Windows = Pants

[M107]

I chuffing hate computers...............

Now my lads laptop with Win8 is giving  "failure configuring windows updates reverting changes do not turn off your computer"

I've done the waiting for it to go through it's process, but when it restarts it just brings up the same failure notification.

Anybody know a fix?

 

[Steve3948]

Is this 8 to 8.1 or just a failed update ?

It should after a couple reboots revert to where it was before update.

 

[M107]

Well I've got it going again, it eventually rebooted after going round in a loop for an hour!

It's windows 8 Steve.

 

[steptoe]

msl:

Im saying nothing,,,,,,,,

 

[steptoe]

you know what,

one of these days I am going to run some of this OSX stuff and see just how much they have messed up Linux,  :slap

 

[Steve3948]

Well I've been using Acronis every week for years, never had a problem. 

Disk image every Saturday, a recover takes about 25 minutes for 30gb.

 

[M107]

You are all talking gobbledegook  to me.

The thing is, the kids need windows to do the school work. So can home work that's done using say Lynux mint then work on a MS system at school & vice versa?

 

[steptoe]

well i do all my invoices certs etc using Ubuntu and openoffice/libreoffice and i have never had anyone say they cant open them.

 

[steptoe]

you can get openoffice/libreoffice for windows too AFAIAA, 

 

[M107]

Ok I shall have a play as I have set an old laptop up with mint.

Cheers fellas.....................................there will be more questions I'm sure.

 

[steptoe]

That defeats the object though doesnt it ?

but dont you have to pay for windows office?  :C

 

[steptoe]

load Ubuntu 12.xx up on it - Well good

Set up a crashed Windows laptop on that last weekend for a friend of the misses with no funds - she's a proper moaner - have not heard back so all must be good

if its Maria tell her I am available for any help she needs, 

as for the 2nd bit, how do YOU know? 

 

[steptoe]

No its someone called Karly

Cos i went camping with her, the hubby and the kids in the summer

And i got lets say embroiled

They are professional drinkers (her and hubby) and smokers

I was completely wasted at 2am - they were up at 6am right as rain (and ps i can down a few…)

I digress……..

msl:

 

[OnOff]

When my son started secondary school we found the old Office 2003 on his pc had a few issues with the stuff he was doing at school, on I think Office 2010. A bit more than just the .doc/.docx compatibility. I got the then latest Office for Windows from here (lets you install on two machines) - actually a site his school directed us to though they have no affiliation as such:

http://www.software4students.co.uk/

We used Open Office as a "stop gap" until we got him the latest MS Office. I just felt he wants to come home and jump straight onto doing his homework with something he's used to.

Open Office btw runs fine on Windows - I use it on a works Win 7 pc that only has MS Office Starter which is dire.