Windows 10

Any idea how to get rid of the watermark on the bottom right on the trial version? Transferred the files from my laptop - which was running Windows 8 - to a new computer that didn't have an OS installed. It seems to disappear when I restart, but it pops back up if I log off.

AladainAF_sl said:

So I have Office 2016 installed on Windows 10. It wont open some XLS files by default (such as XLSM). When I load Excel, it says "Excel is not set as the default program to launch Excel files. Do you want to change the associations?" so I say yes. Windows 10 then tells me to go to settings > system > Default apps.

I then see XLS File, and XLSM/XLST, etc etc files.. with "Choose a default" as the only option. I click that and the only option I can pick is "Search the store". I can't for the life of me get this to work. Can someone tell me how the fuck to fix this and make this shit easier?

I'm hating Windows 10 the more I use this piece of shit.

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Can you right click the file you're trying to open, select Open With.., select Excel(if its not there, browse for the exe), and then check "Use this Program as the Default" (bottom of the window)?

AladainAF_sl said:

So I have Office 2016 installed on Windows 10. It wont open some XLS files by default (such as XLSM). When I load Excel, it says "Excel is not set as the default program to launch Excel files. Do you want to change the associations?" so I say yes. Windows 10 then tells me to go to settings > system > Default apps.

I then see XLS File, and XLSM/XLST, etc etc files.. with "Choose a default" as the only option. I click that and the only option I can pick is "Search the store". I can't for the life of me get this to work. Can someone tell me how the fuck to fix this and make this shit easier?

I'm hating Windows 10 the more I use this piece of shit.

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Dude, go to Control Panel > All Control Panel Items, Default Programs, Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program. Find the file extension and double click on it then select Excel 2016.

You can also just hit the windows key and search for "Default Programs". Just make sure it's the one with a window type icon and a green check mark, not the gear box.

Did Microsoft ever state why they were rolling out 10 for free? I've always regarded the saying "If it's free, you're the product" as true, especially in the modern era, so I've been skeptical about upgrading. Is there any reason I should feel that way about 10?

Because they have a new paradigm and they want to get people off of old versions as quickly as possible.

I'm not sure how adopted the various legacy groups were with 7/8, though I know there were absolute bastions of XP out there. By effectively offering a "superior" product that unifies the vista/7/8 market, they kind of cut down on the need to support the non-xp OS'. Which translates to savings along the way, as well as that segment (they just had to be better than 7 really, as 8 was not well received in the first place) all being on the same tier for fixes reduces their potential overhead in defending against specific malicious software.

Haven't read anything saying specific stuff that is concrete on the horizon, but I would imagine there's going to be a lot more SaaS type offerings on the win10 platform as the adoption rate gets higher. Devices that are always online are a lot easier to guarantee that you have charged them correctly, so more subscription services are almost 100% guaranteed on the horizon.

I guess pressing "no" or closing out of the upgrade button wasn't good enough for Microsoft. I don't want Windows 10! This morning, I was greeted with this screen.

Clicking on the drop down menu, it allows me to extend that to 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours.
By clicking reschedule, I can delay it up until March 14th. Aside from that, it's "fuck you, here's windows 10".

I kept getting them for a while. Then I plugged in a device via USB that hasn't released a windows 10 driver and it went away.

I wish I had read that sooner.

I came home from work today and... surprise. My wife started my computer and thought she would be helpful and installed Windows 10 on me. Fuck. I'll have to figure this shit out now.

The horror! Lol

Xarpolis_sl said:

I wish I had read that sooner.

I came home from work today and... surprise. My wife started my computer and thought she would be helpful and installed Windows 10 on me. Fuck. I'll have to figure this shit out now.

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Lucky for you it is a super easy transition from 7 to 10. much much easier than 7 to 8

Such a great installer... o joy I get another download... fuck$@#($

Not really that impressed with it *shrug*

most of the newer features are worthless to me, Cortana is pointless to me sense I can't talk EDGE is just bad glad I backed up my PDF's before I installed.

I'll just keep it around I guess for the DX12 stuff, but that is the only thing that interest me(and the bloatware is just bad, powershell to the rescue.)

I upgraded to WIndows 10 and no value was gained

All of my trepidation was due to me buying Windows ME a long time ago. I am a ruined man.