Get rid of Junk in Windows

[mojorolla]

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The 6 Worst Versions of Windows, Ranked

Don't care what this list says, Vista was by far the worst. I had a work laptop with Vista and every 3 months or so, the SHIFT keys would stop functioning. A fresh install cleared it right up though....ugh. After the second install, I learned how to remap the keyboard layout.

[rthonpm]

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Don't care what this list says, Vista was by far the worst.

Vista and Windows 8 were pretty rough. Vista's real issue was the fact that it was an OS really made for 64-bit and modern hardware instead of the XP rated machines and components that were being released with it installed early on. The only reason for 7 having a better reputation is that the OEMs finally caught up with the kind of hardware needed. If you even look at the build number for 7, it's just Service Pack 3 for Vista.

8 was just a step towards touch, but too far away from the traditional layout for most people. The overall OS was pretty solid, slap a true Start menu on it and it's just an iteration of Windows 10.

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[bsm2]

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Don't care what this list says, Vista was by far the worst. I had a work laptop with Vista and every 3 months or so, the SHIFT keys would stop functioning. A fresh install cleared it right up though....ugh. After the second install, I learned how to remap the keyboard layout.

Yep Vista sucked

Xp still used by military MS has a special contract to provide patches.

[GeneOR95]

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You mean the old XP games like Freecell and Spider Solitaire? Somewhere I have a flash drive with all of them on it. Now you've made me want to play Freecell...

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[Vincent128]

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Yep Vista sucked

Xp still used by military MS has a special contract to provide patches.

Still used on PakCity parcel lockers too...

[slimslob]

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Install Linux, customize the desktop manager to your hearts content and problem solved.

Currently I like Mint with the default Cinnamon setup.

Many computer science professors agree with you.

[Tricky]

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Yep Vista sucked

Xp still used by military MS has a special contract to provide patches.

I have seen XP used occasionally in UK hospitals, lets face it if you have a xray machine that works with XP upgrading a mission critical device for the sake of doesn't seem very clever, we have all seen what MS updates do to printers over the past few weeks.

[slimslob]

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Yep Vista sucked

Xp still used by military MS has a special contract to provide patches.

Still used on PakCity parcel lockers too...

Many times that is the result of running s custom software that has not yet been ported to a newer OS or uses hardware that is not compatible. I had a customer who was owned commercial nursery where they got seedlings ready for farmers to transplant into their fields. At that time XP was the latest and greatest but he still had one computer that was an original IBM True Blue PC. It ran a Symphony application that he had written to manage about 30 greenhouses. It monitored and maintained the environmental conditionals in each greenhouse. It also tracked daily data input on the how close the seedlings were to being ready to ship. XP would not run Symphony and many of the macros that he had written would not work in any other program.

[rthonpm]

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I have seen XP used occasionally in UK hospitals, lets face it if you have a xray machine that works with XP upgrading a mission critical device for the sake of doesn't seem very clever, we have all seen what MS updates do to printers over the past few weeks.

Most of these devices are completely offline, or only connected to protected networks. I see this a lot with medical and scientific equipment where an old OS is used even on newer equipment because of the cost of certifying and validating the equipment with a newer operating system. It can cost anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars to re-certify a new piece of equipment since the results have to be pretty much spot on.

A lot of these are also running an embedded variant of XP where Windows is in the background, but you only see the instrument's interface.

[copiertec]

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or you can just install " Start Is Back " and you go back to Win7 style ... gets rid of all those stupid tiles .. and you can choose the style of your start button.

Kim Komando is a conservative techie... she used to be on all the conservative talk shows including Rush and Hannity.

I still listen to her occasionally on the weekends. However, it annoys me every time she sponsors Epson, she makes it sound like it's the greatest printer in the world! Shaq too, the man made bazillions in BB, now he is a spokesperson for Epson, as well?? I bet he doesn't even own an Epson printer.

[Phil B.]

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I still listen to her occasionally on the weekends. However, it annoys me every time she sponsors Epson, she makes it sound like it's the greatest printer in the world! Shaq too, the man made bazillions in BB, now he is a spokesperson for Epson, as well?? I bet he doesn't even own an Epson printer.

Kim is awesome

Shaq should go back selling 'The Generals " insurance ... Jocks can tell me nothing! FUCK all entertainment and Congress fuckers.

[bsm2]

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[Tricky]

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There is a camera app on my win10 desktop that cannot be uninstalled wtf.

[slimslob]

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There is a camera app on my win10 desktop that cannot be uninstalled wtf.

But you can put a piece of tape over the camera.

[rthonpm]

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But you can put a piece of tape over the camera.

Most business class computers now come with a built-in camera shutter, and some models also allow you to disable the camera or microphone in the BIOS as well.