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Post by MartinT on Feb 13, 2016 14:14:56 GMT
Here's a well considered article on the 'truth' about Windows 10 reporting 'masses of data' back to Microsoft. It shows how easy it is for ill considered articles by so-called experts to create mass hysteria on the internet, with everyone suddenly believing and passing on this cobblers as some kind of known fact. It says as much for social behaviour as it does about Microsoft. Personally, I trust Microsoft at least as much as Google and more than Apple, and that's being kind to them. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 13, 2016 17:05:16 GMT
I find it astonishing how many IT armchair experts there are on forums and amusing how many of these experts are constantly battling computer problems. Lord knows what they do with their machines?
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Post by canetoad on Feb 14, 2016 0:51:18 GMT
We use them for more than word processing, email and surfing the net...
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Post by stanleyb on Feb 14, 2016 10:46:20 GMT
I find it astonishing how many IT armchair experts there are on forums and amusing how many of these experts are constantly battling computer problems. Lord knows what they do with their machines? There are also loads of other kinds of experts on forums as well. And there are two main kind of It experts. One group specializes in causing damage to your data on your PC, bombard you with spam, and even try to force you to pay them a ransom. The other groups tries to unpick the damage caused, or come up with measures to combat problems. But some of the folks contributing in this thread are experienced IT professionals who are in the IT business and are earning a decent wage from it as well. I bet you that you could not find a British based IT expert that would give you even 50% of the advice given in this thread, for less than £400 an hour as a consultant. |
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Post by speedysteve on Feb 14, 2016 15:14:39 GMT
I just got my old driving games / Sims working on our desktop which we rarely use now.
It's still a decent spec and runs Grand Prix Legends (totally revamped from the original 1997 release). The physics engine is the same as are the cars and tracks (unless you care to download from the wealth of excellently done stuff). The graphics are good.
The GPL community is / was incredibly knowledgeable.
GT Legends also in working, mines a Porsche 906 thankyou.
And then Race07 features Caterhams and Radicals.
Logitech have updated drivers for all their old wheels / pedals;)
All working fine on W10.
Will try Airfix dogfighter next:)
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Post by MartinT on Feb 14, 2016 16:45:08 GMT
Good luck with that all, can't stand computer games myself  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 14, 2016 17:44:56 GMT
I make PCs go wrong easily enough without playing games !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2016 21:26:54 GMT
Just upgraded to Win 10. First impressions is an improvement over 8.1 but apps do cause clutter being condensed into the start button bar. Certainly a slicker OS than previous versions and less confusing if you are familiar with the earlier windows incarnations.
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Post by MartinT on Feb 19, 2016 8:03:16 GMT
You can go to Start | All apps and right-click to get options for each app. I put my most frequently used apps on the taskbar and leave the rest in the Start menu. Order can be restored with a little work up front.
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Post by stanleyb on Feb 19, 2016 10:48:57 GMT
Just upgraded to Win 10. First impressions is an improvement over 8.1 but apps do cause clutter being condensed into the start button bar. Certainly a slicker OS than previous versions and less confusing if you are familiar with the earlier windows incarnations. The thing is that I don't see it that way. W7 and W8.1 seem perfectly OK to me. Vista and W8 were however not my cup of tea. My opinion might well be due to the way I use my laptops. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 11:18:02 GMT
Well I discovered one or two minor glitches in upgrading. The speaker icon disappeared and was greyed out where you are supposed to switch it on/off. Solved by changing image size to 125% and back logging out and back each time. Also Lenovo software kept telling me that a windows upgrade was ready when obviously not so switched the notification off. It's not a vast upgrade over 8 apart from the return of the start menu but it's free. If you have 7 you might want to stick with it - I see 7 going on for years as a corporate favourite like XP (which made little sense over win 2000 at the time).
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Post by MartinT on Feb 19, 2016 12:57:00 GMT
XP was best when you disabled the Themes service and thereby made it look like 2000  |
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Post by MartinT on Feb 19, 2016 13:16:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 15:21:25 GMT
Think I fixed the old Dell though didn't connect to monitor. Took everything out with a view to junking it then as an afterthought plugged in again and it appears to be booting properly from the front lights (except the floppy drive is unresponsive). If ok it will get some extra memory and windows 8 pro which I have ready.
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Post by MartinT on Feb 23, 2016 18:13:25 GMT
Whoa, now this is the first product from HP in years that looks seriously fab! The phablet is the device with all the processing power. The 'laptop' is just a dock, run from the phablet via Windows 10 Continuum. Love it! An office in a phone! Great to see another vendor really take W10 to the next level.  |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 23, 2016 11:07:01 GMT
Windows 10 Mobile version 14327.1000 has now been released. Among other new features, it allows me to send text messages from any of my computers/tablets, using the phone as the sending device. Cool.
I can already have the phone (Cortana) read text messages to me in the car and reply to them, all hands-free. That's a nice feature.
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Post by stanleyb on Apr 23, 2016 11:41:03 GMT
That's a feature that was part of Nokia PC Suite.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 23, 2016 11:45:30 GMT
They were well ahead at one stage.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2016 11:55:00 GMT
I find it astonishing how many IT armchair experts there are on forums and amusing how many of these experts are constantly battling computer problems. Lord knows what they do with their machines? for less than £400 an hour as a consultant. Wouldn't get out of bed for that little |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 23, 2016 12:15:42 GMT
Hah! You have to deal with people who...
- are suddenly unable to use simple English to describe the problem they are having
- cannot follow a series of simple steps without going off track
- expect you to recognise the symptoms and have a solution immediately
- have tried 'everything' and therefore know they have a hardware problem
- understand more than you do because they've looked it up on the internet
- rarely show any gratitude since it's you who has inconvenienced them
Yes, you're right, it's not worth £400 per hour!
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