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Post by John on Sept 27, 2017 4:23:00 GMT
I just updated W10 to its latest stable version on my music server. A bit more depth and detail plus super fast start up times.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2017 9:59:28 GMT
If anyone hasn't yet upgraded to Creator's Edition (1703) then it's well worth doing as there are fundamental efficiencies making it faster all-round, as well as welcome improvements to Settings, Edge etc.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 27, 2017 15:52:00 GMT
Don't W10 upgrades happen automagically ?
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2017 16:45:59 GMT
Updates do. Upgrades need you to initiate them. Just use the Windows Update Assistant (yes, I know, Microsoft being inconsistent as usual). Go here and click Update Now. |
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Post by zippy on Sept 27, 2017 17:54:32 GMT
I just discovered that Win10 now (and apparently for a while) allows you to have file path/lengths over 260 characters.
Needs a registry change though.
I can't imagine why anyone would want that. I've only ever seen the 260 limit hit by useless users who've created layers upon layers of folders, with ridiculously and unnecessarily long names such as
"the results of the poll held on august 25th 2016 to decide whether the company should stop giving staff free tea and biscuits and start making a nominal charge for them, or carry on giving the free tea and biscuits at the risk of jeopardising the next general pay rise"
or is that better than a file called "poll 250817"
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2017 19:11:40 GMT
When you have file servers with shares for each person and they then load up their well-foldered library with the contents of poorly written educational CDs, trust me you blow through the 260 character file/path limit and beyond very quickly. In order for all workstations to make sense of it, as well as our backups actually store it all without file loss, the entire network needs that capability. I've seen folder depths of more than 25 on our servers.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 27, 2017 19:15:56 GMT
I've had to resort to a bit of jiggery-pokery on occasion when expanding deeeeeeeeeeply nested .zip and .rar files that exceeded the limits.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2017 19:19:12 GMT
Have you ever had a file so long named and so deeply foldered that you can't delete, move or even rename it? Pain in the arse, that.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 27, 2017 21:45:22 GMT
Have you ever had a file so long named and so deeply foldered that you can't delete, move or even rename it? Pain in the arse, that. And that's why God invented cmd.exe  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 27, 2017 21:50:57 GMT
Oh yes, and a lot of faffing around.
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Post by zippy on Sept 28, 2017 8:10:36 GMT
Have you ever had a file so long named and so deeply foldered that you can't delete, move or even rename it? Pain in the arse, that. And that's why God invented cmd.exe Amazing isn't it - even after 30 odd years of Windows, we still fall back on the DOS commands when all else fails What will we do if Microsoft junks DOS commands completely, as it has said it would do in favour of Powershell ? |
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 28, 2017 8:14:52 GMT
Updates do. Upgrades need you to initiate them. Just use the Windows Update Assistant (yes, I know, Microsoft being inconsistent as usual). Go here and click Update Now. Thanks. Will try. Every time I shut the laptop it says "Update and Shutdown" I say yes and it doesn't Update ! (later) 44% and still going Time for a bike ride |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 28, 2017 10:21:27 GMT
Don't stop it from updating, that's where people get real problems. Just let it finish completely.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 28, 2017 13:31:14 GMT
About 2 hours later it was 9% updated so I left it.
30 minutes after that it was done
Patience required !
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Post by MartinT on Sept 28, 2017 17:05:47 GMT
If you do the monthly updates and not let them stack up, they rarely take more than 10-12 mins to complete.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 29, 2017 16:18:50 GMT
And that's why God invented cmd.exe Amazing isn't it - even after 30 odd years of Windows, we still fall back on the DOS commands when all else fails What will we do if Microsoft junks DOS commands completely, as it has said it would do in favour of Powershell ? The amount of time that my grounding in DOS commands and keyboard shortcuts instead of mouse-clicks has saved me in the past is huge. The look on peoples' faces when you Tab around the desktop is still priceless on occasion. Sadly I think Windoze is finally outgrowing the relationship. Until the divorce though a shortcut to an elevated cmd.exe box will stay sitting on my desktop...just in case. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 29, 2017 17:04:26 GMT
Say "Keyboard shortcuts" to most and a baffled look comes back. Explain it and 99% prefer to spend all that time mousing around. As a semi technical 'almost got it' even I have found DOS useful. Don't know if this is W10 but I am *so* impressed that I can open my new to me laptop and it comes up, close it to sleep (which I set). The more I use it the more I like it over the iPad. Now I need to get my Logitech wireless mouse, IBM clicky keyboard and a big screen connected  and somehow fit it on my lap ! Oh yes and run a DOS window to run my lovely FoxPro for DOS |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2017 19:10:26 GMT
I remain amazed at how few people ever use the Window key. I use it a lot, especially on servers.
Powershell is awesome, especially on Exchange Server where there of lots of things you can't do in the GUI.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 29, 2017 19:27:36 GMT
Ooh the Windows key !
Don't have them on my clicky.
Will investigate
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2017 19:41:34 GMT
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