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ANNOUNCING The All-New Windows (&Microsoft) PING LIST! (vanity)
Self (vanity - announcement of a new ping list) ^ | March 30, 2015 | Dayglored

Posted on 03/30/2015 5:37:46 PM PDT by dayglored

OKAY! All you Windows users and admins and fanboys, Microsoft followers and folks, all you 90% of the computer users in the world...

After over 6 years of complaining that FreeRepublic doesn't have a Windows Ping List, I have finally decided that it's up to me to make one!
So if you want on the All-New Windows Ping List (or off, but ya gotta get on before you can get off), FReepMail me (dayglored) and I'll put ya on the list.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: microsoft; newpinglist; windows; windowspinglist
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To: dayglored

Will this list also enable us to ask questions like:

Is it feasible finanacially to upgrade a Windows Vista or XP machine to Windows 7 so I can get the free upgrade to Windows 10?


41 posted on 03/30/2015 6:08:17 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: dayglored

Me please


42 posted on 03/30/2015 6:09:38 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Jonty30

And me.


43 posted on 03/30/2015 6:09:44 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: dayglored

Well, I’ll just drop by once in a while, on my own, so no on the ping list, for right now. And I’ll never be a troll here, disrupting and harassing!

I haven’t run Windows on my Mac, but I know it can be done, easily, and done while running the Mac OS as the main system. Of course, the Windows can be run on its own, too.

I do have to try and help a couple of relatives with their Windows machines and I feel awkward trying to help them ... although I can usually handle it ...


44 posted on 03/30/2015 6:10:23 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: tacticalogic

Yes. However, the lists have to be either a csv or text file.

A pdf file won’t cut it with me.


45 posted on 03/30/2015 6:10:26 PM PDT by stylin_geek (Never underestimate the power of government to distort markets)
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To: eyeamok
> Something wrong with Linux? Why would someone install Windows on Purpose??

Nothing's wrong with Linux -- my primary workstation at work is CentOS, with a Windows 7 VM under Xen.

Which I installed, on purpose! :)

46 posted on 03/30/2015 6:12:14 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Please add me to the list!


47 posted on 03/30/2015 6:13:12 PM PDT by softwarecreator
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To: Star Traveler
> The man who is WILLING TO DO IT is the one who is qualified!

LOL... I think you must be right!

48 posted on 03/30/2015 6:13:36 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Please add me to the list. Thanks.


49 posted on 03/30/2015 6:14:08 PM PDT by Ray54
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To: wally_bert

No, not him.

He’s a Linux spy.


50 posted on 03/30/2015 6:15:20 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: dayglored

@echo off
title Ping Me!

:loop
echo Ping Me!
goto loop


51 posted on 03/30/2015 6:15:25 PM PDT by BushCountry (If you're wondering, "I got my screenname before GW was elected the first time.")
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To: dayglored

Add me, and what are the minimum system requirements for Win10?


52 posted on 03/30/2015 6:17:01 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: stylin_geek

If I’m lucky I get a csv. Most of the time it’s just a list of user names in the body of the email.

I’ve got a custom function added to the ISE that lets me copy it out of the email, and paste it into the ISE, already wrapped in the code to make it an array.


53 posted on 03/30/2015 6:17:01 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: dayglored

Add me please but if I have to reboot every time I’m pinged, I won’t be happy. ;)


54 posted on 03/30/2015 6:17:03 PM PDT by NeverEVERKerry (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: dayglored

If this is something you want to do, keep it to pure tech (related to Microsoft if you want), neutral but critical if it demands it. Not the type of fanboy nonsense those guy like to.


55 posted on 03/30/2015 6:18:31 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: NeverEVERKerry
Add me please but if I have to reboot every time I’m pinged, I won’t be happy. ;)

Perish the thought. The ping automatically reboots for you. Even if you're not logged on.

56 posted on 03/30/2015 6:19:21 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: wildbill
> Will this list also enable us to ask questions like: Is it feasible finanacially to upgrade a Windows Vista or XP machine to Windows 7 so I can get the free upgrade to Windows 10?

Sure! You can certainly ask questions like that! And given the huge breadth of knowledge on FreeRepublic, you'll find you have the answer in fairly short order.

My opinion on your question: I haven't worked the numbers but if you can find a copy of Win7 Pro pretty cheap (and they are going for pretty cheap now that regular support has ended and it's on extended support, meaning no new features), my guess is that it's worth it.

In my opinion, Win 7 has it all over XP and Vista. XP was great for its time but it's wildly obsolete and insecure by comparison. And Vista was just a turkey. Win 7 came out real nice and works great -- that's what I'm running on all my production Windows boxes (other than testing systems). Win 10 looks to be another winner like 7.

57 posted on 03/30/2015 6:20:50 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

I’m 20 years behind you, but picking up speed.

Please add me the List.

FReegards...


58 posted on 03/30/2015 6:20:53 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Star Traveler
> Well, I’ll just drop by once in a while, on my own, so no on the ping list, for right now. And I’ll never be a troll here, disrupting and harassing! I haven’t run Windows on my Mac, but I know it can be done, easily, and done while running the Mac OS as the main system. Of course, the Windows can be run on its own, too. I do have to try and help a couple of relatives with their Windows machines and I feel awkward trying to help them ... although I can usually handle it ...

Okay, ST, that's fine. I look forward to your occasional comments. FWIW, I have two copies of Win7 on my Mac Mini -- one is a VM in VMware Fusion, for running alongside the Mac applications, and the other as BootCamp for when I need to dedicate all the Mini's horsepower to a Windows task.

Some years ago Apple ran an ad campaign about how the best hardware to run Windows on for the money was actually a Mac (a MacBook Pro, I think). It's true.

I find Windows to be wonderfully stable and fast on Mac hardware. Who knew?

At home I'm also running it on my Fujitsu notebook and a few vanilla desktops, and it does well there too.

At work it's mostly rackmount servers, enterprise quality, so of course they're fine...

59 posted on 03/30/2015 6:27:41 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: Jonty30

I forgot the vast majority of what linux I ever used or knew.

I read about Linux academy and might sign up for that.


60 posted on 03/30/2015 6:28:48 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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