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so its best to use third party software such as MiniTool Partition Wizard.

http://filehippo.com/download_minitool_partition_wizard_home_edition/

Personally I prefer the bootable cd version.

MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable 9.1

Maybe it’s just me but working with partitions outside of the Windows environment just seems to be a better/safer option.

If it were a website problem, why would the 12 character password work in Firefox, as stated by the OP?

It’s my belief that with Penton, as a newsletter subscriber, you’re no longer the consumer; you’re the product.

I Or does that not matter – is it just click bait for ads?

Penton is a marketing company. Their business is advertising. Nothing more. Nothing less.
The content of this ‘newsletter’ is irrelevant to them. It’s the advertising space they’re selling. Just check their website.

Sometimes technology ‘improvements’ forget about who the users are.

Harry

It seems to me that the bigger the company, the smaller the customer.

My dilemma is what to do about my WLM 2011 clients on my two home computers, whether to stick with WLM 2011 now it’s no longer supported (not that I can remember when it was last updated or patched), upgrade to WLM 2012 (without the patch which if I’m right I don’t need as I access my hotmail accounts through the browser (Chrome) so that I only use WLM 2011 for my ISP email account), or switch to an independent email client like Thunderbird whose developers are looking to offload it.

Check these two posts in this topic.

http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread//173384-Windows-Live-Mail-2012-requires-update-to-keep-using-it?p=1036694&viewfull=1#post1036694

http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread//173384-Windows-Live-Mail-2012-requires-update-to-keep-using-it?p=1037062&viewfull=1#post1037062

I was a paid subscriber to the newsletter for about 5 years. I too am going away.
I tried to unsubscribe but they still kept sending it to me, so I just deleted that particular email address.

I figured it would be a waste of time to contact them about my dis-satisfaction of the changes, so I didn’t bother.

“If i shorten the other one will it automatically lengthen the primary” The answer is no.
To do the job, you will need a third party partitioning tool. I use Minitool Partition Wizard, but others are available.

http://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/partition-wizard-home.html

Personally I prefer the bootable cd version.

http://www.minitool.com/partition-manager/partition-wizard-bootable.html

As I’ve stated many times before, I have been using only Windows Mail, re-activated, for my email on all my PC’s. And, I’ve set it up for many of my customers who previously used Outlook Express, on XP.

I had never even heard of “OE Classic” so, when I read Hawk’s post, I downloaded it, installed it, imported my email address book and sent my first email with it, all in less than five minutes. Seting up OE Classic to use Gmail was almost automatic, not at all like OE6 or Windows Mail. Not that either of the MS programs are hard to set up, but just a lot more detailed, and if you don’t know the details, it can really be a chore.

I may be using ‘OE Classic’ in the future, for my customers who have used Outlook Express or even Windows Mail in the past, but need an email client for Windows 10.

Thank you ‘Hawk’ and here’s wishing you Happy Holidays!

The Doctor 😎

Even though I have a paid version of OE Classic, I’m still running XP with Outlook Express. I was going to set it up on XP but at the time it was lacking one feature that I wanted, although I can’t remember what. :rolleyes:
That was about a year ago so they may have implemented it by now. They said they were planning on it. I do remember that. 😆

It’s good to hear that it’s rated good enough to be recommended by you DrWho. :cheers:

For whatever it’s worth, there’s always OE Classic to consider.

http://www.oeclassic.com/

If all you need to do is read pdf files, I highly recommend Sumatra PDF Reader.

http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html

Well, if your reference to fade-ins and fade-outs was not a way to dismiss Javascript as a “gimmicky” technology, I apologize. I will point out that I have never coded fade-ins and fade-outs myself. I don’t fancy animations, either, but they have their place, when used properly.

No problem. I probably should have made myself clearer.
I agree that animations occasionally serve a purpose, or at least add a little something, but when I use them (rarely) I just use an animated gif, since I don’t need anything fancier.

We all have our preferences and that’s how things will always be. Nothing wrong with that.

I agree. I believe we should turn this thread back to the OP’s original concerns and questions, as it seems we’ve both gotten a little away form it in our own little discussion. 🙂

I think it’s telling that you choose to point out those fade ins and fade outs as things that JavaScript can be used for, while forgetting a much more relevant contribution, in my opinion.

I’m not a professional web developer, nor do I want to be. I just like doing it for friends and others that like what I do and ask me to do work for them.
I’m fairly aware of the capabilities of JavaScript. I was just making a generic point, rather than going through the whole list of JavaScript capabilities. I’m surprised you didn’t catch that.

While I respect you as a professional web developer, I prefer not to use all the modern technology for web design, preferring basic HTML, CSS, a little php and some JavaScript where needed. With those languages I’m able to build what I want and what those that ask me to do their sites want.
If someone contacts me to do the type of work you do, I simply refer them to someone else.

I do validate my work at the W3C Markup Validation Service.

As I mentioned, I’m not a big fan of the sites that are being built with all the modern apps and technology, so I build my sites to what I like.
I generally keep as much JavaScript blocked as I can get away with, so a lot of the new technologies don’t get in my way of getting to the content I’m looking for.
Just my way. One man’s trash is another man’s gold. 😉

You’re not a web developer, are you? Or used modern apps such as, of all things, gmail or trello?

I’m probably not a bona fide web developer in your opinion, since I’ve only designed and built a dozen or so sites, and I’m not saying the vast majority of web developers don’t use all this new newfangled stuff.
That article you quoted is all about web apps. I’m talking about simple websites, which I believe the OP mentioned an interest in.

The site(s) will be fairly static, aside from a blog page, with absolutely no animation (this is an accounting business, after all). In other words, fairly simple.

All I’m saying is all this new newfangled stuff isn’t really necessary, unless you want an interactive site or depend on advertising on your site for income, or just want to dazzle your visitors with a lot of flash and animation.
Just because the vast majority of web developers use all those scripts doesn’t mean that’s the only way.

What does Gmail have to do with this? Personally, I don’t use Google for anything. I prefer my privacy, which these days most folks don’t care about. Hence the popularity of such sites as Facebook, Twitter, Gmail (or anything Google).

Honestly, I’m not trying to get into an argument here, or ‘My ideas are better than yours’. Just pointing out possibilities.

I guess I’m just old fashioned. I like sites that deliver the content I’m looking for , without all the animations, flash, fancy fade in/fade out. To me, personally, I find that stuff annoying.

Javascript is not just relevant for menus, but to create interactions that are very hard to create any other way, if not impossible. It allows you do create interfaces that can be as good or even better than native apps, which you have no way to create with CSS. That makes sense too, because Javascript and CSS are meant for completely different things.

Did you even have a look at the website I linked to, or the link access-mdb posted? It shows that JavaScript isn’t needed for most any type of drop down/slide out menu, as well as building a good looking, functional website.

That said, I wasn’t trying to imply that JavaScript isn’t relevant. Just that it’s not needed for menus. I even use a bit of JavaScript on a couple of my sites, mainly for image display.
It’s quite evident how relevant and popular JavaScript is if you use the NoScript browser add-on. For usefulness and for advertising. However, the JavaScript on most sites isn’t even needed for the display of the content one is looking for on a lot of sites, mainly used for annoying ads and tracking.

Is JavaScript secure? Yes and no. It depends on how it’s used. As I said, you can effectively block most scripts on most sites without any detrimental affect on viewing the site.