On 27 Oct 2022 at 09:48:40 BST, ""Jeff Gaines""
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I put Win 8.1 on my Dell M6800 yesterday in the hope it will be a bit more >>sensible about virus detection.
Why would you think a version of Windows that goes end-of-support in
three months would be a better choice? >https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-support-will-end-on-january-10-2023-3cfd4cde-f611-496a-8057-923fba401e93
Cheers - Jaimie
I put Win 8.1 on my Dell M6800 yesterday in the hope it will be a bit more sensible about virus detection.
Magical Jelly Bean and Nirsoft Produkey both show the same product key but >Speccy comes up with something completely different. Anybody know why?
On 27/10/2022 in message <jrv9jvFbqrrU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 27 Oct 2022 at 09:48:40 BST, ""Jeff Gaines""
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I put Win 8.1 on my Dell M6800 yesterday in the hope it will be a bit
more
sensible about virus detection.
Why would you think a version of Windows that goes end-of-support in
three months would be a better choice?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-support-will-end-on-january-10-2023-3cfd4cde-f611-496a-8057-923fba401e93
Cheers - Jaimie
Just experience, it's only ever been Win 10 that comes up with all the
false reports that I've mentioned in here.
On 27/10/2022 in message <xn0nolqmsjxog9800x@news.individual.net> Jeff
Gaines wrote:
Magical Jelly Bean and Nirsoft Produkey both show the same product key
but Speccy comes up with something completely different. Anybody know
why?
I found an answer in a forum:
"The key displayed by Speccy is the Windows serial key, and not the
license key that is used to activate Windows."
No idea what it means but explains the difference. I now have 4 or 5 keyfinders installed as part of researching this and it's only Nirsoft Produkey that kicks Windows off.
Like a lot of other people, I have been running Win 10 without activation
for a few years.
Apart from the reminder on the bottom of the screen I dont have any
problem with it. Word and Excel seem to run fine as well. I dont
understand the attraction of 8.1
Just experience, it's only ever been Win 10 that comes up with all the >>false reports that I've mentioned in here.
My experience is that W10 functions almost faultlessly. I had some false >virus detections a few months ago, at the same time as everyone else, but >none since. And, like billions of other people, I have Excel and Word.
You can use W10 and install a third party virus checker, if you don't like >Defender. Or, go over to Linux.
On 27/10/2022 13:12, Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 27/10/2022 in message <jrv9jvFbqrrU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie
Vandenbergh wrote:
On 27 Oct 2022 at 09:48:40 BST, ""Jeff Gaines""
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I put Win 8.1 on my Dell M6800 yesterday in the hope it will be a bit
more
sensible about virus detection.
Why would you think a version of Windows that goes end-of-support in
three months would be a better choice?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-8-1-support-will-end-on-january-10-2023-3cfd4cde-f611-496a-8057-923fba401e93
Cheers - Jaimie
Just experience, it's only ever been Win 10 that comes up with all the
false reports that I've mentioned in here.
My experience is that W10 functions almost faultlessly. I had some false virus detections a few months ago, at the same time as everyone else,
but none since. And, like billions of other people, I have Excel and Word.
You can use W10 and install a third party virus checker, if you don't
like Defender. Or, go over to Linux.
I have reported the odd things that Win 10 throws up that Win 8.1
doesn't. I have no idea why it does it but I can't be bothered to play
with it, it's a tool and if it doesn't play well I won't use it.
I have 30 years invested in Windows so Linux is not an answer to anything.
On 27/10/2022 18:24, Jeff Gaines wrote:
I have reported the odd things that Win 10 throws up that Win 8.1
doesn't. I have no idea why it does it but I can't be bothered to play
with it, it's a tool and if it doesn't play well I won't use it.
I have 30 years invested in Windows so Linux is not an answer to anything.I started using Windows before it had networking.
I got forced to learn Linux for work - embedded systems, but a Linux
based development system.
My home machine now runs Linux. The only thing I miss Windows for is the
odd thing which hasn't been ported to Linux - my current one being a VHS
tape digitiser.
Andy
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