Please help. I have had VLC for a number of years. Very bad Microsoft, actually it is very disgraceful. I have Windows 10 installed on an ancient HP G62 laptop. Perhaps the DVD is the problem in your case. Windows 10 is gruesomely slow on the G62, so I dual-boot with Linux, and most of the time that is what I use.
I have an ancient 9 year old Sony Vaio laptop. That might speed your p;der machine. It took many hours from Canon technical support and escalating to higher level, who ultimately said it is a Windows problem, not theirs. The same software and hardware same Printer with its Snner works on two other computers. I am the only owner of the computer that I bought brand new from Lenovo and I am the only user of it…I tried running the Scan as an Administrator, still got the same error message.
On another one, Desktop, suddenly it referred to its Windows as unauthorized and will work only for 30 days till I get it validated!
As it was Windows-XP, upgraded to Windows-7 then to 8. But I had, under pressure, to fall under Microsoft pressure. About 1. I searched and found a free program, that took some 30 to 40 hours to input its data to the free new program, but I forgot about the old program. I do hope that Microsoft care more now about their clients and that these clients have now other options, than Microsoft. After doing these steps successfully you will find your PC will run faster and Windows 10 will operate allot more stable and faster as Windows 7 or 8.
Windows 10 has always been a failed version since it was first released and has always contained flaws with security,privacy,bugs etc which Microsoft even admitted it themselves! Even though they will continue to attempt to recreate new versions of Windows 10 it still will always contain new flaws,this is the reason why Microsoft customers are and were still chosing to operate on Windows 7,8, 8.
As of now it is mandatory that everyone upgrades to Windows 10 for higher security but not privacy obviously, so if you are concerned about your privacy? I have reverted back to Windows 7 and 8. If you are having similar issues as I stated reverting back to Windows 8. One issue may be hardware. Windows 10 may be upgrading, but many legacy drivers are not.
If you skip versions…. Mine lasted 9 years, all told, but it was finally forced to advance to Linux and no longer works with my CAD program highly graphic dependent.
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I'll see you there! Makes building a Media PC more difficult and expensive. Since you used to work for MS Leo, any insight on the reasoning behind this decision on their part? Windows 8 includes a media player. You can purchase Media Center separately if yo so decide. Windows 8 runs all Windows apps regardless of where they come from, just like Windows 7 before. There is no change to app availability. But this just in golf club. But still they cannot in any way compere to a good mouse user.
Can ya really imagine all this poking in a home environment. My experience running Windows 8 RTM in a virtual machine has been entirely negative. I am using virtualbox, so other vm software may work better. I will stay with Windows 7, no thanks to you Microsoft!
There are a few free utilities out there that address both problems. You can download it and run it free for 30 days. I expect they will be selling a lot of copies. Tried the upgrade advisor on two old Dell computers running Intel 3. Too bad. That was Funny!! You mean there is No start button? I have 2 near new laptops with W After reading all the negative stuff about Windows 8 I hated it before I even laid eyes on it. Last week a friend brought her new laptop over so I could put some shortcuts on the desktop and dump Norton.
After a bunch of hair pulling and scratching and cursing I clued in. Oh so this is how it works. And bingo!! There were no more problems. It was fast and worked just great. So my question is: should I upgrade if I have Vista?
It seems like a great price for Microsoft to get past the networking issues that Vista and Windows 7 have. In 2 weeks of using Windows 8, the only time I ever use the Metro Screen is to show people what it looks like. It has other features like restoring the delete button to Windows Explorer and more. All of the free Windows Live apps are also available for download. It recognized our Windows 7 network instantly and it was easy to add it to the networking homegroup.
As noted by others, Start8 available from StarDock. Rob re networking Windows 7 and Vista. It is doable without to much difficulty but you need to look it up online. In fact I had a couple XP machines and a Vista machine all networked with my new at the time Windows 7 machine. Win 8 media center solved all my problems with the remote, and I noticed a definite improvement in speed in my system over vista.
