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    Posted: 29 Jul 2015 at 6:41pm
I remember Jimbo reserved a copy, today it becomes available.
 
I have many questions...
 

Before you begin

  • Make sure you have:
    • An internet connection (internet service provider fees may apply).
    • Sufficient data storage available on a computer, USB or external drive for the download.
    • A blank USB or DVD (and DVD burner) with at least 4 GB of space if you want to create media. We recommend using a blank USB or blank DVD, because any content on it will be deleted.
  • Read the System Requirements.
  • If you will be installing the operating system for the first time, you will need your Windows product key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx). For more information about product keys and when they are required, visit the FAQ page.
  • For Enterprise editions please visit the Volume Licensing Service Center.

I'm not in a hurry to try this, do I have to have a disk?

I think this thing can burn, I tried to make a CD but never made it happen.
 
I may just chug along with Windows 7 till I have to make a change.   Confused
 
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'Windows 10' is not a product we consider useful for business, at this time.
I've tried it and tossed it aside more than once.
You should be concerned about  Product Compatibility, Device Drivers, and Security.
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I tried to download Windows 10, something got in the way.
 
My e-mail account did the same thing. Now I can't get the codes from YouTube?
 This is really pissing me off, they gave me options to upgrade.
I went with Mozilla, It didn't finish and I am seeing no changes.
I can see a new computer in the near future.
 
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Take your computer to someplace like 'Best Buy' and let their 'Geek Squad' get it back closer to reality. Geeks need to make money and eat, too. 

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^Yep, or if you want to be stubborn, simply get your Windows 10 downloaded to a USB drive somewhere like a library, local college, coffee shop, etc. Those places usually have free-to-access extremely high-speed and stable internet connections that can handle a big download like a new OS.
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I'll probably try all this at some point.  I've been dying to dump Windows 8 ever since I got this laptop last year.  Way too much b.s. and freezing for my taste.
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^That isn't what I am saying.
I'm advising aka to take m'sofkd-up machine to a shop and get earlier windows on it.
They will do it and salvage as much of your machine as they can at a very affordable price...and Geeks get to eat.
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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

^That isn't what I am saying.
I'm advising aka to take m'sofkd-up machine to a shop and get earlier windows on it.
They will do it and salvage as much of your machine as they can at a very affordable price...and Geeks get to eat.


This is what I get for typing before reading the whole topic, I suppose. Wink
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Originally posted by NiteRaidah NiteRaidah wrote:

Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

^That isn't what I am saying.
I'm advising aka to take m'sofkd-up machine to a shop and get earlier windows on it.
They will do it and salvage as much of your machine as they can at a very affordable price...and Geeks get to eat.


This is what I get for typing before reading the whole topic, I suppose. Wink
ShockedConfusedApologies, NR - I was responding to PapaL without quoting him, thus, you stepped right into the 'line of firefrozen and/or compromised' Windows 10 machines.
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Originally posted by i8acannibal i8acannibal wrote:

Just a heads up for anyone considering Windows 10.


And so it begins all over again. Confused


Not really all that big of a deal when you carefully read the article. Your WiFi router password gets encrypted & automatically sent to the computer of anyone you have listed as a contact on FB or Skype & only when they come in range of your router's WiFi signal.

Since I have virtually no FB contacts & 0 Skype contacts...AND....nobody ever visits my house.... .... I don't see any problems for moi personally.



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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

Take your computer to someplace like 'Best Buy' and let their 'Geek Squad' get it back closer to reality. Geeks need to make money and eat, too. 

I saw one of their black & white VW bugs in the neighborhood the other day.
 
When my last computer crashed, I called Geek Squad.
It must be a very popular service because they said it would be at least a week even if I drop the computer off.
 
I'm seeing my YouTube codes this morning, what ever the issue was yesterday it seems to have corrected itself.
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The only thing I've ever heard people say re: the BB Geek Squad, is to NOT take your computer to them.

Better to find a locally owned shop with a solid reputation.


