Microsoft 8.1

[Michael]

...which increase the surface area of attacks.

Steve "Bernoulli" Balmer says surface area increases lift.



LIFT = SALES



Therefore, the fundamental principle of M$ operating systems is greater exposure to contaminants is good, as long as

the os used will be the one that comes with the machine

[KEND]

Up and running. Downloaded MS office. Touchscreen was new to me but worked OK, getting used to new format [blocks rather than icons] Added files on flash drive, music and videos. The music -I found a lot of titles added and mixed up with my originals-that's OK. The videos, another story. A notice appears-you need to upgrade, tried to upgrade, nothing happens. Others seem to have the same problem. Is there an app or download that will solve this. Is there the same problem on Windows 10?

[mrtoes]

Are you trying to use Microsoft Media Player? To play videos I recommend just installing VLC which will play back almost any video format on Windows 8.1

Matthew

[Steve James]

The videos, another story. A notice appears-you need to upgrade, tried to upgrade, nothing happens. Others seem to have the same problem.

What exactly needs the "upgrade"? Is it when you try to play a video or is it a notification from the os? Could you post a screenshot of the notification?

You can also try doing a search with the exact wording of the notice. If it's common, there'll be a few pages on the issue.

[Steve James]

...which increase the surface area of attacks.

Steve "Bernoulli" Balmer says surface area increases lift.

That's not quite the best illustration of increasing a wing's surface area. Better would be what you see the slats and flaps extend on a wing when the plane is landing.


Your image refers to the wing's (or airfoil's) angle of attack. If the AoA is too steep, lift is lost and a stall occurs.

[windwalker]

in case some have not noticed ms win8.1 has had some nice changes to it
recently added

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/whats-new

[windwalker]

Are you trying to use Microsoft Media Player? To play videos I recommend just installing VLC which will play back almost any video format on Windows 8.1

Matthew

The good thing about vlc for those who travel a lot, is that you can play dvds from other regions with out the region code being set
on your dvd player. The player will change up to 5 times before setting on the last region played.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

[Steve James]

Btw, for those who have installed the Win10 technical preview, it will technically end on April 15th. So, be sure to keep upgrading when asked. For example, there's a new build 10056 (iinm) that will be released, again (iinm) as a "Consumer Preview." That build will contain the new Spartan browser, and not IE. Anyway, to make sure that you get the new releases as soon as they're available, go to "Windows update," then "Advanced options," and scroll down to "Choose how preview builds are installed." Choose "fast" as opposed to the default "slow." Of course, if you can't fix your computer or it's essential, don't change the setting. Wait for the Consumer Preview.

Fwiw, the Build # I have is 10049.

[Michael]

...which increase the surface area of attacks.

Steve "Bernoulli" Balmer says surface area increases lift.

That's not quite the best illustration of increasing a wing's surface area. Better would be what you see the slats and flaps extend on a wing when the plane is landing.


Your image refers to the wing's (or airfoil's) angle of attack. If the AoA is too steep, lift is lost and a stall occurs.

Good point, but I had just used those other graphics in class so I just popped 'em in here.

[Steve James]

Aw, I was just bustin' b's I studied to be a pilot back in the day, and these were some of the questions.

[Michael]

The education system over here for being an airplane mechanic is not too much about applied knowledge.

[Steve James]

Btw, if you are already running Win7 or 8/8.1: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly ... c-install/

For now Microsoft is keeping it quiet, but Build 9926 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview released last week can be downloaded and installed via Windows Update on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Yes, this is something so simple and sensible it beggars belief Microsoft hasn’t done it until now.

For now this method comes with a caveat: a small file is needed. Users go to Microsoft’s Technical Preview page and click the ‘Start upgrade now’ button. This downloads the file, you run it and afterwards you will be prompted to restart your PC. On first boot Windows Update will now show ‘Upgrade to Windows 10’ as an option. Say goodbye to burning DVDs, making USB boot drives and fiddling with bios boot order settings.
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Microsoft has also confirmed all Technical Previews of Windows 10 will automatically upgrade to the full consumer release version without any loss of data.

When you upgrade to Windows 10 over an existing Windows 7 or 8 installation, it keeps a copy of your old operating system around in a folder dubbed Windows.old just case you need to revert back for any reason. If you know you’re never going back you can delete that folder to reclaim the lost gigabytes—but it’s not as simple as right-clicking on it and selecting Delete.

Search for “Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files”. Click the shortcut, select your primary hard drive (if you have multiple installed), and in the window that appears, click “Clean up system files.” After Windows thinks for a second, check the “Previous Windows installations” box in the list, then click OK and confirm you want to delete the files.