[Magdalen] MS Windows users question...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

would the upgrade work on a 'pirated' Windows 7?
L

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Clarissa Canning" <canplum at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 12:26 PM
To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] MS Windows users question...

> Mike put 10 on computer it has completely messed it up. he tried removing
> all of it.  still can't use it. urg!
> On Jul 31, 2015 1:04 PM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Basically, what Roger says. Win10 is mostly for folks who have Win8 but
>> don't like it. (I use Windows 7, BTW).
>>
>> Like Roger, I use CCleaner (it's free) to clean all the c**p out of my
>> computer. And I use Startup Cop to control what programs load on startup.
>> It also warns you when programs make changes in your computer. It's not
>> free, but cheap, and is put out by PC Magazine. I use Microsoft Security
>> Essentials for anti-virus, etc. It's not the highest rated, but it's 
>> free,
>> seems to work well for me, and doesn't slow down or complicate your 
>> system
>> like some do. BTW, you internet provider can only take care of viruses
>> which come via email - it can't control any bad stuff in things you
>> download or websites you visit.
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> East Bridgewater, MA USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Grace Cangialosi
>> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 1:42 PM
>> To: Magdalen
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] MS Windows users question...
>>
>> Don't have a malware detector as far as I know. My internet provider,
>> CenturyLink, does the anti-virus work.
>>
>> On July 31, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Roger Stokes 
>> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 31/07/2015 17:50, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>
>>> I just saw this information yesterday and was also wondering. I have 
>>> Win8
>>> and don't like it. In fact, I downloaded some kind of shell so that my
>>> desktop looks exactly like Win7, but the 8 stuff still floats up from 
>>> time
>>> to time. And I don't have a touch screen.
>>>
>>> So...should I update to Win10, or is it another one designed primarily
>>> for touch screens?
>>>
>>
>> No, they seem to have got the message that was a mistake.  Touch screen
>> tablets are useful for somethings, but typing is not one of them.  Even
>> a "Hunt & peck" operator like me will tend to be quicker with a keyboard
>> and unless voice recognition software eboles to read your brain and
>> distinguish homophones I think we will always need keyboards for
>> inputting significant amounts of text.
>>
>>
>> Also, while I'm asking tech questions...my PC is pretty slow now, but I
>>> don't know if the old system of defragging and cleaning up is still the
>>> thing to do or even where to find it. I've had this computer ever since
>>> Win8 came out--whenever that was--and I've never done any of that. What
>>> would folks recommend?
>>>
>>
>> The other week I heard a geek say that when they have a customer with a
>> slow machine the first thing they do is a two-stage clean. The first
>> stage is to take the cover off and clear out any dust that may be
>> impeding cooling.,  The second stage is to clear out any unwanted
>> applications and temporary files that are not needed and are slowing
>> things down.
>>
>> There are free applications such as Ccleaner (the initial C was
>> originally expanded with three more letters) that can help with the
>> latter task.  You can also use Task Manager (access through Ctrl + Alt
>> +Del pressed simultaneously) to see what is using up memory and/or
>> processor capacity.
>>
>> A final trick is to check what applications run automatically on
>> start-up.  Not only do they slow down the start sequence they then sit
>> there occippying the RAM you need for things you do want to use.
>>
>> I assume you already use a malware detector such as Spybot Search and
>> Destroy.
>>
>> Roger
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 31, 2015, at 12:10 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is the window for downloading the fully supported free forever version
>>>> of Windows 10 over?
>>>>
>>>> And... anyone in the pub using Win 10 yet and what are your thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Lynn, so busy I did not do my homework on this soon enough
>>>>
>>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>>>
>>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>>>> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You 
>>>> gave
>>>> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
>>>> talk by Richard Rohr
>>>>
>>>
>>