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Microsoft Edge is just incomprehensible. How do I put a USL on without a search coming up, how do I put my dozens of favourites on? Glad I still have IE or would install it or Chrome.
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Microsoft Edge is just incomprehensible. How do I put a USL on without a search coming up, how do I put my dozens of favourites on? Glad I still have IE or would install it or Chrome.
To add a Favorite, hit the star? What were you using before? Most browsers work the same way
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You could of course go much further by living in a tent, foraging for berries and scavenging for road kill. You would save a pot of money, but where do you draw the line?
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That is what they said it would be, back when there was "fanfare". They haven't disappointed or deluded anyone, when they provided what was promised.
The attraction is that people with Windows programming knowledge can try some "embedded" stuff with minimal retraining e.g. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02...ton_interview/ “What we’re talking about here is Windows 10 for IoT [Internet of Things]; there hasn’t been a statement about capabilities,” Upton explains. “We’re not necessarily talking about PowerPoint or the Windows desktop. Microsoft will make a statement on what exact capabilities they plan to bring to the device fairly soon.” |
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You just paste a URL, and it works.
To add a Favorite, hit the star? What were you using before? Most browsers work the same way ![]() Plus: In IE you can set opening a new tab to your home page. You can't do that in Edge and have to put up with either a blank page or a list of Top Sites. So there are certain things that I need and use regularly in IE that Edge just doesn't do. |
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In IE you can set opening a new tab to your home page. You can't do that in Edge and have to put up with either a blank page or a list of Top Sites.
So there are certain things that I need and use regularly in IE that Edge just doesn't do. What you claim you can't do in Edge you can indeed do. I'm staring right this second at the settings page for Edge that says Open with: Start Page New Tab Page Previous Pages A Specific Page or Pages. It wasn't even that hard to find. It's the third setting down. |
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Windows 8.1 Pro upgrade for £14
Apparently Tesco are selling 8.1 PRO upgrades for £14 at the moment.
Can't verify this myself, but if true, this gives a cheap route to 10 PRO. |
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After upgrading to Windows 10, my Dell XPS 15 (i7, 8GB RAM) has become extremely slow, often to the point of being completely unusable. With Windows 8.1, it used to boot in under 20 seconds then, after I logged in, I could use everything instantly and programs opened in the blink of an eye.
Not so much now. It takes over a minute to boot, then when I've logged in I have to just leave it alone for at least two minutes before I can do anything. Even then, everything is really sluggish. I click the Start button and it takes five seconds for the menu to appear. Same with the Action Centre. It took 30 seconds for Chrome to start up. Typing anything into Search./Cortana is simply impossible. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this has happened, and I just hope an update will eventually improve things. I visited my in-laws the other day and it was running much better on their vastly lower specced laptop. |
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After upgrading to Windows 10, my Dell XPS 15 (i7, 8GB RAM) has become extremely slow, often to the point of being completely unusable. With Windows 8.1, it used to boot in under 20 seconds then, after I logged in, I could use everything instantly and programs opened in the blink of an eye.
Not so much now. It takes over a minute to boot, then when I've logged in I have to just leave it alone for at least two minutes before I can do anything. Even then, everything is really sluggish. I click the Start button and it takes five seconds for the menu to appear. Same with the Action Centre. It took 30 seconds for Chrome to start up. Typing anything into Search./Cortana is simply impossible. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this has happened, and I just hope an update will eventually improve things. I visited my in-laws the other day and it was running much better on their vastly lower specced laptop. Let's see what else... Do a full spyware scan. You should have really done this before your upgrade (I'm only ASSUMING you may not have), but it's a good idea now. Check Device Manager to see if anything major was incorrectly detected. Oh... run the System File Check command line tool: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-695b60477a93 |
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Might be a daft question but...
Will upgrading from WIN 7 or 8.1 to 10 slow down my computer? does it take more to power? Thanks |
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After upgrading to Windows 10, my Dell XPS 15 (i7, 8GB RAM) has become extremely slow, often to the point of being completely unusable. With Windows 8.1, it used to boot in under 20 seconds then, after I logged in, I could use everything instantly and programs opened in the blink of an eye.
Not so much now. It takes over a minute to boot, then when I've logged in I have to just leave it alone for at least two minutes before I can do anything. Even then, everything is really sluggish. I click the Start button and it takes five seconds for the menu to appear. Same with the Action Centre. It took 30 seconds for Chrome to start up. Typing anything into Search./Cortana is simply impossible. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this has happened, and I just hope an update will eventually improve things. I visited my in-laws the other day and it was running much better on their vastly lower specced laptop. Download and install CCleaner. Under tools there is one called "Startup" - you can disable ( don't delete ) things in here, and re-enable if you need to. I've gone quite aggressive in here, anything that looks like it shouldn't need to start immediately. Might help you work out the culprits and what to do. I've changed my google chrome updates to daily rather than "upon user logon". Have a look at least. |
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After upgrading to Windows 10, my Dell XPS 15 (i7, 8GB RAM) has become extremely slow, often to the point of being completely unusable. With Windows 8.1, it used to boot in under 20 seconds then, after I logged in, I could use everything instantly and programs opened in the blink of an eye.
