Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4.4.x and Windows 10 testing

Hello,
If I install Windows 10 in addition to Linux/Mint 17.2 on my laptop --- 
does W10 still "wipe out" the
master boot record?
H. S.

Am 2015-08-02 um 15:38 schrieb Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster:
> You are doing a process that will save your data, or so it states. I 
> would back your data up anyways.
> I had items pinned to the taskbar and they were saved.  The 
> apps/packages were still there.
> With the ISO upgrade, I seem to have one month to go back to Win7, via 
> an option included.  But that means that you will need extra space for 
> the Windows.old folder, where Win7 is saved.
>
> You have to look for it, but there is a Media Creation Tool that will 
> download/create the ISO file[s] you need so you can upgrade multiple 
> PCs.  It will create all 4 "home" versions - Professional 32 and 64 
> bit, and Home 32 and 64 bit.  I made DVDs of all 4 versions.  Mostly, 
> I will be using the 64 bit versions.
>
> To me, this was better than waiting for my "reservation" to come in 
> for all my systems.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 08/01/2015 10:04 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote:
> > AAMOI does Windows update LO or do you have to reinstall? I am 
> > interested to know the extent of the upgrade?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On 02/08/15 10:26, Felmon Davis wrote:
> > > On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote:
> > >
> > > > Has anyone on this list[s] have tried Win10 and tested LO 4.4.x on 
> > > > that system?
> > >
> > > I installed via the so-called 'Insider Preview' on a Thinkpad x120e. 
> > > I haven't used it very much and I haven't installed LO or OO yet.
> > >
> > > so far:
> > >
> > > a) AMD Catalyst program seems broken and I haven't succeeded yet in 
> > > fixing it and updating the driver for the Radeon 6310.
> > >
> > > b) system gets unusable if I try to use my usb-connected Logitech 
> > > trackball, the cursor moves but no responses to clicks; then the 
> > > keyboard goes wonky so no right or left clicks work from the inbuilt 
> > > trackpad.
> > >
> > > c) the default theme and colors seem dour, fonts fuzzy, but so far I 
> > > can't find a pallette to choose from. there are even worse themes to 
> > > select from and a limited set of about 8 dour colors. I haven't 
> > > tried yet to install true-type (that's a separate procedure, right?).
> > >
> > > d) perforce I have a Microsoft account but I turned off most of the 
> > > 'call home' features and don't use Cortana or One-drive and so forth 
> > > but I suspect there's plenty of 'telemetry' going on behind the 
> > > scenes, not wholly inappropriate for a preview version.
> > >
> > > e) I can't tell yet about speed and performance, too little usage, 
> > > but it boots kind of slow but seems ok otherwise.
> > >
> > > I suspect there are fixes for some of the problems; feel convinced I 
> > > could improve the display if I could get good drivers.
> > >
> > > > I will be looking at adding some menu background graphics [via 
> > > > Firefox's options]. But in the original default install, the 
> > > > "window's" look and feel is not good. It just does not look as well 
> > > > as it did when I had the system running Win7.
> > >
> > > I concur with the above (limited experience with Win7); didn't know 
> > > about Firefox supplying background graphics?
> > >
> > > f.


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