Month: October 2016

Classic Shell gets a reprieve.. and other stuff

By Mike

This is good to see. After a major update, Windows 10 no longer kicks CS to the kerb, choosing instead to reconfigure it instead.  Thank you for listening.. One of my other major gripes is the proliferation of ads on websites. This is NOT going to get any better, can only get worse. There are now some places on the Internet to which I NEVER go. I flatly refuse to wait seemingly forever while all of the crap loads into a page, and a lot of it is just that… CRAP. In marketing, if one gets three positive responses for … Continue reading Classic Shell gets a reprieve.. and other stuff

A general update..

By Mike

I haven’t been very active here recently, or in the  Microsoft forums. I don’t feel any excitement anymore and have had enough of people whinging about Windows 10. To some degree, my lack of interest is as much down to health issues as anything, with me re-assessing priorities after having recovered from one cancer to then be told that I have another.  It never ends, just like the Windows 10 haters don’t seem to be able to give it up. Windows 10 breathed new life into my little Toshiba netbook, and for that  am eternally grateful. It received a new battery … Continue reading A general update..