Windows 11 upgrade

Not long now till Windows 10 is consigned to history. Will your PC let you upgrade, or will it be going to landfill?

If it was up to me I'd have stuck with Windows 7. Believe me, Windows 11 is a pain in the rear end. I use 10 here at home (against my better judgement), but we use 11 at work. It is riddled with pop-ups and constantly interferes with the flow of work.

Thing is, Microsoft don't keep updating for our benefit, but theirs and, harking back to your Air Fryer thread a few months ago, it can gather a lot more information about you than currently with its bl**dy AI infestation, so I'll stick with Win10 for as long as I'm able.

Double post again!

Mollie, I just recently got a new puter because my old one was full and I was getting problems so, geet a new un, its on Windows 11, Things are faster and it just a case of, getting used,
old dogs can learn new tricks but, it take a while longer,,,,

Tom, why did you get a new computer just because it was full? That's like getting a new car because the ash tray is full. There are ways of clearing old data from a computer called defragmentation, which is very easy to use. If you don't clear your cookies regularly, the hard drive will get chocker and slow it down. Then, once cookies have been deleted, they stay in the hard drive until you use the defrag to get rid altogether.

That's why the Police can retrieve information from a computer if the owner doesn't delete from the hard drive, and even then they probably have other ways to retrieve, even if that old data has become decayed.

I bought this laptop in 2021 and it had Win 11 built in so it did not take long to get into it I have an ad blocker so no pop ups or adverts on google

my old sony vio had gone very slow despite clearing regularly.I bought a HP windows 11 with AMD ryzen 7 processor and it like lightening.Like most people i have ad blocker on as well.

Well Mollie when the puter if full everything s l o w s d o w n and dispite scanning and clearing the troubled bit away, Its just not good enough so, I geet a new un and this means that I can hook it up to access me owd files if I need to and its far far better, A quick computer is a happy computer,,,

I'll probably install linux, there are a few to choose from, when windows 10 is history, at least my pc will not be going to landfill.
Files pictures etc on my windows ten pc not a problem transferring them.
took no time, so all isn't lost.

I need a new system, because this one can't have Windows 11, so I think that when the time comes, I am going to put Linux on this one, because it is years since I last mucked about with Linux

Posted by: PeterP (12294)
I bought this laptop in 2021 and it had Win 11 built in so it did not take long to get into it I have an ad blocker so no pop ups or adverts on google

I think I may have been misunderstood when I mentioned pop-ups. They're not pop-ups for adverts, but little boxes suggesting update this, try that, etc etc. Can't remember them all as I just close them down immediately.

As to the computer slowing down, well, what's the rush? APLS will confirm or deny this, but it depends on how many GBs your computer is installed with. If it's only 2GB then yes, it will soon get full. I've got 4GB on mine and I check my C Drive regularly to see how much space I have in the hard drive.

Ive got windows 10 at home. And, I'm sticking with it until the end. Supported or not supported / updated.

It does what I want it to do. I only browse the internet on it. I don't watch films or download / upload anything of note.

You can have the most expensive PC in the UK, but, your computer is only as fast as your internet provider will allow it to be

Hang on in there Chesh.

We see old die hards in ford cortinas but, they don't do well on the motorway, Its better to embrace new technology and keep up with the times, luddites and dinosaurs die,

I'm the same as Cheshire Cat, but I do watch a lot of stuff o n You Tube when I'm bored and when there's nothing on the terrestrial TV channels, and I also set aside time to study things that I find interesting.

upwards and onwards is my outlook Mollie, Don't get left behind because, the kids know more about IT than us but, we have logic and common sense that is not teeched anymore, ,,The kids can write an essay on the life and times of King Henry the viii but can't boil a soft egg,

Posted by: tomplum (14442) View tomplum's page
We see old die hards in ford cortinas but, they don't do well on the motorway, Its better to embrace new technology and keep up with the times, luddites and dinosaurs die,

I don't embrace new technology though because, as we chatted, about a couple of months ago, new technology will one day soon take over from humans. The truth is though Tom, why would I want to keep up with technology at my age? I might have another year, two if I'm lucky, before I'm sitting on a fluffy white cloud in the sky, so I'll just enjoy what I can and not get addicted to a machine.

Computer updates are a scam and they're getting easier to gain information from your personal interaction with them. Not for this lickle chicking.

My brother came to visit me this afternoon and we got chatting about the outlets that had closed down and he mentioned banks. He lives in Standish and there are none there any longer, same as Pemberton. He had to go to his in Wigan not long ago and he told me that there are no longer any counters with people serving, but machines. He also said there were a couple of young women you could ask if the machines couldn't help, so you see, it's already started. How are old people supposed to cope who are not computer savvy?

