Switched from Windows 7 to 10

Gary O'

Gary O'

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Went from a tower to a laptop with Windows 10
Mainly due to the warning from Microsoft, and I do a lot of banking on line

First two days were discouraging and frustrating
It all sorta came together last night
10 has everything 7 has...and more
Only they put it in what seemed hidden places
...and the 'more' is garbage

Now have my favorites in 'favorites'

Sad thing, I gotta buy another MS-word
Mine is only for one computer

And, now, gotta take aaaaaalllll my photos and documents, load 'em on a hard drive, and onto the laptop
(shoulda had all on a hard drive anyway)


fun fun fun

Heh, I'm on the desktop right now...hard to say g'bye to an old friend
 

Since all banks are encrypted, I don’t see why we need to leave 7 ....I sure don’t want to go to 10!! I’m glad it worked out for you Gary O’
 
Gary O' said:
Went from a tower to a laptop with Windows 10
Mainly due to the warning from Microsoft, and I do a lot of banking on line

First two days were discouraging and frustrating
It all sorta came together last night
10 has everything 7 has...and more
Only they put it in what seemed hidden places
...and the 'more' is garbage

Now have my favorites in 'favorites'

Sad thing, I gotta buy another MS-word
Mine is only for one computer

And, now, gotta take aaaaaalllll my photos and documents, load 'em on a hard drive, and onto the laptop
(shoulda had all on a hard drive anyway)


fun fun fun

Heh, I'm on the desktop right now...hard to say g'bye to an old friend
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Not sure if you might be interested in a free word substitute, but there are several good ones available. I used to keep a list of them for my students who couldn't afford school AND expensive software packages. You might find something here you like unless you absolutely have to have WORD. I'm pretty sure at least a couple of these are compatible with Word.

https://www.techradar.com/best/free-office-software
 

Marlene said:
Not sure if you might be interested in a free word substitute, but there are several good ones available
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Yeah, I've been foraging
Windows 10 pkg comes with a weeny word thing that has zip in amenities

I'll prolly spring for MS word...or devote more time to find the substitute

Thanks, Marlene
 
Hi Gary,
I never had windows 7 so I went from vista to windows 10. Not a lot difference here either but still can't find some things. All in all though it's okay.
 
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I like Win 10 and feel like it's the best one yet. It's faster and more stable than earlier versions. And yes, as mentioned above, the download for "classic shell" (it's now called open shell) will give you a start menu that makes more sense like in Win 7.
 
Gary O' said:
Yeah, I've been foraging
Windows 10 pkg comes with a weeny word thing that has zip in amenities

I'll prolly spring for MS word...or devote more time to find the substitute

Thanks, Marlene
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LibreOffice. Check it out. Takes a little getting used to, but it's OK, once you've been on it for a while.
 
Rasputin said:
And yes, as mentioned above, the download for "classic shell" (it's now called open shell) will give you a start menu that makes more sense like in Win 7.
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Sooooo, I can just do that to Win 10?
 


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