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ANNOUNCING The All-New Windows (&Microsoft) PING LIST! (vanity)
Self (vanity - announcement of a new ping list) ^ | March 30, 2015 | Dayglored

Posted on 03/30/2015 5:37:46 PM PDT by dayglored

OKAY! All you Windows users and admins and fanboys, Microsoft followers and folks, all you 90% of the computer users in the world...

After over 6 years of complaining that FreeRepublic doesn't have a Windows Ping List, I have finally decided that it's up to me to make one!
So if you want on the All-New Windows Ping List (or off, but ya gotta get on before you can get off), FReepMail me (dayglored) and I'll put ya on the list.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: microsoft; newpinglist; windows; windowspinglist
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To: RayChuang88

“And given CEO Tim Cook’s current political stand”

With Tim, it is not political, it is personal ...


61 posted on 03/30/2015 6:29:06 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: BushCountry
> @echo off // title Ping Me! // :loop // echo Ping Me! // goto loop

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62 posted on 03/30/2015 6:30:01 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: stylin_geek

I like the Windows 8 GUI better than on 7. Much better. Only minor thing is to add a start button via the download “Start 8” Talking laptops and desktops of course! :) Windows 8 touch screen devices are not on me radar. They are irrelevant to me.

With that start button so I can bypass the tiles/apps..... I am good to go and I like it!!


63 posted on 03/30/2015 6:32:12 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Excellence
> Add me, and what are the minimum system requirements for Win10?

Here's the list for the Technical Preview (essentially the same as for Win8.1):

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-faq-system-requirements-pc

64 posted on 03/30/2015 6:32:35 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

That’s cool ... I’m glad to hear that!


65 posted on 03/30/2015 6:32:46 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: dayglored

WIN 7 is like WIN95 OSR2 .. But it didn’t handle USB. I still have a nice old Sony desktop getting dusty. OH WELL. MOORES LAW?

IM running WIN 7 Prof on a new laptop. XP was OK. WIN7 muoy better.

I remember the beginning of Microstiff and its realm.. Now Gates sprays us and vaccinates us on PCs and laptops and our bodies too.


66 posted on 03/30/2015 6:34:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Excellence

There will be a (purportedly free) version of Win 10 for the Raspberry Pi 2, I wonder if something like that would work on a regular PC?


67 posted on 03/30/2015 6:36:23 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: AppyPappy

Once you upgrade to Windows 98se, you’ll never go back to 3.1.


68 posted on 03/30/2015 6:37:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dayglored

A DDoS on yourself!


69 posted on 03/30/2015 6:40:24 PM PDT by NeverEVERKerry (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: NormsRevenge

As I asked, would the “free” version of Win 10 for Raspberry Pi 2 still work on a normal PC? Wouldn’t it HAVE to run off of a USB?

It will be interesting to see what people do with that.


70 posted on 03/30/2015 6:41:09 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: VanDeKoik
> If this is something you want to do, keep it to pure tech (related to Microsoft if you want), neutral but critical if it demands it.

It's something I've wanted to do for years, truly. I just kept hoping somebody else would do it first so I wouldn't have to. :) But yeah, exactly what you say -- keep it to the news, the pros and cons of the software and related products.

With regard to opinions, I'm not anybody's fanboy. There are things I like a lot about Windows, and certainly I have no axe to grind, like I said it has made me a lot of money over the years. I'm mostly interested in keeping up with the new releases, things like security issues, advances in the technology. I'm sure that from time to time someone will post a thread about the latest exploits of Bill Gates, and the list will get pinged if it's relevant to the company, but otherwise I would just as soon the list steer mostly clear of politics and social stuff. That ain't what Windows is about. It's just software.

There's plenty to talk about tech-wise, and that's why I've devoted my career to doing this stuff. I love the tech.

> Not the type of fanboy nonsense those guy like to.

Well, I can't control or limit what fellow FReepers post, whether threads or comments, and Windows has its fanboys too. But I do hope it keeps down to a dull roar. :)

May I count you in?

71 posted on 03/30/2015 6:42:09 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Put me on the list, please!


72 posted on 03/30/2015 6:43:58 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: dayglored

I’m in.


73 posted on 03/30/2015 6:46:06 PM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: dayglored

Please add me. I to have made a decent living on Windows since the late 80’s.


74 posted on 03/30/2015 6:47:22 PM PDT by Woodman
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To: dayglored

What the heck.I’m a glutton for punishment. ADD ME PLZ


75 posted on 03/30/2015 6:49:13 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: tacticalogic
Perish the thought. The ping automatically reboots for you. Even if you're not logged on. 
So just like my Galaxy on Verizon?
I await my product key. I hope I won't need to use Powershell scripting to read them.
76 posted on 03/30/2015 6:49:57 PM PDT by NeverEVERKerry (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: dayglored

Count me in


77 posted on 03/30/2015 6:50:13 PM PDT by Lurkus Maximus
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To: dayglored

Getting on this ping list is almost guaranteed to cause the Blue Screen of Death!

Mac / Linux user here, so Do Not Add Me!


78 posted on 03/30/2015 6:51:57 PM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: CarmichaelPatriot
> Getting on this ping list is almost guaranteed to cause the Blue Screen of Death! Mac / Linux user here, so Do Not Add Me!

Well, now, if what you run is OS-X and Linux, the only way you'd get a BSOD is to run Windows in a VM, right?

But okay, you're not on until you want on.

79 posted on 03/30/2015 6:56:41 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Please add me.


80 posted on 03/30/2015 6:57:54 PM PDT by stevecmd
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