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Offline Steve

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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #390 on: July 03, 2020, 01:35:40 PM »
Quote from: Barman on July 03, 2020, 01:32:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 03, 2020, 01:31:25 PM
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You may find they've deleted some stuff like the curiously useful text editor Notepad

And put a link to that Windows browser... ::)

And changed the calculator icon!  evil:

Notepad++ Is excellent!
:thumbsup: downloading it

279meg  eeek:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #391 on: July 03, 2020, 02:35:56 PM »
Quote from: Steve on July 03, 2020, 01:35:40 PM
Quote from: Barman on July 03, 2020, 01:32:50 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 03, 2020, 01:31:25 PM
:thumbsup:

You may find they've deleted some stuff like the curiously useful text editor Notepad

And put a link to that Windows browser... ::)

And changed the calculator icon!  evil:

Notepad++ Is excellent!
:thumbsup: downloading it

279meg  eeek:

Make sure you have a spare USB wifi dongle handy as well, it could just be coincidence but a day after installing the update mine died and nothing I could do would bring it back. I'm back to using an old G network adaptor until my replacement arrives.
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #392 on: July 03, 2020, 04:04:56 PM »
turns out the 279 Meg download is a different programme that they con you into downloading
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #393 on: July 04, 2020, 11:32:51 AM »
Well thanks a bunch Microsoft, whatever the hell was in that last update of yours has now managed to kill all of my usb ports. Acording to their help pages there is apparently a way I can fix this in Windows...............or at least there would be IF MY KEYBOARD AND MOUSE DIDN'T NEED A USB CONNECTION!!!  cussing:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #394 on: July 04, 2020, 11:41:20 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on July 04, 2020, 11:32:51 AM
Well thanks a bunch Microsoft, whatever the hell was in that last update of yours has now managed to kill all of my usb ports. Acording to their help pages there is apparently a way I can fix this in Windows...............or at least there would be IF MY KEYBOARD AND MOUSE DIDN'T NEED A USB CONNECTION!!!  cussing:

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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #395 on: July 04, 2020, 01:01:26 PM »
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #396 on: July 04, 2020, 02:01:47 PM »
It seems every cloud has a silver lining, was picking a friend's brains to see if they could see anything I was missing and they are now sending me their old PC having just upgraded  cloud9:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #397 on: July 04, 2020, 02:18:55 PM »
So what do you need a real keyboard for that you can't do with the touchscreen one I assume you're using now?
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #398 on: July 04, 2020, 03:09:52 PM »
I'm using my laptop at the moment, can't use the onscreen one as that needs a mouse to work.
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #399 on: July 04, 2020, 03:42:37 PM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on July 04, 2020, 03:09:52 PM
I'm using my laptop at the moment, can't use the onscreen one as that needs a mouse to work.
Maybe tell Microsoft about the Computer Misuse Act section 3 (3) http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/3  Recklessly forcing an update on you without checking the loaded USB drivers were compatible

(A threat some of us hinted at against BT when they effed up the YouView boxes over the air, how much that influenced them is unknown but eventually they fixed them)

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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #400 on: July 08, 2020, 12:28:49 AM »
We new (for me) pooter has arrived and I've been spending the day sorting it out and trying to work out why it's unable to detect my graphics card  Banghead

I've got a nasty feeling that the PCI 16x slot is buggered.  cry:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #401 on: July 08, 2020, 05:26:03 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on July 08, 2020, 12:28:49 AM
We new (for me) pooter has arrived and I've been spending the day sorting it out and trying to work out why it's unable to detect my graphics card  Banghead

I've got a nasty feeling that the PCI 16x slot is buggered.  cry:

Update Windows...  Thumbs:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #402 on: July 08, 2020, 09:07:50 AM »
Quote from: Barman on July 08, 2020, 05:26:03 AM
Quote from: Grumpmeister on July 08, 2020, 12:28:49 AM
We new (for me) pooter has arrived and I've been spending the day sorting it out and trying to work out why it's unable to detect my graphics card  Banghead

I've got a nasty feeling that the PCI 16x slot is buggered.  cry:

Update Windows...  Thumbs:

Already done, no effect  noooo:
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #403 on: July 10, 2020, 06:31:19 PM »
Graphics card is working again  cloud9:

Forgot I'd had this problem a while back after a windows update and a couple of days later a quietly released hotfix solved the issue it fixed itself.  :thumbsup:

Just got to deal with low res and rough graphics while I wait for the Radeon drivers to download.
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Re: Windows 10 free upgrade offer
« Reply #404 on: July 10, 2020, 11:54:17 PM »
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