Windows 10

[Bird]

I do have my computer to do automatic updates, but WOW! This morning at 5:45 a.m., it said it would finish updates and restart at 5:59 a.m., so save your work, or you could click to "Restart Now" which I did. It took two and a quarter HOURS to do the updates.:laughing: And that's running at 12.60 Mbps download and 5.81 Mbps upload Internet speed.

 

[rekees4300]

I do have my computer to do automatic updates, but WOW! This morning at 5:45 a.m., it said it would finish updates and restart at 5:59 a.m., so save your work, or you could click to "Restart Now" which I did. It took two and a quarter HOURS to do the updates.:laughing: And that's running at 12.60 Mbps download and 5.81 Mbps upload Internet speed.

Bird you can control updates by turning Windows Update on/off. To turn it off: right-click Start button -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> double-click Windows Update -> set Startup type to disabled -> Apply -> OK

To turn it back on: repeat above steps except set Startup type to automatic

 

[JRobyn]

I think that is the one that Windows calls the "Anniversary Update". It was YYUUUUhuge on mine too. But a couple of things that haven't been working right seem to be resolved. I have an older (2010) ASUS designed for Win 8. The screen had been hanging for 15-30 secs at a time, which now seems to resolved. I think it's because the new update is more sensitive to hardware capabilities and limitations.

 

[rekees4300]

I think that is the one that Windows calls the "Anniversary Update". It was YYUUUUhuge on mine too.

Yes aka version 1607. The download is 4GB (more than the original Windows 10 last year)! M$ doesn't seem to realize that many rural folks have monthly data caps to consider. That's why it's important to have the ability to control Windows Update.

 

[mapper]

We received the big update a couple of weeks ago, it pretty much hosed my older sound blaster card, no new driver updates for it, which meant our digital speakers would no longer work. There is a good realtek sound on the motherboard but it is not compatible with the speaker system. We won't even go into the issues with the Seagate NAS we were using for backup....

 

[Stimw]

I miss my Windows 95!!
I found everything I needed and it worked most of the time.
It seems like every POS who writes a program has it alter everyone elses program and then neither works right!

 

[Gator6x4]

I do have my computer to do automatic updates, but WOW! This morning at 5:45 a.m., it said it would finish updates and restart at 5:59 a.m., so save your work, or you could click to "Restart Now" which I did. It took two and a quarter HOURS to do the updates.:laughing: And that's running at 12.60 Mbps download and 5.81 Mbps upload Internet speed.

That wasn't actually a update that was a build version change. In the run box, bottom left type "winver" and then click on winver in the pop up window. A window will then open on top left of your desktop. I bet you will find it says build or version 1607. The old number was 1511.

 

[Bird]

That wasn't actually a update that was a build version change. In the run box, bottom left type "winver" and then click on winver in the pop up window. A window will then open on top left of your desktop. I bet you will find it says build or version 1607. The old number was 1511.

Yep, version 1607.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

That's exactly what I've been doing, but it won't change color...stays black...

Sounds like you have HTML turned off.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I miss my Windows 95!!
I found everything I needed and it worked most of the time.
It seems like every POS who writes a program has it alter everyone elses program and then neither works right!

Windows 95 was a steaming pile of crap. The first functional version of Windows was W98 and even that crashed all the time. I'm very happy with W10. It is a stable multi-tasking system that makes full use of my quad core HT cpu.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

How do you turn off those pictures that keep coming when you boot up that asks if you like or dislike them?? I can't find the switch!

Sigh. I just got a copy of Windows 10 to run on a VMware virtual machine on my Macintosh so I can run windows only trading software.

 

[HEC]

I am not computer savvy but learning how to get around on windows 10 . The one thing I haven't been able to do is send pictures that I have saved to others , any help in this area would be appreciated .

 

[Fossil Farm]

I am not computer savvy but learning how to get around on windows 10 . The one thing I haven't been able to do is send pictures that I have saved to others , any help in this area would be appreciated .

If I am reading your question correctly, photos are sent to others via email. Doesn't matter what computer operating system you are using. Just have to know where your photos are located and how to attach a photo using your email client.

In Windows 10, most users have photos in C:\Users\(username)\pictures directory. Use File Explorer to find them. From back in the DOS days, I keep everything in a folder I created called C:\data. Photos, downloads, emails, scans, faxes, word, excel, etc. are kept here so they can be easily backed up to DVD or another device without searching all over for files. Back in the day, I think it was CNET created a DOS command that would copy everything from a directory to a diskette and check the date to see if it had been updated. Can't remember the name of it anymore.

If your question deals with something else -- never mind.

Edit -

Oh, and most photos have a .jpg file extension. You can search for that extension in File Explorer to find where your photos are located. Search should be in the right hand side of the directory listing.

 

[Toyboy]

Windows 95 was a steaming pile of crap. The first functional version of Windows was W98 and even that crashed all the time. I'm very happy with W10. It is a stable multi-tasking system that makes full use of my quad core HT cpu.

The big difference between you and me is I have no idea what a quad core HT cpu is...

 

[HEC]

If I am reading your question correctly, photos are sent to others via email. Doesn't matter what computer operating system you are using. Just have to know where your photos are located and how to attach a photo using your email client.

In Windows 10, most users have photos in C:\Users\(username)\pictures directory. Use File Explorer to find them. From back in the DOS days, I keep everything in a folder I created called C:\data. Photos, downloads, emails, scans, faxes, word, excel, etc. are kept here so they can be easily backed up to DVD or another device without searching all over for files. Back in the day, I think it was CNET created a DOS command that would copy everything from a directory to a diskette and check the date to see if it had been updated. Can't remember the name of it anymore.

If your question deals with something else -- never mind.

Edit -

Oh, and most photos have a .jpg file extension. You can search for that extension in File Explorer to find where your photos are located. Search should be in the right hand side of the directory listing.

Oh I can find my photos okay, when I click on it the window pops up to put in address etc. , I click send, the window disappears and nothing is sent forward .I had no problem with this same computer using windows 7 .

 

[rekees4300]

Oh I can find my photos okay, when I click on it the window pops up to put in address etc. , I click send, the window disappears and nothing is sent forward .I had no problem with this same computer using windows 7 .

Is your email program Thunderbird? I have Windows 10 and this works for me:

find photo -> right-click photo -> Send to -> Mail recipient -> In the Attach Files Window click Attach button -> type the To: email address -> click Send

 

[Fossil Farm]

Is your email program Thunderbird? I have Windows 10 and this works for me:

find photo -> right-click photo -> Send to -> Mail recipient -> In the Attach Files Window click Attach button -> type the To: email address -> click Send

To allow the above to work, you have to have Thunderbird as the default email cllent.

In Thunderbird - Click on "Tools" -- Go to "Options" -- Select the "Advanced" icon. Place a checkmark in the box next to "Always check to see if Thunderbird is the default mail client on startup" and then click on the "Check Now" box for Microsoft 10 to update your default email client.

The default of course for Microsoft is assuming that Outlook is the default email client. I guess you aren't suppose to use any non-Microsoft products. (ha)

 

[HEC]

Thanks for the info as I will give it a try .