[Magdalen] Computer help

Wed Jul 27 20:48:33 UTC 2016

Poor you.  Sibelius was bought by some company which fired the tech staff
for the most part, so Sibelius is an orphan program. Another reason free
enterprise isn't such a marvelous idea. The boss not only isn't always
right; sometimes he's an utter bonehead, and there's no failsafe to protect
the workers from a fool who has never done anything in life except own the
company. Bah!!

The programmers were all hired by another company which has them busily
building a better music processor (certainly not Sibelius, which that other
twit still owns) unfortunately, it will not be a Sibelius; it will be some
new program.  We were chatting about this stuff at the Amherst Early Music
festival, and my contact says they will build a new program from scratch,
and they'll be able to avoid all the mistakes they had made in Sibelius.

You know -- another Finale.  <snort!>

In the long run, it means a better software package, if we're lucky. In the
short term, a new learning curve, courtesy the poster child for incompetent
capitalists.

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 2:53 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> > >>> <http://pdanbrittain.com>* <http://pdanbrittain.com/>*
> > >>> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> > >>> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> > >>> Commissions accepted
> > >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 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
>