peter.brawley at earthlink.net
peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 18 22:48:59 CDT 2013
Strange question. Been using Windows since Windows 1. Still learning *Nix too. Not interested in Apple OSes. PB ---- Original Message ---- From: "John R Bartow" <jbartow at winhaven.net> Reply-To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Date: 10/18/13 10:38 PM To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Cc: Sub: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1 LOL. How long did it take you to learn Linux? Or MacOS? -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of peter.brawley at earthlink.net Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 7:40 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1 My wife runs win8. Not by choice---hernew laptop came with it 3 mos. ago. So far win has cost me about 15 hours. Ugh. PB ---- Original Message ---- From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> Reply-To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Date: 10/18/13 5:47 PM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Cc: Sub: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1 Hi Peter (and Jon) How sad and pessimistic can one be? You don't even run Windows 8 as far as I understand. That said, I'm happy to be able to download the ISO file as this really is a huge download. Also, I will run a clean install on a new disk and transfer what I need from the old. Not much really as I run off our Active Directory and all docs and files are stored on servers. It will be busy; Visual Studio 2013 final is ready for download too. It has to be the first "app" to be installed on my Win8.1 workstation. And the free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is out as well. A true gem - if you are not familiar with this, you now have a new priority one. MS rocks these days. /gustav PS: Jon, what's the trouble? Don't you install behind a firewall? >>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 18-10-13 22:17 >>> On 2013-10-18 2:24 PM, Jon Tydda wrote: > Be careful: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/17/windows_81_update_what_to_know > / > > I tried it last night and it asked me to uninstall my Anti-Virus > software - no chance. I'm also not going to want to uninstall any of > the other software either... Win8 looks like a bigger disaster than Vista. PB > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur > Fuller > Sent: 18 October 2013 19:07 > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Windows 8.1 > > Thanks, Gustav. I've been reading about the update and it looks as if > it's a significant improvement. > > A. > > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > >> Hi Arthur >> >> Go to Store on the Start screen. It will splash a giant tile >> encouraging you to update. >> >> /gustav >> >>>>> fuller.artful at gmail.com 18-10-13 19:54 >>> >> Is this an automatic update or does one have to download it specifically? >> If so, should I just run Windows Update? If not, is there a specific URL? >> >> TIA, >> >> -- >> Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ---- End Original Message ---- _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ---- End Original Message ----