Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.
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@LB_ said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@Tsaukpaetra I distinctly recall 3D builder being delivered as a separate update after the initial release of Windows 10. I guess it still counts if it runs on the original ISO.
Hmm, maybe 3D Builder. I remember the viewer side being there from forever and I was like, "What for?" because there was no explanation for the UI (you were just dumped into it and assumed to know how to use it) and it wasn't all that useful to me.
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@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
I apparently have a program called '3D Builder' installed. I don't recall installing it. That's cool if you like trains, I guess.
I think this is meant to go along with the 3d printer drivers they added with 8
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@Magus said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
I apparently have a program called '3D Builder' installed. I don't recall installing it. That's cool if you like trains, I guess.
I think this is meant to go along with the 3d printer drivers they added with 8
Because so many people have 3D printers, right?
Sounds almost as boneheaded as Cox Communications' recent advertising about having fast internet letting you... dance with robot legs? Play some holographic games? You know, things that require internet, like... turning on light bulbs even!!!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Because so many people have 3D printers, right?
They're easy enough to build and cheap enough to buy, so Microsoft seems to think they may as well natively support them.
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@Magus said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Because so many people have 3D printers, right?
They're easy enough to build and cheap enough to buy, so Microsoft seems to think they may as well natively support them.
Man, if only other things were natively supported.
Maybe then we might not get BSODs for IRQ_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL...
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@Magus said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Yes, which is exactly what I said, and is also notably not a 'My Pictures' subdirectory in a 'My Documents' folder, also like I said.
Are you really gonna get all y over the fact that her Pictures are next to her Documents and not in them?
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@flabdablet said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
and as far as I know the whole mess is still standard in 10.
Yes. I checked on a machine that'd been upgraded from 8.1 and on one that was a fresh 10 install.
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
her Pictures are next to her Documents and not in them?
Filed under: Engine has been getting a lot of activity lately...
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@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
They still haven't gotten rid of those 'We updated your computer. It's doing something right now. :)' cutscenes. Freakin' annoying.
Imagine being an Insider and getting an average of one of those every two weeks for the last year.
AND HAVING TO CONSTANTLY FIX A FUCKED-UP COMMAND PROMPT SHORTCUT. FOR THE LOVE OF G-D, WHY IS IT 8PT?
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@HardwareGeek said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Oh, BTW, this wasn't an upgrade, just an update from the already-latest public Win10 Enterprise.
The distinction is slim at best.
that long time suggests your computer is slow and/or you're using a spinning disk. I think, not counting the OOBE bit at the end, it took 8 minutes to do the whole install on my new NUC.
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@abarker said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Too easy.
True but you can't build a base out of 'em.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Because so many people have 3D printers, right?
You don't need one. It supposedly will let you send the build files to a service to have the item printed and shipped back to you. (I suppose you could maybe send them to a local service and pick 'em up yourself.)
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
your computer is slow and/or you're using a spinning disk.
Computer belongs to my employer, not me. I don't get a choice of the hardware.
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@HardwareGeek said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Computer belongs to my employer, not me. I don't get a choice of the hardware.
I'm just saying why it took so long.
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Imagine being an Insider and getting an average of one of those every two weeks for the last year.
Or you could use this:
It's new.
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@LB_ said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Or you could use this:
@LB_ said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
It's new.
So, up until now I couldn't have. Right.
Also, I don't use a Microsoft account at home. I don't need a good password there. Also, [insert whaargarbl about Them watching you here].
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
So, up until now I couldn't have. Right.
I mean, it's not new if you were an insider. But it is if you are not an insider. Better late than never.
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@LB_ Hmm.. Well, irregardless, I don't recall seeing it, so it wouldn't have helped. Also, what I said about not using a Microsoft account.
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@LB_ said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Imagine being an Insider and getting an average of one of those every two weeks for the last year.
Or you could use this:
It's new.What could it possibly be "setting up" that isn't being migrated over automatically already?
This is the kind of thing that fuels tinfoils and hats!
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
They still haven't gotten rid of those 'We updated your computer. It's doing something right now. :)' cutscenes. Freakin' annoying.
Imagine being an Insider and getting an average of one of those every two weeks for the last year.
AND HAVING TO CONSTANTLY FIX A FUCKED-UP COMMAND PROMPT SHORTCUT. FOR THE LOVE OF G-D, WHY IS IT 8PT?
Probably syncing settings. And you have a machine with a different DPI. Because obviously machine-specific settings require syncing!
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@dcon said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Probably syncing settings. And you have a machine with a different DPI.
No, and no.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
getting a lot of activity lately...
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@dcon said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Probably syncing settings. And you have a machine with a different DPI.
No, and no.
Well, it was worth a try... (before I stopped syncing those settings, my hidpi setting kept trying to set my 100% system to 28pt.)
