Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Oct 14 20:06:59 CDT 2014
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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com