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Would you believe I bought my first new PC in over 6 years ago today?
My laptop dates back to 2011. The desktop I use goes back to 2009 I think. It was the laptop I replaced though
I still plan to keep the old one. The laptop had been having issues lately. On two occasions Windows startup repair ran. And when I updated Anti-malware bytes to its latest version, the computer ran so slow at start up I thought I may be able to finish all three Godfather movies by the time it was finished.
Both those computers though old have never once needed work being done on them. If you're wondering, my DT is a Compaq, the old LP a Toshiba, and the new laptop a HP
After getting my new PC I have been having the fun time of setting it up with the various software I use plus transfer my story files and other important things to it. I got Microsoft Office 2007 to run on a Windows 10 computer and my Internet Security subscription (Kaspersky) on the new machine, plus Strat-O-Matic Baseball downloaded and all my game and stat files moved over without any glitches. Next up is Amazon Unbox and the movies I have with it, plus Thunderbird email. The latter of which I have had problems with in the past and may need help with. I setup Thunderbird without any problems.
Everything has gone smoothly with things I have done so far and this is a person who is not a tech wizard.The one thing I have had a problem with is the Desktop Calendar. I had one from Tinnes that I paid for and liked very much. It displayed a small calendar on my computer's front page and had small popup windows appear that warned me five days out of appointments and other things.
From what I can see, Tinnes doesn't make Windows 10 calendars . I'd like to get a similar sort of desktop calendar. Anyone have suggestions?
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Before you buy one
Look through the desktop apps that came with Windows 10, a lot of that kind of stuff is built into the OS but has to be turned on.
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
I can believe it's six years.
My desktop was assembled from parts I bought on Black Friday 5 years ago. Since then I have upgraded the video card twice and have added more hard drives. But a modern machine probably only runs about twice as fast as mine. I have been thinking about adding a newer cpu that will speed the machine up 40%. And possibly a second SSD since my games are currenty stored on a hard drive. But, yes, 5 year old desk top machines are fairly common these days because it is not worth replacing them.
35 years!
I bought my first desktop computer, an Eagle II CP/M 2.2 system in late 1982. You can tell a real nerd if he or she still remembers the syntax for the PIP command!
but which PIP command?
I can remember the PIP command used on PDP-11's. Well, I should as I supported it at one point in time.
DCL came along and removed the need for it. I still have the sources to RSX11-M/Plus from 1982 on my PDP 11/73.
I think that it will be donated to a museum within the next year along with my Sun E-250
PIP
It was probably the same. Gary Kildall patterned most of the CP/M commands on systems he was familiar with. Of course, your comment means you're ancient also. Who needs a graphical user interface?
I'd like to know
how you got Microsoft Office 2007 to work under windows 10? I have MO2007 and it won't install (damn it)
NOT software geek
No one I know would say I am good with computers. So, I have always run Microsoft stuff, though did try Firefox. Right now I am on win 10 and use Office, mainly Word and Excel. My browser is Chrome, though I have resisted the use of both One Drive and the Cloud. I use a variety of very basic security methods and mainly keep a low profile. The Google Chrome Calendar works great for me and is on my other devices.
Since you are in Europe, I don't know what they do there.
As I suspected would happen, the Google Cloud crashed on the 16th of November I think. Both the Cloud and Onedrive, to me represent huge targets and perhaps gather a lot of attention from those who wish to make a name for themselves.
I suspect that a high percentage of software geniuses are along the Autistic spectrum somewhere, using their ability to focus on just one thing to do very complicated things with the areas of interest for them. The short side of that is they are often not the best at explaining things to us computer Muggles.
I'm a hardware not a software person
You can get a Win 10 to run like a Win 7, it's in the Win 10 programing. I'm using a Dell Win 10, but it's using a 7 operation, I hate 8, and don't like Win 10. Heck, my first computer was a Commodore 64 with a 64 expansion plug-in chip, giving it a 128 memory, it had more power that an Apple IIC. Still have it in a box. Hey, no viruses then either.