Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

Thanks Meg, I'll ask a grandchild to do that for me

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

I'd say to let the updates go ahead but I expect there will be advice on how to stop them.

Updates on slower Internet connections or computers can take ages and might often appear to have hung but be wary about just giving up and turning off. The chances are that the update is working in the background and to interrupt this process can lead to a messed up computer ..more than you consider that it already is messed up. Best to just leave the computer, even go to bed and let the update do its thing. I've just done the update you are probably writing about. It took a while (I didn't time it) even on a fast Internet connection and a reasonably fast Desktop computer.

XP and Windows 7? I always said these were good operating systems right from their release dates. This was very much going against the flow of popular opinion at the time. I remember forums being full of people saying how awful they thought those operating systems were. Now it's said that they were the best operating systems ever. Oh well..

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

Windows 8 was a bugger. MS were forcing an OS upon us that was suited to phone and tablet touchscreens not laptop and desktop machines.

I don't have a problem with W10, the idea being you right click your start button and search for whatever you want.

I have my File Explorer (file icon) on my taskbar for getting pics, docs etc.

I keep all my fave pics in the clouds ... GooglePhotos, where they can be easily searched by date or by album.

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

OK Tessa. I reckon the easiest thing for you to do is get on to a local IT person who will come around and help you out at home. There's usually plenty around. Students are the best. They are cheap and they are keen and usually know their stuff. Your local business guide should have a few listed. As far as windows goes,THere is usually an option message that comes up but you have to be there at the time to use it. Not sure how to set this.

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I've disabled the update function TessA but one or two still get through. For the latest update they have to ask me to download it and I refuse. They keep pestering me saying that W10 won't be supported if I don't install it.....Well they can 'do one!'
Apparently I only have until the 31st of August, so perhaps I will be faced with the 'blue screen of death' if I don't. They made similar threats concerning my desktop computer running Vista....They huffed and puffed and it still still works perfectly well...Even on the internet, although it's a bit slower than this new fangled laptop with an Intel core i5 - 8th gen.....Dogs wotsits!...

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

Do you have a Nextdoor community website in your area Tess?

I've seen local peeps here asking for tech help and getting it, sometime FOC, from a neighbour. We do favours for one another. Perhaps you could trim a neighbours beard in return.

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

winndows 10 is ok once you get used to it. I struggld on how to get music from CD onto Drive "C" until I found out how via Windows media player. it doesn't show "rip" until a disc is installed.

AS you can see rip settings are now showing. Took me ages to find it


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Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

Win10 is the biggest pile of dogsh*t ever invented. How the so called 'IT Experts' can get away with it is beyond me. If it was a car it would have closed the factory (remember the Allegro).

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

I have to say I do think W7 is far better. still got W7 professional disc in a draw

Re: Windows 10 is driving me nuts!

At this rate I'll be getting my old laptop fired up, it's held together with sellotape but heyho needs must!