I have had the time, 6-8 weeks of trying out the new WIN8 OS so now I can make an experienced and qualified judgment of what it does for me. I have posted earlier WIN8 discoveries in this blog. I am running, screaming and hollering, clutching WIN7 OS tightly in my hot little computer-user hands. What? Yes, I said WIN7! Ha! I am just using a vivid metaphor to get some attention to my conclusion....
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Still playing with Windows 8. I have been getting Flash errors in Internet Explorer 10 which was provided in Win8. Doing some internet research I discover MS has vowed to abolish browser plugins, most notably Adobe Flash. Well, Adobe Flash is sort of there as MS has built it into IE10. When I started getting Flash errors in IE10 (messages said I needed an update) I went to Adobe and I couldn’t even read the...
Continue reading...What? No CD/DVD!
I am playing in my Win8 sandbox to create this post. That is the name I gave my computer when I loaded Windows 8 on it a just over a month ago. Gee, it sure seems a lot longer than that. Hmm… I don’t know if that is a good sign or a bad one. Here is the First Look. The OS seems to be running flawlessly except for one hardware problem. The OS doesn’t...
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I may not have explained this. The column on the right of this page is titled “More Posts”. Located here are four other blog/websites where I express my thoughts and describe what I am doing. Ramblin’ Dan may look like it isn’t being attended but that lack of action usually indicates I am off publishing in these other areas. Actually there are several more blog/websites I maintain that are not on this short list. I only...
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