Jim Naseum Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Adobe Flash was notorious for being a "host" for malware. That's partly why Flash is now dead. Apple and Google killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Why is Flash still available? JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 The same reason Java is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I use both Flash and Java and so far have never had a problem. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I knew a smoker who lived to be 90 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Also, must say, this latest windows 10 update is horrible, major update being pushed out for early adopters, and you can't opt out. Been wreaking havoc on my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) I just got the Win10 update popup yesterday. Not gonna do it. Edited December 17, 2015 by Don Richard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm loving the new OS! Much more intuitve for a lot of things. Performance is much better on this old box i run it on. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Back from the islands Bruce? It seems like they are getting hit by a typhoon every other week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I just got the Win10 update popup yesterday. Not gonna do it. Nor me. I can't for the life of me figure out the fascination people have with changing OS. I just run my few programs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I just got the Win10 update popup yesterday. Not gonna do it. Nor me. I can't for the life of me figure out the fascination people have with changing OS. I just run my few programs. Look at some of my old posts. I hate Miscrosoft. That said, Win 10 is worth changing to. Boots very fast with SS drive, and pretty intuitive. Best OS since XP and better than XP. Now if they would just get rid of that dam ribbon in Office... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I went from Win 7 to 10. Windows 10 is fine. Windows 7 was rock solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOwn Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I just got the Win10 update popup yesterday. Not gonna do it. Nor me. I can't for the life of me figure out the fascination people have with changing OS. I just run my few programs. For me it's along the lines of tinkering...I like Windows 10, much better than 8.0 or 8.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 How do you watch videos on the Net without Adobe Flash? I'm guessing the answer is you don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Also, must say, this latest windows 10 update is horrible, major update being pushed out for early adopters, and you can't opt out. Been wreaking havoc on my system. I am still on Win7 with no plans to update. Are you saying the update from 7/8 to 10 is horrible? Or are you saying once you have Win10, the Win10 itself now requires an update which is horrible? What seems to be the problem with Win10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) They are pushing Windows 10 to revitalize the computer hardware business. I guess if an operating system was "Omni-Hardware-Adaptable" we would still be on DOS. Gee, I just invented another three letter dingus---"OHA". JJK Edited December 22, 2015 by JJKIZAK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Or are you saying once you have Win10, the Win10 itself now requires an update which is horrible? Windows 10 has had one update that is pretty much like a new install and, depending on your system, can take a while to update. It will do a couple of restarts along the way as well. Mine have gone smoothly so far. Systems run smoother and faster than they did with Windows 7. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Back from the islands Bruce? It seems like they are getting hit by a typhoon every other week. Missed this one. We were only there for three weeks, but considering how I've not taken a three week trip there, it was wonderful. Weather has cleared up, temps down to 75 at night, close to 90 during the day. We're looking at 5-7 more years here before we move over there. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Well, I'm finally back! It took over five weeks for the tech to do the data recovery, reload Windows 7 onto the two drives of the RAID, reload the files that were still useable, and set up the email program. Most of my documents were lost, along with many jpeg images. Quite a few recovered jpeg images were corrupted, so only part of the image is visible, and all of them had their filenames stripped off and replaced with something like "file1234". Luckily, I can identify the subjects and approximate dates of most of the images, so it's just a matter of renaming thousands of pictures when I find the time. On the bright side, the TIFF images seem to have been untouched, and they're the ones that I had spent time editing. Bad as the situation is, it would have been worse if I had not shut down the computer fairly quickly. The encryption process takes quite a bit of time, so the longer you keep your computer running, the more trouble you'll have. If you think something like that is happening to your machine, turn it off instantly! Don't waste time going through the shutdown procedure, since that just lets more encryption happen. I was surprised that it took so long to fix the machine, but I had company visiting, plus it was time for Christmas and the associated preparations, so I had lots on my plate at the time, or I would have been complaining about it. Even the email setup went wrong, and it wasn't until today that I got that sorted. At least I got to do some reading, and I got caught up on the TV shows that I had recorded but hadn't had time to watch. Now I have to get into the habit of using the new 1 Terabyte external drive that I bought to back up my files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Islander Did it cost you to get it fixed? Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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