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If anyone wants to do an I.T regression I have a legal XP CD as well as the XP users hand book
PM me for the challenge.

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Re: Windows 10

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Could I introduce a swear-word here?
I run a MacBook Pro, now on OS X v10.10.5...
Upgrades are simply 'click "accept" and wait 'til it finishes.'
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my laptop is failing to proceed with the update :(
I cleared the downloaded cached files for starters, several times...will keep banging my head for a bit..
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dapope wrote:my laptop is failing to proceed with the update :(
You didn't actually think about changing to Windows 10 did you Martin?
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T1 Terry wrote:
dapope wrote:my laptop is failing to proceed with the update :(
You didn't actually think about changing to Windows 10 did you Martin?
After watching the ease at which the other halfs machine is working, I am actively persuing it!
Finally got the files to proceed...
Have to admit, the tablet gets much more of a hammering, laptop last out and in use on boxing day, loading up ebooks
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I have a Toshiba laptop that will not accept the Windows 10 update - don't care really, when it dies it dies.
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mine is a toshiba too... think it was a driver issue giving grief
all good now.. :)
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Greynomad wrote:Could I introduce a swear-word here?
I run a MacBook Pro, now on OS X v10.10.5...
Upgrades are simply 'click "accept" and wait 'til it finishes.'
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That's almost the same as I do with Win7. :D
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Jim wrote:
Greynomad wrote:Could I introduce a swear-word here?
I run a MacBook Pro, now on OS X v10.10.5...
Upgrades are simply 'click "accept" and wait 'til it finishes.'
:D
That's almost the same as I do with Win7. :D
Well, almost the same Jim, you must have a real computer :lol:
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I just get them fed to me now... now I just need to do a little edit somewhere so that doesnt happen...
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