Is anyone else getting occasional 403 errors on DU. I just got them while trying to do
a reply, and then when doing a spell check. Then it all cleared up, then it came back. Now, it's disappeared all together.
= new reply since forum marked as read
using Avast protections on Firefox with tracking block. Have Ghostery running also. I have several elements of Microsoft turned off like the Office suite for the majority of it but I have never had any issues from it.
Avast products include cleanup premium and antivirus. Have been working well for over a year.
Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade
Microsoft's much-hyped free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ended in four years ago, right? Not exactly. It's September 2020 and my readers report that you can still use Microsoft's free upgrade tools to install Windows 10 on an old PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. No product key is required, and the digital license says you're activated and ready to go.
I know, win 7 still works. I have a home built win pro 7/10 setup. I had win 7 pro and did not want to get stuck when win 10 came out. There was a period when you could upgrade, validate genuine windows, and then roll back. I used that vector when 10 came out but one of my external hard drives would not install. The drivers just did not work in win 10.
But, after a while win 7 performance was just killing me. Fans were hitting max, browsers would crash, and multi instance programs would lock. So I upgraded again and the last time it worked with all my equipment being recognized and all drivers updated appropriately.
You can even keep the win 7 look and feel. The only thing that has changed for me is the start menu. No more color ball just a white four pane window. Boo...
LOL
But it all works well, almost just like win 7, and performance is better. Fans quieter, less browser crashes, and almost no PC crashes.
Elsewhere on the internet. And I run the cleanup program daily. It let's me know about upgrades and driver maintenance. I do have the WIN10 upgrade option but I am not fond of reconfiguring this particular laptop. I'm preparing to buy a new one that will, sadly, have WIN10. I don't do much on it other than browse and do simple tasks so I am not too concerned about small things. This issue with page loading is confined to DU.
I have my preferences when it comes to computers and I guess I'm also stubborn. I'm still unhappy with MS for rewriting typesetting language into gibberish but that's probably because I was doing that in code on DOS-like monochrome screens as desk top publishing came into being, I dunno.
