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1 posted on 08/02/2015 8:44:33 PM PDT by Swordmaker

Ping for the Windows 10 list. . .

2 posted on 08/02/2015 8:45:15 PM PDT by Swordmaker ( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)

My experience. Windows has more error codes than the IRS has conservative targets

3 posted on 08/02/2015 8:46:29 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (Mi baol ach dom olcas mise)

4 posted on 08/02/2015 8:53:25 PM PDT by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)

We don’t need no stinkin’ syncin’ here.

6 posted on 08/02/2015 8:58:57 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)

Way simple. Your Personal Computer is no longer yours.

7 posted on 08/02/2015 9:02:17 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)

My fix is Windows 7 and let everyone else play guinea pig.

8 posted on 08/02/2015 9:16:49 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)

Really, they screwed up one of the most common programs on home networks?

That’s some bug testing, right there.

9 posted on 08/02/2015 9:22:43 PM PDT by Vermont Lt

Step 6 - go to Apple Store
Step 7 - Buy Macbook pro
Step 8 - sync music

10 posted on 08/02/2015 9:30:12 PM PDT by FlyingEagle

Installed Windows 10 on my laptop. I will not install it on my primary desktop pc. It did not update well on the laptop plus it is slower then the Windows 7 I had on the laptop.

The Start button would not work when clicked on plus I received this error on most anything else I wanted to open.

“This app can’t open, your trial period for this app has expired”

The fix after doing many searches the fix was fairly simply. Right click on the Start button and click on Run then type:

SFC /SCANNOW

This fixed the issue. I was seeing Windows 7 dialog boxes. In short Windows 10 is another shell over Windows 7/Vista/XP....
You can use Start10 http://www.stardock.com/products/start10 or get themes here for your own look. Most look to be for XP or 7 for now: http://www.stardock.com/products/themes/

The new IE called Edge is different so if you want you can switch to IE11. Go to the “C” drive then Program Files then Internet Explorer folder then create a shortcut to the desktop by dragging iexplore.exe icon onto the desktop by holding down your right mouse button then let go once on the desktop. I use Firefox.

A positive is sharper text. But alas you cannot change the font or color of the text. See bottom of page. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/make-text-screen-larger-smaller/?v=t

I use a 3rd party program called Iconoid http://www.sillysot.com to change the font color. You cannot pick other solid background colors other then the small selection Microsoft offers you. A work around is to google “solid colors” and pick out an image you find then save it then use it as a background.

Photos & folders open slower. I know there will be issues but if you are curious then backup your hard drive to an external hard drive with free software like Aomei Backupper http://www.aomeitech.com/aomei-backupper.html

11 posted on 08/02/2015 9:46:05 PM PDT by minnesota_bound

*yawn* What’s iTunes?

I’ve had an iPhone 4s for 3+ years. Works fine. No music on it. Any apps I just downloaded from the App Store. What purpose does iTunes even serve?

14 posted on 08/03/2015 4:26:26 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)

Ping for Win10 later.

15 posted on 08/03/2015 6:09:08 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)

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