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#1486404 --- 07/04/16 03:15 PM
Re: Forced Windows 10 Update on 2/9
[Re: SilverFox]
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Senior Member
Registered: 01/19/03
Posts: 5565
Loc: Greeneville, TN
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This was a very interesting discussion and I changed my automatic updates to notify and allow me to select. THANK YOU DR. D.
I was using a 12 year old Compaq laptop with Windows 7.1 missing keys A, F10 & F11 with a volume control which had a mind of it's own and would max out and lock up the computer. It had coffee spilled on it many times and I'd often shake it upside down to shake out my tobacco and ashes from my pipe. I used a wireless keyboard to operate it but that didn't stop the volume control from taking over.
I'd heard horror stories about Windows 10, have a sister and daughter that hate it, and didn't want to spend the time learning. My daughter told me to check out new computers and suggested tigerdirect which sells new and used computers and you can get them with Windows 7.1.
I checked out Best Buy and bought a brand new touch screen Dell laptop for $249.99 as a bundle That included Kaspersky virus protection for three computers for six months, unlimited geek squad support for two years for another $79 and a free Office Pro package. "Free" BUT only until the subscription runs out. Screw that.
I down loaded the Kaspersky the next day no problem. The following day I waited an hour for the computer to start and then called Kaspersky. First I tried shutting it off and turning it on and then Ctl/Alt/Del to reboot, which I'm guessing doesn't work on Windows 10.
They said to unplug it AND pull the battery and wait a minute for he processor to reset, that these processors tend t lock up. It worked.
Windows 10 is loaded with junk that I'll never use and it was much slower than my old computer. I tried cleaning some of it up and uninstalled several programs, like X Box which appeared to be using 181 megs, which I learned were running in the background and it was still slower than dial up. I knew it wasn't my ISP WIFI because my old computer, my girlfriend's computer and my Apple I-Pad all worked just fine.
The day after that I tried loading the 365 Office and went to bed waiting for it to finish. The next morning I realized that the computer had shut itself off before the download was done. So I finished the download that day but never saw any ICONS. It didn't appear to be loaded but my account said that I'd used my one free download.
The e-mail link took me to Outlook, which just wanted to steal all my contacts on Yahoo. Microsoft, Yahoo & Google have always been at war trying to steal e-mail addresses. I like my Yahoo. It was a hassle getting onto my Yahoo and Kaspersky kept warning me that I was using a public server and it was insecure and I had to acknowledge that before I could access my e-mail. My Centurylink router offers connect wireless and one would have to have the 26 digit pass code to access it.
And of course I got flooded with e-mails from Best Buy, Dell and Office. Office wanted to know if I was using my free memory cloud, but it was a no-reply e-mail. I searched for Office and found programs like Excel which I could “pin” but didn't want to pin the ICONS because I thought that might add to programs running in the background and would slow it down more. I didn't search for the Memory Cloud.
I finally figured out how to save favorites and where to find them but on the next day I clicked on favorites and had an endless news feed scrolling to click on to select which ones I could read later. I couldn't get out of it to select my favorites.
Best Buy sent an e-mail offering to check to see how much my computer was worth toward trade in and listed lots of stuff for sale but it said I'd have to contact the store. However it did say new computers could be returned within 15 days.
I deduced that I could call the Geek squad and get it running better and work with it, but my fifteen days would probably get used up in the meantime.
So I returned it with the thought I'd have to eat the cost of the virus protection but they gave me every nickle back. They offered to clean it up or give the refund. Everything they sold had Windows 10 on it. Maybe that computer had a virus on it but it was securely packaged in the box when I got it.
Then I went to a local computer shop about a block away and bought a refurbished computer identical to what I had for $179 with Windows 7.1. Then for $60 they replaced the keyboard $20 labor, $40 keyboard on my “junk” computer which now runs like new.
I also know people who love Windows 10, but for now I'm going to avoid it. I have the option for a free download and that reminds me – I better change the automatic updates on my other computer to notify and select.
I guess if it comes to no option or if I had to pay for what I didn't want, I'd buy another Apple. I gave the one I had to my daughter so she didn't have to deal with Windows 10.
Happy 4th of July.
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