Windows 10

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Windows 10 tips

This entry was posted in Tips Windows 10 on October 15, 2015 by HAL

I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts when possible – its much quicker than rooting round trying to locate the thing you want in Windows. In windows 10 with new features come new or reused shortcuts. WIN + A This gets us the action centre with the latest notifications WIN + I This is the […]

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Something didn’t happen – can’t set new tab url in Edge browser

This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged EDGE Browser Windows 10 on August 3, 2015 by HAL

As I get more familiar with Windows 10 I find myself changing settings to mimic the way my previous windows 8.1 set up worked. So setting the default page for new tabs to google – which is what I normally do isn’t possible – you get three options – blank page – top sites and […]

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Something Else Happened – but in a good way

This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged Something Happened on August 3, 2015 by HAL

After working on a machine that through up the “Something happened” error trying to upgrade to Windows 10 – I used the iso image approach to burn a disk. In this case it was able to shine a light on the essence of the problem. The issue for me was Sophos Antivirus. When the ISO […]

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Something Happened – just not what I wanted with Windows 10 upgrade

This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged Something Happened on July 31, 2015 by HAL

After updating another Windows 8.1 machine via the upgrade app – I was curious to see what the process would be for a Window 7 PC which had just popped up with the option to start the upgrade. A quick download and then a wait of about 10 seconds before I get the dreaded “Something […]

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Windows 10 upgrade – first impression

This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged Windows 10 upgrade on July 30, 2015 by HAL

So last night the fateful message – “Your windows 10 update is ready” finally appeared on my main laptop. After accepting the license agreement and allowing the machine to run for around 30 minutes I was rewarded with the new logon screen and interface of Windows 10. A quick run through my essential apps gave […]

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