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November 16

Activity Monitor downloaded on an old Windows XP ?

Hello, Learned Ones ! That unknown (to me) thing kept knocking every day at the door of my old (2002 version) but otherwise well-running Windows XP (+ Free 2013 AVG) , so I yielded and let it come in. But I see on the WP article Activity Monitor that it is an Apple device... Haven't I let the wolf enter my pigsty ? Must I eradicate the foreigner, or let it go on living its life peacefully ? Thanks beforehand for your answers (but please be explicit, mind I'm not a geek at all, I first knew of info. after my maturity went away, & am still trying to defragment my HDD, it was so easy on Windows 95...) . T.y. Arapaima (talk) 07:16, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

The Activity Monitor you linked to simply will not run on Windows. If you are running something called Activity Monitor on Windows, you need to find out what you're actually running. The fact it's not made by Apple is actually likely a bigger concern. For all the concerns with some of their Windows software, at least Apple software does not normally function like malware, but this is easily possible for some random Activity Monitor you got from some random unknown source. If it actually suggests it's made by Apple in the Help, About or somewhere else this would be an even bigger concern. Nil Einne (talk) 08:31, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Windowssoftware with the same name exists. Trio The Punch (talk) 10:32, 16 November 2012 (UTC) p.s. Step by step instructions to defragment harddrives with Windows XP.

Thanks a lot pals ! Since I'm retired now & don't work anymore for NKVD, I'll try to erase that "soft"ware ! (while defragmenting my HDD, if possible) T.y.Arapaima (talk) 08:09, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Clipboard/prntsc logger?

Hello, saving images for me it's really slow so I wanted to know if there's any clipboard logger or something that saves images automatically when the Print Screen button is pressed. (I've searched for print screen logger and no relevant results) 190.60.93.218 (talk) 13:11, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Try searching for screen capture tools. There are programs that take over the functionality of the print screen button, usually enhancing it by letting you select specific parts of the screen or other simlar tasks. A quick search shows several sites with screen capture tools or lists of suggested ones. Looking through their feature lists you may be able to find one that automatically saves images. 209.131.76.183 (talk) 13:21, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

I like to use Tinyresmeter for that. Right-click the tray icon and chose "Screenshots". Everytime you press the printscreen button it creates a file. If you want to share the screenshot online quickly you can use SceenSnapr, it automagically uploads the screenshot you've made and puts the URL on the clipboard. Trio The Punch (talk) 21:08, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

⊞ Win+S should work if you have Microsoft OneNote. Also take a look at Category:Screenshot software. ⋘HueSatLum ? ❢⋙ 02:35, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Mail

In AppleMac's Snow Lepard it was possible to "bounce" emails, how is that possible in Mountain Lion please?85.211.134.39 (talk) 16:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)