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Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

The only thing I've ever heard people say re: the BB Geek Squad, is to NOT take your computer to them.

Better to find a locally owned shop with a solid reputation.




Agreed. I once had some problems with my computer, and talked to the Geek Squad about it. Their solution would've cost me about $700 (and included buying a new computer). So I called some local guy who runs a business called PC House Calls out of his parents' house, and he had it repaired better than before for about $125. That was 6 years ago.

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Originally posted by Thor Thor wrote:

Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

The only thing I've ever heard people say re: the BB Geek Squad, is to NOT take your computer to them.

Better to find a locally owned shop with a solid reputation.




Agreed. I once had some problems with my computer, and talked to the Geek Squad about it. Their solution would've cost me about $700 (and included buying a new computer). So I called some local guy who runs a business called PC House Calls out of his parents' house, and he had it repaired better than before for about $125. That was 6 years ago.

 
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I know somebody who got a bad Toyota at a good dealership in Ontario a year ago. Then I heard second-hand through the grapevine and translated that someone else got a crappy Toyota from in Japan, oh...maybe 10 years ago.
 
THE POINT WAS:
 
One does not need to buy a new machine because of 'just another Microfkup'. In fact - don't do it.
 
What I provided was a suggestion - and one option.
When I'm not around the swamp, my aged father takes his machine to the Geeks when he has problems (not related to his Alzheimers). They help a lot and don't charge him squat. They actually have salvaged his machine.
Maybe he's lucky.
For those not comfortable addressing machine issues: 
Anyone with ANY brains would actually first check some local reviews for price and service quality before choosing a service provider.
 
 
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

The only thing I've ever heard people say re: the BB Geek Squad, is to NOT take your computer to them.

Better to find a locally owned shop with a solid reputation.


Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

Really bright boys.

Anyone with ANY brains would actually first check some local reviews for price and service quality before doing anything with any nearby service provider.


And so, I repeat...

Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

Better to find a locally owned shop with a solid reputation.


Let me repeat that last part of that quote one more time....

Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

....with a solid reputation.



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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:


Anyone with ANY brains would actually first check some local reviews for price and service quality before choosing a service provider.


Without a computer, I was just glad I'd saved a few old Yellow Pages so that I could find the name and phone number of a service provider.

(How did we get by before the internet w/o Yelp or Angie's List?)





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I've had this computer for 4 or more years, it's not likely I would pay a lot of money to have something fixed.  The tech industry lives on built in...
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I hope to get another couple of years out of my flaptop.

Still works fine & does everything I need it to.

Will wait a bit to attempt the free Windows 10 upgrade, though.

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LOLGee...touchy, touchy, touchy.
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'solid reputation'?
You can chase reputations if you like - I like recent reviews and references. For me, they speak more to the current performance of a provider.
'phone book'?
Library.
'Obsolete'?
In the eyes of the beholder - really depends what one needs...but its your money and its all good. 
 
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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

LOLGee...touchy, touchy, touchy.

'solid reputation'?
You can chase reputations if you like - I like recent reviews and references. For me, they speak more to the current performance of a provider.
'phone book'?
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In the eyes of the beholder - really depends what one needs...but its your money and its all good.


I'm not being touchy, Pa. I merely pointed out that I had already specified that any local shop I'd go to before Bust Buy, would have to have a good reputation for providing good service at a fair price.

That would obviously entail doing one's homework regarding reviews & references from trusted sources.

What do you think "reputation" means, anyway?


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Of course, Windows 10 cannot be trusted without having to manually start the download process and a few errors during installation.

I HATE Microsoft. So much.
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Originally posted by videotapeguy videotapeguy wrote:

Of course, Windows 10 cannot be trusted without having to manually start the download process and a few errors during installation.

I HATE Microsoft. So much.

That's why I'm gonna hold off downloading it until they work some possible bugs out.


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I was a Windows Insider. The beta was kind of glitchy on the Start Menu. Try to make the Start Menu fullscreen, and it disappeared and I had to reinstall the beta.
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