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Probl e m s Solv ed

Why c an’t I b uy Y o uTube movies?
Why i s O ffice

b ecause,
2000 no longer Q I b ought a n i Pad y ears of age, includes payments, w ith A pple r equiring
all i n-app
approaching 8 0
p urchases to go through its
working right? and u se than a P C. I’m b e e asier t o l earn own p rocessing s ystem — f or which i t
I t hought i t’d
g etting on OK
charges c ompanies like G oogle a h efty
with it but I’m w ondering why I c an’t fee. Google could enable payments in its
Q I i nstalled my old O ffice buy m ovies in the Y ouTube app? I s earch Y o uTube a pp for i OS but has c hosen n ot
ant t o
2000 CD on my new
for a nd see l istings for m
ovies I w
to do so for t his r eason.
Windows 1 0 l aptop, as it’s watch, but they have a m essage that However, the Y ouTube app w ill play
all I n eed. I t w orked a t fi rst b ut for they’re “ not available for p urchase on iOS”. movies that you b uy elsewhere o nline
some r eason the fi les are n o l onger Dotty Tanner using t he same Google account. S o, log
associated with the O ffice p rograms, into Y o uTube o n a w eb browser a nd make
even though W o rd and E xcel and s o This i s b ecause Y o uTube o wner a p urchase there. Y o u d on’t have a P C b ut
on still work. C ontrol Panel d oesn’t A Google has n o d esire t o h and a you c an do this in any w eb browser,
list these old a pps a s o ptions for cut o f y our p ayment to its rival including S afari on your iPad. W hen y ou
launching t he relevant file t ypes. I s Apple. Apple t ightly c ontrols i ts devices, return to the Y ouTube app y ou’ll fi nd
this a f ault caused by a W indows 10 apps and i OS, t he operating s ystem that your movie by tapping Library followed
update? runs on your iPad. P art o f t hat c ontrol by the P urchases tab ( see s creenshot).
Alan Dexter
iPad owners
can w atch
A Windows 1 0 u pdate Y o uTube
While i t’s p ossible that some
movies
removed O ffice 2 000’s file bought at
associations, i t w ould be unfair to youtube.com
on the
label t his a f ault: t he suite i s 1 8 y ears Y o uTube a pp
old ( it was r eleased i n J une 1 999)and
Microsoft ceased s upport f or it in
2009. Th e c ompany doesn’t c laim
Office 2000 is compatible with
Windows 1 0, and d oesn’t expect
people t o s till be using i t.
Remaking these associations is
not obvious in Windows 1 0. From Why w on’t m y internet history d elete?
Control P anel, c lick Programs
followed by ‘Make a fi le type always If I u se Internet Explorer 11
open in a s pecific program’ (under Q (IE11) and p ut my postcode i nto
Default P rograms). Select a fi le type a w ebsite, a ll is well. I t hen c lear
(‘.doc for W ord,’ s ay), then click t he internet history using I E11’s tool or
‘Change p rogram’ b utton f ollowed b y CCleaner, b ut when I r eturn t o t he
the ‘ More apps’ l ink. Now s croll t o website m y p ostcode i s r emembered.
the b ottom o f t he list a nd click ‘ Look Other d ata entered o n d ifferent w ebsites
for a nother a pp on this PC’, and t hen is also being s tored. I h ave t ried t his o n
navigate to find a nd select Word’s three c omputers w ith t he latest update
executable file ( in C:\Program Files\ and a ll perform the s ame.
Microsoft O ffice\Office9, f or Bob G arwood
example).
A Clearing internet history won’t
wipe information entered
i nto
website f orms — t hat’s p art o f
IE11’s AutoComplete feature. Y o u c an
either disable this feature o r p eriodically
wipe the i nformation it collects.
In IE11, c lick the S ettings cog
followed by ‘Internet options’ a nd then
Content. Now , in the A utoComplete Stop your details b eing automatically entered
section, c lick Settings. T o d isable the in web f orms by deleting y our f orm data
feature, clear a ll the t icks. T o d elete the
history, c lick ‘Delete AutoComplete To do the s ame v ia CCleaner, t ick
history’ t hen t ick ‘ Form data’ ( see AutoComplete Form History before
screenshot) a nd click D elete to confirm. clicking Run C leaner.

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