On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 9:40 AM, John Moniz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/09/2016 03:58 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 01:29:45PM -0400, James Knott wrote: >> >>> I had similar when updating¹ the W10 version in a virtual machine on my >>> notebook computer. The update failed for no apparent reason. Also, >>> this was a W10 to W10 update. Putting more memory in the computer >>> worked for me too. >>> >> Except the solution here was to remove memory, not add memory. >> >> 1) I say updating, as calling anything from Microsoft an upgrade would >>> be overly optimistic. ;-) >>> >> I have a laptop for a particular application that has to use MS windows. > It is now running on Win7. I've been resisting the move to W10, despite the > constant nagging of the MS 'helpful' notices. This is a production computer > and interfaces with the government frequently. > > Should I bite the bullet and switch to W10? I'm afraid the government > might force me switch some day, and it'll surely be after the free > switchover window is closed. > > Any thoughts? I also have a Windows laptop purchased just to run an Access application. It came with Windows 8, and one day I got a pop-up that it had downloaded everything that it needed to install Windows 10. Since there's nothing particularly valuable on this laptop, I shrugged and told windows to go ahead. The upgrade went smoothly -- the interface looks a little different, otherwise it works fine. What did disturb me a little while after that, was booting up my computer to get the message Everything is fine / All your files are exactly where you left them .. With fear in my heart, I worried that my laptop had been trashed and all of the files locked by some ransomware (not a big deal, but pretty damned inconvenient). So much for the "Trust me, I'm an engineer, I know what I'm doing." bravado. It turned out that it was some stupid update from Microsoft [1] for some desktop search functionality (OK -- it's Cortana, a personal assistant). Nice idea, but a ridiculously, horrifically bad installation implementation. Alex 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/3x88yj/all_your_files_are_where_you_left_them_what_the/ -- Alex Beamish VP Membership, Toronto Northern Lights, 2013 Champions / www.northernlightschorus.com Candidate Contest Administrator, Barbershop Harmony Society / www.barbershop.org
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