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  1. Young Simmo

    Help from windows 7 to 8

    Just some typed recipes and general document stuff.
  2. Young Simmo

    Help from windows 7 to 8

    OK I am on a learning curve, and the problems keep popping up. I am trying to transfer some info from My Documents on my old Windows 7, to my new Windows 8 using a USB memory stick. When I open the memory stick on Windows 8 I get all this gobbeldy gook...
  3. Young Simmo

    Another question

    Actually that's a good point Geoff, I am running Windows 8 and a few months ago had a lot of trouble trying to burn a disc and done my block and uninstalled it. Can you tell me the name of it and I will give it another go as the problems was more than likely my fault. No I am not mad, just grey...
  4. Young Simmo

    Another question

    Can somebody recommend a good reliable disc burning program. I had Nero for years which worked perfectly. Now I need one that is free for more than a 15 day trial that is easy to use. :rolleyes: Being a 75 year old pensioner I am always looking for the free / easy stuff.:cool:
  5. Young Simmo

    Help an old bloke

    Thanks everybody for all the help and tips, I went for open office which is more than I really need.
  6. Young Simmo

    Help an old bloke

    I have Windows 8 and am using Windows Live Mail which has Spell Check, but my Word Pad doesn't. Can somebody tell me the quickest and easiest way to put Spell Check into my Word Pad?
  7. Young Simmo

    E-mail Prob

    MMM, a quick 14 lookers and no answers, it don't look good.
  8. Young Simmo

    E-mail Prob

    I am running Windows 8 and have installed Windows Live mail. I had a folder I called "Save for latter". Some how I seemed to had deleted or lost that folder. Is there an easy way to recover it, or is it gone for ever?
  9. Young Simmo

    What is best for oldies

    Thanks everybody, that is now all sorted and I am happily back with the free Avast. :) BUTT: Over the last few weeks I have acquired this aggravating little gremlin where every 2nd or 3rd time I click to go to a site, I get these aggravating survey pages popping...
  10. Young Simmo

    What is best for oldies

    OK, can somebody recommend a good FREE Anti Virus to suit an old couple whose computer is just for fun and e-mails etc. I have used Avast for years, but lately every time I go for it I only get a month of free then the big sales pitch. If I was an Iron Ore mine it would be different, but I am...
  11. Young Simmo

    How to do it.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/w...s-uses-default I put that link in twice and got. Oops! This link appears to be broken. Did you mean: microsoft.*com
  12. Young Simmo

    How to do it.

    Hello John, I am still having trouble. I have windows 8, and am using Windows Live Mail as it was easy on windows 7. Can you give it to me in Kindergarten language, as I couldn't find default programs and went into "Programs, uninstall a program" and got lost. I can receive an e-mail with a...
  13. Young Simmo

    How to do it.

    Thanks johnb35, actually it is photos I have pasted into the main body of the e-mail. Now another annoying problem which goes like this. We now have 2 Desktops, Windows 7 for my wife and Windows 8 for myself. I can move a document or photo on Windows 7 to a memory stick, and then when I try to...
  14. Young Simmo

    How to do it.

    OK, I progressed up to Windows 8, from Windows 7 about 6 months ago and have most of the things I need, sussed out.:) However this may sound like a dumb question, but what is the easiest cheapest way to put Spell Check into Word Pad?:confused: I didn't like the Windows 8 E-mail program my mate...
  15. Young Simmo

    What's good for me?

    OK I am a 75 year old pensioner and my computer is only for personal fun:) and and enjoyment:P and Spider Solatair:rolleyes:. What is a good FREE Anti-Virus that does the job with no tricks and hidden costs and traps:(. There seems to be a million different ones out there, and I have used...
  16. Young Simmo

    Is it worth it?

    Getting back to my original query I'll chuck in another dumb question. Even though I am running Windows 8, I have Windows Live Mail and Classic 8 start, which made the change over from 7 a bit easier. If I go with 8.1, will I have to re-install those 2 features or will everything stay...
  17. Young Simmo

    Is it worth it?

    I am being continualy prompted to upgrade my relatively new Windows 8, to 8.1 Is it worth doing and what are the advantages and improvements I would get from going down that path.
  18. Young Simmo

    Windows 8, YUK

    OK, after scrubbing all those unwanted programs that came from trying to download Windows Live Mail, and watching a 4 minute show on You Tube, everything is back to normal. Thanks for your contribution Okedokey. Now I will ask another probably dumb question, not here but.
  19. Young Simmo

    Windows 8, YUK

    OK, I have tried everything I have been told and no success, so I have uninstalled all the programs recently installed while trying to download Windows Live Mail. I think I have a reasonably clean sheet. Can somebody give me a Web address I can get Windows Live Mail from without all the other...
  20. Young Simmo

    Windows 8, YUK

    Nope I just did a restart to start afresh and still got that rotten message there. HELP WLMMailHiddenWindow:wlmail.exe – Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point_crtCreatesSybolicLinkW could not Be located in the dynamic link library C:/Program Files (x86)/SupTab/MVSCP110.dll
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