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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294936] Tue, 02 February 2016 17:15 Go to next message
Kingsley Coach is currently offline  Kingsley Coach   United States
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Dave

I've had Windows 10 for a while now...any way to go back to Win 7 Pro ?

Mike in NS

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Dave Mumert wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Today Microsoft changed the Windows 10 update from "Optional" to
> "Recommended".
>
> That means Windows 7 computers that have Windows Update set to accept
> "Recommended updates" will have Windows 10 installed the next
> time your computer checks for updates.
>
> To change that setting:
> - Click the start button then All Programs
> - Select Windows Update - it is towards the top of the window
> - On the left panel select Change Settings
> - Make sure the check box under "Recommended updates" is cleared.
> - Click OK
>
> Good luck
>
> Dave Mumert
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294937 is a reply to message #294936] Tue, 02 February 2016 17:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Dave Mumert   United States
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Check here

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rollback-from-windows-10

I have been able to work around all the Windows 10 'features' by setting the default programs to the Windows 7 versions. I don't
like Edge or the photo viewer so I use IE and the Windows 7 photo viewer.

> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10
>
> Dave
>
> I've had Windows 10 for a while now...any way to go back to Win 7 Pro ?
>
> Mike in NS
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294942 is a reply to message #294937] Tue, 02 February 2016 18:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ken Henderson is currently offline  Ken Henderson   United States
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All of my computers are now running Win 10 with no significant problems.
The only way I can use it, however, is with Classic Shell (
http://www.classicshell.net/) which makes it look like Win 7. I started
using that with Win 8 and it's relieved me of the necessity to become "up
to date". Supposedly that program offers other improvements also, but I
haven't investigated those.

Everyone might as well get used to Win 10 somehow; Microsoft's not going to
continue to support earlier versions.

Ken H.


On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Dave Mumert wrote:

> Check here
>
> http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rollback-from-windows-10
>
> I have been able to work around all the Windows 10 'features' by setting
> the default programs to the Windows 7 versions. I don't
> like Edge or the photo viewer so I use IE and the Windows 7 photo viewer.
>
>> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> I've had Windows 10 for a while now...any way to go back to Win 7 Pro ?
>>
>> Mike in NS
>>
>
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294943 is a reply to message #294936] Tue, 02 February 2016 18:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Kingsley Coach wrote on Tue, 02 February 2016 17:15
Dave
I've had Windows 10 for a while now...any way to go back to Win 7 Pro ?

Mike in NS
Make it easy on yourself and download/install the free and functional ClassicShell. Make Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 look and act like Vista or Windows 7.
Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294944 is a reply to message #294942] Tue, 02 February 2016 18:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ken Henderson wrote on Tue, 02 February 2016 18:29
...Everyone might as well get used to Win 10 somehow...
I will switch to Linux when I can't get a useable interface from Microsoft. I would be running it now on the Windows 8.1 laptop that I got for Christmas a couple of years ago, but I found ClassicShell and it pulled Microsoft's fat out of the fire.
Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294951 is a reply to message #294944] Tue, 02 February 2016 19:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kingsley Coach is currently offline  Kingsley Coach   United States
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ClassicShell....Now we're talkin'
Thanks guys !

Mikein NS

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 8:49 PM, A. wrote:

> Ken Henderson wrote on Tue, 02 February 2016 18:29
>> ...Everyone might as well get used to Win 10 somehow...
> I will switch to Linux when I can't get a useable interface from
> Microsoft. I would be running it now on the Windows 8.1 laptop that I got
> for
> Christmas a couple of years ago, but I found ClassicShell and it pulled
> Microsoft's fat out of the fire.
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294975 is a reply to message #294943] Wed, 03 February 2016 08:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 02 February 2016 19:45
Make it easy on yourself and download/install the free and functional ClassicShell. Make Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 look and act like Vista or Windows 7.

You don't want Vista.....
I inherited (truly) this machine with Vista on it. I had never had a Vista machine and I still don't. I made it Win8/64 and it can't go to 8.1, so I am safe with both this and the Win7Pro laptop that can't be 10.

I don't need the fluid analysis package anymore, so I could go back to Linux for everything.

Matt


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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #294988 is a reply to message #294975] Wed, 03 February 2016 11:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
A Hamilto is currently offline  A Hamilto   United States
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Matt Colie wrote on Wed, 03 February 2016 08:41
A Hamilto wrote on Tue, 02 February 2016 19:45
Make it easy on yourself and download/install the free and functional ClassicShell. Make Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 look and act like Vista or Windows 7.
You don't want Vista.....
I inherited (truly) this machine with Vista on it. I had never had a Vista machine and I still don't. I made it Win8/64 and it can't go to 8.1, so I am safe with both this and the Win7Pro laptop that can't be 10.

