Barred From Another Forum-Video.

Here is one of my videos in which I talk about my ban from Neowin Forums.

Banned From Neowin Forums.

I have just been banned from Neowin Forums. It happened two days ago on Wednesday. In my last post I told readers that my posting rights on Neowin Forums had been suspended for ten days until 30th October 2012. You can read more of that story here-http://andreaborman2.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-trouble-with-forums_26.html

But I had since been posting again on the forum and I did not think there would be any more problems. Then I posted on a thread about IE10 on Windows 7. And the moderators deleted some of my posts.

Then about two hours later I got an email from a moderator of Neowin Forums telling me I have been permanently  banned from the forum.

Forums behaving badly-part 3.

Here is part 3 of my video in which I talk more about my problems with forums.

Forums behaving badly-part 2.

Here is part 2 of my video in which I talk more about my problems with forums.

Forums behaving badly-part 1.

Here is one of my videos in which I talk about my ten day ban from posting on Neowin forums.And also the problems I am having with other forums.

More trouble with forums.

I have had more problems with forums. Although I started my own forum two months ago,I still post on other forums. But I am still having problems with other forums. Last year I was banned for life from Seven Forums and Expert Law forums. For doing nothing wrong. And in March this year I was banned from Windows 7 Forums.com and Windows 8 Forums.com,their sister site for life. But three months ago,in July,the ban on me was lifted and I am no longer banned. And I am back on both Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums.

But I am still having problems on some other forums. And it happened to me again on Saturday. I have been banned from posting on another forum. This time Neowin Forums have banned me from posting on their forum for ten days until 30th October 2012. That is my posting rights have been suspended on Neowin Forums.

My own forum.

I have had so much trouble with forums that I thought that I would try something different. I have just created my own forum with a free forum hosting site,Forumotion.

And my forum is about computers,Windows and Linux. And also about forums and web hosting. That is creating a blog or website and using social network sites like Digg and Facebook. The disadvantage is that my forum is hosted on a free forum site and not on my own custom domain like this blog is. Which means that your site is not as secure as it is when you are hosting on a custom domain.As they can delete your site or forum any time. But if your site is hosted on your own custom domain they cannot.

Why are forums so difficult?

I have been posting on Windows forums recently.But I have also had a lot of bad experiences with forums.

Last October I was banned for life from Seven Forums for doing nothing wrong. And then a few hours later I was banned for life from Expert Law Forums for posting about my ban from Seven Forums.And back April this year I was banned for life from Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums. But a few weeks ago the ban on me was lifted and I am now back on Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums.

But as you may guess I have had more problems with forums. And I find a lot of forums difficult to get on with. And a lot of my experiences with forums have been bad ones.

Why are forums being so difficult? Part 3.

Here is part 3 of my video.In which I tell more of the problems I am having with forums.

Why are forums being so difficult? Part 2.

Here is part 2 of my video.In which I talk more about my bad experiences with forums.

Why are forums being so difficult? Part 1.

Here is part 1 of my video.In which I talk about the problems I am having with forums.

How to avoid update to Windows Live Essentials 2011.

Microsoft issued a mandatory update in July 2012 on Windows Vista with Service Pack 2,Windows 7 and Windows 8. To upgrade Windows Live Essentials 2009 version to Windows Live Essentials 2011 version. Here in this shorter video,I show you how to avoid the mandatory upgrade and keep Windows Live Essentials 2009 version. And you will also be able to carry on using Windows Live Messenger 2009.

Avoid mandatory upgrade to Windows Live Essentials 2011 version.

Here is one of my videos in which I show you how to avoid the mandatory update to Windows Live Essentials 2011 version.

How to avoid mandatory upgrade to Windows Live Essentials 2011.

I have been using Windows Live Essentials 2009,the Windows XP version,since I bought my first laptop. When Windows Live Essentials 2011 version came out at the end of 2010, I tried it on my Windows 7 netbook. And I knew right away I did not like it.

