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   Roger Nelson to Holger Granholm   
   Windows settings   
   04 Nov 16 11:13:25   
   
   On Wed Nov-02-2016 13:25, Holger Granholm (2:20/228) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    HG> In a message on Monday 10-29-16 Roger Nelson said to Holger   
    HG> Granholm:    
      
   Hej,   
      
    HG> I read an article, in a puter magazine of course, about an   
    HG> anniversary upgrade to Win10, .......   
      
   RN> Simple enough to find out.  Click Start > Settings > System > scroll   
   RN> down the left pane to About and click on it.  If you have the   
   RN> anniversary update, it will show 1607, just like it shows on my   
   RN> tearline below.   
      
    HG> When I read 'pane' I interpret it to window. What I got after   
    HG> clicking Settings >, was a splash covering most of the screen.   
      
   Sorry.  I should have put column there instead of 'pane'.   
      
    HG> I tried to find "system", "about" and "version" without results.   
    HG> Next day I clicked the icon named 'system' on the splash screen,   
    HG> and there I found 'about' at the end of the list.   
      
   Great!   
      
    HG> It showed the version to be: 1607, ie. the update. I checked again   
    HG> the contents of the Windows Upgrade Assistant, and found a couple   
    HG> of text files dated oct.11 2016, apparently telling the date of the   
    HG> upgrade.    
      
   I didn't go that far, but I still wonder why that icon is on the desktop.   
      
    HG> That happens to be the date that killed my access to Facebook   
    HG> oct.12th. I haven't got it working since then.   
      
   Wow!   
      
   RN> I believe the one before that was 1533, but I could be wrong.  It   
   RN> was 15-something, however.  (-:   
      
    HG> Yes it was apparently 1511. I started up the laptop, and before   
    HG> doing anything else, I checked the 'about', and it showed 1511. You   
    HG> may have done an upgrade after that, to have it show 1533.   
      
   Yes, I remember now.  It was 1511.  Thanks.   
      
    HG> I then started up the WiFi, and was shown that Windows had an   
    HG> upgrade. It didn't ask me if it should apply it, but started   
    HG> downloading that immeadetely, and applied it at once.   
      
   I'll look into that.   
      
    HG> After that, when clicking Start > and Settings >, I do now get what   
    HG> I would call a 'window' (pane) on the left, that now makes me more   
    HG> confused, than the previous 'splash screen', with the various   
    HG> icons.    
      
    HG> OTOH, Facebook seems to work on that machine, despite the fact that   
    HG> I have never used, nor logged in to FB before with it. But of   
    HG> course, the user is the same, as well as the email address.   
      
   I have a FB account, but I didn't get out while the getting was good.  I   
   haven't logged into it in a few years -- probably 4.  I was talked into   
   getting a FB account by a Russian concert pianist and her husband who now live   
   in Baden-Baden, Germany.   
      
    HG> Have a nice day,   
      
   You too.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)   
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