[Magdalen] Computer help

[P. Dan Brittain]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Windows 10 is not so different from Windows 7. It's not like the
> difference between 7 and 8.
>
> I like it, and I admit I'm a little compulsive about keeping to the
> latest versions of systems and apps, mainly for security reasons but
> also because I like shiny new things (and products being well
> supported by the company that made them).
>

Don't mind the program itself so much as I do the learning curve for one
entering autumnal years.

I think the problem on Sibelius is the codes are now set up for its new
version which is a monthly subscription. As I paid full price, I am not
interested in a monthly pay.

d


>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Well, I keep getting reminders that I can only install Win10 for free
> until the 29th. I don't want it, but I didn't think they would just go
> ahead and install it anyway...
>

My windows 7 computer gave me the choice and I declined.

My win 8 laptop did it on its own.




> Any way to prevent that?  Of course, it might be better than Win8, if it
> isn't designed for touch screens. I really don't know what to do!! How
> different is WIN10? I still haven't figured out the Word program that came
> with WIN8...all the toolbars are different than the old ones...
> > Oh well.......
> >
> >> On Jul 27, 2016, at 1:59 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> There is a roll-back to your old form of windows. I used that after I
> found
> >> how deficient the new form was (how many programs I had lost). The
> >> roll-back is pretty quick, but you need to do it right away before the
> foul
> >> new windows makes any further changes.
> >>
> >> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> >> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
> preserved,
> >> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:51 PM, P. Dan Brittain <
> pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Came home the other day to discover that Windows in its widsom had
> decided
> >>> to install Windows 10.
> >>>
> >>> I wasn't enthralled by it but didn't seem too big a deal.
> >>>
> >>> today, I tried to run my copy of Sibelius Music Software.
> >>>
> >>> The Avid folks seem to think I have switched computers so I have to go
> >>> through the licensing procedure again.
> >>>
> >>> I have my security code for the program, but it is asking for my
> system ID.
> >>> I don't remember how to find it. As I recall, when I first installed
> the
> >>> software, it generated a system ID for me, but I could be wrong. I do
> not
> >>> want to go through the re-install
> >>> again due to the time involved. I am due to head out this afternoon
> for the
> >>> Arkansas Bandmasters Association meeting.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> P. Dan Brittain
> >>> Harrison, Arkansas
> >>>
> >>> http//:pdanbrittain.com
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> >>>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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