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  1. 24th August 2014, 07:19 AM #1
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    Windows XP upgrade, tricky business

    I have to admit, I had no idea, Bob


    BBC News - Windows XP upgrade proves tricky business for John Lewis
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    Now MS is looking into releasing next month a beta version of Windows 9

    I beginning to believe that the best upgrade to Windows is Linux
    Call me a slow learner
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  3. 24th August 2014, 10:15 AM #3
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    Whats a beta ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by olbod View Post
    Whats a beta ?
    Versions released for testing and having a feedback of bugs on them.
    Some similar to new LR models but the bugs generally are fixed quicker
    Having said that, Windows 8 is a lemon and many of the previous version of Windows were as bad as early models of the LR Freelander
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    It seems to been a trend that every second version of windows is a dud. Windows 98 good, Millennium dud, Xp good, Vista dud, windows 7 good and windows 8 as posted a lemon. So hopefully windows nine follows the trend and is good.
    Cheers Hall
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    But I only just surrendered and gone to Windows Hate from XP
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  7. 24th August 2014, 08:23 PM #7
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    windows 8.1 is by far the most stable version of windows i have ever experienced...

    xp is a crock of crap in comparison.

    didn't think i would ever hear myself defending windows but there you go...
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    windows 8.1 is by far the most stable version of windows I have ever experienced...
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    I've been working with Windows at work since Win 95 and NT, and without a doubt Inc you are right.

    I do still run my work desktop as a VM on my Macbook pro though...
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    and i run mavericks in vmware on my windows 8.1 pc at work when i need it and run an imac at home

    my laptop is mac as well but it is ancient and confined to snow leopard...
    but earns it's keep doing data recovery work mainly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    windows 8.1 is by far the most stable version of windows i have ever experienced...

    xp is a crock of crap in comparison.

    didn't think i would ever hear myself defending windows but there you go...
    Definitely agree. At work we have all recently been upgraded to Windows 7 (it is at least better than what we were previously running). We have had numerous issues with Windows 7, especially around "firewall" protection and the ability to run some business software that required "live" links to servers outside our network.

    At around the same time, I bought a new Sony Tablet thingy running Windows 8. Other than one "crash" that required re-setting the computer and re-installing some of my software, I never had any issues with it (except for the missing "Start" button). Within weeks of buying this, the Windows 8.1 upgrade came out and I installed it - have never had a single problem with it. All of the programs that we have had issues with on Windows 7 in the office have been running without problems on my Tablet all along - at some stages, I was the only person in the office able to access and use some of the "external" software packages (AggFlow and MEX if anyone is familiar with them).

    Similarly - I have never experienced any of the difficulties that some on here report with running AULRO on IE. I ONLY use IE - have never installed Chrome, Firefox or any of the others - have never had any problems at all in accessing AULRO and using all of the available features.
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