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stiuskr ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Joined: 01 September 2006 Country: United States Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Posts: 11403 |
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Need to do the same here, thanks for the reminder.
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Rob Suits Jr.
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clk230 ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 25 June 2014 Country: Australia Location: Adelaide Status: Offline Posts: 1199 |
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I couldn't put it off too much longer so today I converted to Windows 10 (from Windows 7). So far so good.
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C & C always welcome
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QuietOC ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 28 February 2015 Country: United States Location: Michigan Status: Online Posts: 3054 |
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I bought a couple of used HP desktops without drives and was worried I might have to purchase Windows licenses. But I installed 10 Pro and found them already fully activated. 10 also just boots up when I've swapped the system drive between different hardware. Though the Pro version doesn't activate on a machine previously activated with Home.
For installing 10 I made a UEFI bootable installer on my fastest SD card. Just a warning. Don't use Sony's in camera format option on such a card. The camera will happily use it, but the card will be unreadable by Windows. I had to PhotoRec the images. I am still using 7 for work, but they are supposedly upgrading it soon. Edited by QuietOC - 05 November 2019 at 14:10 |
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sybersitizen ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 04 August 2006 Country: United States Location: California Status: Offline Posts: 14358 |
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Over most of the 4+ years since this thread was started, I've been happily using Windows 7 on all my computers. However, Microsoft has now forced my hand by declaring the end-of-life for Win 7 support in January 2020, so I figured I might as well take action before the official deadline.
I recently converted two of my computers to Win 10, and I'm glad I waited for a more solid level of software maturity. No weird incompatibilities or other regrettable surprises. Minimal disruption. And it's still a free upgrade. One more computer to go and I'll be done. Anyway, no big deal ... just bumping the thread for the helluvit, I guess. |
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Pirate ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 16 May 2007 Country: United Kingdom Location: Liverpool Status: Offline Posts: 5763 |
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Ahoy!
I received an email message from Build 2017 the developer of the Windows 10 Creators Edition OS to advise there will be a new release in the autumn/fall (depending on where on the planet you are) called the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update which you read about here to see what it's all about, so it's just some heads-up should you be interested (or not) ![]() If not already signed-up, it might be a good idea to register for the Windows Insider Programme so you get a notification message advising when it's available either by direct download or using the Windows Update and Security option in the PC Settings of Windows 10. |
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Miranda F ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 11 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 3592 |
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Glad you found it!
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Miranda F & Sensorex, Sony A58, Nex-6, Dynax 4, 5, 60, 500si/600si/700si/800si, various Sony & Minolta lenses, several Tamrons, lots of MF primes and *far* too many old film cameras . . .
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stiuskr ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Joined: 01 September 2006 Country: United States Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Posts: 11403 |
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It was in the Internet Options>General>Tabs>Tabbed Browser Settings and it had changed from Open a New Tab to Open a New Tab in my News Feed. I do have Chrome installed but am used to IE and am aware of Firefox but never felt a need for it. But that might have changed.
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Rob Suits Jr.
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Miranda F ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 11 January 2014 Country: United Kingdom Location: Bristol Status: Offline Posts: 3592 |
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You should be able to find the google home page, enter the 'tools/internet options' tab in IE, then select 'use current' in the general tab as your home page. I'd recommend using either Chrome or Firefox, though, and Firefox has better privacy arrangements. I use both. ![]() |
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Miranda F & Sensorex, Sony A58, Nex-6, Dynax 4, 5, 60, 500si/600si/700si/800si, various Sony & Minolta lenses, several Tamrons, lots of MF primes and *far* too many old film cameras . . .
