computer help or info needed

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Apr 15, 16 11:02 am

Blimey, dunno what you folks get up to, my iPad & iPhone are both 4 years old, both up to date and no problems with either...

ghopki · Post by **ghopki** » Fri Apr 15, 16 11:46 am

Windows 10 is infinity more stable and user friendly than Windows 8.

But....requires a more advanced level of specification to adequately run at optimum performance. Windows 7 was the last true stable platform before Windows 10, XP being the corporate choice for the majorities of companies over most other OS until Windows 7.

When I relate to any OS, I mean 64bit (a LOT of people complain about the older OS but forget to realise than only 64bit will make use of adequate RAM upgrades!)

Apple products generally are rock solid. We utilise literally millions of pounds worth of equipment each year, and Apple by far lead the way in service and reliability. They just work.

mustangbooks · Post by **mustangbooks** » Thu Apr 28, 16 3:14 pm

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Thu Apr 28, 16 7:32 pm

I fell in same Trap dloaded it, sodding Tiles on desktop, couldnt find half stuff i had, managed in time to negotiate round it to a decent level now, much prefer mi old OS

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Fri Apr 29, 16 11:16 am

mustangbooks wrote:

thanks for all the input guys !! appreciated !!
quick up date , some how , think I must of pushed the wrong keys , windows 10 installed its self

, I some how managed to switch off all of the stuff to do with privacy / tracking etc , could not get rid of Microsoft edge , & every page on the edge thing , I was swamped with adverts & pop ups , by shear fluke I found a drop down box top right , which aloud me to swap back to internet explorer , on each page . for me someone who is not computer savvy & not of the millennial generation , these computer geeks boffins , have created a monster with this new technology ... far too complicated , I can see some could waste / spend half their life trying to figure it out & or keep up with the latest stuff . there was even a talking voice on this windows 10 called Cortina

eh !! , nother thing , windows 10 had a mind of its own , when connecting to the internet on start up , unless I automatically restarted computer , internet would take any where between 5 minutes & never to connect ,

anyway managed to delete the windows 10 , & revert back to 8.1 ,
what made me laugh , a pop up said thank you for trying windows ten , you can change back to windows time , give reasons why you did not like it etc so I filled than in , & thought , right got that over & done with . with in 2 minutes , had the windows 10 pop up again , your computer is going to be up dated now to windows 10 , click yes or re schedule !!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Apr 29, 16 11:21 am

Bite the bullet and upgrade.

You don't know when MS will stop supporting W8.1 - or but a new PC with W10 installed already.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Fri Apr 29, 16 11:26 am

Pete wrote:Bite the bullet and upgrade.

You don't know when MS will stop supporting W8.1 - or but a new PC with W10 installed already.

yes , that's true , Pete ... that's what i'm thinking ,

might attempt it again ,

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Fri Apr 29, 16 3:09 pm

If you like XP

get your old hardware out and download Zorin desktop

its a Linux with an XP like front end

runs on any old junk

install WINE and it runs quite a few windows programs as if they were supposed to be run on Linux.

if you just want to browse and write emails no problem

Dave