I did some “maintenance” on my “office” computer. I cleaned out old files that were found using the Windows “Disk Clean up” utility. Disk De-frag is automatic at least on my WIN7 as the user doesn’t really have to make a decision. A human should interface with the clean up. You may not want to discard some of the old files it finds. So it doesn’t run automagically <sic>. In fact if the user doesn’t...
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OH Noooo!
I must be a glutton for punishment. I am allowing Microsoft to update my little baby NETBOOK from Windows 7 minimal version to Windows 10. The good part is that it is a free upgrade. As I have written previously saying I thought Win 10 was a pretty good operating system. I was having issues with old Asus motherboards and AMD processors. The NETBOOK is an Asus so we will see how that goes. I...
Continue reading...That’s All I Can Stands…
… I can’t stands no more! Well, sometimes I have to take a step back. I have been playing with the new WIN10 for over six months. Most of that time was with a pre release version with no guarantee of satisfaction. I received the upgrade to the full release version back on July 20th or so. I was anticipating that my irritations with WIN10 Trial version would be resolved with the go-to-market release. Unfortunately,...
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I was just upgraded (free) by Microsoft to the full blown Windows 10 on my sandbox computer. I have been running the trial “Technical Version” for many months, but this last upgrade (by Microsoft) has brought me up to the full Pro version. The Technical Version number no longer appears on the desktop page. It is still not able to sleep properly with my old Asus motherboard, AMD processor, and memory configurations. Therefore I cannot...
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