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Re: Problem Opening Programs, Windows 8.1
This is not a beta vs. VHS kind of issue. This is a Windows98 vs Windows ME or Windows XP vs. Vista kind of issue. Microsoft screwed up. And it's happened more than once. In Win8, they attempted to "dumb down" the Windows experience by making it more tablet-like. They know it. Pretty much anyone in the industry will tell you that. They made a half-hearted attempt to fix it by immediately bringing out 8.1. Too little too late. I love it how you keep using the term "modern". You don't work for Microsoft, do you?!? At this point, I'm weary of this. I've had my say. Good luck to the OP. I hope you get your issue resolved. And as someone else said, you might want to think twice before looking for computer assistance in an RV forum.428Views0likes0CommentsRe: Problem Opening Programs, Windows 8.1
I stand corrected on the lifetime of win8. And its market share. But only 14% at 28 months?!? For an OS that comes preinstalled on almost every PC and laptop being sold today?? This tells me there are MANY others doing exactly what I sugggested the OP do. Even the End-of-lifed XP has more share. My suggestion was not inappropriate at all. I've been in IT for 26 years, doing everything from mainframe operator to PC support to network administrator to storage engineer. So I'm fairly well-versed in how PCs and OSes operate. As I said, I gave the same advice I would give my sister. It's sad to see how many people here swallow Microsoft's propaganda... errr... marketing hook line and sinker.426Views0likes0CommentsRe: Problem Opening Programs, Windows 8.1
No, I'm not going away. I stand by my statement. I've been using PCs for 27 years, since DOS 3.1. I know a piece of******when I see one and Windows 8.1 is a piece of crap. It was written to try to force people into using tablets. It was written for touchscreen tablets. Tablets DO NOT have mice. This is not "bad gas". It's more like trying to use the engine from a Honda Civic in your TV. It MIGHT work, but you will never be happy with it. It is simply a bad operating system being forced on people who don't realize they have options.361Views0likes0CommentsRe: Security Issue for Lenovo Laptops
I lived through that era working in IT. But just because they left the market they had earlier created hardly makes them a failure. I saw a lot of IBM PCs, servers, laptops and even Token Ring in my day. As with WordPerfect and NetWare, sometimes the best technology didn't win the marketing wars. And yes, he uses the term insidious. But, IMO, he goes on to defend the actions of those companies who are secretly loading dangerous software onto our PCs. To say that "The best we can do is learn to carefully use it." is wrong-thinking. We can (and I do) do more than that. We can decline to purchase products from those companies. That's one of the main things wrong with America today. Even when we recognize we are being harmed by Big Business (or the government) we shrug our shoulders and say "Oh well, there's nothing I can do about it so I'll just roll over and take it." He also suggests company executives can deny culpability because they didn't know what the programmers were coding into their products. How is that not negligence?!? I'll admit it's possible I'm misinterpreting his statements, but I really don't think so. Having worked for IBM for 36 years, I'm sure he is thoroughly indoctrinated in their "Big Business" mentality.454Views0likes0CommentsRe: Security Issue for Lenovo Laptops
AsheGuy wrote: RayJayco wrote: People easily forget... Turbo Tax, McAfee, Symantec, the list is too long of products that have or have had malware in them... Google is one to watch as well... Exactly. We all enjoy many "free" benefits from the Internet but there is no free lunch. The Internet is (in addition to its many benefits) one big marketing tool and those that don't realize this are naive. The best we can do is learn to carefully use it. Lenovo used very poor judgement in their version of spying on us and I think it was particularly insidious. But to think that turning to other companies will avoid corporations that pad their quarterly earnings statements by spying on us is wishful thinking. Large companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Lenovo, etc, etc, are very sensitive to maintaining their reputation. Those that don't do not remain successful. We will see how Lenovo fares. But they have managed to thrive where IBM failedin the PC marketplace so I would not count them out. No, not everyone forgets... Maybe you need a bit of a history lesson. IBM started and OWNED the PC industry. There is a reason early PCs were known as "IBM compatible". To say they failed is laughable. It was Lenovo who has slowly driven the brand into the ground. IBM to Quit Making PCs Associated Press Email 12.03.04 NEW YORK -- IBM has reportedly put its personal computer business up for sale in a deal that could fetch as much as $2 billion and close an era for an industry pioneer that long ago shifted its focus to more lucrative segments of the computer business. Its stock rose 1.6 percent in early trading in the wake of the report. AsheGuy wrote: Right, and that is why I think insidious defines their action. I seriously doubt that if their execs had understood the system compromise that their spying technique would cause that they would have gone down this route. Of course, that is just my personal opinion. Those execs have a responsibility to KNOW what is going on with their products. Ignorance is NO EXCUSE. We MUST vote with our dollars.454Views0likes0Comments
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