Windows 10 - Yea or Nay? (2)
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 Wiggo  Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 37959 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 
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Well I've just finished a 2 day course in why I personally detest Win10 so much. :-( I not only learnt how badly Win10 can screw itself up, but getting it fully up to date took almost 5GiB of downloads to get done. :-O Cheers. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 
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For a curious turn of support for Windows: Microsoft Teams Is Now Available For Linux In Public Preview Form ... Microsoft bringing their Teams software to Linux isn't such a big hurdle as it's built on CEF/Electron, but is nice to see native Linux support made available. Microsoft Teams is available as a free trial while also offered through their Office 365 subscriptions... And for those forever living and breathing the only one true MS Office, there is yet more goodness to let you taste freedom yet still enjoy the MS Office you know: CrossOver 19.0 Released - Ending Out 2019 With Better Microsoft Office Support On Linux CodeWeavers has announced the availability of CrossOver 19 for their Wine-based software for running Windows programs/applications/games on macOS and Linux... Enjoy! Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Title says it all... It's the end of the 20-teens, and your Windows PC can still be pwned by nothing more than a simple bad font End 2019 with a Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, Adobe, SAP and Intel... Display a font and get pawned?!!! How can that be?! IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Oooer... This one is going to cause a lot of unwanted 'fun': Admins sigh as Microsoft pushes Teams changes – let everyone play! Microsoft has been alerting admins today to changes to its Microsoft Teams Exploratory "experience", which effectively allow users to sign up for a trial rather than requiring admins to grant the privileges... ... "Off by default would be the preference, or even better if they just didn't bother at all! TBH, it's offensive that they've shown such disregard for the role of admins who are supposed to be responsible for the proper management and protection of systems and the data they contain. Giving end users this kind of power is asking for trouble." Microsoft is keen to get as many people on board with its shared working tools as possible... For example, one of my IT Support clients would have their company immediately wiped off the internet with that one giggle choking their bandwidth limited connection... And that's just for one example... One (Microsoft Marketing) code to rulz them all?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Siran d'Vel'nahr  Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7381 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 
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Greetings, Well, here's a bit of news for those of us still running Windows 7. I left an appropriate message on his YouTube page: Ok, Carey, here's a good question for you. I have an old laptop that is busily running scientific research software. This laptop cannot run Winders 10. I tried to back in 2015 when 10 first came out and Microsoft said it will not run Winders 10. It is currently running Win7 Pro 32 bit. This laptop cannot even run modern Linux like this PC is doing. I'm not going to just toss that laptop into a trash pile because Microsoft is too arrogant to allow older good working hardware run anything but what they want us to run. So, what's your answer to what I should do about my laptop and I don't want to hear "junk it and buy a new one"? I have a new one that replaced it and it IS running Winders 10. :) Actually, I'm not holding my breath since no response will be forthcoming. ;) Have a great day! :) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
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Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
I take it that "Puppy Linux" which will boot on almost anything and can be installed and run from a Flash Drive is not modern enough? Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
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Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7381 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238
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Hi Tom, Never heard of it. I usually just go mainstream. :) I tried installing Linux Mint 32bit and the laptop would not take it. I don't remember what the reason(s) was/were. I had to buy the Win7 Pro on the laptop because I have used the product code from my then only Win7 Pro to activate Winders 10. I do have a Win7 Home Premium, but I wanted Pro on the laptop. Don't remember why I have the Home Premium.... :/ Perhaps when arrogant Micro$oft starts nagging my laptop, which I seldom do anything with except BOINC remotely anyway, I'll try the Puppy Linux. I don't even think I'm doing the updates on the laptop... May not get nagged anyway. ;) Have a great day! :) Siran CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 
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I have a HP laptop with an AMD E-450 CPU and 8 GB RAM running a 64-bit SuSE Linux Leap 15.0. It runs BOINC 7.8.3 provided by SuSE but has no graphic capabilities, so it cannot run GPU tasks, Currently it is running 2 Einstein@home tasks. Tullio |
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Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
It has been years since I tried it but I don't think you have to install it on a HD to boot it and give it full-blown try. I think I remember it being perfectly willing to "save state" onto a USB drive as well as boot from it. http://puppylinux.com/ Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Confused for when a new Windows 10 arises and how an old Windows 10 is still smouldering in the ashes of death? Reading this, you should be well confused unto being blue in the face! I don't want to go on the cart! Windows 10 Mobile hauls itself from the grave one last time Microsoft unloaded some festive cheer on the last remaining Windows Phone user by apparently extending the life of the doomed platform for another few weeks... In an homage to Harry Potter's every-flavour jelly beans, Microsoft unveils 'Lucky Dip' Windows 10 testing ring Fast Ring fans to get code 'no longer matched to a specific Windows 10 release' Mixed news for Windows Insiders today as the window for jumping to the Slow Ring slammed shut amid promises of minty fresh code for those on Fast (but don't ask for which version of Windows, m'kay?) Build 19536 of Windows 10 arrived for those brave souls on the Fast Ring last night, as the Windows Insider team offered up an almost-apology for the confusion over how things have worked over previous years and, er, obscured things just a little bit more. Because, hey, its Windows... Some messy 'fun' not to follow?... