Yes! It's True!! Windows is re-releasing Microsoft Bob and you love it!
Not this one:
THIS ONE:
Posted on 11/03/2017 8:14:08 PM PDT by dayglored
More than a year after ending its free Windows 10 upgrade program, Microsoft is getting ready to shut down the last official free upgrade extension. The news wasn't exactly shouted from the rooftops.
If you've been waiting to claim your free Windows 10 upgrade using the "assistive technologies" exception, you need to act soon. In a quiet change to an obscure web page, Microsoft announced this week that those exceptions will end on December 31, 2017.
On July 29, 2016, Microsoft officially ended the Get Windows 10 program, which offered free Windows 10 upgrades to anyone currently running a supported earlier version of Windows.
But the company left a giant loophole in a separate announcement at the same time.
Under the terms of that announcement, individuals who use "assistive technologies" received an automatic extension of the free upgrade offer. And as a Microsoft spokesperson explained at the time:
We are not restricting the free upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies. If you use assistive technology on Windows, you are eligible for the free upgrade offer. That said, it is not intended to be a workaround for people who don't use assistive technology and who missed the deadline for the free offer.
Sometime in the past week, Microsoft quietly edited that page. Under the FAQ heading, the original version said, "We will make a public announcement prior to ending the offer."
That text has been replaced and now reads: "The accessibility upgrade offer expires on December 31, 2017."
As @kdzumba points out via Twitter, that date was first announced by the Microsoft Accessibility account, @MSFTEnable, in a tweet on October 17:
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
linux mint cinnamon for my main os- do ALL my online stuff with it-
Second os in dual boot config is windows 7 to play windows only games on, and use windows only software that doesn’t run well in virtual machine- like photoshop- this os only very briefly goes online for game updates- or os updates- that’s it- then i shut down the net connection-
Couldn’t be happier- (Well i guess i could be IF i could run windows in a virtual machine and have it capable of using the machine’s video card so i coudl run games and photoshop well- then I’d do away with the dual boot altogether and have linux as main os/host os, and windows as guest without a connection to Internet)
That s/w stuff is amazing.
Anything one can imagine can likely be done, with some effort...
Plus s/w can easily overwhelm the hardware. Getting the two to an equilibrium is the key.
Windows ME is perfect just as it is. Who needs to worry about upgrades and improvements? It’s all just a bunch of hype.
ping
I’m still running Microsoft Bob.... Just kidding!
Wow! But if all you use it for is word processing, even MS 3.1 can do.
As Katniss Everdeen said:Panem Windows 7 Pro today...Panem Windows 7 Pro tomorrow...Panem Windows 7 Pro forever.
Yes! It's True!! Windows is re-releasing Microsoft Bob and you love it!
Not this one:
THIS ONE:
Yeah, I tried upgrading a few times last year and it did not go well. I gave up.
My 8.1 system runs perfectly, anyway. I'm happy with it.
I was there when MS Bob crashed for The Bill.
Microsoft used to have a semi-secret facility that they called the Microsoft Home. It was housed in the Conference Center on the main campus and I had been hired as an assistant to the Systems Engineer that ran the place.
Closed off to the public - and even most MS employees - there were no markings to identify its existence or differentiate it from any of other part of the facility. A very nondescript doorway led one into the Home, a 2500 square foot representation of an upscale condominium where Microsoft showcased emerging technologies. It also doubled as a meeting place for executive meetings and luncheons.
Inside were rooms that afforded the opportunity to feature different categories of technologies all related to the then-burgeoning concept of “the connected home”. The Vestibule was equipped with a computerized sentry that greeted visitors and emulated the functions of personal secretary, reminding the owner of appointments and related matters. The Study featured an electronic wall of books (what would become e-books) and an internet-connected grand piano. The Kitchen had a prototype Internet-connected refrigerator that kept inventory, suggested meals, and automatically restocked itself. There was a huge family room with all sorts of entertainment choices (complete with a killer sound system!) and a kids playroom to show off all the computer-related technologies that Microsoft was developing. Prominently displayed in the Kids Nook was a prototype wireless tablet running MS Bob.
Most of you are aware that the Melinda, the future Mrs. Gates, was the project manager directing the development of MS Bob. I guess it was natural that Bill would want to give her baby a prominent place in the scheme of things, so it was always heavily promoted during the tours that would take place.
One day Bill was hosting a personal tour in The Home. He had walked around and run through most of the high points that was usually given by the tour director. When he got to the Kids Nook he lavished praise on the Bob Tablet. Unfortunately, the tablet did what we all know and expect from Microsoft products - it froze, then crashed.
Bill was furious and my boss was gone by the end of the week. The tablet maintained its place in the Kids Nook, but afterward it was only mentioned in passing.
Do you actually have to have AT programs on your PC for this or just say you do?
I’m looking for a free downgrade-to7 offer. Screw Windows 10.
I think you only have to claim that you use AT. For all I know it could include the built-in accessibility settings of Windows itself.
According to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade all you have to do is say you use AT:
What assistive technologies are eligible for the extension?We are not restricting the upgrade offer to specific assistive technologies. If you use assistive technology on Windows, you are eligible for the upgrade offer.
I don't know of a downgrade as such, other than maybe rolling back from Win10 to Win7 if you upgraded very recently (like a month).
If you bought a computer in the last couple years with Win10 pre-installed, it might be a challenge to install Win7 on it, because of specialized drivers and so forth. Win7 was released in 2009 with SP1 in 2011. It already went out of normal (feature) support, and Microsoft pressured the manufacturers to stop providing Win7 support after Win10 came out.
So a lot of newer Win10 computers won't run Win7 with full functionality UNLESS you are willing to go hunting around for third-party drivers. In most cases it can be done, but it's a bit of work.
“If you bought a computer in the last couple years with Win10 pre-installed, it might be a challenge to install Win7.”
You’re right — and I learned that too late. For Christmas I’m checking HP and Dell, both of which sell Windows 7 systems in their Business section.
It worked. Last PC with 10. I was holding off because of the amount of data on the drive. It seems they fixed a bunch of stuff because it went well. Now, to the Family safety settings...
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