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Windows 10

Two years ago I used two free apps to edit a number of home videos to put on a DVD for someone.
DVDStyler from dvdstyler.org. It was developed for Linux but I used the Windows version. It's learning curve was fairly steep but there is a large tutorial. I was very pleased with the results.
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Free Video Cutter and Joiner from Softonic. It is now in the Microsoft Store.
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Both apps are still in my Win 11 computers as per screen shots. I'm not sure about their present status. I have previously used VLC to edit lighten a dark video.
 
Had to change the battery in my 4 year old Dell laptop yesterday ... not so easy as it used to be on laptops I've previously had. This time I had to undo 19 very small screws, remove an optical drive, prise the keyboard and screen from the back case to access the battery. All went well thanks to youtube and a magnetic screwdriver .... battery life now 6 to 8 hours.
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jukebox said:
Can anyone recommend a free video editor please? I've tried VideoPad from NCH software but they seem to want quite a hefty payment for continued use.

P.S. Should have added 'easy to use!!!'
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I have made a number of Youtube videos and tried some of the so called "free" ones. In the end I just went back to the Win10 video editor which works just fine
 
Just to brighten the day. When W95 came out, I wanted to get a copy quite quickly to play with it. I went into a local computer shop, and picked up a CD, all boxed and shrink wrapped. I took it to the cash desk, where the assistant scanned the bar code on the box and asked me for a ridiculously low amount. I looked puzzled, and he said "it comes up as a mouse on the till, and I'm not going to argue". One happy customer with more change in my pocket than I expected.

On the down side, I once bought a retail copy of Windows ME.

Andrew.
 
Brummie a long time ago said:
Just to brighten the day. When W95 came out, I wanted to get a copy quite quickly to play with it. I went into a local computer shop, and picked up a CD, all boxed and shrink wrapped. I took it to the cash desk, where the assistant scanned the bar code on the box and asked me for a ridiculously low amount. I looked puzzled, and he said "it comes up as a mouse on the till, and I'm not going to argue". One happy customer with more change in my pocket than I expected.

On the down side, I once bought a retail copy of Windows ME.

Andrew.
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As they say: "win a few loose a few" except with me it's usually loose a few loose a few :cool:
 
Brummie a long time ago said:
Just to brighten the day. When W95 came out, I wanted to get a copy quite quickly to play with it. I went into a local computer shop, and picked up a CD, all boxed and shrink wrapped. I took it to the cash desk, where the assistant scanned the bar code on the box and asked me for a ridiculously low amount. I looked puzzled, and he said "it comes up as a mouse on the till, and I'm not going to argue". One happy customer with more change in my pocket than I expected.

On the down side, I once bought a retail copy of Windows ME.

Andrew.
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well done that man that happend to me once so i went back for another:grinning:
 
oldMohawk said:
I've just looked in a drawer and found the Windows 7 I bought from Tesco in the days when Windows came on two DVD's nicely packaged in plastic boxes with booklets etc. The receipt for £99.94 was dated 15 Apr 2010 and I received 198 clubcard points .... :)
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Those days are long gone!

When I was working full time I was able to purchase Office 2013 through my employer for $10.00 disc, $8.00 electronic. Last year when I purchased my new Lenovo I purchased the latest Office, went into sticker shock!
 
oldMohawk said:
Had to change the battery in my 4 year old Dell laptop yesterday
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I changed the battery in Julie's Chromebook a little while ago. Advertised by a German company on EBay. Came very quickly and fitted perfectly with full step by step instructions supplied. Still going fine. Recently I changed the battery in my MacBook Air. This time it came from that rain forest company with a river running through. It fitted, (with a slightly different definition of fit that I would normally use). Fitting was so obvious, that they didn't think instructions were necessary. It lives under the trackpad on this model, and I could feel a change in the trackpad due to the slight upward pressure of the 'slightly' thicker battery. It took charge and lasted just a bit longer than the original worn out battery. The original is now back in and I just put up with charging it more often. Caveat emptor.

Richard Dye said:
Those days are long gone!

When I was working full time I was able to purchase Office 2013 through my employer for $10.00 disc, $8.00 electronic. Last year when I purchased my new Lenovo I purchased the latest Office, went into sticker shock!
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I contracted for a while at a company that replaced computers on a regular basis. They were coming in at that time with Windows 2000 pro, with disc and license. The company immediately re-imaged the computers with their own corporate licence copy of NT and appropriate other software, and the W2000 discs were handed out free to anyone that wanted one, with the license to go with it.

Andrew.
 
I'm running Win10 still using my Win 7 ultimate key I bought in 2009 as it lets you keep upgrading for free. It came with two disks, inc one for 64bit which I use.
My PC failed the Win11 check and although there are easy ways to get around it I can't be bothered.

