Banned from 2 forums in 24 hours.

Here is one of my videos in which I talk about my being wrongly banned from both Seven Forums and Expert Law forums. For doing nothing wrong.

Banned from a forum again.

Yesterday I told you how I was banned from Seven Forums for doing nothing. Well,I have just been banned from a forum called Expert Law,which is an American forum.The offense- I started a new thread about how I was banned from Seven Forums. I got several replies from members,until a moderator came along and banned me from the forum. So now I am banned for life from the Expert Law forum as well as from Seven Forums.

Banned from another forum without warning.

It happened again I have just been banned from another forum. A few months ago I told readers how I got threatened with a ban from Linux Mint forums. And how C Net forums banned me,but reinstated me after I emailed a moderator about my ban. Well,it has happened again,about an hour ago today. This time Seven Forums have banned me for doing nothing.

Run Windows Movie Maker 6 alongside 2.6 on Windows 7.

Windows Movie Maker 6 is bundled with Windows Vista, just like Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is bundled with Windows XP. But Windows 7 does not come with Windows Movie Maker, but you can install Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows Vista,on Windows 7.

Windows Movie Maker 2.6 is made for Windows Vista computers that do not have the hardware to run Windows Movie Maker 6. But you can run both Windows Movie Maker 6 and 2.6 alongside each other on both Windows 7, and Windows Vista.

Run Windows Vista apps in Windows 7.

Windows 7 and Windows Vista are alike. In fact both operating systems look identical in appearance. But while Windows 7 is fast,Windows Vista is slower and takes up more ram than Windows 7 and Windows XP does. Also Windows Vista does not run well on a Netbook,although there are Netbooks with Windows Vista.

But because Windows 7 and Windows Vista are so similar to one another,you can run all of that great software,such as Windows Mail and Windows Calendar and more on Windows 7.

How to get the Vista sidebar back in Windows 7.

The Windows Sidebar that is in Windows Vista is not included in Windows 7. But you get back the Vista sidebar in Windows 7. Here is how.

Make Windows 7 look like Windows XP-sort of.

You have just bought a Windows 7 computer or have just installed Windows 7. But you miss the old theme and look of Windows XP. Well,as you know Windows Vista and Windows 7 are similar to Windows XP in a lot of ways,except that they both have the Aero transparent theme. Although you can switch from Aero theme to Windows Classic(Windows 98 look,)which is not transparent.

Run Windows XP and Windows Vista software on Windows 7.

In this video I show you some Windows XP and Windows Vista software that can run on Windows 7.

Make Windows 7 Look Like Windows XP.

Here in this video I show you how to get the Windows XP and the classic start menu used in Windows 2000,98 and 95 on Windows 7. Using a software called Classic Shell.

Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7-video.

Here is one of my videos in which I talk about Windows Movie Maker running on Windows 7.

Windows Movie Maker on Windows 7.

Windows 7 is a good operating system, but a lot of the software that was on Windows XP has been taken out of Windows 7. Windows Movie Maker is one of the software not included in Windows 7. But you can get Windows Movie Maker back in Windows 7.

Re-my ban from a forum.

Last Monday I was banned from posting on C.Net forums. But the next day,on Tuesday the ban on me was lifted. Here is the story behind it.

Re-my ban from C.Net forums-update-

A few days ago I told you how I was banned from posting on C.Net forums.My account was blocked.So although I could log into the site and read the posts,I could not post on the forums. So I spent the past two days Monday and Tuesday emailing a moderator of the forum to find out why I had been banned from posting.

Using your laptop away from home.

Here is a video in which I talk about using your laptop or Netbook away from home such as in hotels or coffee shops. I also give useful tips.

How to connect to Google Talk on Pidgin.

The default server settings in Pidgin Messenger work without any problems on most home broadband networks. And they will work on most mobile broadband networks too. But if you are using public wifi you may find, as I have that Pidgin cannot connect to your Google Talk account. In my case,Pidgin works fine with the default settings on my broadband connection at home and on my mobile broadband. But I could not connect to Google Talk on Pidgin messenger at all on the hotels public wifi. Although I can when I use my T.Mobile broadband. So after searching the web,I found out how to change the server settings in Pidgin. So that it now connects to Google Talk on the public wifi. And I think that this information will be useful to anyone who is having difficulty connecting to Google Talk on Pidgin.

How to stay safe on public wifi.

I am on holiday at the moment and so I have taken my laptop,a Netbook with me. Many hotels and coffee shops have public wifi that you can connect to the Internet on. But there are steps that you need to take.As public wifi is less secure than your own wifi or wireless broadband at home. One alternative is to use your own mobile broadband. I have T.Mobile pay as you go broadband,which I can use when I take my laptop outside my home. But even with mobile broadband you still need to take the same steps, to keep your laptop safe. 

I have just been stopped from posting on a forum.

Here is a video in which I tell that C.Net forums has blocked my account. Which means that I can log into their website and read the forums. But I cannot post in them. But I did not do anything wrong. And this is not the first time I have had problems with forums. As you will hear in this video.

