What I did to fix the Windows 10 blues

Chris P Bacon said:
Do you have your updates set to automatically update? If you set them to ONLY manually update then you should be able to defeat the re-installation of the Windows porton and then also manually update your drivers. Also, you might contact Dell as well because odds are very good that you are not the only one to encounter such a problem. Forgive me if my suggestions are things that you've tried already but I'm sure that Dell would like you to be a repeat customer whether Microsoft helps you or not. $1200 is a lot of money for anyone to spend with a company and I'm sure that eventually, not soon but "someday" Dell would hope that you'll think of them if and when you choose a new gaming or other type of PC. They also care about how you'll describe your Dell laptop to friends and acquaintances who might one day be customers as well. Good luck but if you have question, I don't know your level of expertise and or confidence in making such changes but feel free to contact me and I'd be happy to help you, if I can but certainly more so that Microsoft has so far.
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I did that. It still overrides it and forces me to take it anyway. Tried contacting Dell IT. Got the same answers I found online and they apologized for being unable to help me and wanted me to send it in which would involve more money I'm not willing to spend. LOL
 

MarciKS said:
I did that. It still overrides it and forces me to take it anyway. Tried contacting Dell IT. Got the same answers I found online and they apologized for being unable to help me and wanted me to send it in which would involve more money I'm not willing to spend. LOL
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Well, that's certainly unfortunate but many things are these days. I wish I could have been of assistance but it's just not to be it seems. How about a bluetooth speaker, to play sounds from your laptop? Not ideal but in a pinch, maybe? 🤷‍♀️
 
Chris P Bacon said:
Well, that's certainly unfortunate but many things are these days. I wish I could have been of assistance but it's just not to be it seems. How about a bluetooth speaker, to play sounds from your laptop? Not ideal but in a pinch, maybe? 🤷‍♀️
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I have no audio output. At all. The drivers are there but they have been rendered completely useless by the updates. I tried putting in a new driver and it overrides that and uninstalls it too. I finally just threw my hands up and said the hell with it. LMAO
 
MarciKS said:
I have no audio output. At all. The drivers are there but they have been rendered completely useless by the updates. I tried putting in a new driver and it overrides that and uninstalls it too. I finally just threw my hands up and said the hell with it. LMAO
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Chet said:
I found this installation guide for Linux Mint. https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
I haven't used it so I can't vouch for it.
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Good general instructions. To me- simple is supreme, I have one hard drive for operating systems, and a drive for my data. If the operating system has problems- I've got my data intact. One good thing about using a "live" Linux CD is that you can rescue your data from a malfunctioning operating system's file system, and backup data to say, a thumb drive.
 
@MarciKS First off, that's a quite nice if unusual name. How is it pronounced? Mar - see - kus? Or maybe Marci-kiss? But that's not why I'm bothering you again. I have a more related question. I know that you've told me, maybe several times even, that you have no sound capabilities whatsoever, okay. But have you tried a set of headphones in the headphone jack? You probably have but if I can't get your sound problem solved for you I'm never going to be able to sleep. I have sound, I held the shift key down too long and the Sticky Keys warning popped up and beeped startling me! Okay well, I probably was about as helpful as I have been already but I'm sure there's some kind of solution. If you do happen to have headphone noise though ,oy vey! 😊
 
Linux-Mint works exactly the same as windows does, has the same type of desktop arrangement only looks a bit
different.
As far as Dell are concerned they usually take pride in their customer care.

