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Looking forward to getting Windows 10 the day it ships? Yeah, about that... (MS rollout plan)
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| July 2, 2015
| Neil McAllister
Posted on 07/04/2015 7:24:30 AM PDT by dayglored
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To: Smittie
You might even consider getting one of the $25 copies of Win7 and hold it until you have to get new hardware, then install it in place of whatever the manufacturer pre-installed. If that happens before 2020 (when the Win7 security updates will stop) it might be a worthwhile investment in sanity.
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posted on
07/04/2015 8:22:08 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
To: x_plus_one
Windows 10 will be like a smart phone, all apps with no user access to turn off the cameras and microphones.
Not really true - Win10 has a desktop page AND an apps page. I've been testing Win10 and use the apps page once in a blue moon.
I don't know anything about turning off the cameras and microphones, but I guarantee some geek will find, and post, a way within days of Win10 launch.
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posted on
07/04/2015 8:34:34 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: dayglored
That’s a good idea. A computer seems to last about 5 years around here so that would work.
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posted on
07/04/2015 9:07:28 AM PDT
by
Smittie
(Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
To: dayglored
I’m ready to get mine when they feed it to me....but have a full backup Win7 pro files ready to go just in case
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posted on
07/04/2015 11:46:37 AM PDT
by
Domandred
(Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
To: UB355
Thanks bit does not answer the administrator roadblocks I was inquiring about.
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posted on
07/04/2015 12:31:00 PM PDT
by
Hostage
(ARTICLE V)
To: SkyDancer
Earlier someone posted how features enjoyed by Windows 7 won’t be supported by W10 such as the media player, watching movies on your PC via DVD’s. VLC media player is free and much better anyways. WinDoze Media player was not in Windows 8 either
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posted on
07/04/2015 12:48:52 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: dennisw
Well I had Windows7 Starter and it didn’t have any media player, couldn’t play movies on my notebook. I upgraded to Home Premium and got the player. Someone here said that W10 would not play movies and you had to buy a third party software to do it.
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posted on
07/04/2015 1:25:20 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( "Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: dayglored
I have 3 unused copies of Windows XP Pro and 3 good licensed copies of Windows Server 2003. I think I held on too long. :-(
To: x_plus_one
If they are giving it away for free you know its dangerous. Anyone?
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posted on
07/04/2015 7:11:48 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(The left's perfectly happy with slavery so long as they're holding the whip..Billthedrill)
To: dennisw
My Windows 8 came with media player installed.
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posted on
07/04/2015 11:16:32 PM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: hsmomx3
I meant Media Center....sorry. Anyway VLC media player is a better playback program than Media Player
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posted on
07/04/2015 11:18:16 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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