[Magdalen] Computer help

[Charles Wohlers]

Yes, you don't *have* to upgrade to Windows 10, but do understand that, if 
you don't, you will eventually stop getting security updates. At that time, 
your computer will be in the same position as it would be now if you still 
had Windows XP.

Or, you can install Linux (free) - but likely a very steep learning curve.

Or, you can go out and buy a Mac.

Them's your choices. If you stay with Windows, you will eventually *have* to 
deal with Windows 10 - if only when you buy a new computer. So why not do it 
now?

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 4:24 PM
To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Computer help

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
> >>
>