Windows 10

[rattran]

Had that happen with the wife's laptop, telling it to 'forget' network and then reconnecting it worked. It just defaulted to the stored password and failed each time until then.

So I suspect user fuckery.

[Selby]

Had that happen with the wife's laptop, telling it to 'forget' network and then reconnecting it worked. It just defaulted to the stored password and failed each time until then.

Same here. Laptop will usually have issues with the wifi, forgetting & retrying 2-3 times usually fixes it.

[01101010]

My gf's laptop started acting like this a few months ago. It would connect to the university wifi just fine then all the sudden it would disconnect and not reconnect. A month after that, it started doing it at home, 10ft from the router with clear line of sight. I checked it, tried the forget/reconnect, tried airplane mode, tried a full driver uninstall... finally she sent it back to HP. We just got it back so we'll see...

[Sky]

Had that happen with the wife's laptop, telling it to 'forget' network and then reconnecting it worked. It just defaulted to the stored password and failed each time until then.

No, that's a usual scenario. I have to show a slew of people how to do this every month. I don't even consider that troubleshooting :)

[Merusk]

So you forgot the network and it didn't work? I assume you tried an ipconfig /release /renew as well.

That's what the Win10 Surfaces all needed me to do when last I encountered this error. Forget the network, try reconnecting, then to a /release. Fucker should have forgotten the Ip after the network but it didn't.

[Chimpy]

Sounds like the old "cached networks" issue from Vista/7.

Need to Merge/delete networks in those cases to fix the issue.

[Sky]

Sounds like the old "cached networks" issue from Vista/7.

Need to Merge/delete networks in those cases to fix the issue.

Grumble grumble; probably, should've thought of it.

[SurfD]

Quick question: Planning on  a fresh install of Win 10 on the new PC i just got.

If I create a Win 10 install USB using their Installer Creation Tool thing,  and install it fresh on the new machine, will I still be able to activate it using my current Win 7 key? Or would I have to jump through stupid hoops like installing Win 7 on it first, and then "upgrading" over that to Win 10?

[Chimpy]

Quick question: Planning on  a fresh install of Win 10 on the new PC i just got.

If I create a Win 10 install USB using their Installer Creation Tool thing,  and install it fresh on the new machine, will I still be able to activate it using my current Win 7 key? Or would I have to jump through stupid hoops like installing Win 7 on it first, and then "upgrading" over that to Win 10?

You might not be able to use your old key on new hardware as Windows licenses are not portable.

Your mileage may vary, of course.

[SurfD]

Damn.  I was hoping to be able to migrate the licence from the Old pc to the new one, as the old one will nolonger be in use once the new one is up and running.

Hmm,  according to this article I might be able to get it activated through their service department as I have a Retail copy of 7 Pro, and should be able to get the old PC "removed" from the licence so it can be added to the new one.

[Mandella]

Damn.  I was hoping to be able to migrate the licence from the Old pc to the new one, as the old one will nolonger be in use once the new one is up and running.

Hmm,  according to this article I might be able to get it activated through their service department as I have a Retail copy of 7 Pro, and should be able to get the old PC "removed" from the licence so it can be added to the new one.

Pretty much every time I've migrated a license I've had to make that call. They good news is that it was relatively quick and painless.

[Sky]

Told the old lady we should upgrade her old laptop, but make sure she finds her key before she does anything. Next thing I know I see her laptop on the end table running the upgrade.

It's a Dell refurb, no idea where the key is, or if she got one with it.

I'd have her shell out for a key, but the idea was to upgrade it this year, hate to blow a c-note on a crappy old doorstop.

[Venkman]

I don't think you need the key to upgrade. Or at least, I didn't.

[Sky]

Hmm. Now that you mention it, I made an assumption based on my install...which I did clean on a new drive.

[SurfD]

Well,  pleased to say that my new PC is now up and running on Win 10, and the OS claims it has been properly activated, so looks like i am good.

Now, to spend the next few days transferring shit from the old pc to the new one, and re-installing shitloads of things that probably need updating.