Blocked From Posting On A Forum.

A few months ago I told readers of how I got a warning from Linux Mint forums. Telling me they would ban me if I continued to post,because they did not like my ideas about computing. So I did not want to give them the satisfaction of banning me and I just stopped posting on that forum.

Well it happened to me again on another computer software forum-on C Net forums.

Internet cafe problems.

Here is another video in which I talk more about the problems with using Internet cafes.

Problems with Internet cafes.

Here in this video I talk about the problems with using Internet cafes. Which have a lot of rules. I got told off in an Internet cafe on Monday for downloading Safefox on the computer I was using. I was told by the cafe manager that they do not allow people to install web browsers on their computers.

Internet cafe does not allow you to install Safefox or other web browsers.

I was told off by the Internet cafe owner for downloading Safefox web browser on the computer I was using in an Internet cafe. I was told" you are not allowed to install any software on our computers. We do not allow it."

I was in an Internet cafe in Liverpool on Monday,and I was using their computers because I did not have my laptop with me. I left it at home and so while I was on holiday,I was using Internet cafes.

Windows Media Player 9 on Windows XP.

Images-left-Windows Media Player 6.4 one of the two hidden media players on Windows XP. Can be set as the default media player. Windows Media Player 5.1 cannot be set as the default player. But both media players can be run on the same computer,alongside Windows Media Player 9. Right-Windows Media Player 9 the current version on Windows XP.

Windows Media Player 5.1 on Windows XP.

Image- Windows Media Player 5.1 or mplay32 running on Windows XP.

Windows Media Player 6.4 on Windows XP.

Image-Windows Media Player 6.4 or mplayer2 running on Windows XP.

Use the two hidden media players in Windows XP.

Windows Media Player 9 (WMP 9 for short) is the default version of WMP bundled with all editions of Windows XP. But there are also two earlier versions of Windows Media Player. That can be used the same way you would use the latest version of Windows Media Player. These are Windows Media Player 6.4 and Windows Media Player 5.1. But they are hidden and so do not appear in the start menu with most other installed programs,but here is how to enable and use them.

ICQ no longer lets you log in with your Aim account.

I have not used ICQ messenger for quite some time as I have several Netbooks and have been using Aim Messenger. Well today I used one of my other Netbooks that has ICQ Messenger on it. Although I have an ICQ account I sign in with my Aim account, also Aol email account. But today when I tried to log in with my Aim screen name I found I could not do so. I got a message saying "incorrect log in."

So I tried to sign in with my other Aim account and the same thing happened. I could not sign into ICQ with any of my Aim accounts.

Windows XP in 2011.

I have got three Windows 7 netbooks,all HP Mini 210 with different editions of Windows 7. That is Windows 7 Starter and Windows 7 Professional. And I recently bought another netbook with Windows XP Home Edition, service pack 3. Which I was very lucky to find. Because in England,they are no longer making Windows XP and Windows Vista computers and laptops,only Windows 7. So the Windows XP netbook I bought was the last one they had in the store. I only bought my first laptop a year ago,before that, I was using Internet cafes to write my posts.

How to use Instantbird and Pidgin messengers for IRC chat.

Instantbird and Pidgin messengers are best known for talking to contacts on multi-networks. And they both support Google Talk,MSN,Aim and more. But did you know that you can also use Pidgiand Instantbird to connect to and chat on IRC networks? Until a few days ago, I did not know this myself.Until I searched on the web and found out that you can connect to multiple IRC networks on both messengers.

Flock browser to be discontinued.

I have just been browsing the web to see if there were any updates for my installed version of Mozilla Flock web browser. When I found out from their website that Flock is to be discontinued after 26th April 2011. And they will not be making any more versions, and all updates will stop for both Mozilla Flock 2.6.2, and Flock 3 beta. And there will be no further support for Flock after this date. And this has come as a shock for many users of this web browser.

Flock browser to be discontinued-video.

Flock browser is to be discontinued at the end of April 2011. Here in this video, I talk about alternative web browsers to Flock.

Beware of the forums-part 2.

Linux Mint forums have given me a warning that they will ban me from their forum. Because they don't like my ideas on computing. Here I talk about the disadvantages of joining a forum.

Beware of the forums.

It happened again. I was given another warning by a moderator.Telling me I would be banned from Linux Mint forums. For doing nothing. Here is my video about it.

The problems with a forum.

Last week I told readers how I was given a warning by Linux Mint forums telling me that I will be banned from their forum.If I continue,what they call hijacking topics on their threads. Which I did not do.

Well it happened again,on Saturday,I got another warning, my second one, from a moderator of Linux Mint forums.The offense-I just posted in a thread about Thunderbird on Linux Mint. And I answered another post about anti-virus software on Linux. That's all.

Free webcam software.

Most laptops have a built in webcam,although a lot of full sized computers don't. But you can use an external webcam that you can plug into the USB plug socket. But the problem is, that they don't come with desktop software to record videos or take photos with. If you want to record your own webcam videos to post on video sites, like You Tube or My Space. You can do this by going directly onto the site, and record from there.

