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SheilaT

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36. I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop.

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 11:37 PM

Mar 2016

The laptop is Windows 8 (I think, how can I check?) and I hate it. I have enormous difficulty navigating around.

The desktop is probably 7, again, I don't know how to check it. Both of them constantly nag me to update to 10. So far I've avoided it.

A while back I had a computer with Vista, which I truly despised.

My problem is that as a user, I started out in 1969, as an airline employee. It was a very simple data base for the reservations system, and of course everything was a command line. So I've actually been working on a computer for close on to 50 years now. I've been saying that I think a computer should be as easy to use as my toaster. Okay, maybe not my toaster, but how about my stick shift car? Yeah, I drive a stick shift, and even though I do understand why lots of you might prefer an automatic, computers are a lot harder to operate any more than driving a stick shift.

Pisses me off. I can get rather hostile, especially when I'm talking to some 25 year old, born a couple of decades after I first started using computers, and I get treated like some senile person. I'm NOT senile. You computer designers have made things a LOT harder and more complicated than they need to be.

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Thom Hartman has discovered the "joy" that is windows 10... [View all] Bubzer Mar 2016 OP

Here Old Codger Mar 2016 #1

I've got a button on my Windows 7 that will allow me to switch to Windows 10... 1monster Mar 2016 #27

There is a program Old Codger Mar 2016 #46

for the past week, GWX monitor has been nagging me about Win10 settings being detected pstokely Mar 2016 #50

You have to go in as administrator, take over the directory GWX installs Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #51

how do I do that? pstokely Mar 2016 #52

I believe this is the guide I used to get it off my system. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2016 #53

Wow, thank you! Works perfectly. n/t Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #55

The way Windows 10 shares bandwidth is terrible, they actually went backwards from 7. Rex Mar 2016 #2

I know the WiFi is horrible with Windows 10 csziggy Mar 2016 #5

If Vista has all the service pack updates on it, it works just as well as Windows 7. Rex Mar 2016 #6

I'll have to get my husband to bring that laptop downstairs so I can update it csziggy Mar 2016 #7

True and it will work great, the only problem with Vista was it was released half baked like Win 8. Rex Mar 2016 #8

Hi Rex. I'm not very computer literate ... so I hope I'm saying this correctly napkinz Mar 2016 #11

If you only have one computer and don't plan on having more than one I would say yes do so. Rex Mar 2016 #16

we have two computers and I don't know if it's 8 or 8.1 napkinz Mar 2016 #18

There is a process called GWX.exe always running in the background. Rex Mar 2016 #21

thank you Rex napkinz Mar 2016 #22

Anytime my friend. Rex Mar 2016 #24

OK, thanks again so much! napkinz Mar 2016 #26

Thanks for all your time and pics! I look for those threads. Rex Mar 2016 #28

You're welcome. What happened to Swamp Rat??? napkinz Mar 2016 #31

I don't know, I wish I did know. Rex Mar 2016 #32

other members have asked about him; no one seems to know napkinz Mar 2016 #33

Now my husband tells me he pulled out his old Windows 7 laptop csziggy Mar 2016 #15

Goodluck, either one fully updated will work great. Rex Mar 2016 #19

He's got the extra laptops stashed upstairs somewhere. csziggy Mar 2016 #23

April 11, 2017. Rex Mar 2016 #25

GWX Control Panel localroger Mar 2016 #14

Just downloaded it - will check it out tomorrow csziggy Mar 2016 #20

the display issues might be your graphics drivers, have you updated them? pstokely Mar 2016 #34

I haven't gone to Windows 10 - I basing my statements on reports online csziggy Mar 2016 #37

Wireless is a serious problem with 10 scscholar Mar 2016 #9

With all due respect....he does Windows???? n/t Peregrine Took Mar 2016 #3

Hartmann today said they are trying to migrate off of Windows... TheProgressive Mar 2016 #10

Good. TM99 Mar 2016 #38

Mine did that today, as well. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #4

That's why I never connect my personal/secure computers to the Internet... TheProgressive Mar 2016 #12

download GWX panel pstokely Mar 2016 #13

This is the link for what I mentioned upthread localroger Mar 2016 #17

That is what I used Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #30

Great Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #29

I dumped them ten years ago and use only Apple products. Cleita Mar 2016 #35

I have two computers, a laptop and a desktop. SheilaT Mar 2016 #36

To find out your OS... cui bono Mar 2016 #39

There is no windows icon. SheilaT Mar 2016 #40

Hm... cui bono Mar 2016 #42

The start button? SheilaT Mar 2016 #43

I can easily access the control panel. SheilaT Mar 2016 #44

When I click on system I get a good sized window that tells me the OS, which service pack... cui bono Mar 2016 #45

Hmmm. I appreciate your help, and have no idea why SheilaT Mar 2016 #47

Yeah, if you have free tech support go for it! cui bono Mar 2016 #57

I'll never tell! SheilaT Mar 2016 #58

=) cui bono Mar 2016 #59

GWX Control Panel Rosco T. Mar 2016 #41

for the past week, it's been nagging been about the Win10 being detected pstokely Mar 2016 #48

means they keep sticking it back in Rosco T. Mar 2016 #56

The way modern exploits work, you should want the system auto updated. killbotfactory Mar 2016 #49

I'm on dish internet and limited to 5 GB per month. I keep getting the message to download B Calm Mar 2016 #54