[Azazel]

So at this point - is it worthwhile changing from Win7 to XP?

[rattran]

Only if you're completely mad.

[Sky]

GUIs are for pussies.

[Rendakor]

So at this point - is it worthwhile changing from Win7 to XP?

Downgrading from 7 to XP? Or did you mean going up from 7 to 10?

[RhyssaFireheart]

I decided to go for the upgrade from 7 to 10 and so far everything seems to be running fine.  I didn't let it do the express install though and selected the options I wanted, which means I haven't had any problems with still using FF and Chrome and haven't even opened Edge yet.  I did have to completely uninstall my Avast AV though, otherwise I kept getting an error message.

I'm just happy that Photoshop is still working.

[Azazel]

So at this point - is it worthwhile changing from Win7 to XP?

Downgrading from 7 to XP? Or did you mean going up from 7 to 10?

Whoops - yes. 7 to 10. Derp.

[SurfD]

So, any suggestions on a good music player app for win 10?  Before I go slapping my ages old version of Winamp on it, is there anything slightly more modern out there I should take a look at?  Same goes  with video.  Just stick  with the oldies, or is there anything new?

Which reminds me, am i going to need to hunt up a good codec pack for all of my old anime eps, or does win 10 come with most of the codecs and stuff already bundled in?

[Viin]

Winamp? What is this, 2002?

Spotify all the way baby. (No idea on video stuff, sorry!)

[Chimpy]

If you have to have something not Windows media player, use VLC.

[Pennilenko]

If you have to have something not Windows media player, use VLC.

This.

[Mosesandstick]

Do you want something that just plays music, or something that sorts and organises a library as well? I use foobar and it's worked well for me.

[Azazel]

Winamp? What is this, 2002?

Spotify all the way baby. (No idea on video stuff, sorry!)

Winamp seems a better choice for a music player.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/21/spotify-is-now-selling-your-information-to-advertisers/

[apocrypha]

Video - MPCHC. I switched from VLC a whil ago because VLC was giving very choppy playback over the LAN. MPCHC has so far worked flawlessly with every single file type and size I've thrown at it.

Music - Similarly, I was having issues with WMP and/or VLC and gave MusicBee a try. Been using it ever since. It's not perfect but it's pretty close for me.

[Viin]

Winamp seems a better choice for a music player.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/21/spotify-is-now-selling-your-information-to-advertisers/

No different than Pandora and all those other free offerings (I pay for premium though, no ads for me!). Surprise?

[Merusk]

If it has an account login then they're selling your information. This may be one of the only sites left that isn't selling it in some fashion.

Store accounts, social media, even your paid cable account. They're selling that data because there's a shit-ton of money in it as traditional advertising venues die. All that magazine, newspaper and other dead-tree revenue went straight into direct-buying data.

You can accept this and that there's a whole shadow profile about you built in many marketing databases or you can go dark.

[Yegolev]

I might be unusual in that I appreciate advertisements targeted to my wants and needs.  Assuming I'm going to deal with advertisement anyway, which I am because I live in America.

[Raph]

Windows 7 on my machine is now putting a little alert icon on the upgrade button saying "Oh no, we're sorry but you CAN'T upgrade because your PC isn't compatible." Nothing, of course, has changed. But when I click the report to find out why, it says "oh, you're fine, upgrade now!"

[Merusk]

I might be unusual in that I appreciate advertisements targeted to my wants and needs.  Assuming I'm going to deal with advertisement anyway, which I am because I live in America.

I feel the same way, but didn't seem like it was worth mentioning against the, "OMG THEY"RE SELLING MY INFO" concern.

I'm happier getting ads targeted to my geeky, netflix-watching, candy-loving, Toyota-driving, metal-listening self than I am ads targeted to, "42 year old white male, married with kids... here's ads for Viagra, that new Rom-Com your wife's demo will like, and khakis on sale at Sears."

[Sky]

FUKKIN KHAKIS ON SALE AT SEARS!?!

[schild]

I've been on Windows 10 for months now. At this point I'm confused by how much people give a shit. It seems to be every bit as good as 7.