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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Windows 8.1.

I've been hesitant to update to Windows 10. I get pop up reminders all the time so should I? Worried about information loss. I consider myself as a bit of an IT nuffy. In reality I probably have a moderate understanding of computers but when it comes to the nitty gritty my eyes glaze over. Many people on here have a far superior understanding of the technical stuff than I do.

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Try this if you want to get rid of all the crap from MS. I wont use 10 in a hurry, Win7, OSX and Debian for me...

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Originally Posted by AGman

Does that work pre-Win7?

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Hmm don't think so, it's a different command something like "cpanel userpassword2" but I can't remember that one exactly because I don't use often

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Originally Posted by AGman

What version of Windows are you using? What Browser?

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Windows 8.1. Browser?? Is that Explorer? I use Explorer for emails, banking, payroll, accounting software etc, but have found it non-compatible for this forum and Youtube. I use Chrome for these. Should I use Chrome for everything? I've heard people slagging off Explorer but never understood why. Is there a reason?

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

It hogs CPU usage, disk read writes and RAM. In other words it just hogs ALL your system resources and leaves you with a pittance of what you had

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Would it really matter? not like he is using for a gaming machine, or graphic design, or anything else that sounds power hungry.

I've used Norton for over a year now and just renewed my subscription, mainly because I was 2 lazy 2 look elsewhere and I love dodgy sites

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Windows 8.1.

I've been hesitant to update to Windows 10. I get pop up reminders all the time so should I? Worried about information loss. I consider myself as a bit of an IT nuffy. In reality I probably have a moderate understanding of computers but when it comes to the nitty gritty my eyes glaze over. Many people on here have a far superior understanding of the technical stuff than I do.

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We can chat about it at Andy's next month mate. It's been 5 years since the beer hasn't it? Haha

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

If you wanna know if your administrator, when you're logged in press the Windows key + r then type netplwiz, next to your user name it should tell you your account type. If you wanna to make a non admin account you can also do that there

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I pressed the windows button and "r" and typed in that code. There are 3 lines come up and I am listed as "HomeUsers" and "HomeUsers; Administrators". No idea what this means. Why would I want to be a non admin account? Conversely, why would I want to be an admin account? I don't understand what this means or the repurcussions of such.

PS, tell me if I'm putting any sensitive info up on a public forum and if I could compromise PC security by putting this up.

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Originally Posted by NissanGQ4.2

Would it really matter? not like he is using for a gaming machine, or graphic design, or anything else that sounds power hungry.

I've used Norton for over a year now and just renewed my subscription, mainly because I was 2 lazy 2 look elsewhere and I love dodgy sites

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Definitely not a gamer. I don't suck a lot of data on gaming, movies, etc but do watch youtube a bit.

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Originally Posted by rusty_nail

We can chat about it at Andy's next month mate. It's been 5 years since the beer hasn't it? Haha

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Last meet was Healy's weekend. Probably not 5 years but getting on a bit. Looking forward to it mate!

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Originally Posted by Plasnart

Windows 8.1. Browser?? Is that Explorer? I use Explorer for emails, banking, payroll, accounting software etc, but have found it non-compatible for this forum and Youtube. I use Chrome for these. Should I use Chrome for everything? I've heard people slagging off Explorer but never understood why. Is there a reason?

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Explorer in the mid-naughties was the most popular browser and thats why hackers focused on it. Its ironic that as MS has improved its security it has declined in popularity. Their new browser Edge (only supported with Win10) will replace it anyway so you might as well stay with what you have got now. Just keep doing all the updates from MS and stay away from dodgy sites and you should be fine.

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Originally Posted by AGman

Explorer in the mid-naughties was the most popular browser and thats why hackers focused on it. Its ironic that as MS has improved its security it has declined in popularity. Their new browser Edge (only supported with Win10) will replace it anyway so you might as well stay with what you have got now. Just keep doing all the updates from MS and stay away from dodgy sites and you should be fine.

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Cool mate. Thanks for the advice.