Downloading windows 10 and installing tonight

[les_taxi]

Will let you know how it goes - I'm always excited about a new O/S :biggrin:

[Slip]

Downloaded it this morning, seems to be draining my laptop battery around twice as fast as 8.1 did

[les_taxi]

All installed and sweet - like it! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

I'm on Windows 7, the little offer icon has now disappeared from my computer but I didn't download it because I think you have to pay for it after a certain time also I'm afraid there may be some changes and things I won't understand :Erm:

[les_taxi]

No Michael you don't pay for it.

Just takes a little bit of getting used to but it's good - and of course remember how many of us said we will never change from xp and we did and what an improvement! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

No Michael you don't pay for it.
Just takes a little bit of getting used to but it's good - and of course remember how many of us said we will never change from xp and we did and what an improvement! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I'll try and find the free offer icon Les. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[les_taxi]

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/jump-the-line-and-get-windows-10-right-now/

[jonnijon]

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/jump-the-line-and-get-windows-10-right-now/

That way does not work anymore :biggrin:

[les_taxi]

Maybe too many people downloading it at once. Just google Microsoft's main site perhaps :smile:

[les_taxi]

This is where I got it from - seems live
Just check if you are 32 or 64 bit :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

Man updates his PC to Windows 10 ... only for his wife to find his entire PORN collection has been transformed into a slideshow on repeat

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3184771/Man-updates-PC-Windows-10-wife-entire-PORN-collection-transformed-slideshow-repeat.html#ixzz3hqQqIjqp

:laugher:

[les_taxi]

Quick update,running well and just noticed how smooth web pages scroll using chrome.

[raynaputi]

All our computers here in the house are running Windows 10 now. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[les_taxi]

Good to see,bet Graham is still running xp:biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

Have registered a while back, just waiting for notification. What is 64bit?:Erm:

[jonnijon]

Have registered a while back, just waiting for notification. What is 64bit?:Erm:

Depends on your processor 32 bit, and 64 bit. 64 bit lets you use over 4 gigs of ram. Check SYSTEM to see what you have. 32 bit is old hat now.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

Depends on your processor 32 bit, and 64 bit. 64 bit lets you use over 4 gigs of ram. Check SYSTEM to see what you have. 32 bit is old hat now.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Thank you, may I ask, how do I find System?:Erm:

[les_taxi]

go to start,right click on my computer,select properties and it should show you if you 32 or 64 bit

[Michael Parnham]

go to start,right click on my computer,select properties and it should show you if you 32 or 64 bit

Found it, thank you:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

Hmm :icon_rolleyes: ... think I'll leave well alone!

[Terpe]

Hmm :icon_rolleyes: ... think I'll leave well alone!

Snap :icon_lol:

[Michael Parnham]

Hmm :icon_rolleyes: ... think I'll leave well alone!

Haven't received notification yet Arthur, so I might leave well alone also:Erm:

[Pete/London]

I am thinking of installing win 10, but not sure what to do with songs on media player, I think they have dropped it from win10

[les_taxi]

Media player is still there:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Pete/London]

Oh thats great, thanks Les

[KeithD]

It's the Media Centre you have to pay for. To burn DVD/CD just use Ashampoo Burner Free. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[les_taxi]

I use nero light and it's free-to me anyway:biggrin:

[Michael Parnham]

Notification arrived today, is it safe, will we lose anything?:Erm:

[les_taxi]

Notification arrived today, is it safe, will we lose anything?:Erm:

No it keeps all your files:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Pete/London]

Do you have to reinstall printers and programs ?

[raynaputi]

Do you have to reinstall printers and programs ?

No you don't. I didn't have to reinstall any programs in my laptop.

[Pete/London]

Thanks Rayna...I am gradually building up to it...haha

[KeithD]

Do you have to reinstall printers and programs ?

Nope. It's just an extra large upgrade, not a new OS.

[Michael Parnham]

I daren't do it, I'm afraid there will be words and things I don't understand:Erm:

[KeithD]

You can always go back to the previous version if you have a problem :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevewool]

I daren't do it, I'm afraid there will be words and things I don't understand:Erm:

DO NOT TOUCH:spam1::biggrin:

[les_taxi]

DO NOT TOUCH:spam1::biggrin:

:Erm: Don't get this statement:doh
Just get the bloody thing installed will all of you stop being wimps:laugher:

[jonnijon]

During setup it will ask you if you want to keep all your files.