I hope you have a satisfactory outcome MarciKS
 
Chris P Bacon said:
@MarciKS First off, that's a quite nice if unusual name. How is it pronounced? Mar - see - kus? Or maybe Marci-kiss? But that's not why I'm bothering you again. I have a more related question. I know that you've told me, maybe several times even, that you have no sound capabilities whatsoever, okay. But have you tried a set of headphones in the headphone jack? You probably have but if I can't get your sound problem solved for you I'm never going to be able to sleep. I have sound, I held the shift key down too long and the Sticky Keys warning popped up and beeped startling me! Okay well, I probably was about as helpful as I have been already but I'm sure there's some kind of solution. If you do happen to have headphone noise though ,oy vey! 😊
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I can't get any sound in headphones either. The drivers are all there but it still says no audio output.
It's just Mar-see and the KS is for Kansas.
 
oldnewb said:
Linux-Mint works exactly the same as windows does, has the same type of desktop arrangement only looks a bit
different.
As far as Dell are concerned they usually take pride in their customer care.

I hope you have a satisfactory outcome MarciKS
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I appreciate it. Me and Chrome are doing ok. I don't do anything that's all that important online so it's no biggie. :)
 
I’ve played with Linux for over 20 years. And, yes it is much easier to install than it once was. I’ve tried many distributions, from Mandrake Linux to Mint. I’ve done live disks, dual boots, and even a dedicated machine. It’s fun, but I’ve never found sufficient reason to give up Windows.

Linux isn’t perfect. Have you ever heard of dependency hell? Upgrades and app installations don’t always go well. And the software apps for Linux are often inferior to what is freely available for Windows. Windows is a bigger marketplace and attracts better software. App installation in Windows is ridiculously easy and always seems to work.

Yes, Windows also attracts more viruses. But, I have used free Avast antivirus for many years and never had a problem. Windows does force updates. But, Linux distributions also have updates, and it’s a good idea to do them.

I have a Dell and a Lenovo desktop PC. Both are seven years old and came with Windows 7 Pro. I put off upgrading to 10 as long as I could. When they dropped support for seven, I did the free upgrade to 10 pro. The only problem I had was support for my old Canon scanner. It took a little digging, but it works fine now. There are no Linux drivers for this scanner.

Windows 10 s is limited because it protects you from screwing up. It’s similar to the Chromebook approach. I think the s stands for simple, or maybe safe.
 
@ MarciKS -- Here's my advice:

Contact your local high school. Ask if they have a computer club. They probably do. Talk to the instructor who leads the club and say you will give 20 bucks to whoever can fix your problem. I suspect you will get help.
 
Grampa Don said:
I’ve played with Linux for over 20 years. And, yes it is much easier to install than it once was. I’ve tried many distributions, from Mandrake Linux to Mint. I’ve done live disks, dual boots, and even a dedicated machine. It’s fun, but I’ve never found sufficient reason to give up Windows.

Linux isn’t perfect. Have you ever heard of dependency hell? Upgrades and app installations don’t always go well. And the software apps for Linux are often inferior to what is freely available for Windows. Windows is a bigger marketplace and attracts better software. App installation in Windows is ridiculously easy and always seems to work.

Yes, Windows also attracts more viruses. But, I have used free Avast antivirus for many years and never had a problem. Windows does force updates. But, Linux distributions also have updates, and it’s a good idea to do them.

I have a Dell and a Lenovo desktop PC. Both are seven years old and came with Windows 7 Pro. I put off upgrading to 10 as long as I could. When they dropped support for seven, I did the free upgrade to 10 pro. The only problem I had was support for my old Canon scanner. It took a little digging, but it works fine now. There are no Linux drivers for this scanner.

Windows 10 s is limited because it protects you from screwing up. It’s similar to the Chromebook approach. I think the s stands for simple, or maybe safe.
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Linux is great if you want to spend a lot of time messing around with the O.S. I used to like writing scripts, configuring the bash files, and other things just for the hell of it, or to help me accomplish something useful, such as generating header files with setters and getters. But I'm over it. After nearly 30 years, the thrill or maybe joy of writing software has waned. There are other things I'd rather be doing, so I run Windows 10. Like you , I got the free upgrade from Win 7. It works fine most of the time, except when it crashes, but I've had Linux crash on occasion, too. It's usually problems with software that makes the O.S. crash.
 

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