Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote

>> This could find hardware problems (e.g., in the USB cable or in the port
>> being used on the PC) which are related to _both_ the OP's issues.
>
> Thanks, pal. I think you overwhelmed me with a vast quantity of help,
> but I can see you had the answer too.

I'm not a normal Usenet poster who is normally here for their amusement.
I'm here to edify and to learn.

When I learn, I learn from helpful people who are smarter than I am, such
as Paul and wasbit and Stan Brown and Herbert Kleebauer and Andy Burns.

When I edify, it's to write up as completely as I can, how people who
aren't as smart as those guys are, can do the things those guys can do.

You'll note that I make generous use of the Google-archived newsgroups.
There's a reason for that (i.e., it's permanently archived).
<http://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>
<http://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.microsoft.windows>

The purpose is to leverage the appreciable expense of effort to many!

That way the few people who know how to run a Google Usenet-article search
can find the data, now and far into the future - but also the less informed
who only know how to run a "normal" Google search find the data also.

Many (many!) times, for example, I've run a Google or DuckDuckGo or MetaGer
search where the first page of hits has some of my best Usenet tutorials.

I do all this because I am a good person who cares that others get answers.
--
Unfortunately the Windows ng we most use is not archived by Google so many
years ago I made this URL which is better than nothing for Windows searches
<http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10>

Wally J wrote:
> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote
>
>>> This could find hardware problems (e.g., in the USB cable or in the port
>>> being used on the PC) which are related to _both_ the OP's issues.
>>
>> Thanks, pal. I think you overwhelmed me with a vast quantity of help,
>> but I can see you had the answer too.
>
> I'm not a normal Usenet poster who is normally here for their amusement.
> I'm here to edify and to learn.
>
> When I learn, I learn from helpful people who are smarter than I am, such
> as Paul and wasbit and Stan Brown and Herbert Kleebauer and Andy Burns.
>
> When I edify, it's to write up as completely as I can, how people who
> aren't as smart as those guys are, can do the things those guys can do.
>
> You'll note that I make generous use of the Google-archived newsgroups.
> There's a reason for that (i.e., it's permanently archived).
> <http://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>
> <http://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.microsoft.windows>
>
> The purpose is to leverage the appreciable expense of effort to many!
>
> That way the few people who know how to run a Google Usenet-article search
> can find the data, now and far into the future - but also the less informed
> who only know how to run a "normal" Google search find the data also.
>
> Many (many!) times, for example, I've run a Google or DuckDuckGo or MetaGer
> search where the first page of hits has some of my best Usenet tutorials.
>
> I do all this because I am a good person who cares that others get answers.

There are few NGs these days that are worthwhile; so many are flooded
with spam and trolling.
This one is among a few of the better ones.

I like your ideas of passing solutions into Google's top brackets.
Another way I've seen used is to post with "SOLVED" in the title. And
then a search in Google's Advanced Groups Search page will find them.

Ed

In message <ud9eun$2e995$2@dont-email.me>, Ed Cryer
<ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> writes
<big snip>
>There are few NGs these days that are worthwhile; so many are flooded
>with spam and trolling.
>This one is among a few of the better ones.

I find that the news sever I use - NIN - does an excellent job of
filtering out spam, so I hardly ever see any. It can't help with the
trolls, of course.
--
John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

On 2023-09-05 23:27, Wally J wrote:
> Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote
>
>>> This could find hardware problems (e.g., in the USB cable or in the port
>>> being used on the PC) which are related to _both_ the OP's issues.
>>
>> Thanks, pal. I think you overwhelmed me with a vast quantity of help,
>> but I can see you had the answer too.
>
> I'm not a normal...

....human?

We know, Arlen.

We know.

:-)