[AccessD] Windows 10...

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Oct 14 23:44:03 CDT 2014


Maybe a MariaDB database, an Apache or Node.js web server, if some version of IIS isn't built in, a good script editor from which to write some decent html/css code and we can move from the desktop to the web and back. ;-)

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Benson" <bensonforums at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...

Right .... and Alpha Anywhere so someone thinks you have a real database
progam.

;)
On Oct 14, 2014 9:10 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Lambert:
>
> It was a quiet afternoon so I installed Windows 10 in VMWare. It is slug
> slow but considering it is running on a 32 bit, 3GB, 2 core box under a
> virtual drive that is running on Ubuntu Linux 14.4, so it should be. The
> one thing that can be said is that the interface is far superior to Windows
> 8.x. Now all that is left is to get FF installed and we might have a really
> computer OS. ;-)
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lambert Heenan" <Lambert.Heenan at aig.com>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 11:25:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> For VirtualBox I just created an empty Virtual Disk, then attached the iso
> file (64 bit version) and chose Windows 8.1 64 bit as the OS type.
>
> See
> http://www.fixedbyvonnie.com/2014/10/install-windows-10-in-virtualbox/#.VDWBKrDF_up
> which also has advice on getting the Guest Additions installed (though I
> cannot seem to get the VM to run in full screen mode).
>
> Lambert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 1:42 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> Very nteresting.
>
> How did you get Windows 10 into the VirtualBox? Did you down load the
> Windows 10 image as an ISO? Was the host platform Windows 7 or 8? Did you
> have to burn the downloaded image to a high density DVD to install it? Did
> you already have the VB open and install the Windows 10 image directly to
> the VirtualBox?
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helmut Kotsch" <hkotsch at arcor.de>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 2:07:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> I installed Windows 10 as an Oracle Virtual Box machine.
> I do not use any sensitive data in this virtual machine, just play around
> with it.
> I am wondering now whether Microsofts monitoring of activities in this
> machine also have access to data / activities on the host (Windos 7)
> machine.
>
> Helmut
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Im Auftrag von Gustav Brock
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. Oktober 2014 08:06
> An: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Betreff: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> Hi Stuart
>
> They don't tell you in detail, but you do agree to have your usage
> monitored. As for the typing, it is for monitoring the behaviour of
> type-ahead, which username and password don't provide.
>
> You can even opt for an extensive to-way monitoring. When joining, from
> time to time a message windows pops up asking you why you did this or that
> or if some function is working well, and asks for comments and suggestions
> for improvement.
> It's fun, and if my tiny input can improve anything, why not? As Charlotte
> - and most others I guess - it's not the primary machine for me. I mostly
> check out applications like Visual Studio.
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Stuart McLachlan
> Sendt: 7. oktober 2014 23:59
> Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
>
> Are you guys who have installed it aware of just how much information you
> are giving to MS?
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/07/windows_10_data_collection/
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> On 4 Oct 2014 at 8:36, Charlotte Foust wrote:
>
> > I installed it, but honestly I hate the new start menu.  It has to
> > have charms to accommodate Touch but it's awfully cluttered and poorly
> > organized. You can resize the charms but not replace them with a list.
> >  You can uninstall apps from the start menu, which is handy for things
> > like Xbox and Sports.  Of course all that may change by release.
> > Overall, I like most of it (except for the ugly start menu).  You
> > still have the right-click menu on the Windows logo, so I tend to use
> > that.  And of course applications now install an icon on your desktop
> > by default, even the touch versions.  I put it on a 6-year old laptop
> > with 4 GB RAM and a 300 Gb hard drive, and it's working fine.
> > Installing it as an upgrade from Win 8.1 was a no brainer.  I didn't
> > have to touch the machine until I logged in again. It kept all my
> > settings and drivers,  but I didn't actually have any apps except
> > dropbox installed, so I can't say how other programs might have been
> > affected by an upgrade.
> >
> > I don't have it on a touch-screen box, so I can't test that, and apps
> > do behave differently on a touch platform.  It feels a lot faster than
> > Win 8.1 with the default boot to the desktop happening right away.
> > Haven't tested it yet using the start screen, but we'll see.  Overall,
> > I'm having a positive reaction to it.
> >
> > Charlotte
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > It's now on-line:
> > >
> > > http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gustav Brock
> > > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 09:20 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > > problem solving Emne: Re: [AccessD] Windows 10...
> > >
> > > Hi Darryl
> > >
> > > Don't forget that this really isn't much more/other than a new
> > > Windows 8.1 skin for the wimps.
> > >
> > > That said, I look forward to the desktop switching option.
> > > So, certainly, this is marked as a must-do task for the weekend. I
> > > couldn't do otherwise as I've run Windows 8 from the very first
> > > developer preview (with the outstanding desktop betta fish).
> > >
> > > I'm impressed that MS has been able to hold the 10 tight while
> > > everyone was talking about 9. What a surprise - and that is, of
> > > course, the intention behind. It worked. Kudos to marketing dept.
> > >
> > > /gustav
> > >
> > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> > > accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Darryl Collins
> > > Sendt: 1. oktober 2014 00:52 Til: Access Developers discussion and
> > > problem solving Emne: [AccessD] OT: Windows 10...
> > >
> > > Worth a read.  Looks better than 8.1 :)
> > >
> > > <<
> > > http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/09/30/announcing-windo
> > > ws-10/
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Darryl
>
>
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