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Callidus Thorn |
Dec 20 2013, 11:08 AM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Dec 20 2013, 09:04 AM) QUOTE(Callidus Thorn @ Dec 20 2013, 09:55 AM) I've also got to download an updated driver for the touchpad, for some reason the left side of the clicker's been completely reassigned for no reason, and I can't seem to do anything about it.
Which is why Iīve now disabled the updates. My computer is fine and if Iīm not told what they do I donīt see the point with all these updates. I mean, what do they fix when I canīt see any difference? The only time I do see a difference is when they move stuff around like you described and I get ! Well I haven't actually downloaded any updates for months, so I've no idea what's going on with the touchpad. It just stopped letting me left click with the button for some reason. I'm hoping the driver will fix it.
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mirocu |
Feb 4 2014, 04:12 PM
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Just wanted to mention that I havenīt had any issue after disabling the Windows updates. If nothing I have avoided problems since I did that and I have decided to stay off. I can always enable it if absolutely necessary but I donīt see that coming at all. Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre
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haute ecole rider |
Feb 4 2014, 04:25 PM
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From: The place where the Witchhorses play
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The only problem with not updating is that your computer eventually becomes extremely vulnerable to viruses and other malware. Like you, I have automatic updates disabled on my Win7 partition. However, I still go in and look at what's pending, and pick and choose what to update. Since I started playing Oblivion daily on this computer, I've also started running daily backups. I'd hate to lose everything due to one lousy update. I'm fortunate in that my Mac Pro is still running solid, and I have a spare drive to back everything up to on a daily basis. Of course, there's nothing on my Win7 partition but Google Chrome, Oblivion and all its associated mods and utilities. I often joke that this game is the only reason I even have Win7 installed!
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ghastley |
Feb 4 2014, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 4 2014, 10:12 AM) Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre And not updating is letting your tyres go slowly flat, instead of keeping them pumped up! < /analogy >
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mirocu |
Feb 4 2014, 08:42 PM
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QUOTE(ghastley @ Feb 4 2014, 07:41 PM) QUOTE(mirocu @ Feb 4 2014, 10:12 AM) Updating when everything works is like fixing a flat tyre when you donīt have a flat tyre And not updating is letting your tyres go slowly flat, instead of keeping them pumped up! < /analogy > I very much disagree there, buddy I do have Microsoft Essentials going and that I update regularly
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Callidus Thorn |
Apr 13 2014, 02:47 PM
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Joined: 29-September 13
From: Midgard, Cyrodiil, one or two others.
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Apr 13 2014, 02:16 PM) Hereīs a question for those who have it; What do you think of Windows 8? To me nothing beats XP. I never had any problems with it and every game, very old or brand new, worked on it. In contrast Millennium was the worst Iīve had. Constant problems even getting Windows to load up properly. So with this in mind, how would you rate Win 8? XP-class or Millennium-class? Well, I'm not really sure I can give much of an answer here. Once I downloaded a couple of programs to tweak things, I couldn't really point out any differences. I got a program that brings back the start menu, and skips the Metro interface as well, and in terms of everyday usage, I'd be hard pressed to tell it apart from windows 7.
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ImperialSnob |
Apr 13 2014, 03:09 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Apr 13 2014, 02:16 PM) Hereīs a question for those who have it; What do you think of Windows 8? To me nothing beats XP. I never had any problems with it and every game, very old or brand new, worked on it. In contrast Millennium was the worst Iīve had. Constant problems even getting Windows to load up properly. So with this in mind, how would you rate Win 8? XP-class or Millennium-class? 8 is horrible. Get 7, you need to move on from XP since it's been discontinued recently and will now be very vulnerable.
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Callidus Thorn |
Apr 13 2014, 03:27 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Apr 13 2014, 03:15 PM) I already have 7 But why exactly is 8 so horrible? I'd actually quite like to know this myself. Beyond the lack of a start button and having the Metro interface pushed on me, both fixed with a free program, and needing to disable the swipe thing that brought up the charms bar, I can't honestly say I've had any trouble with it. I don't doubt that there are things wrong with it, but I've not experienced anything that wasn't easily dealt with.
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Callidus Thorn |
Apr 13 2014, 03:41 PM
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QUOTE(mirocu @ Apr 13 2014, 03:31 PM) Itīs still bad that you have to do all that just to bring back the normal UI, but at least it can be done.
Ture, but it was easily fixed, and the fix is literally a one-off solution. So it was a problem for maybe ten minutes? Annoying, certainly, but not what I'd call horrible by any means. There might well be things that are horrible about windows 8, but if I'm not experiencing them in day-to-day usage, then how big in real terms are those problems?
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SubRosa |
Apr 13 2014, 05:10 PM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds
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I have Windows 8 on my Surface, and from what I can see it is basically Windows 7 with a phone UI laid over the top of it. It is great for a tablet where you are using your fingers for everything. I would say pretty useless for an actual PC though. I have no problems switching from the Metro Interface to the old-fashioned Win 7 one. It is just one swipe of a finger to flip between the two. The trouble with using the Win 7 UI on the tablet is that everything is much too small, even with the stylus it is extremely hard to select things. The thing that annoyed me most about 8 was that it did not come with a POP3 email app for the Metro Interface. I had to dig to find a user-made app (I suppose we could call it a mod... that will do POP3. But one I found that, I was set there. So if you have a tablet I would say definitely go Windows 8, that is what it was made for. If you have a desktop or laptop, stick to 7. This post has been edited by SubRosa: Apr 13 2014, 05:16 PM
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King Of Beasts |
Apr 14 2014, 04:32 AM
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Joined: 15-November 12
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Anyone good with MACs?
So, I updated my 13" MacBook Pro, and it said it had to restart to update, but it wouldn't restart, so I turned it off manually.
Well, now it's stuck on the gray screen. It has a little bar under the dark gray apple on the gray screen indicating it's putting the update into effect, but once the bar reaches the end of it's loading journey, the computer crashes and turns off.
In short, I cannot use my MacBook
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