There have since been several updated versions of WLE 2011, and I have tried it several times, but I don't like WLE 2011.There are over 100 reasons why I don't like WLE 2011 version,too many to list here.

But the main reasons are,Windows Live Messenger 2011 is not the same as WL Messenger 2009 and the previous versions of WL Messenger.

Changes on Wikispaces.

Here is another one of my videos in which I talk about Wikispaces charging users for hosting their wikis in public.

About my ban from a Windows forum-part 2.

Here is part 2 of my video. Where I talk more about the story behind my ban from Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums.

About my ban from a Windows forum-part 1.

Here is one of my videos where I talk about the story behind my ban from Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums.

No more free hosting for Wikispaces users.

I have been a user of Wikispaces for three years now. Wikispaces is a free wiki hosting site that lets you create your own wikis and share them with the public. And I have my own wikis on the site.My latest one about Windows software and the upcoming Windows 8.Which I have put a lot of hard work into.

Re my ban from Windows 8 Forums.

Update-my ban from Windows 8 Forums has just been lifted. A few hours ago today. Here is the story.

A few days ago I told readers that the my ban from Windows 7 Forums was lifted last Wednesday 11th July. I found out that I have been reinstated in Windows 7 forums after I got an email from the admin on Wednesday.

Re my ban from Windows 7 and Windows 8 Forums.

Three Months ago,I was banned from both Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums. Both forums are run by the same admin,so if you are banned from Windows 7 Forums,you are also banned from Windows 8 Forums.See my other post here-http://andreaborman2.blogspot.com/2012/03/banned-from-yet-another-forum.html
But yesterday morning,Wednesday at 9am,I got an email from the admin of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Forums asking me to come back to Windows 7 Forums.

Problems with Mediafire.

Have you ever heard of Mediafire? If you are a software developer or if you have files that you want to share with friends you should have.

Mediafire is one of the larger file sharing and storage sites. And anyone can open a free account and upload their files and store them on the site for free. You can choose to make your files public so you can share them with friends. Or on your blog or website.Or private where only you have access.

And I have been using Mediafire for quite some time now. And a lot of my blog posts are about installing Windows XP and Windows Vista software on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

And so I use Mediafire to post links to my installer files that I have made, such as Windows Mail and other software from my computer. So that anybody who does not have Windows XP for example, can download the installer file onto their computer.As you cannot upload zip or exe files to your blog or website. But you can post download links to them.

Also you may want that old version of Aim Messenger for example, that they will no longer make in two months time. So you can download the zip or exe installer file and save it on a file sharing and storage site.And you can make it public or private. So if later on you want that file,you can just log into your account and download it.

But yesterday, when I went onto Mediafire and logged into my account.When I tried to download my files onto my computer, I could not.And this has been going on for over 24 hours now.

Get the Windows XP sound scheme and XP song on Windows 7.

This also works on Windows 8 and Windows Vista as well as Windows 7.

Miss the Windows XP sounds and Windows XP songs on Windows 7,Windows 8 and Windows Vista? Here is how you can get them back.

To install the Windows XP sounds such as the XP start up sound and log on or log off sound and also the Windows XP song on Windows 7,Windows Vista or Windows 8.You need to copy all of the sound files from Windows XP found in Windows/Media folder and then place them in the Windows/Meda folder on Windows 7,Windows Vista or Windows 8.

Get the Windows XP screen savers on Windows 7.

The Windows XP and screensavers will work on Windows 7,Windows Vista and Windows 8.And the Windows Vista screensavers will also work on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

The Windows XP screensavers are much better than the Windows 7 screensavers.And they have settings where you can customize the screensavers that are not in the Windows 7 screensavers. If you have a Windows XP computer you can install all of the Windows XP screensavers on Windows 7,Windows Vista and Windows 8. And also the two Windows Vista screensavers,Aurora and Windows Energy will work on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Get the Sound Recorder from Windows XP on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

In this video I show you how to install the Windows XP Sound Recorder on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Also works on Windows Vista.