[Pete/London]

:Erm: Don't get this statement:doh
Just get the bloody thing installed will all of you stop being wimps:laugher:

keep hovering over the button, decided better to wait until the morning when I am wide awake and have the full day in front of me

[stevewool]

Just remember boys, when they said using a mobile phone will melt your brain, JUST BE CAREFUL :yikes:

[grahamw48]

It says my PC isn't good enough for it. :cwm3:

So, I've installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox....because my Scanner wouldn't work with Windows 7. :Brick:

...Which reminds me...better check to see if it works with Ubuntu. :Erm:

[les_taxi]

Thanks for sending pic of your pc Graham-looks like you need upgrade:biggrin:
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/lestaxi1/6a00e3982444028833010536b69e78970b.jpg (http://s138.photobucket.com/user/lestaxi1/media/6a00e3982444028833010536b69e78970b.jpg.html)

[KeithD]

I remember those :yikes:

[les_taxi]

I used to have a vic 20-loved it.
I used to buy a weekly magazine where it would have games typed out in basic and I would spend hours typing them in to play a game like call of duty but with 2 big blobs as the enemy:icon_lol:
once I had typed in for about 3 hours and not saved my progress to cassette only for my little boy to walk past and catch the mains lead with his foot:cwm23:
bless him:doh

[KeithD]

ZX-81, Spectrum, Amstrad PC, and another one I can't remember. Then I moved onto Windows 3.1 from CPM and DOS.

[les_taxi]

Amiga maybe? Was my favourite pc:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

I think my first PC was a second hand 386 desktop obviously bought c 1993 Windows 3 or 3.1 . First printer was bought about the same time a small Canon Injet cost c £120. Current printer bought last year Canon 4 in 1 Multifunction bought last year c £50

[KeithD]

This is one version of the Amstrad I had.

http://www.settorezero.com/wordpress/galleries/2012-08-07_Cavo_Audio-Video_Amstrad_CPC464/cavo_audio-video_amstrad_cpc464_020.jpg

[grahamw48]

Oy....cost me a lot of money this PC ! :ReadIt:


.
http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag455/grahamw58/old%20computer_zpsl9s0vkzm.jpg

[Pete/London]

Loaded win 10, worrying at first because it did not load in my previous resolution. Spent ages trying to adjust in settings, then I had to sign out and back in, now everything seems sweet.
have not found media player yet, sure its in there somewhere

[les_taxi]

Type media player into search bar bottom left:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Dedworth]

When I click on the MS Win 10 thingy on my task bar it's telling me Nvidia GeForce 7050 is not compatible with Windows 10. I wasn't going to go for Win 10 until any bugs have been dealt with but it looks like I can't have it on this 5 year old Acer Windows 7 desktop which is getting a bit slow :Erm:

[Michael Parnham]

Loaded win 10, worrying at first because it did not load in my previous resolution. Spent ages trying to adjust in settings, then I had to sign out and back in, now everything seems sweet.
have not found media player yet, sure its in there somewhere

I think I will leave well alone, what is a Media Player?:Erm:

[les_taxi]

When I click on the MS Win 10 thingy on my task bar it's telling me Nvidia GeForce 7050 is not compatible with Windows 10. I wasn't going to go for Win 10 until any bugs have been dealt with but it looks like I can't have it on this 5 year old Acer Windows 7 desktop which is getting a bit slow :Erm:

Hmm I'm suprised at that.If it's running slow ded try seeing what programs are starting up when you boot it up.type in msconfig select start up and see how many things are checked to start up.Should only need 3 or 4.

[les_taxi]

I think I will leave well alone, what is a Media Player?:Erm:

Just the program that plays you music,movies etc.I don't use media player ever.

[Dedworth]

Hmm I'm suprised at that.If it's running slow ded try seeing what programs are starting up when you boot it up.type in msconfig select start up and see how many things are checked to start up.Should only need 3 or 4.

Yeah I did that the other day Les it's only got Chrome & AVG. It also freezes for 15/20 secs sometimes. Maybe it needs wiping and re-installing

[les_taxi]

Yeah I did that the other day Les it's only got Chrome & AVG. It also freezes for 15/20 secs sometimes. Maybe it needs wiping and re-installing

could be overheating as laptops can do-is it well ventilated ie make sure you raise the bottom of laptop clear of anything so the warm air can dissipate.If still struggling then a format is always the best option.

[jonnijon]

I used to have a vic 20-loved it.
I used to buy a weekly magazine where it would have games typed out in basic and I would spend hours typing them in to play a game like call of duty but with 2 big blobs as the enemy:icon_lol:
once I had typed in for about 3 hours and not saved my progress to cassette only for my little boy to walk past and catch the mains lead with his foot:cwm23:
bless him:doh

Or after hours of typing you would get "Syntax Error" :cwm23:

[Dedworth]

could be overheating as laptops can do-is it well ventilated ie make sure you raise the bottom of laptop clear of anything so the warm air can dissipate.If still struggling then a format is always the best option.

It's a desk top Les - might well format it

[imagine]

i havent gone for it yet, but here is something i found just minutes ago, may be usefull info

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/08/20/3-windows-10-privacy-dangers-to-fix-now/

[KeithD]

Hmm I'm suprised at that.If it's running slow ded try seeing what programs are starting up when you boot it up.type in msconfig select start up and see how many things are checked to start up.Should only need 3 or 4.

It's slow because it has no graphics card to use (no driver), so is using the CPU for graphics.

