[Framers] Fw: Windows 10 "hijacked" my computer

[Ken Poshedly]

(Missed "Reply-all" and forgot to send this to the list as well.)
-- Ken

     On Friday, April 29, 2016 3:42 PM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net> wrote:
 
 

 Thanks Rob,
Like I said, I'm running FM10, and NOT FM2015. And I don't have the bucks to spring for that either.

I've been a "Framer" since 1998 when I learned and used FM 5.5.6, then version 7, then 7.1, then 8, then 10 (at home) and now version 11 at my office.
All comments aside from various others that everything after FM8 is unstable, FM10 has so far been fine on my platform.
And now on to the great unexplored wilderness (for me) of Windows 10 . . . 

-- Ken
 

    On Friday, April 29, 2016 3:31 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
 
 

 Windows 7 64-bit with 8GB, Windows 10 should be relatively smooth,
though some drivers might break. If you're running FrameMaker 2015
with all updates maybe it would work without tweaking. I'd make a full
backup before trying.

FM 2015 update 1 was the first version to officially support Windows
10, and I've read of numerous problems with older versions.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com> wrote:
> Yeah, that download thing is evil. Last year I had a PC that started
> acting like it was out of disk space even though Windows showed it
> having 10-15% free. Eventually I discovered that there was a hidden
> directory containing the Windows 10 upgrade installer. Which I had not
> signed up for, and which that PC was perhaps not capable of running.
>
> Which version of Windows are you currently running, is it 32-bit or
> 64-bit, and how much memory do you have?
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Well, Gang, Windows 10 wants me and it wants me NOW!
>>
>> Some months ago, I signed up for the free offer of Windows 10 for installation at MY convenience.
>>
>> Early this morning when I check the home desktop, Windows 10 had apparently self-installed overnight. (I usually leave the platform on all night.)
>>
>> I rebooted and when prompted with the Windows 10 EULA (end-user license agreement), I declined. Windows 10 said it would then  "reinstall my Windows 7".
>>
>> I didn't have time to wait for it so I let it do its own thing and left for my office; I'll see how things played out when I get home tonight.
>>
>> Two questions:
>> 1. Regarding FrameMaker (I'm running FM10), am I facing any operational or other problems or must I reinstall it? If so, that might be a problem because I didn't "de-activate" my second license. (One is on the desktop and one is on a laptop.)
>>
>> 2. Am I facing any general problems with Windows 10?