Posted on 12/05/2017 9:16:46 PM PST by dayglored
It’s not a bug it’s a feature.
;)
We’re not spying on you. We’re collecting data on you the so we can enhance your computing experience.
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I'm getting used to it. I still prefer Win7Pro, but I have to use Win10Pro for a lot of the administration work I do.
Even though I upgraded PowerShell on my Win7Pro VDI to v5, many modules for MSOL and Exchange simply won't work on a Win7 system, and parts of the Office 365 security portal simply won't work in web browsers running on Win7.
BTW, I REALLY prefer VMware Workstation over Hyper-V. Funny thing is I started out with Virtual-PC, supplied at no charge by Novell when I was an instructor back in the early 90s. Later, when MS bought Virtual-PC (eventually turning it into Hyper-V,) Novell switched to VMware Workstation. I've been using it ever since.
Mark
useful
Many of those features are also available on Win. 7 and XP.
Windows 10 sucks rocks. Cute toy for kids who don’t care about being productive. But to actually accomplish something it’s annoying. And don’t get me started on Office Suite 360, 2016, or even 2007 and their ridiculous ribbon menus.
Agree!! VMWare Workstation is FAR superior to Hyper-V. I run an 8 Core AMD Processor w/32GB of memory and easily run 4 Linux machines at the same time on it. They all run like they're the only thing on the machine too. Smokin'...
Open up a PDF in chrome. Then press control + F to open up your search box.
I use Office 2000 on Windows 10. I only install Word and FrontPage from it. No ribbons that you don’t like. IOW Word 2000 works fine.
I use Office 2003. I learned FrontPage years ago - before I retired in 2008. I didn’t know it was still being used.
I use Office 2003......Ribbon free so its all good.
Windows 10 uses for ribbons for file folders. Windows 7 did not which was better. But Windows 10 has the start button returned so I can deal with it.
You're modifying the document, so you may very well need some PDF specific software. Nothing special is needed to scan the document for a specific character string.
“Windows 10 uses for ribbons for file folders.”
If you mean the Explorer File Manager, yes. And I hate it. By the end of the week I hope to have a new Windows 7 from Dell. Doing my final shopping now.
Windows 7 will not be update-able after 2020. No way would I buy a Windows 7 computer. I just updated two Win 7 computers to Windows 10 before the Jan 1 deadline.
My point being that I don’t like the ribbons in Windows 10 file explorer but I will grin and bear with them. Far preferable to being unable to update after 2020 which MS has declared is Win7 end of life.
This is my computer, bought and paid for. I will determine when my Windows 7 Professional is at end of life. MSFT can go jump off a bridge!
Somewhere along the way I'll prolly begin experimenting with Linux. Win7 directly to Linux.
Even on Win7, I still revert to Word 97, Excel 97, Publisher 97 and similar old programs to be productive.
I can have the task done on them by the time I would figure out which ribbon menu has what I need in the ‘free’ versions that came with Win 7.
Some newer programs with ribbon menus are not coded correctly, causing the ribbon to take up to 1/4 of the real estate on my 17” laptop — and it cannot be adjusted/reduced.
Whoever invented ribbon menus should be shot and don’t even wait for sunrise. They are some of the most cumbersome additions I have ever seen.
Windows finally got virtual desktops? I’ve had those with Linux for ages. I normally run 8. Might have to look at this.
If I’d realized you posted this I would have linked to it in answer to your other question. This is why you need to learn the new UI.
Windows 10 seems to have embedded Adobe Reader functionality, which keeps getting in the way of the Adobe Acrobat Professional I licensed. Infuriating.
I know that’s true about the 2020 update deadline and am OK with that. Can’t imagine why I’d want to update it. I’m still trying to figure out when an MS update has resulted in anything positive. In fact, I’ve got dibs on friend’s XP when he moves and downsizes.
Publisher 97 was excellent.
And when I REALLY want to be productive, I launch my old WordPerfect.
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