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  1. whis4ey

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    Mefinks your e-mail address has been shared with (or has become available to?) loads of spammers Woo ... too much of a coincidence maybe????
     
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      Good afternoon @whis4ey my friend yes I am convinced that 's the case ;)
       
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      Wasn't I supposed to let everyone have it? :doh:
       
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        Good evening @shiney it must be all those virtual membership forms you sent out ,with my email address at the top of the forms:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
         
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          Well, that is three PC's in the household that have been moved over to W10 now, and all are running better than they were on 7 or 8.1 - my laptop is showing the most improvement in performance as it was getting pretty dire to the point I was going to flatten it and reinstall everything, yet now it is running like a new machine.
           
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            That's interesting @fat controller. Perhaps it will breathe life back into my old machine when I eventually change over. :)
             
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            Well, I can honestly say that my Vaio is back to its former self as a result of the install, and having used Windows 10 for a few days now it is vastly improved over 8.1

            The layout is significantly different to 7, but once you spend a week or so getting to know it, it is nice and easy to use.
             
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              So.......how do I get windows 10? I keep getting a pop-up saying I need to reserve it.
              I don't need to do a back-up do I?
              How long does it take? (40mbps)
              What do I need to do after download to preserve privacy?
              Plus, is there anything else I need to do?
               
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                What Windows programme are you using at the moment:smile:
                 
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                Hello my friend :)
                Win 8.1
                 
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                    Thanks Woo, I will attempt it this afternoon :blue thumb:
                     
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                      Good morning @NorthantsGeezer no worries my friend you are most welcome ,don't forget if there is anything at all you are not sure of,just ask,enjoy your weekend;)
                       
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                      How much of a nightmare is it updating windows 8/8.1 to windows 10? As in, does everything work as it should or are there hiccups? And other than looking rubbish, is windows 8.1 that bad?
                       
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                      It's surprisingly trouble free - the only slight issue I had was with the touch pad on my laptop, where the scroll appeared to stop working. In fact, all that had happened is that it had been reset to two finger scrolling instead of one finger - a few seconds to tweak and all was well.

                      10 has proved significantly faster on the laptop (was on 7) and a wee bit quicker and easier to use than 8.1 - I am yet to find a drawback

                      Once you reserve it, leave your computer on and connected to the net - the reservation period now seems to be just buying time whilst it downloads in the background. I reserved and installed on the same day on the laptop

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