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09-23-2016, 08:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA.
Posts: 7,464
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Windows 10 Update
Just got the latest, long, windows 10 update yesterday. The last one back in July screwed up my computer, but eventually Mcafee cleared it up, deleted a virus.
So far not problems with this latest update but once again they changed the start button. I don't know why they have this fanatical obsession with changing the start button so often. Otherwise I don't see any changes, but it was a long update.
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09-23-2016, 10:03 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,784
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Lots of shell programs out there to make it like old winders. I run one on my laptop.
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09-23-2016, 10:05 AM
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tmrpots
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,285
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Windows did an automatic update last week and it changed all my font settings across the board. Annoying.
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09-23-2016, 06:20 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,428
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That was a long update well over an hour for me. They should give us a time of completion estimate or warning. I wanted to do something quick but wasn't able to do it in time. It started on the previous day's shutdown. Now when I see the update notice at shutdown I'm going to immediately restart so it can finish and not on my time.
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10-04-2016, 10:22 PM
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Grinding at a Poker Table
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,902
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I shut things down before they were done because it did not appear to me anything was happening. The result was a MAJOR MESS!
I could not get windows 10 to start, but found a way to re-install it. Unfortunately the re-install deleted/removed most of my applications, and it took the best part of 3 days to get just about everything back in working order, including some long times on the phone with various tech support. (On the positive side, I ran all the racing pattern matches that I would have played but missed. I saved about $360!). 
MS needs to make major improvements with how they keep the user apprised of the update progress and status. 
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10-05-2016, 12:21 AM
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Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,428
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That's what I trying to let everyone know in my post. It took a while to shut down the previous night and when I started the machine the following day it tied it up over an hour.
How do/did you know the correct tel# to call if your machine goes down?
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10-05-2016, 08:50 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 600
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I'm still on Windows 7 and have it set up so that I have to authorize all updates and in truth only authorize 15 to 20 percent of them. Can't you do the same thing with Windows 10?
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10-05-2016, 12:38 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,842
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http://www.windowscentral.com/window...oblems-how-fix
http://www.classicshell.net/
I decided the best way to move to W10 was just buy a new computer with it already installed. I ordered a refurb from NewEgg today, coming Friday.
Got a nice laptop, 15.6 screen, DVD/CD drive.....
But my two XP machines will still be the workhorses.
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10-05-2016, 12:45 PM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
Posts: 52,784
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10-05-2016, 12:52 PM
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tmrpots
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,285
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What are the specs, brand and the price?
Looking for a newer faster, much faster machine. Solid state hard drive, lots of ram, etc.
If I get too many programs running on this thing I got everything slows down
to a crawl.
I'm thinking $1500, but I haven't really got into it yet. Less I hope.
We'll see.
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10-05-2016, 01:05 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,842
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HP Laptop - B Grade ProBook 6565B AMD A4-Series A4-3310MX (2.1 GHz) 4 GB Memory 250 GB HDD 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
$149.00
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10-05-2016, 01:12 PM
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tmrpots
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,285
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Originally Posted by Tom
HP Laptop - B Grade ProBook 6565B AMD A4-Series A4-3310MX (2.1 GHz) 4 GB Memory 250 GB HDD 15.6" Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
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Not bad. Maybe I should just go this route and have multiple machines for different things.
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10-05-2016, 01:31 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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Originally Posted by barn32
Not bad. Maybe I should just go this route and have multiple machines for different things.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-005-_-Product
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10-05-2016, 02:25 PM
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tmrpots
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,285
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After chatting with the tech guy at Newegg (who was very helpful) he found exactly what I wanted for $979. I just have to decide whether or not to pull the trigger.
It's been so long since I purchased anything at Newegg I had forgotten about them. Thanks for the link.
Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad 700 80RV002UUS
Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz)
16 GB DDR4 Memory
1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 940MX 17.3"
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
1920 x 1080
DVD±R/RW
Last edited by barn32; 10-05-2016 at 02:26 PM.
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10-05-2016, 06:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: El Paso
Posts: 466
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Originally Posted by barn32
After chatting with the tech guy at Newegg (who was very helpful) he found exactly what I wanted for $979. I just have to decide whether or not to pull the trigger.
It's been so long since I purchased anything at Newegg I had forgotten about them. Thanks for the link.
Lenovo Laptop IdeaPad 700 80RV002UUS
Intel Core i7 6700HQ (2.60 GHz)
16 GB DDR4 Memory
1 TB HDD 128 GB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce GT 940MX 17.3"
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
1920 x 1080
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The 128Gb SSD will be too small as Windows puts more than the operating system, - all the hibernating files, caches, favorites etc, update copies, user folders and some program folders etc there. Windows ended up at 130Gb on my SSD after a few months. 256Gb is the minimum and they do not cost much these days.
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