Ten years of support . . . Oh my, is that how long we'll be stuck with Windows?

Microsoft makes it official: Windows 10 will receive security fixes for ten years | PCWorld

"Something Happened"

Windows 10 launches with its fair share of bugs | PCWorld

So far so good. About normal. Fresh install and there are already updates.

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Makes sense, since it's brand-new.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

42 minutes from start to finish, including time needed to turn off all of the "send all yer data to our corporate overlords!" default settings.

So far (granted, just about an hour) so good.

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2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

Didn't lose my dual boot into Linux. I'm surprised.

Did lose my Solidworks, Open Office and antivirus installs. They are all there file-wise, I had to re-do the "set-up" programs for them.

I did a "new install" over a corrupted version of Windows7. It came out better than I was expecting.

Did the "upgrade" on my laptop. Other than taking twice as long as the "new" no problems.

MUCH better (so far) and a considerable bit faster than 7. Not quite Linux type speed but it's getting there.

Of course it's early yet.

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I'm running Vista.

Took me about 30 minutes to figure out how to find out.

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Didn't care for the mouse driver so I reinstalled the Synaptics touchpad one. Other than that, so far so good.

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99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Jim, just remember, when you get too many icons on your screen and you can't draw anymore, just hold the laptop over your head and give a shake to "reboot".

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I'm not falling for the scam,nothing is free.

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That's interesting, I just did it this morning and didn't lose my SW.

I want to set up a Linux dual-boot. How hard is it?
I see the makings of a new radio show called "Mike's Tech Support". We distribute a phone number that is ostensibly for tech support, but actually is a line to your show. Then, people call in for tech support and you give them ridiculous instructions like that .

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Doing a dual boot is easy-peasy if you use Puppy Linux. Most of the flavors of Linux have an executable file which you run from Windows to create a separate Linux partition.

When my computer starts it loads the BIOS and then the "boot strap" program which gives you the option to load either Linux or Windows. It's not a true dual boot ;i.e. you can't switch back and forth from Linux to Windows when you are in either O.S., but it allows you to have both systems on your machine. Linux does have some emulation programs which allow you to "port" some windows applications but I've never been impressed with their performance.

I can't take credit for the "re-boot" instructions I gave Jim. It is from an old Dilbert cartoon.

I only lost the "*.exe" links when I did the full install. No change on the upgrade version. SW and Autocad carried over with no changes. Neither installation affected my Linux.

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Dilbert Comic Strip on 1999-08-04 | Dilbert by Scott Adams


http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-04-03

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My response to most computer hardware questions from males is also from Dilbert:

I keep getting a msg on my cell phone that my cloud is full? WTF does that mean?

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