Not so much now. It takes over a minute to boot, then when I've logged in I have to just leave it alone for at least two minutes before I can do anything. Even then, everything is really sluggish. I click the Start button and it takes five seconds for the menu to appear. Same with the Action Centre. It took 30 seconds for Chrome to start up. Typing anything into Search./Cortana is simply impossible. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this has happened, and I just hope an update will eventually improve things. I visited my in-laws the other day and it was running much better on their vastly lower specced laptop. If possible, you could do a refresh (clean install) from within Windows 10' as long as you have a backup of all your data and can reinstall software. It would clear all the Dell crap off the PC. |
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Got windows 10 yesterday. Under vista it took about 5mins to properly load up. Under win10 it was less than a minute. Might need more memory though. Did have 4gb but now only 2gb due to one my sticks being faulty. 1 8gb stick about £30. Not sure how much would be best?
My system isn't top end but OK for now. Intel core 2 quad q6600 2.40ghz Nvidia geforce 8800 gts 512 300gb H/D |
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Got windows 10 yesterday. Under vista it took about 5mins to properly load up. Under win10 it was less than a minute. Might need more memory though. Did have 4gb but now only 2gb due to one my sticks being faulty. 1 8gb stick about £30. Not sure how much would be best?
My system isn't top end but OK for now. Intel core 2 quad q6600 2.40ghz Nvidia geforce 8800 gts 512 300gb H/D If 64bit, no limit but for most users 8GB is a good amount. If you are not sure, look at system in control panel. One question though - I assume you have had to pay for your windows 10 licence, as the free upgrade did not apply to Vista? If you installed it without a new licence, it will not avtivatr and you can only use it for 30 days. |
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After upgrading to Windows 10, my Dell XPS 15 (i7, 8GB RAM) has become extremely slow, often to the point of being completely unusable. With Windows 8.1, it used to boot in under 20 seconds then, after I logged in, I could use everything instantly and programs opened in the blink of an eye.
Not so much now. It takes over a minute to boot, then when I've logged in I have to just leave it alone for at least two minutes before I can do anything. Even then, everything is really sluggish. I click the Start button and it takes five seconds for the menu to appear. Same with the Action Centre. It took 30 seconds for Chrome to start up. Typing anything into Search./Cortana is simply impossible. I'm at a bit of a loss as to why this has happened, and I just hope an update will eventually improve things. I visited my in-laws the other day and it was running much better on their vastly lower specced laptop. |
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If your install is 32bit, you can only use a maximum of 4GB.
If 64bit, no limit but for most users 8GB is a good amount. If you are not sure, look at system in control panel. One question though - I assume you have had to pay for your windows 10 licence, as the free upgrade did not apply to Vista? If you installed it without a new licence, it will not avtivatr and you can only use it for 30 days. |
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Apparently Tesco are selling 8.1 PRO upgrades for £14 at the moment.
Can't verify this myself, but if true, this gives a cheap route to 10 PRO. And in the unlikely event it was wider, they will be long gone. Maybe MS will discount a digital copy to £25 again by the end of the 12 months. They even offered W8 on DVD fr £25 so it is highly possible. Though upgrading W7 on a PC or laptop is a little stupid. |
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It's already been activated. It booted up in 30 secs which was quicker than I thought. So 8gb should be OK? I read about some having 16gb and more because they believe it runs faster especially games but if games don't support that much then why get it?
Some people will stick a load of memory in because it sounds good, some does so because they do need it. If your Os is 32 bit, it will not handle 16GB, 4GB and that is it and that includes anything will video card have on., |
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It's already been activated. It booted up in 30 secs which was quicker than I thought. So 8gb should be OK? I read about some having 16gb and more because they believe it runs faster especially games but if games don't support that much then why get it?
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Like noise747 says, some just add a load of memory because it sounds good, or, just so they can brag. I would only double my computer's memory if it often used up about half of it. Some games recommend 16GBs for 64-bit.
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Got windows 10 yesterday. Under vista it took about 5mins to properly load up. Under win10 it was less than a minute. Might need more memory though. Did have 4gb but now only 2gb due to one my sticks being faulty. 1 8gb stick about £30. Not sure how much would be best?
My system isn't top end but OK for now. Intel core 2 quad q6600 2.40ghz Nvidia geforce 8800 gts 512 300gb H/D |
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Like noise747 says, some just add a load of memory because it sounds good, or, just so they can brag. I would only double my computer's memory if it often used up about half of it. Some games recommend 16GBs for 64-bit.
I have 8GB and that is fine, I was going to update, but I did not see the point, it will make little difference to video editing. |
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I sometimes use some of my memory as an old fashoned ram disk - useful sometimrs when pratting around with temporary files etc.
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I despise Edge and think it's utter trash released in its current state (without extensibility), but also believe in being correct over simply venting and spouting incorrect claims.
What you claim you can't do in Edge you can indeed do. I'm staring right this second at the settings page for Edge that says Open with: Start Page New Tab Page Previous Pages A Specific Page or Pages. It wasn't even that hard to find. It's the third setting down. OPEN A NEW TAB PAGE WITH YOUR HOME PAGE - NO! I clearly stated when opening a new tab the only options you have are a blank page or a list of top sites, no opening up your homepage in a new tab. Look under the setting: "Open New Tabs With" As Google is my homepage, when I think of something that needs a separate Google search, I just open a new tab, up pops my Google home page and I Google away. You can't set Edge up like that as you can in IE and every other browser. |
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I sometimes use some of my memory as an old fashoned ram disk - useful sometimrs when pratting around with temporary files etc.
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