Posted on 07/30/2023 8:30:11 AM PDT by fireman15
I might buy them. The problem is that I break eyeglasses every few weeks. But they only cost me $1.25 at Dollar Tree.
I have worn cheapo 1.50 magnification eyeglasses for 25 years for the computer. Or reading a book. Otherwise, I don’t need them.
I have gone through who knows how many Dollar store sunglasses and reading glasses over the years. You get what you pay for.
These ones I linked to are far better, they cost less than the ones at Sam’s Club or Costco but are just as good if not better. And of course if you are a Prime member you can send them back for free by dropping them off at a UPS store. I haven’t broken any of them yet.
There are not a lot of people here who have used Microsoft products as long or as much as I have. I put my first XT clone together in late 1984, but before that I had a Spectravideo SV-328 which was the design that the “MSX standard” was based on. This was a standard that Microsoft hoped would eventually dominate the home computer market. MSX BASIC was very similar to GW-BASIC, which was released the same year for IBM PCs and clones, but it had additional features. I feel very fortunate to have an original MSX BASIC manual along with a still working SV-328, with many programs and peripherals.
From that point forward I was in constant contact with Microsoft products. My favorite work/study job in college was working as a computer lab assistant where I helped maintained dozens of computers that used the Microsoft operating system and assisted students with software that ran on them. When the professors were absent for some reason I taught whatever lesson was on the agenda.
In all of that time... I have never felt that I was treated poorly or not respected by Microsoft or any of their employees in any interaction. Microsoft may not have treated some of their business associates or employees well on occasion and the politics of Bill Gates are despicable. But Their customer service has always been top notch to me. I have always been treated fairly and considerately. We live in a world where everyone wants to be seen as a victim especially when a company has deep pockets. But you are going to have to explain what your beef is with Microsoft; because I honestly have not got a clue what you are talking about.
I have tried every major and many minor Linux distros, but none of your issues were any for me, nor would be. I actually refrain downloading You Tube vids or audio if the license does not allow it (unless the author allows it), as well as using certain multimedia codecs in Linux if they are not licensed for it, though that is a confusing issue, and can apply to Windows as well, but it is not as big an issues in scope as it was before, since some multimedia patents have expired.
My reasons are that the time it would take to learn to make a Linux distro as customized as I can rather easily do in Windows is no warranted. I use W/11 Pro which flowed from an $29 (with rebate) upgrade from XP being on the retail channel years ago, thus allowing legal transference to a new PC, thank God
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How about low blue light at night? I use this all the time on Windows 11. Apple has similar for its phones and computers.
Linus is lacking in this. Lacking a red-shift AKA low blue light setting. My i5 desktop’s LED monitor is on the low blue light setting all the time.
Ooh, ooh, bad OS on a bad PC. Will this work to get Win7 on a current box? That’s what I’d really like.
I am no bothered by any lack of such.
Windows 7 runs fine in virtual machines on current computers...
I have half a dozen computers that came with Windows 7 on them. The ones that I still use have all been upgraded to Windows 10 because of a plethora of advantages of using a supported operating system. I did resist the upgrade for quite a while long ago. I didn’t actually change over to Windows 10 on all my machines until after I purchased newer computers that came with it installed. After Microsoft ended support in 2020 it eventually became silly not to upgrade.
I am actually using a laptop right now that came with Windows 7, a Lenovo G560 with 8GB of RAM, an old i5 M480, and an SSD. Some people claim this computer is not a good fit for Windows 10, but that is just not true. This setup is more than enough for emails, web browsing, office apps, and watching YouTube videos. It loads up quickly and runs very smoothly, and I had no problems finding the drivers necessary. I have it setup to dual boot with Ubuntu Studio 22.04. The Windows 10 sound drivers are superior to the ones that I use with Ubuntu which is typical.
I upgraded to Windows 10 largely because with Windows 7 you now have very limited choices with browsers and antivirus software. I do have some software that was designed for Windows 7 which is why I have a licensed Windows 7 Pro virtual machine setup in Hyper-V.
As someone who actually uses both Windows 10 and Windows 11... I am very happy with both. They are very good operating systems if you make the effort to learn how to get them to work the way that you want them to. Nearly every feature that Microsoft took away in their default settings can be re-enabled fairly easily. Sometimes it is easiest to find a 3rd party solution like the many free applications that can get you back to previous “start menus” etc...
Please explain why you are unhappy with Windows 10 and Windows 11. If you have a lot of time and effort working with obscure Windows 7 programs or old hardware like printers and scanners that will not work with a later operating system I can certainly understand your frustration. Then there are the frequent updates and obtrusive notifications. Both of these annoyances can be dealt with. Currently Ubuntu Studio or other builds of Linux are likely better alternatives than Windows 7 if what you are using it for is office, email, and web browsing.
VANITY QUESTION RE MICROSOFT: In my outlook.com email I received an email from (allegedly) msn.com. Does anyone know, or have an idea, if it’s legit? Here it is:
“This is to notify you for the final time that we will stop processing incoming emails on your account and email deactivation will take place anytime from August 15th to give room for our updated versions.
Update below to avoid losing your mails.
LOG IN NOW TO UPDATE NOW
PLEASE NOTE: YOUR EMAIL WILL BE SHUT DOWN IF NOT UPDATED AS IT WILL BE ASSUMED AS NO LONGER IN USE.”
It is a “”phishing email” that has been going around for years. I am surprised you have not received it before. Do not use any links from the email or even open it a second time. It wouldn’t hurt to run a malware scan since you opened it.
Thank you! It looked iffy so I never clicked on the link. I’ll run an extra Malwarebytes first thing today. Thanks again.
I have received many emails over the years that have looked very legitimate, and the first reaction is “what the heck is going on here?” And you let your guard down and almost fall for some type of shenanigan. Sometimes I open suspicious links in a “sandboxed” environment just to see where they will take me although it is never really a good idea to tempt fate by visiting websites put up by criminals. I also have received many legitimate emails that looked very suspicious from people and institutions that should know better.
There is likely nothing in the email you received other than links which would have taken you to a fake website designed to get passwords and account names and whatever other information they can get from victims such as credit card and bank account info. These scams play a numbers game... a certain percentage of the population will fall for just about anything, so the criminals don’t have to have truly malicious code that would be discovered, reported quickly and filtered out almost immediately. There is not enough time in the day to filter out the billions of scam emails that are sent out every day that target the unsuspecting among us.
As much as 85% of all email traffic is thought to be generated by spam. In some of my own accounts this is a percentage that is close to reality. My oldest email accounts are the worst, but I hate to give them up. My wife and I have several Gmail accounts that we use to get free Google Voice VOIP “landlines” (like Vonage or Magic Jack only free). Every once in a while, I check these Gmail accounts which we have never used for email and even they sometimes have quite a bit of spam to delete in bulk. Google Voice also allows texting and it is surprising the number of spam texts. Google filters phone calls from sources they believe are scammers so we also sometimes have a lot of voice mail recordings from robocalls to delete as well. Although this is not as surprising because these phone numbers were all transferred from what were long time landlines whose numbers we didn’t want to give up. The number that gets the most of these types of recordings was my grandmother’s former number.
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