Tag Archives: Windows 10

Thriving in the Microsoft ecosystem

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Kevin

I’ve used most of my computer hobby time since the release of Windows 10 fighting to keep the things I had working, rather than actually using and enjoying my computers. Now with the release of Windows 10 Build 10586, most … Continue reading →

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Church Helpmate 2010 under Windows 10

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Kevin

Our church uses Church Helpmate 2010 for contribution accounting. I’m the contributions secretary, and I run a copy of the software at home to do reports. Things were working smoothly until I installed Windows 10 on my home system and Helpmate … Continue reading →

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Is Windows 10 a reprise of Windows Vista?

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Kevin

I remember Windows Vista; in fact I still have a laptop that came installed with Windows Vista. What comes to mind first about that experience is that my disk drive became corrupted multiple times and I had to re-install the … Continue reading →

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Migrating to Windows 10: a few hints

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Kevin

My recommendation is NOT to upgrade to Windows 10 at this time if you use OneDrive. There is a crippling bug where OneDrive changes permissions on your directories where you can’t use them. If you fix the permissions, they will … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to Windows 10

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Kevin

There are 6 Windows computers in the house (not including a phone), and yesterday those little Get Windows 10 icons started appearing in the system tray (you may have to install updates for this to appear, specifically the optional KB … Continue reading →

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