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| Thread ID: 142913 | 2016-10-08 18:45:00 | Win 10 still free? | blanco (11336) | PC World Chat |
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| 1427051 | 2016-10-08 23:18:00 | source here - wouldn't want anyone saying I made it up! https://netmarketshare.com/ |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1427052 | 2016-10-09 00:31:00 | @ Wainuitech, yes you are right, none are perfect. Have to chuckle a wee bit though, they tell everybody 'Trust us we know what we're doing, so we'll take your ability to manage your system away' Then they issue known problematic updates on the user, like a high pressure ****-hose. Stuck with it on the media PC because Lightbox no longer allows Linux to use it, and SWMBO likes to play some of the W10 games. Mostly though the rest of the PCs are on Mint. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1427053 | 2016-10-09 00:36:00 | You canstill install W10 for free, but it has to be done as afresh install. The majority of problems is when a current OS is changed to W10. One that's actually quite amusing - lots of people had problem with ASUS laptops and the web camera was displaying upside down. This had NOTHING to do with Microsoft, they installed default drivers for a large manufactures all using the same drivers and same camera's . The problem with ASUS was they cheated in their laptops, it was easier for them at the time to install the web cams upside down in the units and alter their drivers to suit. SO unless newer software was installed from ASUS there were problems. As per This UBUNTU article (askubuntu.com) it affected many OS's, so for those who say its Microsoft -- Pays to get their facts right first eh ;) @ Dave -- That's what I mentioned earlier, not all manufactures will make software for all OS's. Nothing anyone can do about it really unless the person has the skills to write software that does work. Bit like Some browsers no longer working Eg: FF on XP some sites simply wont load. The games, easy enough to reinstall the default games that Previous OS's had that have been removed, I do it all the time for people. Easy enough to find the exe if doing a google search. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1427054 | 2016-10-09 01:11:00 | One that's actually quite amusing - lots of people had problem with ASUS laptops and the web camera was displaying upside down. This had NOTHING to do with Microsoft, they installed default drivers for a large manufactures all using the same drivers and same camera's . The problem with ASUS was they cheated in their laptops, it was easier for them at the time to install the web cams upside down in the units and alter their drivers to suit. SO unless newer software was installed from ASUS there were problems. What absolute Nonsense. :rolleyes: The fix was to install the original Asus Win7 driver and it worked fine with Win 10. The problem was Microsoft’s generic driver that didn’t cater for the Asus Camera or a lot of others it seems. In short, they outsmarted themselves and Asus didn’t have to do anything. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1427055 | 2016-10-09 01:44:00 | The problem was Microsoft’s generic driver that didn’t cater for the Asus Camera or a lot of others it seems.Why should Microsoft have to compensate for one manufacturer taking shortcuts? ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1427056 | 2016-10-09 02:17:00 | What absolute Nonsense. :rolleyes: The fix was to install the original Asus Win7 driver and it worked fine with Win 10. The problem was Microsoft’s generic driver that didn’t cater for the Asus Camera or a lot of others it seems. In short, they outsmarted themselves and Asus didn’t have to do anything.I just unblocked your gibberish to see what exactly you have said, AGAIN you only see what you want -- Please explain then WHY in the link provided people using UBUNTU also had the same problem ? NOTHING to do with Microsoft. Its well documented that ASUS put the cams in upside down. AND guess what ASUS did put out drivers to fix their problem and FINALLY feed the drivers to MS. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1427057 | 2016-10-09 02:25:00 | Why should Microsoft have to compensate for one manufacturer taking shortcuts? ;) Exactly :) Many manufactures use the same hardware. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1427058 | 2016-10-09 02:34:00 | Why should Microsoft have to compensate for one manufacturer taking shortcuts? ;) One! :lol: HERE (www.thurrott.com) and they didn't have to compensate for anything. Win 7 Driver works fine on Win 10 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1427059 | 2016-10-09 02:46:00 | One! :lol: HERE ( . thurrott . com/windows/windows-10/76719/microsoft-broken-millions-webcams-windows-10-anniversary-update" target="_blank">www . thurrott . com) and they didn't have to compensate for anything . Win 7 Driver works fine on Win 10 Only you would post a link to an article that's a couple of months old, and already been fixed . That article was created in August its now October in case you don't know what month it is . MANY older drivers work fine - no one said they didn't . I notice you still have not answered the question "Please explain then WHY in the link provided people using UBUNTU also had the same problem" relating to the cams in ASUS laptops being upside down . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1427060 | 2016-10-09 03:02:00 | Second most popular desktop OS, not popular? ;) There is a world of difference between common and popular. There are ten times as many fingernails as mouths, just chew that one over ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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