Forum Home | Log in | Signup | My Page | Rules | FAQ | Boards | Members | Search
« GRITZ Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

Re: Windows 11

By: De_Composed in GRITZ | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 09 Nov 25 2:37 PM | 23 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 13749 of 13754
(This msg. is a reply to 13748 by Zimbler0)
Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

Zimbler0:

Re: “And the only thing I do on the danged thing IS my taxes.”Do you recall what beefs you had with it?

As I said, I had to fix things. At the very start, I turned off OneDrive, buried Microsoft Edge and installed the OS shell that makes Windows 11 look and feel like Windows 7. I made right-clicking on an icon return the same choices that were given under Windows 10. I moved the "Start" button into the lower left corner. There may have been some other things I did that I've forgotten, but the system is now very similar to how it was under Windows 10 - and not wildly different from how it was under Windows 7.

With Dragon Naturally Speaking gone I had to learn how to use Voice Access and Windows Speech Recognition. I also had to write a menu driven template-to-clipboard loader. That works extremely well and runs whenever I type Ctrl-Alt-P.

Copilot - which is free and unlimited - is the best thing since sliced bread. Without it, I guess I'd have to start paying for Grok or Chat GPT, 'cuz for me there's no going back to life without AI.

I'm not a Luddite. I never have been. I like change that make sense. But I detest change that is for change's sake or is for someone else's benefit. At this point, I'd say the changes brought about by Windows 11 have been a net benefit to me. In fact, there's no question of it. The last time a comparable improvement was introduced was when internet browsers came along. But YMMV. I'm doing a lot of interesting coding nowadays. Copilot made that possible.






 - - - - -
View Replies (1) »



» You can also:
- - - - -
The above is a reply to the following message:
Re: Windows 11
By: Zimbler0 in GRITZ
Sun, 09 Nov 25 12:44 PM 		Msg. 13748 of 13754

Decomposed > If you folks aren't using 11, be forewarned that 2026 Turbo Tax reportedly will not work on Windows 10.


I think . .
It was two years ago now that I learned turbo tax would NOT work with 32 bit windoze 10.

So I was forced to 'invest' in a windoze 11 box. And the only thing I do on the danged thing IS my taxes.

I also learned that the 'new tech' involves a teeny tiny hard drive about the size of a USB stick which looks like a teeny tiny circuit board which is bolted on to the mother board. Fortunately, the darned thing does have SATA plugs internal.

Zim.

« GRITZ Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next