[Magdalen] Computer help

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

You have now an option to opt out.

There are different choices.

To get a list of possible links, google:

windows 10 opt out

You will get a variety of windows.  LOOK very carefully at the URL, and
give your preference to the URLs that come from Microsoft, or some other
competent source of authority.

I accidentally upgraded, and went to the recovery section of the help files
of Windows, and it gave me clear guidance how to get back to the version I
had (You should know which one it was in order to avoid it trying to return
you to a system you never had.)
I started getting the prompts again to upgrade.
I also read of people being hijacked to an upgrade, and not being sure how
to stop it.
I looked around and soon found there are ways to opt out of the upgrade.

I used one of these, and have not gotten any notices since. The world is,
as Brian said, again a safe place.

When I started reading about the lockstep upgrades, it did not sound right
to me. Surely there are people whose software can't function with a
different operating system, who for sure never want to change. There had to
be some way for them to weather this storm.  And there is, as it turns out.

I expect to keep these relics a little while longer and then get new
equipment. Microsoft will have its way with me then, but the OS I get will
be a lot more stable than the new stuff coming out the door today.

Trivia question: What was the operating system in HAL?


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 2:21 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...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
> >> <http://pdanbrittain.com>* <http://pdanbrittain.com/>*
> >> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> >> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> >> Commissions accepted
> >>
>