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  1. #21
    Microsoft state
    A device may not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, lacking current drivers, or otherwise outside the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (“OEM”) support period.
    ;-)
    Last edited by Lee Roberts; 11-06-2016 at 04:21 PM. Reason: Formatting
    You think that's too expensive? You're not a Model Engineer are you? :D

  2. #22
    I've only just seen this thread, and based on my experience over the last year I have to add the following:

    1) Unless you have NO available internet connection, Win10 WILL try and update itself (in my case 12.5GB of updates in the first 4 months*), even if you turn all the various update options off - it just turns them back on again when it feels like it. I have spent hours talking to the jobsworths at Microsoft support (who to be fair do try to be helpful) and nothing they have come up with is a permanent fix.
    2) Some of these updates WILL cause problems with existing hardware - I had one take out the supervisor app. for my MBB dongle which is the only means I have to connect to t'internet in the workshop.
    3) It seems to have quirks/flakiness just like previous versions, only they're different.
    4) As for it being faster than previous versions, all I can say is that running comparable operations on the little laptop I have it on, it is noticeably slower than the old XP machine I have at home which has a processor that benchmarks 3.5x slower.

    As soon as I get some free time I'm learning Linux

    *who releases code that's so bad it needs that many updates
    Last edited by Voicecoil; 28-11-2019 at 11:15 AM.

  3. #23
    I have heard (and it may be just rumour) that Microsoft is/are seriously considering Win10 was a big mistake (business-wise) and the next OS offered will not be so cloud based.
    My own Win10 desktop operates in Local Mode, so I don't have to fart about logging on to my Microsoft account. My Skype account was linked to my wife's MS account as I first used it on her laptop and to logon to Skype I must use her password. MS can not unlink it as now Microsoft has absorbed Skype. The net result is that I have lost my credits and contacts unless I use her laptop. MS seem not to understand that they made a wrong link, without my knowledge, and now will not and cannot correct this. Wa*kers !

    My XP Mach3 machine is on my network, so I can access files on my NAS box. I have, however, turned off Internet access by deleting the gateway address. You can do that easily in XP, but Win10 - probably not.

    Voicecoil - there are flavours of Linux that look like windows, so the learning curve is shallow.

  4. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by cropwell View Post
    Voicecoil - there are flavours of Linux that look like windows, so the learning curve is shallow.
    That's interesting to know, any ideas which flavours those are please?

  5. #25
    I'll find the details for you.

    Here 'tis
    https://sites.google.com/site/chaletoslinux/home

    There is a lot of info there, apparently you can download the ISO file and convert it to a bootable on a USB stick. Never tried it though.

    Cheers

    Rob-T
    Last edited by cropwell; 28-11-2019 at 04:47 PM. Reason: Additional info

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