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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You WILL enjoy this new feature from Microsoft Marketing: Microsoft Inserts Non-Removable Ads Into Mail and Calendar Apps Microsoft confirmed there's no way to get rid of them... Enjoy! IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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And just in case any early updaters have been hit with: Microsoft Promises Fix for Windows File Explorer Not Responding Microsoft's released numerous bug-ridden updates to Windows 10 in recent months. But it looks like the company's working on fixing at least some of those problems, specifically those affecting the File Explorer, as Windows Latest discovered today. The problems with File Explorer are twofold. First, many users have reported that the search bar can freeze for long periods of time. Second, a recent update prevents users from right-clicking in the search bar. Microsoft has updated a blog post to say that it "fixed an issue where you could get into a state where it wasn’t possible to set focus to File Explorer’s search box in order to type your query" to address the first problem... Why oh why do the Microsoft droids have to use pseudo-pretend-geek speak to overcomplicate the foul-ups?... Why not more simply say "Not tested before release, fix comes sometime later"? IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5126 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
They might be willing to say "Not sufficiently tested before release...." but I think Management would hang them out to dry if anyone said "Not tested".... Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
Angelino Desmet  Send message Joined: 18 Dec 19 Posts: 10 Credit: 708,004 RAC: 3 
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Windows: nay. Last week my laptop didn't boot on Windows 7 after their newest update, so I felt forced to switch to Windows 10 as I didn't want to experience the same problem at the same update after a clean Windows 7 installation. I must admit that it's just become less of a hassle to update to Windows 10 than to do all the updates in Windows 7 after a fresh installation (Windows 7 updates occasionally didn't install for whatever reasons such as having a dual-booted system). As for the user-friendliness on 10, wow, it's still horrible. The amount of bloatware and settings that I have to disable is ridiculous. Plus the fact that they force you to make a Microsoft account on installation unless you pull out your Ethernet cable disgusted me greatly. However, after configuring everything as I like, I must admit I'll probably succumb and stick to Windows 10 on my laptop, dual booting Xubuntu as my primary operating system. I still have Xubuntu + Windows 7 on my desktop though. Anyway, all in all it doesn't matter that much because I'm mostly using Xubuntu. [size=12]https://www.cynicusrex.com: a sentient stack of stardust pondering nothing and everything. |
Jord  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 
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Last week my laptop didn't boot on Windows 7 after their newest updateWhich is one reason why both my remaining Windows 7 systems haven't had any updates in 6 months. One of them is going away in February, it's moving house with my ex, going to live there for her as her TV server. My present system will become my new TV server, while my new system (which is all loose parts lying in wait for a build) will get Windows 10 on it, reusing the serial number of the old TV server going with the ex. She'll be putting Linux on that thing anyway. |
Cliff Harding  Send message Joined: 18 Aug 99 Posts: 1432 Credit: 110,967,840 RAC: 67
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Plus the fact that they force you to make a Microsoft account on installation unless you pull out your Ethernet cable disgusted me greatly. In the install process, you can skip that step, it's in fine print (small font) below the account logon. Thus, I've never had to log on the M$S for an install. I do admit that I have to go through some hoops to change the parameters to logon to M$S and back again, that I very rarely us my M$S account. The only thing I'm testing at the moment is the beta version of the new Edge that supposed to come out with the next major release, and I don't need to logon to do it. The only major thing I don't like about is the favorites list. Before the beta version, if you imported your favorites from IE 11 and once you accessed the list it remains visible whenever you hit the favorites button until you exit Edge. Now, under the same scenario, you must hit the favorites button and then the sub-menus (2) until you get the list each and every time you access it.   I don't buy computers, I build them!! |
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Angelino Desmet Send message Joined: 18 Dec 19 Posts: 10 Credit: 708,004 RAC: 3
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In the install process, you can skip that step, it's in fine print (small font) below the account logon.Yeah, I've heard that before, but it was nowhere to be seen during my setup. Only after removing my Ethernet cable I could skip it. (...) The only thing I'm testing at the moment is the beta version of the new Edge (...)Why would you want to use Edge? Have you ever tried Vivaldi browser? [size=12]https://www.cynicusrex.com: a sentient stack of stardust pondering nothing and everything. |
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Angelino Desmet Send message Joined: 18 Dec 19 Posts: 10 Credit: 708,004 RAC: 3
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Windows: nay.I take back what I said. Windows 10 failed on me, again, so I'm back to Windows 7. Windows has become the most unreliable OS I've ever used. [size=12]https://www.cynicusrex.com: a sentient stack of stardust pondering nothing and everything. |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21702 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Windows 10 is now free (of cost)?... YouTube: Why Windows is FREE Now You take your chances... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3
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Well, color me surprised. Been running Windows 10, built 1909 for two weeks now, clean install on a brand new AMD and other than some BSOD hiccups due to the total brokenness of Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Brokepoint), haven't had it misbehave yet or do weird things on me. I may be tempted to reset my other older Intel running Win7 (stopped updating it a year ago) and install Win10 1909 clean on it as well. I backed everything on that system up anyway as things had to be moved to this new system, and that system is going to be my new TV-server which streams everything from the internet and the NAS onto the TV. So it doesn't need to hold on to the 2TB of data still on its hard drive. Ah, yes, the only idiosyncrasy I had the new system do was that it couldn't find the NAS in Network. But that's due to Windows Features having set SMB 1.0 Sharing support off by default. Turn that on and the NAS will pop right up. |
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