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Windows 10 the last Windows to be produced? My take on it inside

2015-05-09 / / 0 Comments
Hey there you guys. I hope you are having a good day
As I try to pace myself and post only once a day. But news like this make me break my rules. As I continue to bring the latest update about Windows 10

“Windows to stop producing Windows versions”!! Source
After we confirmed the bold statement. Let’s take a look at what it means?

If you thought that Windows XP overstayed it’s welcome.Think again!! after XP there was Vista, 7 and of course Windows 8. And it’s support finally ended in April of 2014. Windows 10 is here to stay apparently. With the company stating that There won’t be a Windows 11. According to the statement. Windows is pushing a new business model that has me feeling my pocket already! What do we know so far is that Windows 10 will be free for all as an update for one year. And that your license has to be genuine. And how the updates will be delivered. It’s supposed to come sometime this year.
Question is:  

How will Microsoft make it’s money if it doesn’t force us to upgrade every three years? (Opinion piece)

I have some speculations based on what Microsoft has released so far.

    1. Users who will install Windows 10 fresh will have to pay a full license fee.
    2. Users who have pirated versions of Windows will have to pay a full license fee to remove version restrictions.
    3. Users who want to have the free upgrade will have to buy a license (if not already genuine) of an older version: 7, 8 etc ..
    4. Upgrades will not be free (You will pay for updates and upgrades).
    5. I am sensing a none Microsoft block (As in Surface tablets) You have to run genuine Microsoft software, or you are stuck with an over priced child-pad!! (Confirmation needed on the Surface tablet bit).
    6. Perhaps do what Adobe does with the creative cloud and what Microsoft is already doing with Office356.
    7. I think Windows will be more Xbox Live! (Pay wise of course)!!

      I believe that Microsoft will gain a lot more than selling standalone versions of it’s software, things like:

        1. Limits Piracy.The new licensing system makes it more difficult for pirates to “crack” versions as it’s upgraded regularly.
        2. More money
          Some people like to pay 20$ a month rather than 300$ at once.
        3. More focused development.
          Instead of coming up with a marketing scheme every 2-3 years. They get to focus on one system. While still making money out of it.
        4. Easier support.
          When enough people migrate to Windows10. Support will be so much easier.
          As I said. These points are of my current perspective based on the information I have now! And my final verdict is to wait until Microsoft unveils it’s plans!
          Have a lovely day dear fans. Let me know what you have to say in the comments section below!

          Recover some files after a Chkdisk. The easy way

          2015-04-22 / / 0 Comments
          Hey there you guys. How are you doing today?

          You inserted a USB drive to your computer. And you were asked to do a check ( and with Windows 8 that happens with all USB’s!!) And when you checked there were errors and files recovered! Is that bad?

          Not really. That can be a really good thing!

          When the check is completed (depends on drive size and files in question) you will find the FOUND.000 folder. With plenty of .CHK files. So far so good!

          Depending on the file sizes of the check files you might be able to restore the data.

          If it’s in the same size as your lost data then you are in luck.

          Just log into Linux and you will see then in thumbnails of the same type. All you have to do is to rename them to get them to work!

          Pretty easy huh?

          I found out a strange thing. That some of the web pages I downloaded in Linux are often lost when I boot to Windows. Because the names of the files and folders contain elements not allowed in Windows like “/“ and “?”.

          In a next post I will be talking about fixing the empty but full drive with no format included!

          I hope you found this post useful. Please comment below and let me know what you think?

          Gimp 2.10.14 won’t install problem solved!

          2015-03-26 / / 0 Comments

          Hey guys 🙂

          It’s been ages since I posted anything about GIMP!! Not that I don’t like it or don’t use it anymore. It’s just I’ve been busy exploring other things while working with Gimp often.

          I had gimp installed by default when I got Xubuntu 14.04 LTS. And to my greatest pleasure it is automatically updated. So I didn’t check the new versions for a while.

          When I started reviewing some web design material. I had to have the Gimp on Windows too (For comfort 😛 ) and so I downloaded the latest version 2.8.14.1 from Filehippo.com t. And to my disappointment. It didn’t work ..

          I double clicked and it didn’t progress pass the language selection option. It stopped responding many times.

          I went to the official website and downloaded it via a bit-torrent client. Nothing ..

          It did the same thing, no matter what I did it froze on the language selection and I had to end it from the task manager.

          It was a bummer .. I downloaded it twice. Fiddled with many windows settings like:
          Running as administrator.
          Trying the compatibility options with every prior version of Windows.
          I even installed the latest GTK library and Python ( Didn’t work).

          And the funny thing no one reported that problem. I Googled all around. Nothing!!

          When I installed it on a another Windows 8 computer. It went smooth!

          Maybe the problem is with something in Windows 8.1?

          What did I do to fix it?

          Nothing!

          I ran the installer. And let it running. After a few minutes it resumed installing like nothing happened.

          I even uninstalled GTK and Python. And it didn’t affect how Gimp worked!

          So here you have it. Be patient! It’s a Gimprtue !! Play on virtue!

          That was today’s post. Please tell me if worked for you! And did it happen with you?

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          A quick fix to many Windows 8 – 8.1 bluescreen issues

          2015-03-21 / / 0 Comments
          Hey you guys 🙂

          If you are using Windows 8 / 8.1 You would notice an awful lot blue screen of death screens BSOD. Now windows advices you to search online for the error .. (Da! Thanks for the tip captain obvious!)


          What’s the cause of these errors?

          Some of them are driver related. Others occur when you standby or lock the screen. Some after you install certain software..
          The fix to all these causes and more is a simple command!
          1. Go to the start menu and type CMD

          2. When you see command prompt. Right click on it and choose: Run as administrator (Very important!)

          3. The command prompt windows will show up. There right this command: “sfc /scannow”

          This command checks the system files and attempts to fix the errors.
          The process will take some time ( in my case it took an hour to complete)
          After it’s done you will be prompted to restart once or twice. After that you are all good!

          How easy was that? 🙂

          Try it and let me know what you think. Did it fix your problem?
          I hope I managed to turn the “frown” upside down 😀
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