WINDOWS GAH!

Catharsis

ENOUGH I spent all weekend trying to get this damn HP pavilion computer to work properly, and enough is enough. I just got a return authorization to send it back and I’m going to replace it with a Window Seven box put together for me Joe Wood III. Yes, Windows Seven!  I am kind of sad because the Pavillion 24-bO16 64 bit box, with a humongous screen, was fast and held so much promise.  I won't go into details but ...

Critical Process Died

SENT FROM MY iPAD

BLUE SCREEN LIVES!

Nobody is Immune

There Be Monsters

The Humanity               Knock—Knock Who's There?

Anyone with a favorable/unfavorable experience with this upgrade? Tips?

PSA- WIN 10

Win 10? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JphpLkmimVo On balance I'm thinking that W-10 can't be worse than 8.1 (which I'm just getting used to); but I'm glad to learn that I have a full year to procrastinate even though I'll be barraged with daily URGENTs  ! from HP and MS every time I restart. Your mileage may differ.

WINDOWS 10

Is WIN 10 a Con? FORBES Update July 17th - Microsoft has now updated its lifecycle support page to list Windows 10. It states the end of Mainstream Support as October 13, 2020 and the end of Extended Support (security) as October 14, 2025. This is great news and I think these time periods are fair and inline with previous Windows releases. Is This A Two Year Con? So what does “two to four years” mean? Is it two or is it four? In light of no official clarification from Microsoft the slides can help – if not result in formal conclusions. In a change of language Microsoft states device lifetime will be determined by “customer type” whereas it had previously stated it would be determined by “form factor”. This may prove crucial. For example ....[FULL] Windows 10 is famously ‘free’, but Microsoft has been worryingly silent about just how free it really is. Now, only 17 days before release, leaks suggest ‘free’ Windows 10 might not be a good deal at all… The news comes from ComputerWorld which attained Microsoft internal slides that strongly suggest many Windows 10 owners will have to start paying to receive updates within two years. The key lines ComputerWorld discovered are: “Revenue allocated is deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated period the software upgrades are expected to be provided by estimated device life…. [The estimated device life] can range from two to four years.” ‘Device life’ is the key phrase here. Microsoft has already stated revenue earned from Windows 10 must be deferred because of the free upgrade model (cash isn’t taken upfront), but it repeatedly stressed Windows 10 owners can expect to get free updates for the “supported lifetime of the device”. The problem is Microsoft hadn’t defined how long the ‘supported lifetime of the device’ will be and now we see it: “two to four years”. I just went through the drill of reinstalling Windows 8 from scratch.  The very first ADVICE I received from Microsoft was to start preparing for Win 10.  I know some rich person out there is about to junk their 27-inch iMac for a 30-inch, so instead of throwing it away, why not send it to me?  And get your own parking space here?  CRAP

retooling

BANG Well, this here Windows 8 got so corrupted that I haven't been able to update for months and as a result everything is molasses slow. In a pique I just went ahead and wiped the slate clean.  That's where I'm at.  Sitting here in the woods with nothing.  And without any real interest in jumping through all those hoops.  I thought I'd backed everything up with DXMXL- it said I did-but now it shows "empty file." Crap

Windows 10

To recap what we’ve known since the Jan. 21 Windows 10 announcement:  Microsoft will provide an upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8 to Windows 10 for free, for a period of one year from the release of Windows 10. There are some important details to this deal that were revealed, and a few that weren’t. In my talk with Woodman, I got what I think is the definitive take on who will have to pay for Windows 10 and when, and who will not. - Marc Miller I think this might be Microsoft's last chance

Microsoft Internet Explorer Is Dead

TECHNO THRILLS

Microsoft Internet Explorer Is Dead  Windows 10 (?)Makes Way for Project Spartan "Project Spartan is Microsoft’s next generation browser, built just for Windows 10," Microsoft said in a statement to ABC News. "We will continue to make Internet Explorer available with Windows 10 for enterprises and other customers who require legacy browser support." HERE Windows 10? Where's 9?

Beating The Man

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