Try the correct one of these:
32 Bit http://www.driverscape.com/files/display/NVIDIA_307.90_Desktop_XP_32bit.zip
64 Bit http://www.driverscape.com/files/display/NVIDIA_307.90_Desktop_XP_64bit.zip

[Dedworth]

Thanks I'll try that over the weekend

[Michael Parnham]

i havent gone for it yet, but here is something i found just minutes ago, may be usefull info

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/08/20/3-windows-10-privacy-dangers-to-fix-now/

Oh, your back Stewart, nice to see you as I was worried where you'd got to. This info that you've provided, I don't understand any of it, I find it very frightening because there's lots of words and things I've never come across before, pleased your back though.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[les_taxi]

Oh, your back Stewart, nice to see you as I was worried where you'd got to. This info that you've provided, I don't understand any of it, I find it very frightening because there's lots of words and things I've never come across before, pleased your back though.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Don't worry Michael-any questions just ask.I have been running it for a couple of weeks now and it is smoother and faster than windows 7.
Have a look at this:xxgrinning--00xx3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwc5jKc-EgE

[les_taxi]

Also this:smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2x4yieeE4o

[Dedworth]

It's slow because it has no graphics card to use (no driver), so is using the CPU for graphics.

Try the correct one of these:
32 Bit http://www.driverscape.com/files/display/NVIDIA_307.90_Desktop_XP_32bit.zip
64 Bit http://www.driverscape.com/files/display/NVIDIA_307.90_Desktop_XP_64bit.zip

Couldn't get to them :Erm:

The server has refused to fulfill your request.

[KeithD]

http://www.driverscape.com/download/nvidia-geforce-7050---nvidia-nforce-620i

[Pete/London]

Just the program that plays you music,movies etc.I don't use media player ever.

What do you recommend the Les ?

[Michael Parnham]

Also this:smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2x4yieeE4o

Thank you so much Les, the only things I can do on a computer is use the Forum, send and receive E-mails and do my internet banking also PNB remittance. Our computer is super fast with BT's Infinity 2, as for games and apps wouldn't know what to do with such things, our TV and Blue ray Player have apps but wouldn't have any idea what to do with them, but thanks for offering to help Les, I appreciate the thought :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[imagine]

Oh, your back Stewart, nice to see you as I was worried where you'd got to. This info that you've provided, I don't understand any of it, I find it very frightening because there's lots of words and things I've never come across before, pleased your back though.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

thanks , yes we been traveling about, manila, 100 islands, bagio soon:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[les_taxi]

What do you recommend the Les ?

Well I use winamp to play my music files and power dvd for movies.You can get winamp for free and another program called VLC for everything else:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[SimonH]

thanks , yes we been traveling about, manila, 100 islands, bagio soon:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Wouldn't bother with 100 islands personally, but there again it isn't that much of a detour if you're on your way to Baguio.

[grahamw48]

thanks , yes we been traveling about, manila, 100 islands, bagio soon:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Hey ! I'm in Pangasinan (not far from Dagupan) from Sept 3rd...keep in touch ! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

The Phils is the only place I can afford to buy anyone a drink. :biggrin:

[Pete/London]

Well I use winamp to play my music files and power dvd for movies.You can get winamp for free and another program called VLC for everything else:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Thanks Les, I already use VLC, I will try winamp

[les_taxi]

When you install it,from memory it will ask you if you want toolbar or free music plays-just uncheck them as you don't need them.

[imagine]

Hey ! I'm in Pangasinan (not far from Dagupan) from Sept 3rd...keep in touch ! :xxgrinning--00xx3:

The Phils is the only place I can afford to buy anyone a drink. :biggrin:

will do that drink is too big a temptation :icon_lol::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[imagine]

Wouldn't bother with 100 islands personally, but there again it isn't that much of a detour if you're on your way to Baguio.

well a quite place, and why not after the buzzling city and pollution,
actualy had a great time there with another uk pinoy couple,
enjoyed the swimming in the sea, i hadnt swam for years:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Michael Parnham]

When you install it,from memory it will ask you if you want toolbar or free music plays-just uncheck them as you don't need them.
Had a go at installing windows 10 this morning. It said make sure you have saved whatever, that was the first thing I had no Idea what it meant, the next thing it told me I would lose Windows Media, didn't really know what that meant apart from something to do with music. Anyway I just let it get on with it and when it came to the part where it tells you to sit and relax I decided to clean the car and when I checked the computer later there was just a blank screen so I switched it off by pressing the button because nothing else responded then turned it on again and it told me it was loading my previous Windows. As this was happening I realised that Windows Media is Freeview so I'm pleased that what happened did happen otherwise we would have lost it. So I'll have to stick with Windows 7!:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[KeithD]

You get Freeview online here http://tvplayer.com/watch/

[Michael Parnham]

You get Freeview online here http://tvplayer.com/watch/

Thanks Keith but our computer has Freeview built in with a large screen so we can watch news without going on internet at breakfast time:xxgrinning--00xx3: