TROUBLE WITH LATEST WINDOWS UPDATE?
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Windows updates have FUBAR'd my computer so many times!! 
The last one took me 2 days to figure out how to fix it!
I went psychopathic for several hours, then apologized to my wife for being such a potty mouth.
The last one took me 2 days to figure out how to fix it!
I went psychopathic for several hours, then apologized to my wife for being such a potty mouth.
welcome to the world of Chromebook.....been on Chromebooks for many years....no more windows crap to put up with.........
I can't remember ever having a problem with a Windows update.
Heard lots of horror stories, but I guess I've just been lucky so far.
My most recent update occurred two days ago.
Heard lots of horror stories, but I guess I've just been lucky so far.
My most recent update occurred two days ago.
Still running Windows 10 Home on my notebook. My best and favorite was Windows 7. I have Linux on here but finally gave up on it. Spent more time in a Linux forum always asking for help and downloading tons of systems crap. Finally said screw it. I'm not going to IT my life away online. Understand Mint is mush more user friendly but just got burned out on the whole deal. Grew up (at work) on Unix with assorted SPARC stations. Loved it after learning it. But then we had a huge computer shop to support it all.
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My favorite version on Windows was 3.1. They’ve all been underwhelming since.
Tried to post a reply and the 'puter locked up. Again. It's the bleeping code monkeys. Back before I bought a home PC, I read a bunch of journals. The item that stuck in my mind was a really senior guy who bemoaned the onset of cheap memory. When memory was expensive, code had to be concise. When memory got cheap, the code writers got sloppy. And playful. There are Easter eggs scattered through code that can pop up occasionally. One popped up while I was on the phone with a Gateway tech that he'd never heard of. It was a Kilroy image with a "Oh no, we gonna die" caption. A code guy walking past solved my problem in under a minute and taught me how to go into DOS and correct the issue. Which, I occasionally had to do. Not no more.
Finally, they get all atwitter with "improvements" no one in the real world gives a flying hoot about.
Hopefully, bleeping Microsoft is gonna sneak in at night with a fix.
Finally, they get all atwitter with "improvements" no one in the real world gives a flying hoot about.
Hopefully, bleeping Microsoft is gonna sneak in at night with a fix.
Windows 11 or older version?
At work we were advised that windows 10 will no longer be supported after October. I opt’d to download windows 11 two months ago. It’s a little different. There is a bit of a learning curve at first but the transition was easier than going from windows 7 to windows 8!
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My dinosaur computer won’t go from 10 to 11. I may tough it out till retirement, then I won’t need a desktop computer any more. I hope.
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So far I have not worked up enough courage to attempt upgrading W10 to W11. Will probably stay with W10 as long as it works.
Doug M.
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At my job, we were Windows system across the board. Virtually every time, and certainly too often, there would be updates and then within a day or two we would have emergency fixes. At home, it's all Apple. Not perfect; right now my laptop needs an update for which it is apparently not eligible. There are ways around that; just haven't got them the IT department (my wife) to do the work.
have windows 11. At least once a day am going to windows temp and system temp folders to clear them out. This speeds it up noticeably but every update wants to set you up for the windows browser download, and these files really slow down my puter. Just yesterday went to start up aps and turned all the apps supposedly setting up in the back ground off. Seems to help, but that is extent of my abilitys
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I had a laptop for my business when I travelled that ran Windows XP. I was afraid to do the update because of past issues with stupid upgrades.
My Home computer is on W10 and I refuse to upgrade to 11. It works OK, and I don't want to F it up now. I don't care if I get error messages about loss of support.
BTW, my XP still works flawlessly. IMHO, XP was the best ever. OK, OK, it gives me an error message about lack of support every time I boot it up, but X'ing out the message is really not an issue.
This "lack of support" is merely a ruse to get you to buy a new 'puter and give them more profits.
I read today that Gates is predicting that iPads will soon be extinct. Sure, they will! As long as you buy his newest version....
No Windows for me since April of 2012 when I rode off into the sunset of blessed retirement. (Nothing but an iPad since.)
I just redid a desktop and a laptop in Linux Mint. My main computer is still Windows, but it's capable of handling the load.
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Everyone I know has an iPad. Can’t imagine they will go the way of the Dodo bird anytime soon. I bought three of them for gifts last Christmas, also have two old ones somewhere in the house, they still work, just old.
