Switched from Windows 7 to 10

Gary O' said:
So, here's where I am with MS-Word;

I grabbed a word document from my desktop

I now have it on my laptop in Documents

If I can still manipulate it, and use it's tools after Jan 20...I'm golden...I think
I mean, I never use it's on line features, and could give a rip about updates

....if not, I'll shell out the bucks
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Well, that didn't work
Frozen

Had trouble loading the laptop from the stuff I'd downloaded onto the hard drive from the tower

Here's where my non-tech brain gets impatient
Dropped the drive and laptop off at the best repair place in town.
Mentioned my MS-word dilemma
The tech said he may be able to get around that, since I'm only one user and not a company

Hope he's right
 

I put off installing Windows 10 as long as I could, but today I downloaded and installed it. It took just an hour and a half to do, and it works fine. I don't see any significant difference from Windows 7. If you are going to do it, here is a good video that walks you through it. It helped me a lot.

I had to update the video and sound drivers, but that was easy. All the programs that I have checked so far work normally.

Don
 
Gary O' said:
Well, that didn't work
Frozen
Had trouble loading the laptop from the stuff I'd downloaded onto the hard drive from the tower

Here's where my non-tech brain gets impatient
Dropped the drive and laptop off at the best repair place in town.
Mentioned my MS-word dilemma
The tech said he may be able to get around that, since I'm only one user and not a company

Hope he's right
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This happened after you loaded your newly purchased MS Office?
 
If memory serves and it has been a long time. Office uses a version number and a calendar marker in their products. When online they report. I used the 2000 version offline for years, eventually though it quit.
Good luck with this..
 
Gary O' said:
Yeah, thought I'd be tricky and use a word doc of mine......not so

But! My computer repair guy mentioned openoffice.org was a great free alternate (smell cheque and everthing)

I'll play with it and talk about it tonight

...got a manuscript to fine tune and I'm runnin' outa winter
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captain.jpgCaptain Obvious says, "Make sure you make a current backup copy or three ;) before opening it in openoffice"
 
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Update;

Very comfy with Win10 now.
…..and the laptop
Heh......took ten days (the last two days with the desktop off line did the trick)

Faves are where they need to be
Openoffice rocks
Email is much more efficient
Classic solitaire and MS-paint are in place

Put the desktop in the shop....off line....and with a dust cover

I did order a little lamp with USB hookup
The laptop keyboard is dark, and my hands cast shadows

And bought a new power cord for my lady's Chromebook
Whoa. The stores think a lot of their power cords.....$70-$80 and up

Amazon; under $20
The lamp; $8

Happy
 

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