The acid test. I switched on the new laptop and . . .
Let’s just say that things did not go quite as well as they could have done. I forgot my PIN number, then had to recover it. That was when I forgot the password to the new email account I had set up to use this machine. After that it got slightly trickier. However, it finally came right and I have stored the passwords, even though this sort of misses the point of passwords.
I really must get myself sorted out, but after what happened last time I set a computer up I don’t want to take any chances. What happened, you ask? I wish I knew. Somehow I got locked in a circle that I couldn’t break out of. Eventually Microsoft refused to recognise me at all, wouldn’t allow me to access any features and the only thing I was able to do was to pay. I corrected that by cancelling the payments via Paypal. That’s why I started using Apache Open Office, and, eventually, lost all my work. I can only blame myself in the end, but Microsoft and its intransigence played a part.
Something else I noticed tonight was that it is no longer possible to select a default browser with one push of a button. I’m used to using Chrome, so that’s what I want to carry on with. To replace Microsoft Edge as the default browser you now have to sect it a dozen times, once for each confusing thing that it apparently now does. If I was a cynic, and if I’d ever read Inside the Nudge Unit, I might suggest that Microsoft is trying to manipulate me.
All in all, I think it’s time for a revolution. Half of me wants to stick to Apache, but the other half of me wants the easy life of rolling over and surrendering to Microsoft. I am going to have to do some serious thinking.
That’s not me in the picture, but it’s the only picture of a laptop in my media file.
Good luck. Not heard of Apache before.
It’s reasonable. It’s always nice to step away from Microsoft.
This is true!
A small rebellion, but it makes me feel better.
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I remember the ancient days of MS DOS 3.0. No graphical user interface back then, no browsers. 🙂
Really I should be grateful for everything at my fingertips. It is so much easier than it used to be. I remember having to load all my ebay stuff using FTP, which always felt like throwing my work in the air and waiting to see what came back.
Microsoft has become a bear…and their browser sucks. I try to use chrome but ms is always trying to switch me
Yes, it feels like bullying. 🙂 All I want to do is press buttons and write a bit. Maybe procrastinate a little . . .
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All so mystifying. I hope you get through it soon
All things must pass . . . 😉
There are too many PIN’s and passwords to remember these days.
That is true, I feel like the proverbial full bookshelf – as you push another book in, one drops off the end.
Ugh, any kind of new technology is always a tragedy for me. I just don’t adapt easily to technology. So I feel you. Hope it smooths out for you.
It will be OK – just need to get through the next week and they should calm down.
I am an Open Office user and have found it very stable. It is probably the kiss of death to say that of course. I use Firefox as my browser and DuckDuckgo as my search engine as I am trying not to be nudged as far as possible. But you can’t escape, I realise that.
It’s tricky. I could carry on with Open Office, but I’m lazy. On the other hand it has been good so far and I do hate being bullied.