I don't need the fluid analysis package anymore, so I could go back to Linux for everything.

Matt
I got used to XP. The laptop that died was Vista, so I could navigate in it. IIRC, ClassicShell won't make it look and act like XP, Vista was as close as I could get. So my interface looks and acts like Vista because that is as close as I can get to XP. Windows 7 is useable, but of course, Microsoft moved stuff around and there is a learning curve on it from XP or Vista. I have used Windows 7, and can get around in it well enough. But really the only reason Microsoft changes stuff up is so you think you are getting something for your upgrade dollar. The interfaces after Windows 7 are completely mucked up. Young brains can assimilate the changes. Us old guys struggle with them.
Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #295019 is a reply to message #294936] Thu, 04 February 2016 07:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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mumble mumble.....DOS.....Mumble mumble.....

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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #295021 is a reply to message #295019] Thu, 04 February 2016 07:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Back to Mono.

DesqView!




> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
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> mumble mumble.....DOS.....Mumble mumble.....
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #295040 is a reply to message #295021] Thu, 04 February 2016 11:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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DesqView was great! DOS, not so much…

True "power users" are familiar with the *NIX shell (that lives under UNIX/Linux/OS X)...

Rob
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On 2016-02-04, at 5:34 AM, Dolph Santorine wrote:

> Back to Mono.
>
> DesqView!
>
>
>
>
>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
>>
>> mumble mumble.....DOS.....Mumble mumble.....
>> --
>> Cary, NC
>>
>> No Coach yet but decided it will be wet bath with Sully or 4 bag system.
>> perhaps a 1978 Kingsley....
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #295051 is a reply to message #295040] Thu, 04 February 2016 15:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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DesqView was way ahead of it’s time. I routinely amazed early windows user with how much it would do with 1MB of RAM and a 286 machine. Seems almost quaint today!

I guess I’m just a command line kinda guy.

I’ve been following this thread because I was actually considering picking up a Windows notebook to run the TraqMate software for the Miata and the handful of other pieces of software that I use where the software is Windows “only"

I just confirmed that all of it will run under Parallels (which will let Windows boot on the Mac) with Windows 8.x, so there is one less piece of hardware to worry about.

I’ll deploy a Windows server in a heartbeat. I just don’t want to have to worry about the vulnerabilities of having it as my desktop.


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> On Feb 4, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Rob wrote:
>
> DesqView was great! DOS, not so much…
>
> True "power users" are familiar with the *NIX shell (that lives under UNIX/Linux/OS X)...
>
> Rob
> Victoria, BC
> 76 Royale - Rear Twins/Dry Bath
>
> On 2016-02-04, at 5:34 AM, Dolph Santorine wrote:
>
>> Back to Mono.
>>
>> DesqView!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> mumble mumble.....DOS.....Mumble mumble.....
>>> --
>>> Cary, NC
>>>
>>> No Coach yet but decided it will be wet bath with Sully or 4 bag system.
>>> perhaps a 1978 Kingsley....
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Re: [GMCnet] Attention Windows 7 Users not wanting Windows 10 [message #295053 is a reply to message #295051] Thu, 04 February 2016 16:34 Go to previous message
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I haven't used Parallels in quite a few years (probably way back in PowerPC days). In recent times I've switched to VMware, because I quite often need to move virtual machines between quite a variety of host platforms and that's very easy with ESXi (Hypervisor) / VMware Player (Linux & Windows) / Fusion (OS X).

Most Windows Servers I install - usually end up as virtual machines running on top of ESXi. It makes dealing with Redmond's barbaric activation methods much more palatable. But I usually try to talk people out of deploying Windows Servers, if I can...

Rob
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On 2016-02-04, at 1:29 PM, Dolph Santorine wrote:

> DesqView was way ahead of it’s time. I routinely amazed early windows user with how much it would do with 1MB of RAM and a 286 machine. Seems almost quaint today!
>
> I guess I’m just a command line kinda guy.
>
> I’ve been following this thread because I was actually considering picking up a Windows notebook to run the TraqMate software for the Miata and the handful of other pieces of software that I use where the software is Windows “only"
>
> I just confirmed that all of it will run under Parallels (which will let Windows boot on the Mac) with Windows 8.x, so there is one less piece of hardware to worry about.
>
> I’ll deploy a Windows server in a heartbeat. I just don’t want to have to worry about the vulnerabilities of having it as my desktop.
>
>
> Dolph
>
> DE N8JPC
>
> Wheeling, West Virginia
>
> 1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
> 1-Ton, Sullybilt Bags, Reaction Arms, 3.70 LSD, Manny Transmission, EV-6010
>
> “The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress"
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