Windows 10…more worries so listen…

[VicParticipant @vic]

Yes, I like LightRoom as well Norman. It's one of Adobes few progs you can buy rather than rent these days.

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 02/06/2016 17:56:34:

Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 02/06/2016 17:24:39:

But will we be able to view that video clip in 50 years time? We can still appreciate Henri's efforts today just by opening a book.

Rod

I must scan them…

And that's the problem, the constant format change. JPEG was developed to minimise storage size, something which even now isn't an issue so the compromises of compression will no longer be necessary. I'm thinking of the issues I've had with video: Standard 8 to VHS to SVHS to Digital tape to whatever is contained in an AVI on SD cards. I can forsee a situation where "moving snaps" have their own format and in 50 years it will be "what have you got there grandad?, haven't seen one of these for 20 years". Still there are some advantages – presumably all those selfies won't survive the death of the phone they were taken on. Oh dear, I sound like a luddite – I'm really not, honest (though I did get a bit irritated trying to avoid the yard long selfie sticks in York last week)

Norman,

We've been digital since I decided that a 2 megapixel camera for £200 was the way forward. We edit with Photoshop Elements 10 which seems to do all we need. I see that one can get a free trial of Lightroom – I'll give it a go to see if it does what we want – it's the captioning that seems to be the major issue.

Cheers,

Rod

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Lightroom is able to export to Photoshop elements to carry out manipulation then going to "save" from PSE will return the adjusted image to Lightroom where it will be filed alongside the original file. Unless you want to make dramatic changes in Ps I will bet that, after a while, you'll not go there!

If you like to show your images to others there is a Slideshow module included. you can drop any images from your catalogue there, adjust timings, fades, pan, zoom etc to produce a show.

Yes get the free trial and play with it – once you get the hang of the basics you will fly away I' m sure. Just remember Lightroom is wholly NON DESTRUCTIVE, – any changes you make can be undone and the original file is retained at all times.

Good luck!

Norman

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

You can convert jpegs to pdf documents if you want to, the format is pretty permanent now

Edited By Ady1 on 03/06/2016 00:54:22

[Danny M2ZParticipant @dannym2z]

G'day. Yesterday I inspected a friend's P.C. (he is not tech savvy).

Not only did it self-upgrade to Win 10 but the complaint was that Google Chrome (which he is comfortable with) has stopped working.

When I ran diagnostics, it was reported as an ' Incompatible Application'

A little further digging today discovered this: **LINK**

I suspect that this is deliberate so that M.S. can be paid for the 'clicks' in ads rather than Google.

Very naughty!

* Danny M *

[Nick HulmeParticipant @nickhulme30114]

Posted by Vic on 01/06/2016 16:24:27:

I'm still intrigued as to why Microsoft have given it away for a year. I know they've lost billions in revenue in the past for both their OS and MS Office but why give it away now? It's rumoured to be between 79 and 99 pounds or dollars I believe after July?

They know if they get people onto the new software distribution model they've got customers (and revenue stream) for life.

Additionally some things which were in with Windows no longer are, Media Centre, DVD Player, probably other stuff, you either have to find something to do the job which W10 will run or visit the Windows app store and buy (Rent?) something to regain the functionality you had prior to "Upgrading"

– Nick

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Additionally some things which were in with Windows no longer are, Media Centre, DVD Player etc

My XP "Media Centre" never got enabled, like most Windows stuff it's too intrusive and talks to its secret friends far too much

Much easier to install a standalone windows media player app

The thing I miss the most on the newer windows stuff is their bundled games, which were quite slick. Pinball in particular was a beautifully written game

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Posted by Mark P. on 29/05/2016 22:09:30:
I'm sticking to W7.
Mark P.

I have reverted an old PC to Windows 7 and I found that it is much faster than a new PC with Win 10.

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Thank goodness there are not any games, the bane of modern life.

[Fowlers FuryParticipant @fowlersfury]

Quote – "Additionally some things which were in with Windows no longer are, Media Centre,…."

Perfectly true, if fact "Windows Media Center" was an excellent prog and the only one which would run my usb HD TV tuner with recording etc. However, it's easy to run it under Win10 thanks to someone, in Italy I think, who developed a work-around. Here's one of many links:-

**LINK**

As for the 'old' games, tho' not for Pinball AFAIK, most these can also run under Win10, again herewith one of many links:-

**LINK**

I'm happy enough with Win10 but it took a long time to become so. Blocking all the M/soft spying took time & effort but the hardest challenge was blocking the unwanted "Cortana" from hogging huge amounts of RAM. I eventually found the solution via extensive 'Googling'.

Were it not for my several costly bits of s/w which only run under Windows, I'd have switched to Linux ages ago.

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Nick Hulme on 31/08/2016 09:36:41:

Additionally some things which were in with Windows no longer are, Media Centre,

As far as I know VLC – which is arguably a better media player than the Windows one ever was – still works with Windows 10 ….. although I haven't checked out the W10 Anniversary Update yet (since I haven't been non-optionally upgraded yet on my trial W10 installation).

[Fowlers FuryParticipant @fowlersfury]

Quote – "As far as I know VLC – which is arguably a better media player than the Windows one ever was – still works with Windows 10 ….. although I haven't checked out the W10 Anniversary Update yet (since I haven't been non-optionally upgraded yet on my trial W10 installation)."

Agreed, the free VLC is excellent in many respects except one.

It's accepted to be virtually unusable for playing TV progs via a usb or card uner on the pc. I tried and tried but gave up as have many others. That's why I wrote above of the old Windows Media Center which was dropped from Win 10.

Anyone who has a TV tuner card or usb tuner "needs" WMC as IMHO those players supplied by the tuner manufacturers are poor (& I include Hauppage's in that). WMC is stable & reliable under Win10, even in its latest incarnation.

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