You only have to watch some of the quiz shows like eggheads to see how many today are as thick as two short planks where the answering of simple questions we learned at junior schools is concerned?

Yet many of them get jobs on television and other well paid positions!

mollie, I take it not "embracing new technology" means you wont be
updating to a digital phone line when analogue lines are phased out. I'd start looking for a cheap mobile phone deal if I were you.
LINK

mollie m

If you do decide to purchase a mobile phone, make sure it is at least a 4g as anything below 3g in September are also being phased out in another excerise to make more money for those providing the technology and services.

They now never ceased in thinking up ways of ripping off we the public and some even enbrace it!

The 4g is a load of scaremongering, needless, panic inducing propoganda to try and make you buy a more expensive phone!

I was on 3g with Asda and they have already switched off their 3G network across the UK so they can focus on better connections with 4G and 5G services.

Mine is still working perfectly

My phone is now using the 2G network instead. And there is absolutely no difference whatsoever

I'm still very much able to send texts and make / receive calls!

Anyone explain, or even justify why they even changed to 4g?
How is 4g better than 3g, or even 2g?

cheshirecat

May I suggest that you take look at the Which website w2hich explains it all!

"How is 4g better than 3g, or even 2g?"


BBC 2016 link]

First Mate.

Mine is still functioning the same. No better, no worse!

It does exactly the same as before the changeover

big drawback on Win 11, They don't give any free use of word or any other of the document making tools,, I'h hoping my ole mucker Slaps will post some links to free document soft ware,
I found that out today as I'm going to visit a mate of mine in hospital and wanted to make him a personalized get well soon card but, shock shock horror, its umpossible,,,,

Tom

I use 'Open Office' and have done so for years, and it works with Microsoft Office files too LINK

Plenty on line tools tom

Ches if you're happy with what you've got with calls and text then stay where you are.

Thanks for that Slaps, I knew yooo would come to the rescue

Posted by: First Mate
"Ches if you're happy with what you've got with calls and text then stay where you are"

100% happy, First Mate.
After all, it is only a mobile phone designed for making calls, and sending messages. I can even take photographs on it so, that is a bonus!

What else do you want / expect from a telephone?

Posted by: First Mate (2987)

mollie, I take it not "embracing new technology" means you wont be
updating to a digital phone line when analogue lines are phased out. I'd start looking for a cheap mobile phone deal if I were you.

First Mate:

I've replied to that question in the other IT topic.

Posted by: Owd Codger (4195)
You only have to watch some of the quiz shows like eggheads to see how many today are as thick as two short planks where the answering of simple questions we learned at junior schools is concerned?

Yet many of them get jobs on television and other well paid positions!

Yes, Owd Codger. It's the same with some contestants on The Chase. Really thick!

I hang my head in shame Mollie, I would't have a snowballs chance in hell on the Chace, I might have a small chance in, 'facing the chaser' because you can rule out some answers with logic but, The cash builder and final chase, there's no time to think, Even if they asked me a really easy plumbing question , I'd be too combobulted to answer, Hats off to those who enter, its a big challenge in the ' hot seat'

tomplum

Maybe so, but I bet you would know that in London, the ravens are at the Tower of London and not St Pauls Cathedral as answered by a contestant on Celebrity Eggheads.

There was a question on there tonight. Can't remember the exact wording, but the very obvious answer was Stonehenge, but the contestant replied the Great Wall of China! Celebrities are the worse. One lass from Hollyoaks was asked what was the young of a cow called. Answer - baby horse! Now, I ask you! You couldn't make it up.

Tom, there's no need to feel ashamed at all. You know your limits and capabilities, but some of these people honestly believe they have exceptional general knowledge, yet don't know the answers to even the simplest questions. Some fool must tell them they're good enough though. Not all the questions are easy otherwise there'd be no point. I can't answer a question on sport, politics or maths because they're not in my wheelhouse, but I'm reasonable on most other things, but not 100% of anything.

mollie m

I suspect that after a recording, the eggheads have a right good laugh at some of the answers that they have come out with during a show, especially those by the celebrities.

Could be a reason why no series have been made!

OC like every thing in life some of the Eggheads have past away.

PeterP

Since the end of the last series two on Channel 5, the only one to my knowledge who has passed has been the former retired engine driver Chris Hughes

OC Dave Rainford passed away 2020

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Posted by: First Mate (2987)

mollie, I take it not "embracing new technology" means you wont be
updating to a digital phone line when analogue lines are phased out. I'd start looking for a cheap mobile phone deal if I were you.

First Mate:

I've replied to that question in the other IT topic.

Replied: 28th Apr 2025 at 21:30

so you did mollie

I haven't heard anything yet about my landline changing

I unplugged my landline about 10 years ago.I just use the mobile now plus i dont pay for a phone in my broadband account

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