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|    Ed Vance to Holger Granholm    |
|    Re: Windows settings    |
|    04 Nov 16 21:46:00    |
      11-02-16 13:25 Holger Granholm wrote to Roger Nelson about Re: Windows settings       Howdy! Holger and Roger,               HG> @MSGID: <581C6595.15013.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>        HG> In a message on Monday 10-29-16 Roger Nelson said to Holger        HG> Granholm:               HG> Hi Roger,               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.               HG> I tried to find "system", "about" and "version" without        HG> results. Next day I clicked the icon named 'system' on the        HG> splash screen, and there I found 'about' at the end of the        HG> list.               HG> It showed the version to be: 1607, ie. the update. I checked        HG> again the contents of the Windows Upgrade Assistant, and found        HG> a couple of text files dated oct.11 2016, apparently telling        HG> the date of the upgrade.               HG> That happens to be the date that killed my access to Facebook        HG> oct.12th. I haven't got it working since then.               RN> I believe the one before that was 1533, but I could be wrong. It        RN> was 15-something, however. (-:              I clicked on a Link in this article by Woody Leonhard:              https://www.askwoody.com/2016/woodys-win10tip-block-forced       -updates-in-windows-10/              The Link took me to:              http://www.infoworld.com/article/3138088/microsoft-windows/       woodys-win10tip-block-forced-win10-updates.html              As I was reading the article in that Link I thought of You       and Roger talking about Windows 10 when I saw in Step 1       there was a Link to learn what version of Windows 10       is being used on a computer.              Here's the Link:              http://www.infoworld.com/article/3136336/microsoft-windows/       woodys-win10tip-how-to-figure-out-your-windows-10-version.html              I Hope these Links/URL's help.              Also in Woody's article on askwoody.com (above), He had another       Link to an article on this website:              https://4sysops.com/archives/disable-updates-in-windows-10       -1607-anniversary-update-using-group-policy/              *I edited all of the URLs to fit on two lines in this message.*              73 de Ed W9ODR              ... With One click on the Mouse or Keyboard - ZAP! BOOM! - an Error happened.       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50       --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux        * Origin: CCO BBS - capcity2.synchro.net - 1-502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1)    |
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