[Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?

[Steve Ostrom]

Same problem, I'm sure.  All of my bookmarks were retained.  I'm sorry you 
have to go through this.  But it has to be something really strange.  I'm 
hoping MS can help guide you through this mudslide.  You certainly deserve 
their help.

--- Steve ---


-----Original Message----- 
From: Arthur Flexser
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 8:46 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?

And where are all my bookmarks????

Art

On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> OMG, I just did the installation, and everything is f**ked up!!!
>
> Steve, how did you get IE to work?
>
> Why have exe files turned into folders?
>
> Why does my Opera browser want me to upgrade to a version I don't want?
>
> Where have half my desktop icons gone?
>
> Arghhhh!
>
> Art
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Both Chrome and IE work just fine on my Win10 installation, but I did the
>> conversion only about a week ago, so maybe the problems were totally 
>> fixed.
>> Not so sure about the use of Cortana yet.  Google is my home page, so
>> Cortana seems a bit unneeded.  I don't have a mic, so I guess I don't see
>> any advantages of Cortana over Google searches.
>>
>> --- Steve ---
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Chester Patterson
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:12 PM
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?
>>
>> Win10
>> Difficult if not impossible to find things.  Control Panel is buried, 
>> once
>> you find it, put it on your desktop or in your START menu permanent.
>> Windows Explorer takes forever to do things.  Also, even though I have
>> administrator privileges, W10 doesn't let me move or delete a lot of 
>> files
>> and folders that I used to all the time. "Pictures" folder is an example.
>> Outlook is behaving oddly, often drags, and I've been having to repair 
>> the
>> .ost and .pst files a few times.  Make sure you turn off all the MS 
>> spying
>> switches.  I suppose they put them there in order to see how folks use 
>> the
>> things, what bugs to fix first, whatever.  I do not like a big fat spy
>> window on my rig.  Apparently several big fat spy windows.  Google it and
>> turn the switches off.   Chrome did not like W10 at all.  Apparently
>> that's
>> been kinda sorta fixed. Kinda Sorta.  Unable to install a Blue Tooth 
>> mouse
>> after several tries, even changed the USB BT dongle 3 times (my tablet
>> nabbed it in seconds).
>>
>> Unfortunately I figured out I did not want the W10 "upgrade" too late
>> (over
>> a month) after the install.  So I am stuck with it.  I sure hope they
>> start
>> fixing stuff soon.
>>
>> Chester
>> Costa Rica
>>
>> ===========================================
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:23:45 -0500
>> Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> So, any impressions from people here who are Windows 10 users?
>>>
>>> Art
>>>
>>
>>
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