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    #21

    Jul 31, 2015, 05:01 AM
    Use VLC for a video player!
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    #22

    Jul 31, 2015, 08:54 AM
    Win 10 seems to be slowing down any app such as Scrabble because of 'waiting for' various things to do with mobile that I haven't seen before... anyone have any idea how to disable anything to do with mobile?
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    #23

    Jul 31, 2015, 09:32 AM
    Thinking I'm going to stay with 8 for a while. I don't use a touch screen but find I don't need to use all those apps . I do all my work from Desktop
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    #24

    Jul 31, 2015, 03:22 PM
    I'm with you Tom why should this change be forced upon us. I don't have an internet connection so Microsoft can access my computer anytime they like
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    #25

    Jul 31, 2015, 06:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    I'm with you Tom why should this change be forced upon us. I don't have an internet connection so Microsoft can access my computer anytime they like

    It is not by force. Its is free if you want it but you dont have to take it.
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    #26

    Jul 31, 2015, 07:31 PM
    Really, what updates do you think will be available for windows 7 or windows 8? This is the update and they are forcing abandonment of XP. There are businesses who have not upgraded for years because their software is not going to work on this platform. As a business I cannot afford my proprietary software to be compromised or fail to work
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    #27

    Aug 1, 2015, 06:29 AM
    Para, they aren't "forcing" abandonment of XP. They just won't provide support for it. A bit of a different thing. But why should people stay with old technology? Every version of software has a shelf life. Companies can't afford to support a piece of software indefinitely and I see no reason that they should be required to. Microsoft is giving people a full year to upgrade to 10.

    My boss has been running Win 10 for 2 months now. Every one of the programs we use has run without issue under Win 10. It is up to the vendors of your proprietary software to test and upgrade their software to run under new OSes.
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    #28

    Aug 1, 2015, 09:50 AM
    I agree with Scott. Maybe what you should try para is installing it on a remote machine and running your software under it to see how it works for you before you complain about it not working.

    I have had to apply a few tweaks on occasion for some software that was designed to run under Win 3.1 because I had to use it. Atleast with this all your going to lose is time because the software is free.
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    #29

    Aug 1, 2015, 06:21 PM
    Yes I just keep an extra machine hanging around so I can test Microsoft updates, I am fed up with the idea that it is all or nothing with Microsoft
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    #30

    Aug 2, 2015, 04:09 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    Yes I just keep an extra machine hanging around so I can test Microsoft updates, I am fed up with the idea that it is all or nothing with Microsoft

    It is not all or nothing. You have a year to decide so long as your machine qualifies. All or nothig is Apple. MS has always been backward compatable since the begining.
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    #31

    Aug 2, 2015, 05:31 AM
    I have programs that no longer work
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    #32

    Aug 2, 2015, 05:51 AM
    My windows 7 has been updating regularly for years. You do have auto updates engaged on your machine don't you, Clete? I think windows 10 is an upgrade, not an update.
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    #33

    Aug 2, 2015, 12:38 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    I have programs that no longer work

    What OS were they designed to run on ?
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    #34

    Aug 2, 2015, 03:23 PM
    Pre windows XP
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    #35

    Aug 2, 2015, 05:35 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by paraclete View Post
    Pre windows XP
    3.11, win 95 ??? DOS ?


    Maybe we can help you with getting it running.

    I had to run an old program designed under win 3.1 with a windows 7 machine and I got it running fine for what I needed.
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    #36

    Aug 2, 2015, 10:56 PM
    Win 95, there was a utility that converted the files in win 98 but that disappeared in vista but technology moves on my windows 8 tablet doesn't.t have a CD drive so the whole thing becomes academic as I see no point in buying an external drive for it
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    #37

    Aug 3, 2015, 05:13 AM
    It is kind of wishful thinking to expect utilities built 20 years ago to work with current hardware and software. And there is no reason to buy an external drive for your tablet. You can simply connect to another machine and use their drive, or copy the contents of the drive as an ISO to a flashdrive or other PC.
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    #38

    Aug 3, 2015, 05:29 AM
    Yes I have tried copying on to a flashdrive, no luck. As far as utilities built a long time ago still working my copy of Quickbooks still works at least on windows 7. I prefer the way Office 2003 is designed and I don't wish to lose that facility even though I can use later versions. I'm the sort of person Microsoft wants out of the system because they make no money from me out of upgrades
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    #39

    Aug 3, 2015, 06:38 AM
    I tried to get to first base with Win 10 and I struck out. Has any one found "Favorites" or does one have to redo them? Is there a tutorial for Win 10? It would be nice to have a window that looks something like Win 7 I am dumb as a pile of rocks when it comes to computers.
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    #40

    Aug 3, 2015, 07:20 AM
    Windows 8 works off the desktop and I expect windows 10 will do the same It's okay when you get used to it but there a lot of useless apps come with it

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