Windows 10? - Page 72

**spicoli** · December 29th, 2015, 01:07 AM

I thought that VEF members would be interested in my experience with W-7.

All of my 7 Dell PC's (new in the past year or two) run W-7 Pro and Office 13. I have let both W-7 and the applications update as they wished without any interference. I am self employed and we have a part time IT guy on call. The work machines are networked to a server.

The only issue that I have had with this setup is the W-10 nag screen. Perhaps some of the trouble some of you have had with W-7 slowing down and so forth is related to not letting W-7 update as it wishes.

I switched from XP pro partly as a result of the Company that I am associated with forcing us to switch and also because all of our machines were 6 to 8 years old. We had no trouble with XP either. We followed the same policy with XP also, letting it update as it wished.

BTW all of the new Dell's were purchased at Costco which has a GREAT PC support system called concierge.

I have no intention of switching to W-10. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

**Ernesto75** · December 29th, 2015, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spicoli

The only issue that I have had with this setup is the W-10 nag screen. Perhaps some of the trouble some of you have had with W-7 slowing down and so forth is related to not letting W-7 update as it wishes.

I switched from XP pro partly as a result of the Company that I am associated with forcing us to switch and also because all of our machines were 6 to 8 years old. We had no trouble with XP either. We followed the same policy with XP also, letting it update as it wished.

I have no intention of switching to W-10. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Yes, but when the Company you are associated with will decide to switch to W-10, will you follow ?

Perhaps for the moment they probably stay away from W-10 simply because this new system is not mature.

But as time passes on the machines are growing older and there will be a time for changing them.

**rlg118** · December 30th, 2015, 03:59 AM

I bought my wife a WalknBook (10" laptop/tablet) which runs on Windows. (I would have preferred Android, myself.) It was supposed to come with 8.1, but came with... you guessed it... 10! So now I am learning to deal with Windows Dix.

http://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-iCleve.../dp/B012NFW6EM

She confessed that the screen was too small to read comfortably, so she gave it to me - after all the time I spent setting it up for her! - and bought herself a 15.6" laptop, also with... you guessed it... Windows 10!

I'm getting a real education.

**spicoli** · December 30th, 2015, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernesto75

Yes, but when the Company you are associated with will decide to switch to W-10, will you follow ?

Perhaps for the moment they probably stay away from W-10 simply because this new system is not mature.

But as time passes on the machines are growing older and there will be a time for changing them.

When support for W-7 ends in 5 years hopefully MS will have an OS that works as XP and 7 have for us. If not then I am guessing that someone will have have a solution that is a generally accepted business answer. We will have to cross that bridge when we come to it. I'm not worried about a 5 year in the future maybe problem.

**Ernesto75** · December 30th, 2015, 11:21 AM

After reinstalling W-7 I had to reinstall every tool.

That was the occasion to check on new versions.

So I installed a small tool which permits me to print a rapport toward a file that every one can read and which I can send on the Internet.
This tool was doPDF. The new version is 8.3.

But when I tested it, I was warned by Bitdefender the file about to be created was a ransomware and would launch another program.

I deinstalled immediately doPDF 8.3 and reinstalled the previous version which works without ransomware.

So I thank Ditdefender.

The author of the malware is Softland.

They incorporated a ransomware in their new version and put it on the web to be downloaded.

You are never too careful.

**9876543210** · December 31st, 2015, 01:58 AM

rig118,

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlg118

I bought my wife a WalknBook (10" laptop/tablet) which runs on Windows. (I would have preferred Android, myself.) It was supposed to come with 8.1, but came with... you guessed it... 10! So now I am learning to deal with Windows Dix.

http://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-iCleve.../dp/B012NFW6EM

She confessed that the screen was too small to read comfortably, so she gave it to me - after all the time I spent setting it up for her! - and bought herself a 15.6" laptop, also with... you guessed it... Windows 10!

I'm getting a real education.

Just wondering. Is it possible to stick another version of Win on the tablet? Or maybe even Linux?

**Ernesto75** · January 1st, 2016, 12:15 AM

I wish all the best for everybody in the upcoming year.

Without consideration of version or System.

**seany65** · January 1st, 2016, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernesto75

I wish all the best for everybody in the upcoming year.

Without consideration of version or System.

Is that including those responsible for Win 10?

**Ernesto75** · January 1st, 2016, 01:33 AM

No, it is not.

**rlg118** · January 1st, 2016, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 9876543210

rig118,

Just wondering. Is it possible to stick another version of Win on the tablet? Or maybe even Linux?

I have no idea. Seven would be nice.

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December 30th, 2015, 11:21 AM	#715
Ernesto75 Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 12,732 Thanked 21,653 Times in 1,096 Posts	Ransomware found After reinstalling W-7 I had to reinstall every tool. That was the occasion to check on new versions. So I installed a small tool which permits me to print a rapport toward a file that every one can read and which I can send on the Internet. This tool was doPDF. The new version is 8.3. But when I tested it, I was warned by Bitdefender the file about to be created was a ransomware and would launch another program. I deinstalled immediately doPDF 8.3 and reinstalled the previous version which works without ransomware. So I thank Ditdefender. The author of the malware is Softland. They incorporated a ransomware in their new version and put it on the web to be downloaded. You are never too careful.

January 1st, 2016, 12:15 AM	#717
Ernesto75 Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 12,732 Thanked 21,653 Times in 1,096 Posts	Best wishes to you all I wish all the best for everybody in the upcoming year. Without consideration of version or System.

December 29th, 2015, 01:07 AM	#711
spicoli Veteran Slacker Join Date: May 2010 Location: The Beach Posts: 16,009 Thanks: 132,895 Thanked 707,764 Times in 18,248 Posts	I thought that VEF members would be interested in my experience with W-7. All of my 7 Dell PC's (new in the past year or two) run W-7 Pro and Office 13. I have let both W-7 and the applications update as they wished without any interference. I am self employed and we have a part time IT guy on call. The work machines are networked to a server. The only issue that I have had with this setup is the W-10 nag screen. Perhaps some of the trouble some of you have had with W-7 slowing down and so forth is related to not letting W-7 update as it wishes. I switched from XP pro partly as a result of the Company that I am associated with forcing us to switch and also because all of our machines were 6 to 8 years old. We had no trouble with XP either. We followed the same policy with XP also, letting it update as it wished. BTW all of the new Dell's were purchased at Costco which has a GREAT PC support system called concierge. I have no intention of switching to W-10. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

January 1st, 2016, 01:33 AM	#719
Ernesto75 Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,106 Thanks: 12,732 Thanked 21,653 Times in 1,096 Posts	No, it is not.