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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
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Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think?
They might have some legal issues with that. If memory serves, the Win7/8/8.1 licenses did not allow Microsoft to install whatever they wanted on the licensees' systems. Furthermore, I don't think a full O/S upgrade would come under the "important fixes" that most people allow to be installed automatically. If I were a lawyer (God forbid!), I'd love to prosecute the Class Action lawsuit for this! :evil grin:
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It will be a pleasure taking your money from you. It never happened for any of the previous incarnations. Why should it for this one (especially now we've had the U2 debacle!)?
Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...
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Because this is supposed to be the last version of Windows. I'm sure Microsoft will find it much easier to patch errors if everybody is using the same version...
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Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
last version
One can only hope for...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Johnny J. wrote:
last version
One can only hope for...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Oh, I'm not making it up. It IS the intention: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2015/05/08/windows-10-to-be-last-version-of-windows/[^]
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI know you don't making it up :-) I only say that: 1. Microsoft never told so 2. We had something similar (and this time from Microsoft) with VS 2012, but nothing changed there 3. Windows is the most profitable product of Microsoft, and if the model described in that (and other) articles is true it will make it as much as 5 times expensive as today to have a running Windows OS - most people will not pay that prize...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeI for one have Corrupdates off so they'll have come and do a home invasion update to get me.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Richard Deeming wrote:
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.
Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.
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That's included in Windows 10! It looks a little different too; black background, off-white text, a flashing cursor; it's a real retro feel. To see the variables you have to type SET, to set them, also SET. NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
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How long before Windows Update FORCES a Win10 update, do you think? My money is on "Less than 3 months"... :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Me, all the timePresumably it'll be over a year; i.e. around the time they start charging for it ;).
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That's included in Windows 10! It looks a little different too; black background, off-white text, a flashing cursor; it's a real retro feel. To see the variables you have to type SET, to set them, also SET. NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
JohnLBevan wrote:
That's included in Windows 10!
Yay! :thumbsup:
JohnLBevan wrote:
NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
Boo! :thumbsdown:
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
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I'm hoping they solved the issue of mice conflicting with tablet devices. 17 months later, I'm waiting for left-click to work. For the time being, it's point-mouse, left-click-tablet.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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You have a year to upgrade to 10 for free. If you still want it after that, then you'll have to pay for it. If MS was to force everybody to upgrade to it in "less than 3 months" from now, then there goes that revenue stream. Still wanna have that bet?
I know it's supposed to be a free upgrade, that's why we here in NZ have to pay $98 to upgrade our systems. Nothing is ever free.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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I am guessing a lot of people won't mind being moved away from Windows 8. I think it'd more interesting to see what will annoy people with Windows 10, considering how angry people got over the start menu disappearing in Windows 8.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse. This is being written on a Win 7 machine and after testing 10, 7 looks odd, not bad just odd. Bottom line 8 is so bad after testing 10 and then down loading it last night 10 looks good.
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I'm hoping they solved the issue of mice conflicting with tablet devices. 17 months later, I'm waiting for left-click to work. For the time being, it's point-mouse, left-click-tablet.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
Member 10707677 wrote:
17 months later, I'm waiting for left-click to work.
That is hilarious. Not for you, obviously, but to wait 17 months for the mouse to work is hilarious.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
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Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse. This is being written on a Win 7 machine and after testing 10, 7 looks odd, not bad just odd. Bottom line 8 is so bad after testing 10 and then down loading it last night 10 looks good.
Earl Owens wrote:
Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse.
This.
Try Grapple for Android, it has a naked pixel guy in it! Also, loads of blood and some snakes.
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JohnLBevan wrote:
That's included in Windows 10!
Yay! :thumbsup:
JohnLBevan wrote:
NB: you can only expand it vertically though; horizontal expansion is still way beyond today's technology.
Boo! :thumbsdown:
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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You just have to press windows + r, then type cmd in the little box that appears there and BOOM! There you have the black screen... xD
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Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse. This is being written on a Win 7 machine and after testing 10, 7 looks odd, not bad just odd. Bottom line 8 is so bad after testing 10 and then down loading it last night 10 looks good.
Earl Owens wrote:
Windows 8 was so bad that Windows 10 would have to suck all the air off the planet to be worse
Hey, it's Microsoft we're talking about here. Make sure you've got an oxygen tank nearby! :laugh:
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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Richard Deeming wrote:
Probably the re-introduction of the Start Menu.
Yay! This is the kind of improvement that users get excited about.. putting back features that they already had! :laugh: But when, oh when, can I get a resizable environment variables window? I've been waiting for that feature since 1995.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
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Search for resize enable. It's somewhat of a hack but I know it works for the environment variables. I've been using it since the Win XP days.
It's a shame we have to resort to third party software to do this kind of thing. Ah well, I guess the guys at Microsoft have been busy for the last few years "designing" squares :doh:
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
