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Morturn. Windows 10. The Works 9 software was kindly sent to me by a member some years ago and I find the word processor very useful, letters etc...
 
Lumphammer. Thanks a lot, it worked the way you suggested, I right clicked and opened with' Works word processor' and it opened the file. Thanks again. Eric
 
Pete, it would be hard to explain how to do this here but putting a new solid-state drive (SSD) in an older laptop can give it a new lease of life.

This site can scan your old laptop and give you a compatible upgraded SSD.

You may need a bit of technical know-how, but it’s not too hard.

There are other sites that can scan for upgrades too, but can be a bit geekey. Please bear in mind, I am not a computer techie so you do an upgrade and are not sure. Take some pro advice.
 
Morturn said:
Pete, it would be hard to explain how to do this here but putting a new solid-state drive (SSD) in an older laptop can give it a new lease of life.

This site can scan your old laptop and give you a compatible upgraded SSD.

You may need a bit of technical know-how, but it’s not too hard.

There are other sites that can scan for upgrades too, but can be a bit geekey. Please bear in mind, I am not a computer techie so you do an upgrade and are not sure. Take some pro advice.
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thanks mort i put a new power supply in my desk top last week,after the strike and a hard drive, it works great now.but the drive is a bit small and slow. will one go in there ?........the laptop is dead. i dont think i will get another, i will get a refund on the new one.i bought.
 
Yes indeed, I put two in my desktop PC, one to keep windows 10 operating system on and one for a scratch dive for when I do photo and video editing.

Again that link will tell you what SSD will fit your PC
 
If you want to put an SSD in place of a hard disk in a desktop PC here is some info.

SSDs are more expensive per GB than a hard disk. So a 1TB desktop hard disk may cost you only around £35 but a 1TB SSD may cost you around £100 (prices do vary across brands of course).

However SSDs have no moving parts and are faster than hard disks so it is an excellent upgrade to do. Maybe buy a 240GB SSD (roughly £30 or £40) to hold Windows (for the speed) and use a "normal" hard disk to hold your personal files.

Hard disks in desktop PCs are 3.5 inch (physical size) but SSDs are 2.5 inch (physical size). This means the same SSD can go inside a laptop as can go in a desktop PC.

However the bay or slot that holds the hard disk in a desktop PC is 3.5 inch in size so to fit a 2.5 inch SSD you normally need to buy a small bracket to fit on the SSD so it fits inside the 3.5 inch desktop "slot". Plenty of these available on ebay or Amazon.

Note the cable connections to an SSD are the same (SATA power cable and SATA data cable) as a "normal" desktop hard disk.

If you have two hard disk slots or bays in your desktop PC you can put the hard disk in one and the SSD in the other then use some software to copy or clone Windows 10 and all the files on the hard disk to the SSD. This is not difficult to do but does require some technical knowledge.

The other option is to put the SSD in the PC and do a clean Windows install (which may be a better option).

Below is a photo I have just taken that may help. I have placed a 50p coin in the photo to give an idea of scale.

It shows a full size 3.5 inch desktop hard disk on the left

It shows an SSD in the centre as you may buy it. As you can see it is much "thinner" (width) than a 3.5 inch hard disk

On the right it shows an SSD fitted inside the bracket you need to buy to make the SSD fit inside the 3.5 inch slot (there are numerous types of brackets). As you can see, with the bracket on the SSD it is now the same "width" as a 3.5 inch hard disk so will fit in the slot.

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I bought a Crucial SSD for my last desktop, it came with the necessary adaptor for 3.5 to 2.5 .

That computer died so I have the SSD sitting on the shelf doing nowt at the moment, intended to put it in my HP replacement but there isn't room for a second drive and the 500Gb HDD in there has all my stuff on it so too much hassle to move it over.

I think I can use the SSD as a USB store for recording from my television.......... maybe. :(
 
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I bought a Crucial SSD for my last desktop, it came with the necessary adaptor for 3.5 to 2.5 .

That computer died so I have the SSD sitting on the shelf doing nowt at the moment, intended to put it in my HP replacement but there isn't room for a second drive and the 500Gb HDD in there has all my stuff on it so too much hassle to move it over.

I think I can use the SSD as a USB store for recording from my television.......... maybe. :(
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It can, you can get a housing off Amazon for it. Do bear in mind SSD’s do not like being disconnected. You have to power the device they are connected to down first. If you plug on into your computer, make sure you eject the drive first too.
 
Eric Gibson said:
I bought a Crucial SSD for my last desktop, it came with the necessary adaptor for 3.5 to 2.5 .

That computer died so I have the SSD sitting on the shelf doing nowt at the moment, intended to put it in my HP replacement but there isn't room for a second drive and the 500Gb HDD in there has all my stuff on it so too much hassle to move it over.

I think I can use the SSD as a USB store for recording from my television.......... maybe. :(
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Eric/Morturn, you would record right off your TV onto the hard drive? I have a 2TB portable hard drive that I am not using much of, I could/can I use that?
 
I do understand it can be done but, in all honesty, I have never recorded from a TV to Hard Drive
 
Morturn said:
It can, you can get a housing off Amazon for it. Do bear in mind SSD’s do not like being disconnected. You have to power the device they are connected to down first. If you plug on into your computer, make sure you eject the drive first too.
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thanks for that warning.
 
I've recorded from the TV to a 32Gb Flash Drive but the problem is the TV had to on receiving the program I was recording. I did it to see if I could do it ..