But it is much better to be able to take webcam photos and videos from your computer desktop. And then you can edit them and save them in a file on your computer,and upload them to video sites, or your blog or website.

The email that nobody can use.

Here is a video in which I have an open chat with my friend about email clients,such as Outlook Express,Thunderbird and others. They are impossible to use for most computer users.

Should you post on a forum?-video.

Here is a video in which I talk about the problems of using computer software forums. And I talk about how Linux Mint forums threatened to ban me. Because they did not like my ideas about computing.

Pale Moon 4 is here.

Firefox 3 has now been discontinued a few days ago and has been replaced with Firefox 4. And now Pale Moon have released their version-Pale Moon 4,which is available for download.

I tried Firefox 4 and I was not very impressed with it or it's rather bland appearance.But Pale Moon is different. Pale Moon is an open source version of Firefox that is made only for Windows. But it is much faster than Firefox and I have been using Pale Moon 3 for quite some time now.

Should you post on a forum?

I got my own laptop last year,which is my first computer,a Netbook. And since that time I now have three Netbooks,all Windows 7. And so I have started to take an interest in computer software. And I tried Linux Mint 9 for a short time but it did not work out for me. So I uninstalled it, and I now have just got Windows 7 only, on my computer.Which I am very happy with.

But it was my interest in software that led me to join a computer software forum. The most well known computer software forums are Windows 7 forums and Linux Mint forums as well as many others. And I have joined several of these forums, but now I am sorry that I did, and I now wished that I had not bothered to.

I have been writing several post on Windows 7 forums and Linux Mint forums and some others. And the Linux Mint forums has threatened to ban me from the forum because it does not like my posts.

Adobe Flash player.

When you first get your computer it only has one web browser,Internet Explorer. So you install a different web browser,Firefox or Google Chrome or another. Then when you go onto a video site in for example, Firefox or Chromium,you find you cannot play videos.

Gom Media player.

Last week I wrote about how I uninstalled Windows Media player on my laptop and replaced it with VLC media player. But if you are planing to get rid of Windows Media player,you don't have to replace it with VLC player,as there are many other video players for Windows you can use. There is another very good media player that is a lot like VLC and works just as good on Windows. It is Gom Media player,so if you do not fancy having VLC player, you could use Gom player as a replacement for Windows Media player.

I have two laptops and on both of them I have uninstalled Windows Media player. On the first laptop I installed VLC media player only as the replacement for Windows Media player. And on the second laptop I installed Gom Media player only as the replacement for Windows Media player.

Miro video player.

Here is one of my videos in which I talk about Miro video player.Which downloads videos,in it's own web browser,saves them as well as play them in it's own video player.

How to uninstall Windows Media player.

Here is one of my videos in which I explain how to uninstall Windows Media player and replace it with VLC Media player.

How to uninstall Windows Media player and replace it with VLC player.

I have broken many Windows rules in terms of computing and will probably continue to do so. One rule is that you are not supposed to remove Internet Explorer web browser because it is bundled with Windows. So if you remove it you could damage Windows or Windows could stop working.

Miro-an alternative to Real Player.

There are a few programs on the web that can download and convert videos into wmv,flv and mp3 format. Such as browser plug ins like Downloadhelper and Download It All. And also Real Player,which is a media player with a built in web browser that downloads and converts videos from the web,and saves them in files on your computer. I have used Real Player to download and save my own videos from the web. But Real Player is not without it's problems and Windows users will know that Real Player often crashes and it is slow and some times does not work.

Using Wine in Linux-part 2.

Here is another one of my videos showing more ways to use Wine in Linux Mint.

Using Wine in Linux.

Here is one of my videos showing how to run Windows software on Linux Mint using Wine. Which is a software that lets you install and run Windows web browsers on Linux.

How to use Wine in Linux Mint to install Windows software.

It is possible to install and run Windows software on Linux by installing a software called Wine. This allows you to install Windows web browsers on Linux. The Mozilla based web browsers such as Safefox and Comet Bird install and run fine on Linux. But Wine does not work for Internet Explorer engine based browsers like Green browser. Which installs but will not run on Linux.

Linux Mint.

Although I am not ready to give up my Windows operating system for Linux and to be honest I think that Windows is better. But other Windows users may be looking for an alternative and while Linux is very different from Windows.Some brands are quite difficult to use and master. But Linux Mint is made for windows users in mind and so the start menu and desktop is set out similar to Windows. But the operating system is quite different. Linux Mint is also more user friendly than Ubuntu. Here is one of my videos explaining more.

Linux installed alongside Windows.

A lot of people want an alternative operating system to Windows and many are turning to Linux. Which unlike Mac it is open source and free. But is it really better than Windows? And more important,should you give up Windows and replace it with Linux? While it is possible to replace Windows completely with Linux there is another option.

And that is to keep Windows and install Linux alongside of it. I have tried several Linux operating systems on my laptop, a Netbook. And installing Linux alongside Windows is the best and safer option as then it is installed either with a Windows installer or mounted on a removable CD drive or CD Rom.