screen copy and paste the following code
Click on Save
Quit VBA Editor Alt-Q

There are several additional steps to take in Office 2010. Here is the code I use:

—–
Option Explicit
Dim WithEvents objInspectors As Outlook.Inspectors
Dim WithEvents objOpenInspector As Outlook.Inspector
Dim WithEvents objMailItem As Outlook.MailItem

Private Sub Application_Startup()
Set objInspectors = Application.Inspectors
End Sub

Private Sub Application_Quit()
Set objOpenInspector = Nothing
Set objInspectors = Nothing
Set objMailItem = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub objInspectors_NewInspector(ByVal Inspector As Inspector)
If Inspector.CurrentItem.Class = olMail Then
Set objMailItem = Inspector.CurrentItem
Set objOpenInspector = Inspector
End If
End Sub

Private Sub objOpenInspector_Close()
Set objMailItem = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub objOpenInspector_Activate()
Dim wdDoc As Word.Document
Set wdDoc = objOpenInspector.WordEditor
wdDoc.Windows(1).Panes(1).View.Zoom.Percentage = 140
End Sub
—–

Once you have the code in place, you need to enable the “Microsoft Word 14.0 Object Libary” references in Visual Basic for Applications. You can find that under the Tools menu by choosing the References item and putting a check mark on the library and choosing OK.

IF YOU DO NOT SIGN THE MACRO, NOTE THE FOLLOWING
The next issue is that you need to enable unsigned macros for Outlook to actually USE this code. You can find that by going to the File menu in Outlook and choosing Options. In the Options window, choose the “Trust Center” item from the left hand pane and then click the “Trust Center Settings…” button. In the Trust Center window, select “Macro Settings” in the left hand pane and change the Macro Settings to “Notifications for all macros” (or “Enable all macros (not recommended; potentially dangerous code can run)”). The only problem NOW is that you will need to tell Outlook to run the macro each time you start it up (unless you chose “Enable all…”). You can fix THAT by digitally signing the macro (and setting the Macro Settings back to the default “Notifications for digtally signed macros, all other macros disabled”). If you want to do THAT, you first need a certificate (which is a whole OTHER thread) and you need to install the certificate in Active Directory (another entire other thread) and actually sign the macro (another thread) and distribute it (another thread).

And this doesn’t solve the problem in the reading pane…which I still haven’t found any way to fix. It does make it so that double-clicking on a message to read it will use the zoom factor set in the code above (I use 140 in the code above)

For More Info:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/outlook/thread/46ca9a02-fdb8-4f59-b2bc-e699b244b240

Good advice both, thanks.

I read a recent Windowssecrets newsletter about restoring individual files. While I run regular backups and disk imaging, I thought a multiple version file restore could be a useful feature. Unfortunately, the automatic creation of system restore points was not being made daily. This led me to this forum. Now I know with Windows 7 only one restore point will be made each week, even though the task scheduler is set to run each day. (Thanks for the link to the MSDN library)

Well, I’m re-thinking the daily creating of restore points using a script. I’ve reduced the disk space to 1%.

Again, thanks for the great feedback!

Thanks for your quick reply!

I did not know seven days had to pass before a NEW restore point would be created by task scheduler event built into windows 7. How did you learn this?

As a fall-back, I probably use the script approach and create a new restore point each day. It worked successfully by creating new restore points at start up and manually by right-clicking.

The How-to Geek told me some useful things to look for in task scheduler default configuration — very helpful.

The Microsoft answers provides another script to try. I will.

Thanks again!

I was thinking of SP1 standalone installing MORE files than are necessary for the specific computer – and that is why the increase of several GB comes in.

Thanks for info on removing backup files, that will certainly help decrease the overall size of windows after install of SP1