Posted on 10/06/2021 10:21:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
MS PC Health Check app is only for win 10 systems. I am sticking with win 7. But no longer can find my install disc. So when the lay top fails to work. Will then be forced to up date to the latest window release.
I downloaded it and it runs well… so far. Not much change from Win
Microsoft encouraging people to throw away very good computers. Windows 10 is crappy enough. Every time they do major updates then it slows down. They can keep windows 11.
The last forced update of windows 10 wiped out the OS and I have spent nearly two weeks recovering. I have been running the business on my Windows 7 machine since, which has been rock solid. If it wasn’t for needed software I would still use Win7, I still have hardware running XP. I think I will wait a while for windows 11 if their “support” includes wiping out their OS.
Why on Earth would anyone rush into installing this?
My older Gateway desktop began to blue screen after a win 10 update a few months ago. I spent hours looking for file system corruption and possible driver issues with no success. Ended up wiping my hard drive and reinstalling Win 10, which didn’t resolve the issue. Decided to dump Windows and migrate to Ubuntu, which is running well. I installed Virtual Box, and within it Win 10. No more blue screens with Win 10.
Linux is not as user friendly as Windows, but at least it works. I was able to install Nordvpn and an app that automatically backs up files that have been modified or newly created (was using both with Windows). I used Linux with my last job, so making the transition was fairly easy for me. It isn’t nearly as important to have AV software on a Linux machine, as viruses designed for Linux are rare, but I will eventually install something for that purpose.
Problems similar to the ones I experienced are likely going to become more common with older machines. I will only purchase new hardware as a last resort.
It’s a racket. The software requires new hardware. The hardware requires new software.................
“Another reason I’m happy to stay With Windows 7 and turned off the automatic updates.”
That would be me, too. And running MS Office 2003.
Amazon had several refurbished XPs for sale about a month ago. I was tempted to get one, only because I love the XP Sound Recorder so much. Then other stuff happened that took my mind off of that for a while.
Time to install Linux.
So far it's working great. I see little difference in the 10 layout. I have noticed it's faster, but he did some cleanup too, so the faster might be related to that cleanup. Maybe a combination of both?
Maybe Win 11 is the second iteration of Win 10.
Same with Windows 7, I'm presuming.
https://superuser.com/questions/1120781/get-windows-xp-sound-recorder-on-windows-10
To run a program in compatibility mode, you right-click on the program in Windows Explorer, or on the icon if you put it on your desktop, for instance.
Select Properties from the resulting context menu.
There will be several tabs [General, Compatibility, Security, Details]. Select the Compatibility tab.
There will be options that you should be able to figure out. I did this with the 32-bit Spider card game program from XP.
All this from the guy who once said no computer would ever need more than 650 KB.
There’s an old Christmas carol parody that goes, in part, “oh Microsoft, Microsoft, bloat ware all the way! I’ve sat here installing Word since breakfast yesterday. Oh Microsoft, Microsoft, moderation please! If you haven’t noticed 4 gig drives don’t grow on trees.”
And actually if it weren’t for bloat ware, what with people disabling old code rather than remove it and so forth, many things could run in a gigabyte easy.
I use on old desktop. I get updates. Everything works fine. Why do I need any upgrades?
I can’t even get Windows 10 to boot up in less than 5 minutes. Why the hell would I waste my time on win 11?
I do have the sndrec32.exe file, which is pretty easy to get online. For some reason, the quality sucks when running on Windows 7.
I recall in the mid-’90s that I made my own short audio clips from CDs to use for PC “events”, like new email alert, shut-down, etc. The sound recorder made editing easy, and the sound was clear. Now it’s just fuzzy. I’m not a pro AV person, so maybe I need to tweak something.
It’s no big deal, and nobody will die because of it, but it did a good job.
Also, thanks for the tip about compatibility mode. I’ll try that.
Thank the lord I don’t have to worry about this crap any longer, i bought a Macbook Air and i am glad i did.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.