On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 07:01:40 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 7/20/2017 5:09 AM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:33:14 -0400, Alex wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:

In the process of setting up a new computer. Using the old laptop in
the meantime. I forgot what a pain in the ass it is to update, set
all your preferences, etc. Right now it's updating Win 10 and has
been at it for a while.

Got an HP "all in one". 27" screen for my aging eyes, Pentium I-7, and
I forget all the rest. Hopefully I'll get all my passwords, etc.,
transferred before the old, 9 year old laptop gives up the ghost.

I was a little nervous about making the transition from Win 7 to Win
10 so I spent almost an hour at the store playing with it. Not as bad
as I feared. I was concerned because I remember playing with a
computer that had Win 8 on it and it was horrible.


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The the monitor dies on and all-in-one, can you hook up an external
monitor to move your data from it?

Thank God for Google (and Al Gore, of course):

But don't worry, you can output video through the USB ports on your HP all-in-one desktop! ...
Connect your computer to the USB to Video Adapter with your USB cable. Connect an HDMI, DVI-D or DVI
to VGA cable from the USB to Video Adapter to your second monitor.
HP All-In-One Desktop Secondary Monitor Setup - DataPro
https://www.datapro.net/techinfo/hp_...d_monitor.html

Hope it helps.


If the monitor ever dies I'll just try hooking up another monitor or
even a flat panel TV via the HDMI connection. Hopefully it will still work.

That's how I've been using my HP laptop for years. I have a 23 inch
flat panel LED TV on a shelf just above my desk hooked up to it via
HDMI. The laptop display is turned off. Works great.

I suppose if the video driver or electronics craps out it probably won't
work. But, I've yet to have a display die. Usually it's the hard drive.

I think the new one is up and running ok although I have one minor
problem logging into my Yahoo account using the new Microsoft browser in
Win 10. It won't accept my password and keeps going to a goofy "I am
not a robot" routine. I downloaded and installed Firefox on it and it
works just fine, accepting the password and logging me into the Yahoo
account. I'll figure it out eventually. This is the first time in 9
years that I've gone through the commissioning process of a new
computer, except for the time I had the I-Mac for a while. Win 10 has
certainly made the process much easier.

Here's another. I haven't gone to the registry to stop Cortana, yet. But I will do so when we return
from this next camping trip. In the meantime I've gone to the Cortana settings and turned everything
off. Type 'Cortana and Search Settings' in the search box in the lower let corner of screen. Then
shut everything off.