Windows 10: What You Need to Know

Buddahaid · 08-06-17, 09:46 AM

I use VMware to run Xp on my Windows 10 system. It works great but you still have to own and install Xp. VMware is is an interface that will set aside 40G of HDD space for each virtual machine you want to create and upgrading it doesn't change the virtual machine content, just the interface. It also lets you use all the peripherals attached to your PC, DVD drive, printer, etc.

Downside is you still have to install the virtual machine operating system just like a normal install, and it doesn't run games very well. I use it to run older graphics software and CAD style programs that are broken in a 64 bit environment.

Skybird · 08-06-17, 10:22 AM

I gave up on VMs under Linux , once I got myself to finally check it out closer. For those gamne/sim titles that I need Windows for, for example Assetto Corsa and Raceroom, or FSX, or SBP, I would not just need the sim running, but also additional controller hardware: Fanatec stuff, CH gear. The games ran like #### and drivers for the hardware messed things up even more. Linux drivers for these things: non-existent. So what use would it make for me to have any racing game running under Linux if I cannot use the - sophisticated - Fanatec hardware for game input? None, obviously.

Some of the games I use, are also available for Steam OS/Linux. That is nice, but still leaves out many other games, and simulations are an even worse aspect of it all.

Thats why I so desperately depend on Windows 7. If it would be all well with simulations and gaming in Linux land, i would have fired Windows 7 off my HD completely by now.

While there are exceptions to the rule, it still is a valid rule: Linux and the vast majority of games do not fit well together. Linux is for surfing and work - not for gaming in general. There are exceptions, but again: exceptions do not define the rule.

Driver support for all that hardware out there is one of the weak things of Linux.

My advise thus remains the same: two systems. One Windows gaming system, one Linux everything-else system. For hardcore gamers and simmers, Linux simply is not alternative.

Check steam, you will see that amny games are avialbole for Linux/SteamOS by now. But then, check out also how many games are not.

Rockin Robbins · 08-15-17, 10:17 AM

Windows 10 snooping? Most users want us to record what they do on their PC says Microsoft

Microsoft proudly states that over 70% of users leave all data mining totally intact. They just don't care about their privacy or rights to use their computer as they wish. They probably love junk solicitation calls on their cell phones too.

RockinRobbins management mantra #1: If you treat people badly enough long enough they will demand it.

Corollary #1: Don't take people's acquiescence to an oppressive policy as evidence of how they would wish to be treated.
Corollary #2:People will readily act against their own self-interest with the right "encouragement."

STEED · 08-15-17, 04:40 PM

Unfortunately people are willing to be bought and sold, personal information is the world's currency now. MS have jumped on the band wagon and it will just get worst. Hate to think what the world will be like in 10 years time.

Rockin Robbins · 08-31-17, 06:02 PM

Don’t use Windows 10 to move data on your Android phone

What do your expect when you use Windows Explorer/File Explorer to move, copy, paste, drag and drop files on your Android phone while connected with a USB cable? Well if you have Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 you expect it to just work normally. After all, your Android phone is just another disk drive, right?

But in Windows 10, you should know better by now. According to Jörg Wirtgen of German-language site heise.de:

Quote:

There is an error in the USB MTP connection of Android and Windows 10 that leads to data loss if you move files on an Android device: If you connect the Android device to Windows 10 via USB, and then move files inside the device, the files are deleted from their source, but they don't reach the destination. Particularly precarious: The deleted data could not be recovered with any of the usual recovery tools; they disappeared irrevocably.

So don't move files. Moving is just copying and then deleting the source file anyway and apparently doing it that way works. The situation is sketchy and new info is developing. Be very careful and don't be surprised if that isn't enough to prevent losing files. I would be tempted to make a copy of files you want to operate on and only cut/copy/move the copy. If you lose it you still have the original.

Most scary is the line that the deleted data couldn't be recovered with any of the usual recovery tools. There was no recourse.

Just another cheery bit of news about the operating system that works "just fine!"

Skybird · 08-31-17, 07:07 PM

That is a new dimension of planned obsolescence.

propbeanie · 09-01-17, 06:43 AM

It's also how you "delete" the competition...

08-15-17, 10:17 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Windows 10 snooping? Most users want us to record what they do on their PC says Microsoft Microsoft proudly states that over 70% of users leave all data mining totally intact. They just don't care about their privacy or rights to use their computer as they wish. They probably love junk solicitation calls on their cell phones too. RockinRobbins management mantra #1: If you treat people badly enough long enough they will demand it. Corollary #1: Don't take people's acquiescence to an oppressive policy as evidence of how they would wish to be treated. Corollary #2:People will readily act against their own self-interest with the right "encouragement." __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

08-15-17, 04:40 PM	#4
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Unfortunately people are willing to be bought and sold, personal information is the world's currency now. MS have jumped on the band wagon and it will just get worst. Hate to think what the world will be like in 10 years time. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-31-17, 07:07 PM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,719 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	That is a new dimension of planned obsolescence. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-01-17, 06:43 AM	#7
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,117 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	It's also how you "delete" the competition... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

08-06-17, 09:46 AM	#1
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I use VMware to run Xp on my Windows 10 system. It works great but you still have to own and install Xp. VMware is is an interface that will set aside 40G of HDD space for each virtual machine you want to create and upgrading it doesn't change the virtual machine content, just the interface. It also lets you use all the peripherals attached to your PC, DVD drive, printer, etc. Downside is you still have to install the virtual machine operating system just like a normal install, and it doesn't run games very well. I use it to run older graphics software and CAD style programs that are broken in a 64 bit environment. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-06-17, 10:22 AM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,719 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I gave up on VMs under Linux , once I got myself to finally check it out closer. For those gamne/sim titles that I need Windows for, for example Assetto Corsa and Raceroom, or FSX, or SBP, I would not just need the sim running, but also additional controller hardware: Fanatec stuff, CH gear. The games ran like #### and drivers for the hardware messed things up even more. Linux drivers for these things: non-existent. So what use would it make for me to have any racing game running under Linux if I cannot use the - sophisticated - Fanatec hardware for game input? None, obviously. Some of the games I use, are also available for Steam OS/Linux. That is nice, but still leaves out many other games, and simulations are an even worse aspect of it all. Thats why I so desperately depend on Windows 7. If it would be all well with simulations and gaming in Linux land, i would have fired Windows 7 off my HD completely by now. While there are exceptions to the rule, it still is a valid rule: Linux and the vast majority of games do not fit well together. Linux is for surfing and work - not for gaming in general. There are exceptions, but again: exceptions do not define the rule. Driver support for all that hardware out there is one of the weak things of Linux. My advise thus remains the same: two systems. One Windows gaming system, one Linux everything-else system. For hardcore gamers and simmers, Linux simply is not alternative. Check steam, you will see that amny games are avialbole for Linux/SteamOS by now. But then, check out also how many games are not. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.