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Windows 10, Yay or Nay?

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Sweet!
 
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Well to get back slightly on topic, this woman certainly didn't want Win10..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36640464
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Same person I referred to earlier. Hopefully just the tip of the iceberg and the masses revolt. Wonder what happens to this "recommended" (so called) update, next month when it's no longer free. Pay the $119 ransom or else?

They're after world domination and I saw that coming when they made IE an integral part of the OS with Win98. They said it couldn't be removed (it can and I've done it), thereby addicting users to THEIR version of the Internet and discouraging alternative browsers. In one of the latest moves on Win 10 they have removed the capability to to use anything other than "Bing" to search with Cortana. Thank goodness that POS is gone for good from any of my machines (along with One Drive).

I would love to see a boycott of buying ANY of their software, but other than pre-installed, I've never given them one penny since getting DOS for nothing decades ago. In effect I suppose my personal (monetary) boycott started way back then, and I've tried/used/gutted every version since :p
 
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Sort of on topic kind of ... we have outsourced some of our IT functions as our company continues to grow at break-neck speeds and they are befuddled by my email server which is a linux box running CentOS and a package called ATmail. They have on numerous occasions recommended moving to MS Exchange because that's what they know even though our current solution has caused ZERO problems (knock on a digital image of wood ;) ). I've asked them countless times why and the only thing they come up with is that 'most companies use Exchange'. Not that it's safe, better more functionality, etc. So, i have to continue to support it which entails backups, updates and looking at a log every now and then.

While I have nothing against Exchange per se, the cost to switch, not including the man hours to build and configure the accounts would easily be $20k +. My current cost is about $13 per user/year for about 75 users.
 
Hrm. It looks like Mint is causing my battery drain while the laptop is shut off, not Windows.

This is something a few people are complaining about but I don't see any answers yet.
 
Dngrsone said:
Hrm. It looks like Mint is causing my battery drain while the laptop is shut off, not Windows.

This is something a few people are complaining about but I don't see any answers yet.
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How? Not having that problem.. Which version?
 
I don't see that either and I did the in-place update from 17.2 to 17.3 (<< lazy) Are you sure it's off and not just hibernating?
 
Well, when I click the icon that says "turn off", I expect some kind of turn-offy behavior... if it isn't, then I'll be a little bit peeved.

I turned it off and took out the mouse dongle to make sure out isn't that. I will try using a shutdown script next.
 
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On my cheap-o Dell, if i shut down but close the lid before it's fully off, it goes to sleep instead. Kinda pi$$es me off, too because it will deaden the battery when I least expect it.
 
My brother-in-law wants me to fix his computer, which machine was totally hosed-up by the Geek Squad.
 
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Yeah, it's a soup sandwich... Gb of RAM... Who in their right mind mixes a 2GB stick with 4GB stick?

Anyhow, I did a couple diagnostic routines to make sure something catastrophic was going on with the hardware and then spent fifteen minutes trying to get the machine to boot from my thumb drive so I could reinstall.

Apparently the Geek Squad guys didn't want to do a clean install.

Then I left, because I have appointments and stuff to do... I told him to text me and if all else fails, I could work on it this weekend.
 
I've had new brand new computers come with 6 GB ram. Even different brands no less. A fresh install is always better, but of course the data is gone. You can always boot up a live distro and copy any data that way. There's usually a folder with oem drivers you should copy to other media as well. Those are the first things I do (after extracting the key) when faced with such an issue. I usually do a clean install upon receipt of a store bought computer just because it's easier than cleaning up all of the factory installed crap.

As far as the geek squad goes, I think it would be fun to hand them a working Linux laptop and tell them you have a virus. The look on their face would be priceless :D
 
Father Guido said:
As far as the geek squad goes, I think it would be fun to hand them a working Linux laptop and tell them you have a virus. The look on their face would be priceless
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:D Put Linux on a Macbook and take it to the geniuses, too. ;)

Father Guido said:
I've had new brand new computers come with 6 GB ram.
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That's an AMD/HP thing. For some reason they spec a motherboard with three sets of RAM sockets and put a 2GB stick in the first socket of each pair.
 
LOL, that would be so hilarious... Yeah, my brother was willing to go Linux, but his daughter needs a specific Windows-only program.

He did want a clean install.

I wish I could clean-install my phone minus all the bloatware my provider forces on us...

This was an HP with a 2GB stick and a 4GB stick. I'm just so used to matched sticks, you know, for performance reasons...
 
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