[opendtv] Re: Win7 and DOS applications
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:13:53 -0800
Or, simply left click on Start and then left click again on Program Files.
From the resultant drop down menu select accessories: all tools are from
available there.
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From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Shutt
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 7:11 PM
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Win7 and DOS applications
Then it sounds as if you really want a Linux machine, Bert. What sort of
scripts are you going to write?
As for disk defrag and cleanup, you simply right click on the Start button,
click on explore, right click on C:, choose Properties, then click on the
tools tab. There you'll find error checking, defragmentation, and backup
options. On the General tab there is a box to click for disk cleanup.
You can check for updates anytime you wish by opening Internet Explorer,
click on Tools, then click on Windows Update. But Windows Update should be
setup to automatically check for updates.
Been this way since Win XP AFAIK.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 8:20 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Win7 and DOS applications
> John Shuttwrote:
>
>> Vista has no obvious C:\ prompt either, but if you type "cmd" into the
>> bottom "start search" bar of the start menu, you get a DOS window with
>> C:\ prompt and can run full DOS commands such as tracert and ping.
>>
>> Perhaps that works in Windows 7 as well?
>
> Sounds like Vista and Win7 work the same, in this regard.
>
> I found the c:\ prompt (command line interface) in the
> start\programs\accessories folder, John. In Win7, they only allow you to
> pin this to the task bar, which works fine for me. But wouldn't it be much
> better if I could create the shortcut, say, to put on the desktop? Ditto
> for the Windows Update. That shortcut you can only pin to the desktop, not
> to the start menu, not to the task bar. Why?
>
> I have no idea where the "disc cleanup" and "disc defrag" applications
> reside. I did find them, but only by going to help menu, searching on
> those topics, and clicking on "click here." Then, I just dumbly pinned
> both of them to the task bar.
>
> It's a dumbing down of Windows. How to hide everything from the clueless
> users. Don't they know that Apple has already cornered that segment of the
> market?
>
> Bert
>
>
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