An electrical shop near us still has windows XP on their desk and have no plans to upgrade :p
 
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oldMohawk said:
I seem to be a forum member who likes Windows 11 ... :)

Press the Windows Key and a nice Start menu appears with main apps pinned to it.
Click the All apps button and every app in the computer is listed.
Settings can adjust all that needs setting.
Windows Security built-in and guarding the device.
A This PC button which shows the devices and drives.
OneDrive for moving files etc from device to device and even iPads
and many other features for smooth running of the device

What's not to like ?
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Quite right,I was a long time 7 user but my PC conked out and was replaced with Windows 11.Totally different but much better ,well pleased.
 
With Microsoft ending security updates for Windows 7 I have just updated my 2013 laptop to Windows 10, it seems to be working fine. I did have to remove all of the Microsoft bloatware and tracking junk that come with windows 10.
 
Microsoft asked me if I wanted to try their new Bing AI (Artificial Intelligence) search. So I tried it and asked a question. It came back with this ...
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I think it could probably write posts for me if I asked it to .... :)
 
I've now asked it to find all my posts on the BHF and I'm puzzled by the info about me planning to build a model railway and reminding someone about forum rules!
It uses GPT-4
At the head of a very long list was this
I found some posts by oldMohawk on Birminghamhistory forum. Here are some of them: - In a thread about [Non Birmingham Photos](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/non-birmingham-photos.55505/), oldMohawk shared a link to a collection of color photos from a couple's honeymoon 900 mile road trip around Britain a month before the outbreak of World War Two. The couple even took their cat which can be seen in one pic. - In a thread about [Hobbies 2022](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/hobbies-2022.54427/), oldMohawk shared that he was planning to build a model railway layout with audio recording capability that would be monitored remotely and tied to a central station. - In a thread about [Our family tree: Weddings](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/our-family-tree-weddings.22242/page-7), oldMohawk welcomed a new member to the forum and reminded everyone to follow the forum rules. - In a blog post on [Sewell Family Tree Blog](https://sewellfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/), oldMohawk replied to a post by the author and helped solve a mystery about a picture featured in the post. I hope this helps. Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with.
 
My 19 year old has a six year old gaming machine that acquired a corrupted keyboard driver when Windows 11 updated automatically (as it does frequently). It took him 3 hours to solve this, eventually downloading the new driver to my laptop and putting it on a memory stick before using this to update his computer. He did this all himself, my role was simply to supply the laptop and USB memory. The online materials for Win 11 troubleshooting are extensive and saved buying a new keyboard.
 
oldMohawk said:
I've now asked it to find all my posts on the BHF and I'm puzzled by the info about me planning to build a model railway and reminding someone about forum rules!
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In a thread about [Hobbies 2022](https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/hobbies-2022.54427/), oldMohawk shared that he was planning to build a model railway layout with audio recording capability that would be monitored remotely and tied to a central station. -
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I've searched the Hobbies 2022 thread and I never planned to build a model railway layout and neither did anyone else as far as I can determine.

So Bing Artificial Intelligence Search made it up which is alarming!

I've sent some feedback to Microsoft and Bing and will continue using Google Search.
 
oldMohawk said:
I've searched the Hobbies 2022 thread and I never planned to build a model railway layout and neither did anyone else as far as I can determine.

So Bing Artificial Intelligence Search made it up which is alarming!

I've sent some feedback to Microsoft and Bing and will continue using Google Search.
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oldMohawk, I think we are at the beginning of the beginning with this stuff, unfortunately!
 
I've found how Bing AI search made up it's false information. I searched the Hobbies 2022 thread for the words 'monitored' - 'audio recording capability' - 'central station' and found them in someone else's post which did not mention a 'model railway layout'. So I will continue with Chrome and Google search ... :)
 
Stokkie said:
It took him 3 hours to solve this, eventually downloading the new driver to my laptop and putting it on a memory stick before using this to update his computer.
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Could probably have saved a load of time by just reinstalling the existing driver. Driver corruption is fairly common and the following method usually works. Go into Device Manager, click on the appropriate item to open the list and right click on the driver. Click 'uninstall device' then reboot the PC. A fresh copy of the driver will then be installed.
If the problem is the graphics driver it can be tricky if the screen is illegible, in which case it is necessary to boot into Safe Mode and follow the same procedure.
 
jukebox said:
Could probably have saved a load of time by just reinstalling the existing driver. Driver corruption is fairly common and the following method usually works. Go into Device Manager, click on the appropriate item to open the list and right click on the driver. Click 'uninstall device' then reboot the PC. A fresh copy of the driver will then be installed.
If the problem is the graphics driver it can be tricky if the screen is illegible, in which case it is necessary to boot into Safe Mode and follow the same procedure.
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ok, so you don't need a keyboard - you can do all this with a mouse?
 
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