Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
enough for me).

Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix my
bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
Carol

On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
> Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
> XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
> enough for me).
>
> Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
> then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix my
> bozo-bin handling of course ;-)

Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.

And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>> Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>> XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>> enough for me).
>>
>> Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>> then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix my
>> bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>
> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>
> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>
> nancy

That's why I keep putting off giving up Vista and Win7 even though there are
no upgrades for Vista anymore. I don't need them.

Cheri

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>
> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>
> nancy

It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so awful, that it's kinda funny.

On 12/17/2017 11:54 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so awful, that it's kinda funny.
>

Dang, it's actually leagues better than it was when they force-birthed
W10 upon us as conscripted beta testers.

Now THAT truly sucked!

Ever try Linux desktops of any flavor?

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 8:56:36 AM UTC-10, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>
> Dang, it's actually leagues better than it was when they force-birthed
> W10 upon us as conscripted beta testers.
>
> Now THAT truly sucked!
>
> Ever try Linux desktops of any flavor?

Yes I have. The Linux geeks had something special there but they blew it. They could have taken over the computer world. OTOH, Linux is the most popular OS in the world. It's kernel is at the heart of the Android/Chrome OSes.

On 12/17/2017 12:23 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 8:56:36 AM UTC-10, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
>>
>> Dang, it's actually leagues better than it was when they force-birthed
>> W10 upon us as conscripted beta testers.
>>
>> Now THAT truly sucked!
>>
>> Ever try Linux desktops of any flavor?
>
> Yes I have. The Linux geeks had something special there but they blew it. They could have taken over the computer world. OTOH, Linux is the most popular OS in the world. It's kernel is at the heart of the Android/Chrome OSes.
>

Well I gotta tell you, the GUI enhancements and command line banishment
of the new desktops are darned impressive.

Ubunto, Mint, there's some good stuff out there now.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer
> uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so
> awful, that it's kinda funny.

====

I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.

Cheri

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:05:18 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
>
> I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
> with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.
>
> Cheri

I have to use Windows for work and I just hate turning on that power switch. You just never know if it's going to turn on or start another grueling update cycle.

On 12/17/2017 12:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:05:18 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
>> with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I have to use Windows for work and I just hate turning on that power switch. You just never know if it's going to turn on or start another grueling update cycle.
>

Point.

But they seem to have defaulted to afternoon or early evening now.

'Bout time too.

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:27:57 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:05:18 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> >
> > I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
> > with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.
> >
> > Cheri
>
> I have to use Windows for work and I just hate turning on that power switch. You just never know if it's going to turn on or start another grueling update cycle.

My PC gets updates overnight, reboots, and it's good to go the next morning
when I come in. OTOH, I never power it down because it's where we do our
nightly software build.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2017-12-17 2:27 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:05:18 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:

>> I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble
>> at all with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I have to use Windows for work and I just hate turning on that power
> switch. You just never know if it's going to turn on or start another
> grueling update cycle.


I had a couple of those on my laptop last week. I was trying to shut
down one night and it decided it was going to update and shut off.... do
not turn computer off. I was upstairs watching TV and the wifi signal
is a little weaker there so I brought it downstairs and sat it on the
table by my desk top. After it had run for about an hour it had achieved
all of 3% of the update. The next time I booted up it had to complete
the update. A few days later I had to take my car to the dealership for
some work and brought my laptop along to keep my occupied. I had not
even had a chance to log on to their wifi when it started another
update. That one took about 15 minutes. I would hate to be using one
for something important at work and to have it start an update.

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 1:27:57 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>
> I have to use Windows for work and I just hate turning on that power switch. You just never know if it's going to turn on or start another grueling update cycle.
>
>
I got a new laptop back in March and I was already using W-10 so setting
this one up was a snap. Using a flash to transfer everything was a 2
minute snap. But when I first used W-10 well over a year ago it about
drove me nuts. Updates aren't bad, most time I've encountered are about
30-45 minutes.

This ASUS is fast but it does have some annoying quirks that aren't
apparent until you use it. Quirks that can't be changed.

"Cheri" wrote in message news
"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer
> uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so
> awful, that it's kinda funny.

====

I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.

Cheri

==

Tell me something about Chrome please?



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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> "Cheri" wrote in message news > "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>>
>>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer
>> uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so
>> awful, that it's kinda funny.
>
> ====
>
> I really think my next computer will be a Chrome. I had not trouble at all
> with it before giving it to my brother, very easy.
>
> Cheri
> ==
>
> Tell me something about Chrome please?

I can't really tell you that much about it because I only used it for a few
hours before taking it to my brother, but it was easy to get started on and
easy to use to surf etc. dsi1 could tell you more about it for sure.

Cheri

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>
> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>
> nancy

It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer uses
Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so awful, that
it's kinda funny.

===

I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
this one. It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
chevrons properly. <sigh>

Who knows what I will need to get next I guess I might have to follow you
down the ... what is it you use?



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 12/17/2017 12:31 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1"Â* wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS.Â*Â* Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer
> uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so
> awful, that it's kinda funny.
>
> ===
>
> I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around
> the second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it.Â* It wasn't easy but I
> found this one.Â* It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't
> do chevrons properly.Â* <sigh>
>
> Who knows what I will need to get nextÂ* I guess I might have to follow
> you down the ... what is it you use?
>
>
>

He's a Chrome guy.

....shiny too, lol...

