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 > > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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