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AskWoody LoungerThank you for your post!
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AskWoody LoungerIf I find something, will let you know.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 16, 2016 at 12:01 pm in reply to: Monitor – if in sleep mode, redundant to it turn off? #1581628Thank you, Lugh
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AskWoody LoungerFor others who are interested, I found an answer on web:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9035065/when-did-my-computer-went-to-sleep-the-last-time-window-7
http://superuser.com/questions/485131/how-can-i-tell-if-my-computer-went-to-sleep
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AskWoody LoungerThank you South Carolina
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AskWoody LoungerThank you for the response and info. However, I’m looking for a simple copy/paste method. I handwrite my passwords but would prefer to be able to copy the screen.
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AskWoody LoungerAgain my thanks for your time and supplied links.
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AskWoody LoungerThank you, Rick Corbett.
The monitor is a Dell flatscreen, 19″r – E1914H
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2015 at 9:07 am in reply to: Sound: Windows Media Player 12 vs. Internet Explorer 11 #1540656WMP may be accessing a lower quality stream.
WMP may use a different codec.
Your ears may like the visuals.Does WMP play high quality local files well? If so it’s likely to be the stream.
cheers, Paul
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AskWoody LoungerAnd thank you, Wavy.
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AskWoody LoungerThanks for replying, Berton.
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AskWoody LoungerThank you for enlightening me about the terminology.
I’ll try once more to explain what I’m after:I often cannot navigate in a window (Word, Firefox) until I mouse click in the window. I’m after a keyboard shortcut to emulate that click (I don’t want to switch windows)
Thank you
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AskWoody LoungerSorry, RetiredGeek, I didn’t better explain what I’m after: I know how to switch between windows & how to select an application.
I don’t know how – if possible – to avoid having to use the mouse to ‘click’ in the open window to have its focus, activate it. I’d like to be able to use the keyboard instead of the mouse for this purpose.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 16, 2015 at 10:29 am in reply to: “show more restore points” – can this be the default setting? #1532728Thanks, beachboybogart. A ‘design thing’ and I’ll live with it and tell my fingers not to be so lazy….clicking a box is good exercise!
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 15, 2015 at 12:58 pm in reply to: “show more restore points” – can this be the default setting? #1532567I believe the “show more restore points” is necessary for any over 5 days old, but I haven’t been able to find any way to eliminate that step (which I guess is a safety catch?).
Thanks for the post, BruceR
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