[Magdalen] Computer help

[Jay Weigel]

Sitting over here in Mac-land smiling.. I shouldn't say anything, I guess,
but I am SO glad I left Windoze all those years ago.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:55 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not now? Easy. Your software doesn't work with Windows ten. I thought
> this was mentioned. It's the main real reason not to upgrade. Windows ten
> is not a horrible operating system; it just won't work with several of my
> programs, so after the upgrade, all of those just vanished. I could still
> find the files, but it figured out that a shortcut was for a program it
> didn't support, and deleted the shortcut, so the program essentially
> vanished.
> I recovered, and voila, (or as the musician would say, "Viola!") there they
> were again.
>
> I'll lose stuff when I upgrade of course, but not until. I'll have time to
> consider what I need, and find a substitute for what I'll be losing.
>
> Too bad I didn't get an "expiration date" for my hard drive (one almost
> never does).  All of a sudden, I lost everything on that drive that wasn't
> backed up.  Several nice things too. But that was just a matter of some
> errant cosmic rays frying something vital....
>
> 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 4:42 PM, Charles Wohlers <
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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