Thread: Windows 10

I tried but the end I downgraded back to W7. Continual lockups, a weird date issue in Excel where US and AU formatting got confused regardless of the settings, "recent places" annoyance, NUM key randomly switching off and other stuff.

Originally Posted by incisor

make sure you don't have a windows.old folder on c drive

and I do!

wont allow ADMIN to delete,, needs SYSTEM

??

Have you tried Disk Cleanup? which is in the Control Panel.
It will delete all unneeded files including windows .old.


Regards Philip A
Whoops not in Control Panel, but just type disk cleanup in the box next to the start button.

My problem MAY be related to my just copying and pasting my data files to the D partition of my disk.
I had a look in Microsoft and the C:\user\ ...\library folders also have to be changed.
Microsoft does not allow for data to be stored on a different disc or partition in WIN 7 !!!!!
There may be a work around that I can specify the D partition in "add a folder" but I have not yet tried.
Regards Philip A

I had forgotten about disc cleanup,,
19GB returned!

Thank you Phillip!

having real problems with Date format in office 2003 excel. thinks im a yank. even if i type like a yank it get worce

Maybe this is why. From Microsoft.

Office versions prior to 2007 are "incompatible" with Windows 10. However, you can run them in compatibility mode. Not sure if the process is still the same as it was in Windows 7 but, basically, compatibility mode is achieved using shims which call different dll's to emulate the earlier OS version.



Bear in mind, while doable, it's clunky and not entirely reliable.



Best,

Jay

Office versions prior to 2007 are "incompatible" with Windows 10

and THERE is the catch ! A bunch of people needing to buy new Office software = cash cow.



Meanwhile I rolled my laptop back to Win 7. It's happy again and so am I.