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06-07-2018, 01:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,380
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Moved from XP to 7 to 10 pretty seamlessly. The way I use windows, I really haven't noticed a huge difference in anything I do (including look and feel), with the exception of Edge. Works fine normally, but there are some web pages that are awfully darned slow to load (like Morningstar)...
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06-07-2018, 02:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,808
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Quote:
Originally Posted by big-papa
Moved from XP to 7 to 10 pretty seamlessly. The way I use windows, I really haven't noticed a huge difference in anything I do (including look and feel), with the exception of Edge. Works fine normally, but there are some web pages that are awfully darned slow to load (like Morningstar)...
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I recently saw this with Morningstar on my iPad running Safari. The fix was to clear the cache. Unfortunately I don't recall the exact clicks to do this. But maybe there is a similar way to do this on the Edge browser.
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06-07-2018, 03:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Austin
Posts: 1,380
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lsbcal
I recently saw this with Morningstar on my iPad running Safari. The fix was to clear the cache. Unfortunately I don't recall the exact clicks to do this. But maybe there is a similar way to do this on the Edge browser.
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yeah, I used to do that all the time with Explorer - not sure I ever did it on Edge or if it's even possible. But will take a look - thanks for the reminder!
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06-07-2018, 03:26 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Peru
Posts: 6,335
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Latest update
As far as I know my system is up to date as of today. Here are the numbers for Windows 10 Pro. If you don't see this as your current version, you should know that more will be coming.
I think that #1806 was uploaded to 50% of the users about 2 weeks ago.
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.17134 Build 17134
Latest update version 1806
Best of luck if you haven't received it yet, and congratulations if you've already uploaded and it's working well.
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06-07-2018, 03:30 PM
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#25
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 212
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Win XP is no longer supported/updated/secure, so if you're using it, you should stay off the web on that PC. Windows 10 is faster than Windows 8 and WAY faster than Win 7 on the same PC. Win 10 is very close to problem-free and is much more user-friendly than Windows 8 (they brought back what is essentially the start button). I work with computers all day. I don't understand you hangers-on....Also, if you didn't update for free before, you have now missed the boat and have to pay.
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06-07-2018, 04:23 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 216
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I gave up on Microsoft 2 years and bought a MacBook Pro. After having iPhones for years the transition wasn't too bad. I'll stick with Apple.
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06-07-2018, 08:06 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
Posts: 9,682
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Have not had problems with any version of Windows that I could not solve through research.
I still have Mac os 9. It was definitely one of my favorites. Haven't driven it for awhile.
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06-11-2018, 01:05 PM
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#28
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,130
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kite_rider
I've been meaning to do the same thing for a while now. Which distro are you thinking about? I had been leaning towards Ubuntu...
Re Win 10. Guess I'm in the minority, but it seems to be working better than the Win 8 that came with my laptop (which I bought 5 years ago when I was FIRE'd). I don't use Edge, just Chrome and have been moving more and more to the Google world with less and less Windows traditional applications in my life. The Google system was the best compromise with my mobile transition (Android phone and tablet).
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Originally Posted by easysurfer
The distro I'm thinking about is Linux Lite. It's a distro that are geared towards those switching over from the Win world. A new release just came out. I have the previous version (3.8) on a laptop and that reminds me of Win 7.
Another distro I looked at briefly is Peppermint which I like too (the software manager uses the same one as Linux Mint), but found lite more intuitive.
It's fun to go to distro watch and see what flavors are out there as seems like a new one pops up each day.
https://distrowatch.com/
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An update, I'm kinda torn between two distros. Had some time to tinker a bit with the Peppermint OS 8 distro with some of the settings. Now, I'm torn between two distros. Linux Lite vs Peppermint. Jury is still out as to which I'll move to in the future.
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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06-13-2018, 10:44 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 3,054
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I have been trying out Arch Linux on the side for the last year and have decided it is just too unstable as a main OS. So I am staying with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (long term support) for now. Will probably move to Ubuntu Mate LTS in the future.
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06-13-2018, 12:39 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: No. California
Posts: 1,858
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frayne
I went over to the dark side (Apple/Mac) about five years ago and never looked back and have no regrets whatsoever.
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Me too, but only a couple years ago. I was fed up with all the Windows updates and the crashes.
I'm sticking with my MacBook pro, iPad mini (mostly for reading) and my iPhone.
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The Best $3.94 I Spent in My Life
06-24-2018, 09:09 PM
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#31
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,130
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The Best $3.94 I Spent in My Life
Was helping a friend look troubleshoot something a couple days ago. Had to install Win 10 on my laptop to troubleshoot.
Those darn tiles on from the start menu didn't take long to give me fits.
So, I went ahead and spent the best $3.94 in my life and got a piece of software called Start10 that blocks out all that tile nonsense and allows me to choose a start menu look similar to Win 7 .
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Have you ever seen a headstone with these words
"If only I had spent more time at work" ... from "Busy Man" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus
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