All my files were saved and accessible, except for my e-mails and so far no major problems other than a few minor teething problems with older peripheral devices, that have new software from the vendors that makes them compatible with windows 8. Highly recommend the upgrade if running vista, especially the price from microsoft. This may be a stupid question, but here we go: If I were to download files from my online back up backed up with Windows 7 on to a new PC running Windows 8, would that be a problem?
Would it work as if the the old OS were installed? Unless they are portable programs. I am an avid reader of your column and love it but I have a question I have upgraded to windows 8 pro from windows 7 and dont really like it or care for it that much I was more happier with win7 ultimate ,my question is is there a way to reverse the process so my original OS is then back on?
Philip Unfortunately, the only way to go back to Windows 7 is to back everything up, install Windows 7 and all of your programs from scratch, and then copy your data back to the newly installed Windows 7. You might want to try that before going through all the work of reinstalling Windows 7. Windows Media Center for Windows 8 is free until the end of January Hi Leo — Good article and great advice… as always.
I am dual booting Win8 and Win7. I like Win8 myself. In my experience the transition twixt Desktop and Start Screen is smooth, seamless, and nigh on instantaneous. I have 8 on my PC, dual booting with Win 7. The Metro interface is annoying and frustrating. If I wanted to type words rather than click an icon to find my programs and files I would have been as well off with DOS or 3.
I will definitely not recommend Win8 to my customers. Instead, I get dropped into the Desktop. Pressing the Windows key works, but is another unnecessary step…. I ended up doing both! I have it on a triple boot system with W7 and Unbuntu It did take a little getting used to at first but soon became second nature. I hate windows 8.
I migrated I cannot suy upgraded from Windows 7 on 2 of 3 machines. Outlook now becomes unresponsive and requires a restart at least once a day. Overall performance is sluggish compared to W7. The Store is no longer open for Windows 8, so you'll need to download Windows 8.
Go to the Windows 8. Select Confirm and follow the remaining prompts to begin the download. The update will download and install in the background while you use your PC to do other things. The installer will check to make sure you have enough disk space, that your apps and devices will work with Windows 8. In some cases, the installer might find something you need to take care of before you can continue installing the update.
If so, you'll see a message telling you what you need to do. After the update is downloaded and the first phase of the installation is complete which could take between 15 minutes and a few hours, depending on your system and your connection speed , you'll see a message telling you that your PC needs to restart.
Or you can restart it yourself. Important: If you leave your PC before it's ready to restart, be sure to save your work and close any desktop apps you're using to make sure you don't lose anything when it restarts automatically. Restarting will take longer than usual—from 20 minutes to about an hour—while the update is applied. During this time, you won't be able to use your PC. You'll see a list of recommended settings called Express settings. To accept these settings and continue, select Use express settings.
You can change any of these settings later, after you finish setting up. If you'd like to change some of these settings now, select Customize. For more info, select Learn more about express settings. To learn about how these settings affect your privacy, select Privacy statement. Next, you'll be asked to sign in. If you already use a Microsoft account to sign in to Windows 8 or Windows RT, your account name will be filled in for you. If you previously used a local account, you can still use it to sign in.
We'll send a security code to the alternate email address or phone number you've set up for this account, and you'll need to enter that code to verify that you're the owner of the account. This helps us protect your account and devices when you access sensitive info. If you don't have alternate contact info set up for the account yet, you'll be asked to provide it now. To sign in with your local account, enter your password. You can always connect to a Microsoft account later, and we recommend giving it a try.
Simply put, your Microsoft account is the glue that holds together so many useful features of the new Windows. With an account, you'll be able to get apps from the Windows Store, automatically sync your settings and documents between PCs, back up your photos to the cloud so you can get to them from anywhere, and see all your contacts from multiple email and social networking accounts together in the People and Mail apps.
If this is your first time setting up a PC with Windows 8. If you already have another PC running Windows 8. Photos you take with this PC are saved to your camera roll folder on this PC, and a smaller copy of each photo is automatically backed up to your OneDrive.
When you create a new document, the default save location is OneDrive. But you can always choose to save individual documents locally or on another drive.
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