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pegelli ![]() Admin Group ![]() Dyxum Administrator Joined: 02 June 2007 Country: Belgium Location: Schilde Status: Offline Posts: 30252 |
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Rob, rather then fixing it maybe just switch to Mozilla Firefox
Two big advantages: - I till brings up the page with links to your most visited sites - It's properly colour managed I've been using it for several years now, and for me it's been virtually hassle free (and financially free) |
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Mind the bandwidth of others, don't link pictures larger then 1024 wide or 960 pix high, see here
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stiuskr ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Joined: 01 September 2006 Country: United States Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Posts: 11403 |
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Re: automatic updates. Yesterday I fire up the laptop and there's a notice about restarting to install updates. Which I did and now I've got to fix it. With Internet Explorer opening a new tab would bring up Google and my most visited sites, now it's a link to the neverending Microsoft Live page and is totally useless.
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Rob Suits Jr.
a99M2 a99 a77 a700 KM7D|Min24/2.8 Min35/2 So50/1.4 So50/2.8 Min85/1.4G Tam90/2.8 Tam180/3.5|Tam17-50 CZ24-70G2 KM28-75D So70-200G1 So70-300G So70-400G1| SonyF60 AD200R2 |
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Cliff ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 01 November 2006 Country: United States Location: Richmond Va Status: Offline Posts: 709 |
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One thing I do like about Win10 is the ability to set multiple monitors at different settings. On my desktop I use a 28" monitor turned vertically for OS, icons, email, etc and a larger, 42" 4k screen for photos. Prior versions of Windows set the monitors at their defaults and that was that. Now I can customize resolution, font size, icons, etc for each. Pretty nice really. FWIW, I'm using an AMD Firepro adapter, It was not terribly expensive and does a nice job with 4k and handling both screens. Sometimes it is time to give up older (expensive) beloved hardware that we know intimately when new stuff does what we need and more easily. Time to the dumpster can be shorter than mean time between failures, and that hurts. But, it is sorta like Nikons, Canons and the A9. It ain't going to be backwards compatible with a mirror. "The latest and greatest" often is. Moore's Law derivatives are still in the IT driver's seat. ![]() |
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stiuskr ![]() Moderator Group ![]() Joined: 01 September 2006 Country: United States Location: West Virginia Status: Offline Posts: 11403 |
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I don't have a problem installing updates, I have a problem when Windows decides now it's time to install that update no matter what you're doing. I want to update when I'm ready to and not be restricted to a 12 hour daily window where they can do what they want, it may be their program but it's my machine.
edit: addy, thanks for that, will read it later. I don't want it disabled, I want the updates to auto download but I want to be able to tell it, no, not now. Just like Win7 ![]() Edited by stiuskr - 20 April 2017 at 17:59 |
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Rob Suits Jr.
a99M2 a99 a77 a700 KM7D|Min24/2.8 Min35/2 So50/1.4 So50/2.8 Min85/1.4G Tam90/2.8 Tam180/3.5|Tam17-50 CZ24-70G2 KM28-75D So70-200G1 So70-300G So70-400G1| SonyF60 AD200R2 |
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IanL ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 30 December 2010 Country: Great Britain Location: Jersey,C.I. Status: Offline Posts: 2113 |
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I encountered a similar Win 10 problem with my Graphics Driver, which I use to feed a large TV screen. Previously, I could use the ATI utility to set a custom resolution to get a good fit to the screen. No more - stuck with a very limited set of resolutions, none of which are quite right. However, a Google search led me to the freeby Custom Resolution Utility, which works beautifully. Perhaps there is something similar for your problem. |
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Cliff ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 01 November 2006 Country: United States Location: Richmond Va Status: Offline Posts: 709 |
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"There is a perfectly good reason most people should update their Windows machine automatically: security."
![]() You got it. My personal and company machines have all had auto updates turned on for close to 20 years. Before the millennium one of my techies came to me and said "I'm getting really tired of watching for Windows updates, and I end up almost always pushing them to everyone anyway. How about if we turn on auto updates?" I agreed, and it's worked pretty well ever since. It is just irritating that Microsoft has taken the choice away from users, or made it difficult to do. The metered connection trick is available off the desktop and does not require editing group policies. |
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