I opted out of those and unchecked the settings I didn't want changed. My laptop is almost like a bigger version of my Android just with a keyboard.
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I opted out of those and unchecked the settings I didn't want changed. My laptop is almost like a bigger version of my Android just with a keyboard.
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Originally Posted by catonsville
There is an "import favorites" that worked great for me. Not sure where it was, I remember it in the top right hand corner of the page. Plenty of tutorials also.
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Originally Posted by catonsville
From an article I read it does not bring over your favorites list. But if it created a folder called winold or something like that. Open it and go to users and you will find your favorites folder in there. By clicking the links in it you will go to those sites.
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If you click hub (top circle) then click import favorites in 10's browser it should work. It did for me at least.
Thanks, I might have to resort to my Grandsons to get me up to speed with Win 10
It came in as an update and I have it installed on 2 machines. Win7 - win10 and the other win8.1 - win10. I hate that the first thing you need to do is turn off a bunch of crap that impedes on your privacy. It should be off by default.
Yes well that's Microsoft but it is better than the alternative Apple which is about to implode
Implode, and why ? Why be so critical without explaining yourself ?Quote:
Originally Posted by paraclete
I gather that Apple have released a worm designed to fix a software bug which in itself is destructive
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Originally Posted by paraclete
Do you have a link to a story or something to look at ? In doing a search the closest thing I could find was from 2014. That only applied to 2 of apple's OS's.
Okay, after many hours of trial and error I am working with Win 10. So, I am now on the Win 7 Screen which I love, how the hell do I switch to the Win 10 screen and back to the Win 7 screen without me taking another 2 or 3 hours to get this far? They must think that everyone who has a computer is a rocket scientist. (Not Me).
PS, I do believe, I got is working with that little guy down in the left hand corner bottom of screen.
In the corner you will see what looks like a 4 pane window where your start button used to be.
In clicking that it leads you to your desktop and to your apps. By clicking it (left click) it switchs back and forth between them. To close windows or to see other features right click on it and a list should appear. In that list is also where you turn your maching off near the lower end of the list. To get out of other windows / apps you can go to the top of the screen and a bar should appear. Clicking the X closes it.
What you say is so, thanks. I have the Win 10 screen and instead of the Win 7 window, I have the screen that appears to be Win 10 with the only difference is I have the favorites across the third line as they did appear on Win 7. I am happy with what I have right now. Not sure if it is right or not but good to go I feel.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdad
Been a long day of trial and error. Not a total waste, I have learned something.
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Originally Posted by catonsville
Learning is a good thing and knowing that if you need help you know exactly where to ask ;)
My laptop is now running Win 10. Boy were there a lot of default settings to change for privacy and bandwidth issues.
Going to image the desktop first (it's our gaming machine) and do that one next.
This morning had to reboot when I lost use of the mouse (have touch screen too). Reboot hung, and I had to unplug.
Oh the joys of an early adopter
I have installed on two computers, my wife's and my own. Both are about 4 years old or so (motherboard/mem/video age). The only issue I had was that the video driver didn't work out of the box. I had to download the drive from nvidia to get my dual monitors to work, and her monitor to show the right size. Haven't had any issue otherwise. The boot up takes more and less time to become stable, if that makes sense. It took win 7 about 30-90s to finish all its login tasks before it settled down and you could run with out lag. With win10 the lag is spread out a little longer but programs are more responsive during that boot lag. Given that I reboot my computer about once a month, this isn't an issue for me.
I have noticed that Win10's garbage collector (Mem management) is a little better, Firefox hasn't hung or imploded yet.
I am trying to use the new features of it instead of just getting it to emulate Win7 (or winXP). There are some slick features, and I wouldn't mind figure out more of it. The upgrade didn't affect much of the software that I am using right now. I think though, if I have time in the next few months, I am going to do a soft rebuild of my machine and try a clean install instead of the upgrade. Just get rid of a bunch of stuff.
paraclete. Being an early adopter means that you can sort out all the tools and programs you need. Gives you a head start of getting or developing what you need going forward. Instead of praying that your win95 box that has a critical piece of software doesn't die on you. I have always been the first to try out the new ios, and OSs for my desktop.
And now it's just got even better...
How to enable the legendary 'God Mode' in Windows 10 for all the settings | Windows Central
Guess what I'll be doing tonight... on my laptop, The only thing I've allowed to update to win 10 so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Curlyben
What I am not sure of is, is the Win 7 screen that I have is all that it should be. If I knew how, I would make photo of my screen. What I have is a 3 tier just plain grey screen with the top line listing the open windows and the 2nd line has a right and left button arrow a refresh button and line to enter information. The 3d line is just a listing of my favorites. I sure would like to see a shot of what the Win 7 screen should look like. One other thing, I would love to get rid of the password necessary to open up the computer.
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Originally Posted by catonsville
If this is a basic computer or laptop not touch screen activated then it sounds like you have it running in tablet mode. Your win7 screen should look normal other then the background being a win10 logo. What type of machine is this on and did you upgrade or did you do a fresh install ?
You have 1 week to decide if you like it or not. It allows you to revert during that time period.
A Toshiba A665 about 4 years old. I did a upgrade. My screen looks very bland and it is grey in color at the top. Not sure what I have looks like a Hybrid, it works but is not very colorful or functional.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdad
Unless I get this to look okay I will not upgrade my desktop.
You can change the desktop theme pretty easily... you won't have to be stuck with bland. Though I don't have my laptop in front of me to tell you what steps it takes. But there aren't many. I seem to remember it being very much like doing it on Win 7 or Win 8.1
Smoothy, it is not just the color it just does not even resemble what the Win 7 screen should look like. I don't know what is wrong. If worse come to be, and I can't revert to Win7 I will start over. The only thing I have been able to do without any problem is to Import my Favorites from Win 7 to Win 10 on screen.Quote:
Originally Posted by smoothy
Other than that I can not find other things that I did on Win 7 with ease.
Try going to the right side of the task bar if you have one. There should be a box there indicating alerts. If you click it then you also should get the desktop theme section. That is where I think it may have went wrong and gotten into tablet mode. You should be able to change it there.
I got your PM Thanks. I am making some headway. I now have a screen that is just like my Win 7 was. Only problem I am having is how to keep it there. When I hit a button or two the screen reverts to the blue/grey screen with not much info. Making some headway, wish I was getting paid for this trial and error hours I am spending on this hummer.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdad
Update, I have a full color Win 7 screen and the Win 10 screen. Much more trial and error, think I have it figured out some what.
Catonsville, what was the issue, and how was it fixed? I want to know because chances are I am going to have to support my parents and this sounds like something they'd do.
I am sorry, but I don't know what the problem was or how I fixed it. If you read my responses, you can rest assured, I don't know enough about computers to fix it without using trial and error. Hopefully your parents will have an easy time getting onto Win 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by CravenMorhead
In a nut shell, I had Win 10 and Win 7 was very not showing up. After keying around, I was able to get the three or four dots at the top of the screen of Win 10 to allow me to get into Explorer and Win 7 popped up as it was originally. The Win 10 screen was toggling between the Win 10 Blocks and a Very bland in color screen with little information like I was getting only part of Win 7. If you can make any sense out of what I said, you are good.
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