[Magdalen] MS Windows users question...

[Jon Egger]

My Win10 is up and running.  I may get a new 'puter since I can double the
ram by harvesting it from my current computer.  I looked at some touch
screen Lenovo's today but I'm seriously looking into a refurbished Mac.
They're hundreds of dollars less and are as stable and the new ones.  DD is
taking me out to check them out this Wednesday.

Grace and peace,
brud

On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> I do believe Micro$oft has stated that they intend to allow legal upgrades
> to Win10 even from pirated copies of their operating systems.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 2:32 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] MS Windows users question...
>
> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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