"Casa del Sol naciente" wrote in message
news
On 12/17/2017 12:31 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer
> uses Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so
> awful, that it's kinda funny.
>
> ===
>
> I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
> second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
> this one. It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
> chevrons properly. <sigh>
>
> Who knows what I will need to get next I guess I might have to follow
> you down the ... what is it you use?
>
>
>

He's a Chrome guy.

....shiny too, lol...

==

Hmmm I've only seen him once, in shopping trolley (er cart) He wasn't too
shiny then ;-)



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:32:40 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
> second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
> this one. It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
> chevrons properly. <sigh>
>
> Who knows what I will need to get next I guess I might have to follow you
> down the ... what is it you use?
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

It's a Chromebook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo

On 2017-12-17 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:32:40 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
>> second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
>> this one. It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
>> chevrons properly. <sigh>
>>
>> Who knows what I will need to get next I guess I might have to follow you
>> down the ... what is it you use?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> It's a Chromebook.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo
>
I don't know why W10 is unpopular here. I have had no problems except
for a time when Edge wouldn't load and now I use that instead of Chrome
for certain things. OTOH, anything I have or have had running Android
has been a real PITA.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 9:32:40 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
> second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
> this one. It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
> chevrons properly. <sigh>
>
> Who knows what I will need to get next I guess I might have to follow
> you
> down the ... what is it you use?
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

It's a Chromebook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo

==

Hmmm interesting! Fine I suppose so long as you don't lose access to the
internet (in which case you have lost access to all your data too)

Besides, I don't think I could afford to replace all those units ... ;p

It is interesting thought to see the screen which does look similar to what
we are used to.



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:31:47 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"dsi1" wrote in message
...
>
>On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 7:43:18 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
>It takes me 5 minutes to make a computer my computer - if that computer uses
>Chrome OS. Using Windows is a pretty joyless experience. It's so awful, that
>it's kinda funny.
>
>===
>
>I always avoided Win10. When my last computer died, I searched around the
>second hand shops to get one with Win7 on it. It wasn't easy but I found
>this one.

You can buy just about any pc and put just about any version of
Windows on it.


>It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
>chevrons properly. <sigh>

The idea that Windows 7 can't do "chevrons" properly is mind boggling!

On 12/17/2017 1:23 PM, Bruce wrote:

>> It is old too and not too great. As you know it doesn't do
>> chevrons properly. <sigh>
>
> The idea that Windows 7 can't do "chevrons" properly is mind boggling!
>
But it does:

^ ^ ^ ^

Nancy Young wrote:

> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
> > enough for me).
> >
> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>
> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>
> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>
> nancy

Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
you.

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:35:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>> > enough for me).
>> >
>> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
>> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
>Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
>you.

I was going to ask what exactly they're hiding, but we can't know
that, because they're hiding it!

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:35:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>> > enough for me).
>> >
>> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
>> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
>Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
>you.

Nothing hidden on me, what are you saying is hidden from you??

On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 4:44:05 PM UTC-6, wrote:
>
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:35:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
> >
> >Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
> >you.
>
> Nothing hidden on me, what are you saying is hidden from you??
>
>
That was puzzling to me as well.

On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:43:59 -0400, wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:35:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>>> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>>> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>>> > enough for me).
>>> >
>>> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>>> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
>>> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>>>
>>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>>
>>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>>Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
>>you.
>
>Nothing hidden on me, what are you saying is hidden from you??

Duh, how can she know? It's hidden!

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:58:36 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:43:59 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 15:35:45 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>>>> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>>>> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>>>> > enough for me).
>>>> >
>>>> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>>>> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
>>>> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>>>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>>>
>>>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>>>
>>>> nancy
>>>
>>>Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
>>>you.
>>
>>Nothing hidden on me, what are you saying is hidden from you??
>
>Duh, how can she know? It's hidden!

Oh bog off Austard

"cshenk" > Wrote in message:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/2017 12:17 PM, wrote:
>> > Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday and am in resetup mode with
>> > XanaNews. (Freeware, not as spiffy as some but easier and flexible
>> > enough for me).
>> >
>> > Need to fix my display name back to what you folks expect to see and
>> > then fix some coloration that makes things easier to read. Then fix
>> > my bozo-bin handling of course ;-)
>>
>> Bummer about the computer but nice to have a new one ... except
>> it's kind of a misery to get things working the way you want.
>>
>> And the joy of the new version of OS. Grrrr
>>
>> nancy
>
> Yeah, WIN10 if 'interestng' to say the least. They hide everything on
> you.
>

All you have to do is click on the start button or whatever they
call it, I never look anymore, and just start typing what you
want to open. The sad part is I've had to start using Windows
server 2016 in the Amazon cloud for work lately and even though
it's a server OS it's just windows 10. I only got windows 10 at
home several months ago. I hate both of them but we don't have
any other windows "experts"
in my work team anymore so I'm stuck
with it until I either retire in 10 years and I canNOT wait until
that comes, or until I get fed up and change my career path at
55 years old.
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Cshenk1 wrote:
>
> Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday.

Cybersex, eh? I hope it was good.

On 12/19/2017 9:06 AM, wrote:
> Cshenk1 wrote:
>>
>> Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday.
>
> Cybersex, eh? I hope it was good.
>

I just have to LOL, good one.

wrote:
> Cshenk1 wrote:
>>
>> Anyone miss me? I blew a computer Friday.
>
> Cybersex, eh? I hope it was good.
>
Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk. Hey Moe, hey Larry!