About this tag
On WindowsForum.com, the tag 'relief' appears in discussions about emotional relief after data loss from Windows updates, as well as in news threads about disaster relief efforts following the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. One thread describes a user's relief after restoring files deleted by a Windows Update, while others cover Japan's emergency budget for earthquake relief, pandas providing light relief for tsunami victims, and British survivors' relief at hearing from loved ones. The tag also appears in a thread about an escaped ostrich whose owner was relieved, and in a thread about the death of Osama bin Laden. These threads show 'relief' used in both personal computing and global event contexts.
  1. whoosh

    ART Paper Ride

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    • whoosh
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    • art carved relief figurative art floral art framed artwork horse horse riding nature paper ride relief rider sculpture tree motif
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  2. R

    Windows 7 Windows Update Deleted Desktop Files: Causes and Recovery Insights

    I just performed a Windows update which took over half an hour. When my laptop restarted, all my desktop files and folders were gone, all the contents of the Library (My Docs, My Music, My Videos and My Photos) had been deleted, the desktop and Windows Explorer had changed completely. I...
    • rubystar
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    • concerns data loss desktop file explorer files folders laptop libraries recovery relief storage system restore tech support update windows windows issues
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. cybercore

    Japan passes budget for emergency earthquake relief

    Japan's parliament has passed a 4tn yen ($49bn, £30bn) emergency budget for reconstruction following the 11 March earthquake and tsunami. The bill, unveiled last month, passed the lower house on Saturday and was approved unanimously by the upper house budget committee early on Monday...
    • cybercore
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    • budget disaster earthquake emergency housing japan reconstruction relief support tsunami
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  4. cybercore

    Osama bin Laden is dead.

    Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, is dead, officials said -- almost 10 years after the attacks that killed about 3,000 people. The founder and leader of al Qaeda was killed by U.S. forces Monday in a mansion in Abbottabad, north of the Pakistani...
    • cybercore
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    • 9/11 abbottabad al qaeda anti-american civilian casualties closure global terror international relations islam justice military muslim community obama operations osama bin laden relief security alert terrorism us forces war on terror
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  5. cybercore

    Pandas help lighten the mood in Japan

    Link Removed due to 404 Error A pair of pandas that arrived from China a few weeks ago made their first public appearance at a zoo in Tokyo on Friday, providing a little light relief for victims of the tsunami that hit the country in March. About 300 people who were forced from their...
    • cybercore
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    • aid broadcast cheers china community debut earthquake history japan mood panda public appearance relief territorial issues tokyo tsunami ueno zoo victims visitors zoo
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  6. cybercore

    Japanese firemen battle invisible danger

    The most difficult thing in a nuclear crisis, the Tokyo firefighter said, was the inability to sense where the danger was. The Tokyo Fire Department's elite rescue team was among those called in to cool down a nuclear plant north of the capital that was badly damaged by a March 11 earthquake...
    • cybercore
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    • crisis danger earthquake emergency explosion firefighters fukushima japan leadership military nuclear plant radiation relief rescue response risk safety tokyo tsunami
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  7. cybercore

    Stolen ostrich escapes and runs home

    An ostrich stolen from a farm in Romania showed homing pigeon skills after managing to escape from her captors to run all the way home at 40mph. The big flightless birds, native to Africa, are famous for their ability to run at high speeds but are not so well known for their homing...
    • cybercore
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    • animals birds diaconescu escape farm flightless homecoming homing skills nature navigation ostrich pets pitesti relief return romania rustlers speed stolen wildlife
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  8. cybercore

    Japan earthquake: Relief amid horror for British survivors of tsunami

    Worried families of Britons feared dead in the Japanese tsunami have spoken of their huge relief as they finally heard from their loved ones. Dawn Pearson, 66, had an agonising wait over the weekend until son Adam, who had been teaching English in the town of Kuji, got in touch. ‘It...
    • cybercore
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    • birmingham british communication disaster earthquake electricity english family internet japan kent orpington relief rescue safety sendai survivors teacher tsunami
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    • Forum: The Water Cooler
  9. J

    UAW Lunch Break

    Don't you feel relieved to see how well the bailout money was spent? Link Removed - Invalid URL Joe