What is actually useful about Windows 10 released today (not just hype)?

On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:44:39 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

I have NOT used Windows 10, but I googled for what it has, and I can't
find anything but the Start Menu being of real use, but I admit I was just
fine with Windows XP and Windows 7, so, that's what I'm comparing it to.

Am I wrong?

Did I miss something actually useful to "me" in Windows 10?

You might find this article useful:

What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

D. F. Manno wrote:
Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/
Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Not this Win7 user ... I like what I have ... that is until they finally
killed my Weather Gadget last week.

Nothing I have read about WinX entices me to sell my soul to MS and it's
advertisers/partners. In fact, it makes me want to run the other way.
It will be interesting to see how the business community responds to
this cleaned up version of Win 8.1 + new gizmos.
bj

| Not this Win7 user ... I like what I have ... that is until they finally
| killed my Weather Gadget last week.
|

You can get a good weather report here, and
cut out the commercial middlemen:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/city-state.shtml

You can also get radar images at radar.weather.gov.

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade

DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,” Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade

DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,” Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.


--
A.M

On 8/1/2015 10:52 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.



LOL!

Windows 8/8.1 Home/Core Windows Media Player won't even play a DVD!

On 8/2/2015 12:26 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade

DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,” Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.


Chrome and adblocker.

#34 secconds

On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 05:20:35 -0400, Ron wrote:

On 8/1/2015 10:52 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.



LOL!

Windows 8/8.1 Home/Core Windows Media Player won't even play a DVD!

Well at least Windos 7 will read/write a DVD. I haven't tried it with
a Blu-Ray though my son had a Blu-Ray drive. I think it needs 3rd
party software to use with Windows 7.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 00:26:32 -0400, "A.M" wrote:

On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade

DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,” Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.

I was looking forward to giving Edge a try. When I went to sites with a long
vertical scrolling bar on the right, it was very jerky moving it up and down
with the mouse. Scrolling was fine with the up/down keyboard keys though.
II was worried it was my particulare mouse but I installed Chrome and that
was very smooth.

On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 13:41:58 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 05:20:35 -0400, Ron wrote:

On 8/1/2015 10:52 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.



LOL!

Windows 8/8.1 Home/Core Windows Media Player won't even play a DVD!

Well at least Windos 7 will read/write a DVD. I haven't tried it with
a Blu-Ray though my son had a Blu-Ray drive. I think it needs 3rd
party software to use with Windows 7.

It does. One of the biggest complaints from people buying blu-ray disc
drives is they're bare drives. You install one and find out you still need
to buy 3rd party blu-ray software to play a damned disc. VLC is free and
has blu-ray capability but I've read it's iffy.
http://www.sanspantalones.com/2015/0...-media-player/

On 2015-08-02 5:24 AM, Ron wrote:
On 8/2/2015 12:26 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install
VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade


DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,”
Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a
free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.


Chrome and adblocker.

#34 secconds

I refuse to use anything made by Google. I would have used Opera with
Ghostery (which blocks more than enough ads from displaying) but I also
refuse to install Flash in general. Of course, since Flash is necessary
to watch those illegal streams, I used Microsoft Edge because it's being
forced down my throat and has Flash built-in. I was impressed with the
malware blocking but the browser is useless without something to block
tracking cookies.

--
A.M

On 2015-08-02 5:24 AM, Ron wrote:
On 8/2/2015 12:26 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install
VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade


DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,”
Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a
free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.


Chrome and adblocker.

#34 secconds

I just want to add that I was disappointed by the last fight; I really
thought Correia had a chance.


--
A.M

On 8/2/2015 11:16 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-08-02 5:24 AM, Ron wrote:
On 8/2/2015 12:26 AM, A.M wrote:
On 2015-08-01 11:42 PM, EGK wrote:
On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 04:52:28 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 1 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000 (UTC), "D. F. Manno"
wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote in message


What Windows 7 users need to know about updating to Windows 10
http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/windo...de-windows-10/

Here's my take on that nice article:
1. The "Start Menu" is back in Windows 10
2. Windows 7 "Gadget" is gone in Windows 10
3. Windows 7 "Windows Media Center" is gone in Windows 10
4. Windows 10 Pro has "Update for Business"
5. Windows 10 Pro has "Domain Join Services"
6. Windows 10 Pro has "BitLocker Drive Encryption"
7. Windows 10 Pro has "Group Policy editor"
8. Windows 10 Pro has "Remote Access Services"
9. Windows 10 has "DirectX 12 graphics API"
10. Windows 10 has game streaming from Xbox One
11. Windows 10 has "Cortana", the voice assistant
12. You have only 1 month to decide if you want to revert

Is any of that useful for the average Windows 7 user?

Yes: it tells me that there's nothing there that I actually want.

If it said "Windows 10 has built-in support for Blu-Ray discs" I might
look at it again.

I believe they even removed DVD playback but you can still install
VLC. lol

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...en-you-upgrade


DVD playback. “Watching DVDs requires separate playback software,”
Microsoft
notes. But I assume any existing DVD playback software will continue
running. And in a separate FAQ, Microsoft says it is “providing a
free DVD
playback app in Windows 10 for Windows Media Center users.”

Microsoft Edge has some decent malware protection actually. I ventured
onto a site with illegal streams to watch UFC tonight, fully expecting
that one of the ads was going to attempt to serve me malware. Edge
detected that the site had a "programming error" and warned me about the
malware. Quite impressive considering that Internet Explorer used to be
the best way through which to get malware onto a person's computer.


Chrome and adblocker.

#34 secconds

I refuse to use anything made by Google. I would have used Opera with
Ghostery (which blocks more than enough ads from displaying) but I also
refuse to install Flash in general. Of course, since Flash is necessary
to watch those illegal streams, I used Microsoft Edge because it's being
forced down my throat and has Flash built-in. I was impressed with the
malware blocking but the browser is useless without something to block
tracking cookies.


Why not use something to hide who you are?

https://www.hidemyass.com/pricing