If anyone wants to regularly record TV programs the best solution is to use a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). It can record a program when you are watching something else. It can record two different programs simultaneously. It also records when I'm out.

I have an 8 year old Humax 500Gb full of recordings (including 25 episodes Fools & Horses) but my main use is to record something one day and watch it a few days later. There is a button on the remote to jump over bits you don't want to watch, rewinds, fast-forward, etc.

I think some TVs these days might have PVRs built-in.
 
oldMohawk said:
I've recorded from the TV to a 32Gb Flash Drive but the problem is the TV had to on receiving the program I was recording. I did it to see if I could do it ..

If anyone wants to regularly record TV programs the best solution is to use a Personal Video Recorder (PVR). It can record a program when you are watching something else. It can record two different programs simultaneously. It also records when I'm out.

I have an 8 year old Humax 500Gb full of recordings (including 25 episodes Fools & Horses) but my main use is to record something one day and watch it a few days later. There is a button on the remote to jump over bits you don't want to watch, rewinds, fast-forward, etc.

I think some TVs these days might have PVRs built-in.
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great... is your tv monitor as clear as a pc monitor. i use a pc monitor on my sat box it seems a better quality. picture or is it me lol
 
I recorded tv programmes many years ago on VHS tapes. I was on emergency call much of the time and there would be programmes that I would miss, that I wanted to watch, if not recorded. Of course that was when most tv programmes were new and not repeats as they are today. There seems little point in recording today as everything is on again tomorrow or next week it seems!
Likewise it is rare to need the 'iplayer type' of feature for the same reason.
 
I have imported some of my Window 7 games onto my Windows 10. Yesterday a W 10 update removed those games so i had to mess about downloading them again. Will W 10 remove those games everytime there`s am update? I don`t want to cancel updates as they may be important.
 
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I have imported some of my Window 7 games onto my Windows 10. Yesterday a W 10 update removed those games so i had to mess about downloading them again. Will W 10 remove those games everytime there`s am update? I don`t want to cancel updates as they may be important.
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HI smudge. i have loads of junk on my pc. win 10 is always uploading.never lost anyting. i bought a new dell desktop yesterday with win 10 pro on it. there dont seem much dif to the win 10 home.

Windows won't just remove programs at random times. It will only remove programs when updating to a new major version, or “build,” of Windows 10. ... Instead, they're more like upgrading to an entirely new version of Window
 
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I have imported some of my Window 7 games onto my Windows 10. Yesterday a W 10 update removed those games so i had to mess about downloading them again. Will W 10 remove those games everytime there`s am update? I don`t want to cancel updates as they may be important.
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That happened to me too, so I have saved the windows 7 game pack this time if it needs reinstalling
 
Stay with Windows 10 and try compatibilty mode.
Win 10 Pro is better than Win 10 Home .... Bitlocker etc.

I once had Windows 10 and Windows 7 running in the same computer and dual booted it. It is necessary to create a new primary partition which can hold an operating system which can be booted. The most recent example I did of this was a dual boot to either Win 10 or Linux Mint ..... It is not easy !
If possible use Macrium Reflect to make a disk image in case something goes wrong ... :cool:
 
oldMohawk said:
Stay with Windows 10 and try compatibilty mode.
Win 10 Pro is better than Win 10 Home .... Bitlocker etc.

I once had Windows 10 and Windows 7 running in the same computer and dual booted it. It is necessary to create a new primary partition which can hold an operating system which can be booted. The most recent example I did of this was a dual boot to either Win 10 or Linux Mint ..... It is not easy !
If possible use Macrium Reflect to make a disk image in case something goes wrong ... :cool:
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ta phil. compatibility mode?.
 
Try this...Right click on the exe file and select Properties. Then select the Compatibility tab, tick Compatibility mode Run this program in compatibility mode for: and select Windows7 from the drop down box
 
jukebox said:
Try this...Right click on the exe file and select Properties. Then select the Compatibility tab, tick Compatibility mode Run this program in compatibility mode for: and select Windows7 from the drop down box
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thanks i will try that
 
mw0njm. said:
thanks for reply..
yes. and i use a rs232 to control the radio. Software/Radio Control -
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RS232 ... I haven't used that protocol since the 1990s !

I would think for rs232 you will need to use dual boot of Win10 and Win 7 so some serious googling needed to ensure a successful set up.

Microsoft don't support Win7 so you may need to install it from a disk. The other alternative is to dual boot with Linux which does support radio apps.

Maybe an easier way is to buy or obtain an old Win7 laptop and use that just for your radio apps etc.
 
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RS232 ... I haven't used that protocol since the 1990s !

I would think for rs232 you will need to use dual boot of Win10 and Win 7 so some serious googling needed to ensure a successful set up.

Microsoft don't support Win7 so you may need to install it from a disk. The other alternative is to dual boot with Linux which does support radio apps.

Maybe an easier way is to buy or obtain an old Win7 laptop and use that just for your radio apps etc.
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yer phil that is what i thought. the laptop i lent has been given me now. so i wont mess with that. i got a old laptop.very cheap. no wifi or lan,that will do just for radio control. i will look on fleabay for a 7disk,or even a xp and license...... ta for help.
 
RS232 was a cable interface not a protocol. As long as the two devices it connects have the socket it should work. As to the software that allows them to talk to each other, that's a different matter.
 
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