Install Windows Mail on Windows 8-video.

In this video I show you how to install Windows Mail from Windows Vista on Windows 8.

Get the Windows XP Sound Recorder on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

The Sound Recorder on Windows XP has several features that have been removed from the new Sound Recorder on Windows Vista,Windows 7 and Windows 8. For example, on the Windows XP Sound Recorder you can play sound files that you have recorded in the Sound Recorder and edit your recorded sounds.But you cannot do this on the Windows 7, Sound Recorder that is also on Windows Vista, and Windows 8.But the good news is that you can install and use the Windows XP Sound Recorder on Windows Vista,Windows 7 and Windows 8. And run it alongside the Windows 7 Sound Recorder.

Run Windows XP Paint and Wordpad on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

The Windows 7 version of Paint and Wordpad has the ribbon toolbar. Unlike the Windows XP and Windows Vista versions that does not. Windows 8 also has the same Windows 7 version of Paint and Wordpad with the ribbon. But some people are not happy with the new version of Paint and Wordpad. So here is how to get back the Windows XP Paint and Wordpad. The one without the ribbons on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.If you have a Windows XP computer you can copy both the Wordpad and Paint exe files from Windows XP onto Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Reinstate Windows Mail on Windows 8.

Windows Mail is included in Windows Vista but it is removed from Windows 7 and Windows 8. But on Windows 7 it is easy to reinstate Windows Mail simply by deleting the inactive Windows 7 Windows Mail program file and replacing it with the Windows Vista program file.
Windows Mail can be installed on Windows 8. But the dill file needed to run Windows Mail is not included in Windows 8 like it is in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.So in order to get Windows Mail working in Windows 8 you need to copy the Msidcrl30.dill file from Windows 7 or Windows Vista onto Windows 8.Here is how to install Windows Mail on Windows 8.

Get WMP 5.1,Mplay32 on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

In this video I show you how to install WMP 5.1,Mplay32 from Windows XP on Windows 7 and Windows 8. This also works on Windows Vista.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview-video.

In this video I show you Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

How to install WMP 5.1 on Windows 7.

Note this also works on Windows Vista and Windows 8. On Windows XP there are two hidden earlier versions of Windows Media player that can be run alongside the latest version of Windows Media Player.

One is WMP 6.4,Mplayer 2 and the other is WMP 5.1,Mplay 32. WMP 6.4 only works on Windows XP.It does not work on Windows Vista,Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview which is a Beta version of Windows 8 was released on 29th February 2012. Before that I was using Windows 8 Developers Preview which was the first Beta version of Windows 8.

Windows 8 is the new version of Windows that may be released some time this year. A lot of people think that Windows 8 is different from other versions of Windows, but it is not really. Most of the Windows XP and Windows Vista software is working on Windows 8. And you can also run software for Windows 2000,98 and 95.

Banned from a forum again-video.

In this video I talk about my ban from Windows 7 Forums and Windows 8 Forums.

Banned from yet another forum.

It happened again I have just been banned from another forum. Last night on Saturday 25th March 2012. This time Windows 8 Forums have banned me from their two forums. Windows 8 Forums and Windows 7 Forums. The offense,I gave my honest opinion of what a poor version of Windows,Windows 8 Consumer Preview is.

Install Windows Movie Maker 2.1 on Windows 7.

Here is one of my videos in which I show you how to install Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for Windows XP on Windows 7. This also works on Windows Vista and Windows 8.

Install Windows Movie Maker 2.1 for Windows XP on Windows 7.

Images-Windows Movie Maker 2.1 on my Windows 7.And Windows Movie Maker 2.1 web cam feature working on my Windows 7.

Windows Movie Maker 2.1 is bundled with Windows XP and has many features
that have been taken out of Movie Maker 2.6 and 6. The record from the web cam feature has been removed from both Windows Movie Maker 2.6 and 6. For this reason many people prefer to use Windows Movie Maker 2.1, that has the web cam capture feature.