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!@#$% Windows 10!

Darat said:
Isn't it in mouse properties where it's always been?

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Darat said:
See http://www.isunshare.com/windows-10/turn-on-click-lock-in-windows-10.html

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No, that's the "long press to lock" function... one I absolutely abhor.

And I got my "double click to lock" back anyway the next day, though I did nothing and still can't find any mention or control for it no matter how much I dig through the Control Panel.

And it (and "tap to click") came back in stages.
First on the built-in keyboard last thing that night after posting upthread, then the BT keyboard the next day.

No changes whatsoever by me, and no pushed updates according to the notifications.

Like I said... fun times. :rolleyes:


In other news...
The HP recovery USB I ordered on the 1st arrived on the 19th and appears to have an error in the build. The replacement ordered last week is in today's mail and should arrive in about an hour.
If it's the same... :(
 
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Don't worry, that stellar MS tech support is there to help you. :thumbsup:
 
MetalPig said:
Or maybe Windows was trying to fix the problems because you ordered it to with the /f switch.
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No--I don't think Windows was anywhere near attempting fixups at that early stage of the run. When I ran the equivalent command under Linux I immediately got read errors, which were reported by the operating system and not the fsck command. I then attempted to do a complete file listing of the filesystem (again under Linux), and again got read errors.
 
Skeptical Greg said:
One of the final straws for me, was when 10 informed me it had un-installed Office 2003 because it was no longer supported by the operating system..

As it turned out, it wasn't un-installed, but all the shortcuts were removed ..

Office 2003 has suited me well for a long time, and I find no good reason to spend money on something else..
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IIRC, Office 2003 was the last version to use the old menu-friven user interface, which, while far from perfect, was at least familiar. Anyone who had used Office applications in the past 10 years would have little trouble finding what they needed. Newer versions have the horrendously cluttered toolbar that takes up a big chunk of screen real estate, and even after several years, I still find it hard to find the function I'm looking for.
 
Tell me about it, in late Oct MS pushed an update that hosed my (and apparently many others) Adobe CS3, the pc came with Win10 and I bought it last may and cs3 work fine until then. Now I'm without my main work horse After Effects, so far nothing can replace it (Hit Film is ok but no cigar)
 
It's called planned obsolescence, and has been around as a concept since (at least) the 1970s.

Then, it was things were designed with a 10 year lifespan, then it was to break and you'd get a new one.

Here, Microsoft designs things into their apps (and wants you to, too, if you build programs) that rely heavily on operating system API things, so they can be deliberately broken at some point in the future, giving them an argument for a free major upgrade.
 
I had multiple problems with Windows 10. I could not get it to do the major update that everyone else got months ago. Plus my start button would not work. Created another account so I had a start button, but still could not get that update. Then I really stuffed up the computer so it was barely useable.


Then I read this https://www.nextofwindows.com/fixing-windows-10-insider-preview-update-error-0xc1900107

Open File Explorer by either clicking on the file folder icon on the Taskbar or pressing Win+E keyboard shortcut, and navigate to C:\ drive that hosts the Windows system.

Turn on the Hidden items option in View tab, and you will see a hidden folder named $WINDOWS.~BT showing up. It’s a temporary folder that saves all files downloaded and required for Windows 10 build upgrade.

Delete the entire folder first and run the update again. If, however, it didn’t allow you to delete the folder due to the permission issue, try to rename it instead. Successfully done either one of the options will get you through this update error and have the new Windows 10 build updated on your computer.
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Did that all the update worked. Warning: the update takes some time to do.
 
John Jones said:
That automatic update function you can't opt out of on Win 10 Home finally bit me. The latest update hosed my file and database 'server' on my home network. Now it locks up and makes a KLAXON howl whenever I turn it on. I've got back-ups of my files that are a couple of days old, but I've lost all my apps and will have to reinstall and reconfigure everything.

If I ever get it running again, I'm disabling that goddamn auto update service.
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LOL! Who uses Windows anymore?
 
Mongrel said:
About 87% of the market
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It should be noted that this webpage tallies the users accessing certain services and webpages. A lot of these require Windows (for instance, it's for accessing a company's system from the outside, and this is only set up from the company for a certain OS/browser combination). This stacks the numbers in favour of Windows, older Windows OS versions, and Microsoft browsers.

I'm not saying that the picture it gives off is totally wrong (the true market share of Windows is certainly fairly high), but the absolute numbers are not completely trustworthy. The trend graphs are better -- were it not for the fact that they redefine which webpages and services they use from time to time.

That said, these problems plague every market share tallying attempt. It's hard to get better numbers; all I'm saying that they're all biased in some way, and this here in particular towards Microsoft, Microsoft browsers and older Windows versions.
 
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I went to shut down the laptop this morning for travel. Clicking shutdown gives me the "other users are logged on" warning. Ok, I'll log myself off first. The result is a pretty picture with no way to do anything else, log off, shut down, log in the other user, nothing. Mouse is dead. WTF?
 
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I went to shut down the laptop this morning for travel. Clicking shutdown gives me the "other users are logged on" warning. Ok, I'll log myself off first. The result is a pretty picture with no way to do anything else, log off, shut down, log in the other user, nothing. Mouse is dead. WTF?
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Does not ctrl-alt-del not give you any options, viz shutdown or restart?
 
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