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@dcon Sure, but it's 3 different computers with two different accounts (one work, two home.) Every goddamn time, it resets my command prompt font to 8pt and takes the IE tile off Start. Very annoying.
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@dcon said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
my hidpi setting kept trying to set my 100% system to 28pt
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
takes the IE tile off Start
Add a logon script that invokes this:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Script-to-pin-items-to-51be533c
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@FrostCat said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Every goddamn time, it resets my command prompt font to 8pt and takes the IE tile off Start. Very annoying.
There seem to be so much joy using Win10, I feel like I am missing all the fun
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Anniversary Update is the best update so far.
http://windowsreport.com/surface-pro-4-reboot-loop-anniversary-update/
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@TimeBandit Im still trying to get my machine to actually update. I think the last cumulative update that also wont install is interfering with this update. Or something. I have no idea at this point.
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@Erufael Stop screwing around and do right thing: format and re-install.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@accalia said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@abarker said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
What kind of resources do you offer?
is that a pickaxe in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Nope, just your average pike!
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@anotherusername said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@accalia said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@abarker said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
What kind of resources do you offer?
is that a pickaxe in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Nope, just your average pike!
Be careful when they wriggle!
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@TimeBandit Yeah that's exactly what I'm about to do.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Be careful when they wriggle!
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@anotherusername said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@accalia said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@abarker said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
What kind of resources do you offer?
is that a pickaxe in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Nope, just your average pike!
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@TimeBandit said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
There seem to be so much joy using Win10, I feel like I am missing all the fun
I have so much fun using it at work that I decided I don't need that much fun at home, too.
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@HardwareGeek said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@TimeBandit said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
There seem to be so much joy using Win10, I feel like I am missing all the fun
I have so much fun using it at work that I decided I don't need that much fun at home, too.
It seems to work fine on the machine that mysteriously upgraded one night (I think it was on a policy exception list or something). Of course, that machine doesn't have any software on it, so ;)
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@TimeBandit said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Looks like a hardware problem to me. Case closed.
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@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Looks like a hardware problem to me. Case closed.
No, it's just that whoever the fuck makes the "Surface" doesn't know how to write Windows drivers.
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@Magus said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
And they still aren't subfolders of My Documents.
On my work PC, they actually are, as I said. Probably something to do with our My Documents folder being set up for OneDrive I guess.
Can't remember the precise details on my home PC, but there are certainly junctions all over the place. Likely enough it is the default setup there.
@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Yeah, in theory if you have permission to enter into the WindowsImageBackup folder of wherever you backed up the PC to, it should consist of .vhdx files which you can just mount (using the Disk Management tool) and recover stuff from there.
TIL. Thanks, I'll give that a go.
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@Scarlet_Manuka said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Yeah, in theory if you have permission to enter into the WindowsImageBackup folder of wherever you backed up the PC to, it should consist of .vhdx files which you can just mount (using the Disk Management tool) and recover stuff from there.
TIL. Thanks, I'll give that a go.
Yeah, just make sure it's on a locally connected device, for some reason Disk Management doesn't like mounting vhdx files on network drives
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@Tsaukpaetra Thanks for the tip. Won't be a problem in this case, the backup drive is connected directly via USB when it is connected at all.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
.vhdx files which you can just mount (using the Disk Management tool)
Windows finally having a usable inbuilt loopback mount tool is about the only actual advantage of 10 over 7 that I've seen so far .
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
for some reason Disk Management doesn't like mounting vhdx files on network drives
Does assigning the network drive a drive letter make any difference?
If not, what about assigning the network drive a drive letter, then using SUBST to assign it a different one?
Quite a lot of Windows limitations can be made to disappear by distracting the boss monster with the red cloak of indirection.
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@flabdablet said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Does assigning the network drive a drive letter make any difference?
Unfortunately no, it just comes up with a different error message:
Doing it through Windows Explorer:
Doing it through Disk management:
It's just janky.
@flabdablet said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
If not, what about assigning the network drive a drive letter, then using SUBST to assign it a different one?
Nope, Windows caught on to the trickery and Access Denied it as well.
Which is funny, because this in particular is on a public share with no authentication...
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@Tsaukpaetra Ah, Windows. Blowing holes through the hulls of all your abstractions to protect you from unexpected leaks.
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@bb36e said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Looks like a hardware problem to me. Case closed.
Surface Pro 4: now with Linux hardware !
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@flabdablet said in Pressure to upgrade to Windows 10 ratchets up. AGAIN.:
Windows finally having a usable inbuilt loopback mount tool is about the only actual advantage of 10 over 7 that I've seen so far .
Windows: slowly getting Linux features from 20 years ago.
To speed up progress, you can now install Ubuntu-On-Windows.