Help Microsoft 7

[Guest]

To get back to your desk top, press the Alt key with your left hand thumb, keep it depressed and simultaneously press the Tab key (just above the Cap Lock key) and you will be their, it will show every window that's open, and if you keep pressing the Tab key you can cycle and pick which window to open. Derek

Hey that is a nice tip Derek thanks.


Laurie

[Guest]

Wow a learning curve coming up. How do you do that Ken ?
Laurie

It won't work Laurie, I have a ton of engineering software when I retired that won't work on windows 7. I believe if you upgrade to windows pro or enterprise, you can create a virtual XP drive, but I have never tried it. Like you, I keep my old XP laptop disconnected from the Internet and use that. Derek

[Guest]

If you want an old fashioned "show desk top" as XP I have tried this and it works. So it will for others believe me !


http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-the-good-old-quick-launch-toolbar-back-in-windows-7/


Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Agree Ken most disappointed with 7

You guys obviously missed the awesomeness that was Windows Vista

[Guest]

You guys obviously missed the awesomeness that was Windows Vista

Or even Windows 97. Or even Commodore 64 and 128. Or even Sinclair. And how about the BBC what ever it was. And then the Amiga the fore runner of Apple. Lovely computer simplicity a great machine.


Those were the days Joe at the front of the computer world. Where the Commodore 128 stopped and had to be cooled down to continue working.


Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Where the Commodore 128 stopped and had to be cooled down to continue working

And then you had to reload your programme using a tape cassette over half an hour or so only for it to stop working after 15 minutes again. Good times...

[Guest]

Hi Laurie, I went from XP to 7 myself & it took a while to get used to the new format. There is no icon for show desktop just put cursor in bottom right hand corner.
John.

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This is the bottom right of my screen. Hovering the mouse pointer over the grey/black rectangle at the extreme bottom right produces a text saying "Show Desktop" and the screen clears to show transparent outline borders of all windows presently open on the Desktop. I have Windows 7 Home Premium.


Having ditched my iMac after every day since new in 2011 having been irritated by several glitches every day, I now have a spanking new Windows 7 machine. Despite the fabled ease-of-use of the Mac I find the new machine very easy and pleasant to use. Since it arrived 3 1/2 weeks ago, not s single glitch. What a relief. The C: drive is a RAM drive (SSD or Solid State Drive) of 254 GB and the operating system and the Adobe graphics programs load and work very quickly. Am very pleased.


By the way, does anyone know how to get rid of wretched Skype (on my Task Bar). I didn't ask for it. It is in Computer > Local Disk (C > Program Files (x86). Would it be safe just to drag it to the Waste Bin?

[flyjoe180]

Would it be safe just to drag it to the Waste Bin?

That would delete only the shortcut Steve. If you want to delete the entire Skype programme/app or whatever you want to call it, for Windows 7 go to CONTROL PANEL, click PROGRAMS AND FEATURES. You will get a list of all installed programmes. Instructions to uninstall etc are at the top of the page. Enjoy.

[Guest]

That would delete only the shortcut Steve. If you want to delete the entire Skype programme/app or whatever you want to call it, for Windows 7 go to CONTROL PANEL, click PROGRAMS AND FEATURES. You will get a list of all installed programmes. Instructions to uninstall etc are at the top of the page. Enjoy.

Good. It's gone! Thanks. I had forgotten that listings in Windows Explorer are just pointers to files. A very elegant way of keeping the hard drive in the background.

[Guest]

Another one Joe the Oracle. The only real problem we had with this one. It did not work. SInclair eldest son, Commodore 64 me and Oracle eldest daughter. All of those on Christmas day. By God that seems a long way off.


Thanks Steve (where have you been ? ). Found a way to put the Show Desktop on the task bar with all the other stuff.


Laurie

[Guest]

As someone who uses various computers (Mac and Windows) with different operating systems as well as other systems which are either Mac, Windows or Linux based, I really believe it's just a matter of what you are used to.
Neil's point about lack of support for old operating systems is important too.

So true. But, and its a big but, this has been exploited by microsoft, safe in the knowledge that the average punter knows no better, they've convinced the world that bloated, update-needy and vulnerable platforms are the only way! I never cease to be amazed at how such a poorly designed product is tolerated by its customers, it reminds me of the Austin Allegro. There, Ive said it!

[Guest]

So true. But, and its a big but, this has been exploited by microsoft, safe in the knowledge that the average punter knows no better, they've convinced the world that bloated, update-needy and vulnerable platforms are the only way! I never cease to be amazed at how such a poorly designed product is tolerated by its customers, it reminds me of the Austin Allegro. There, Ive said it!

Problem is John where else do you go than Microsoft. Apple does not have all the programmes. My son is a Film editor and uses Apple but has Microsoft for all those things that Apple do not cater for.


The Agro. Worst car in the history of man. We had the automatic gearbox which virtually jumped out of its seating at every gear change.


Laurie

[Guest]

Problem is John where else do you go than Microsoft. Apple does not have all the programmes. My son is a Film editor and uses Apple but has Microsoft for all those things that Apple do not cater for.
The Agro. Worst car in the history of man. We had the automatic gearbox which virtually jumped out of its seating at every gear change.


Laurie

What do you mean, in particular? I've been making music videos and animations for years, and taught video making and editing, and I'm not not sure that this is an issue any more. I have bootcamp on my MacBook Pro, for Sony Vegas, which used to be my weapon of choice, but Adobe CS6 (don't get me started on the CS Cloud!!) works beautifully on both platforms, as does MS Office. Having bootcamp on an Apple is a constant and immediate reminder of how much more time is wasted updating, scanning, and "Waiting for Windows to find a solution" (case in point here: Has anybody actually had a scenario where Windows actually found a solution?!). It needs a start from scratch re-write, and that's never going to happen, as desktop sales are slumping. Am still angry about Win ME, Vista and 8, I had to manage 3 PCs when my daughters were at university, and that was a nightmare!


And yes, I chose the Allegro example carefully!

[Guest]

But the Hindustan Ambassador is, perhaps a better example, Morris Oxford from 1956, in production 'till last year...

[Guest]

But the Hindustan Ambassador is, perhaps a better example, Morris Oxford from 1956, in production 'till last year...

Do I see a model coming on here John.


Laurie