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Smivs, I find what you said useful.

The icons on my desktop are folders and files, not (mostly) applications. So they couldn't be replaced by a dock or panel or launcher. Still, I hadn't thought of using multiple desktops and just having one 'fence' worth of icons on each. That's a good idea. But I do think my 'fences' look nice. Here's a partial, and slightly fuzzy I'm afraid, screenshot: http://imgur.com/z3q4Q2X (I've forgotton how to do linked images properly . .)

By the way: Cody and any others who are having trouble with Windows Update not . . doing updates, you might want to give the relevant repair function of the 'Tweaking.com Windows Repair' tool a go. I can't attest to that fix working but, as a whole, I find that the tool seems to have got quite good in recent months. I wouldn't run all its fixes willy-nilly, though . . (especially the ones to do with permissions).

The tool is available here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details ... epair.html

Cody wrote:

I intend to upgrade it from W7 to WX before the free offer expires...

Windows 10 is somewhat annoying - and ugly! Classic Shell will be installed soon, methinks - Win7 is so easy on the eye.

i find win 10 better than win 8.1 but i must advise to run something like spybot's anti beacon software to disable most if not all of the telemetry that win 10 sends back to MS....

Yeah, I've been looking into disabling telemetry - makes me angry, all that mierda!

It makes me angry too - so angry, in fact, that, I won't use 10, though admittedly UI problems and lack of control over updates are factors too.

updates can be controlled as well.. just a quick google will reveal all.

I think many fixes only work with Pro and Enterprise/Education editions - those with Home have less control.

anti beacon works with all versions of win 10 , and i think the win update was a registry key added or changed. cant remember it was 6 months ago.

Conclusion: I do not like WX - too ugly, too controlling!

takes some getting used to..lol
the missus just upgraded on her main PC and not too happy with it but after offering to roll back to win 7 shes determined to get used to it..

Had to set some of her Craft programs to win 7 compatibility mode....

After three weeks, it's back to the Win7 machine - so much nicer, both the OS and the machine.
With any luck, I'll get my desk re-assembled (and the joystick operational) this week too.

i am used to it now. its a lot more like win 7 than 8 or 8.1 ever was. once you go through and disable services you dont want its quite fine. basically stopping the same services that i did in win 7.
my biggest niggle with it is the persistant use of the word "app" . i really hate that. i run programs and game programs NOT bloody "apps". this is a PC not a damn ipad!!!

off to google if i can change the text in the start menu from all apps to all programs.......

EDIT : damn useless logitech G11 keyboard.. keeps missing the "e's"

I'll stick with Win7 - unless I find a need for DirectX 12, of course. Unlikely, but you never know.

I found that if you stick Classic Shell on any Win8/8.1/10 system and you almost have everything that was good about Win7 with everything that's good about the later releases.