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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 11 Feb 2015, 06:53 ---I just ... fail to see the logic in this thing. I also sometimes fail to see the actual clickable things to end a program.
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It's designed for touch screens. If you want "normal" usage, Start8 is your friend (there are free alternatives, but hey, for $5 you get the original and supported version).
BeoPuppy:
Ah, that's it, no touchy-feely monitor on the desktop.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 11 Feb 2015, 06:55 ---
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Feb 2015, 06:53 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Feb 2015, 06:48 ---I love that the plans are to skip 9 and go right to 10, probably denoted as Windows X...
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From what I've read, it seems the reason they skipped 9 is that poorly-written software tended to confuse it for Windows 95/98.
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Untrue, but whatever.
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You could just correct him :P
Masterpiece:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 11 Feb 2015, 06:55 ---
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Feb 2015, 06:53 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Feb 2015, 06:48 ---I love that the plans are to skip 9 and go right to 10, probably denoted as Windows X...
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From what I've read, it seems the reason they skipped 9 is that poorly-written software tended to confuse it for Windows 95/98.
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Untrue, but whatever.
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Let me elaborate. If a "poorly written software" asks for the Windows OS version, it will probably use the oldest still supported API call that exists for that task, namely GetVersion.
Thing is, that API call is depreciated and not supposed to be used. But idiots persist and so GetVersion is still supported, it just works differently than expected. Instead of returning the OS you're working on, it will check the Application manifest for supported OS versions and returns the value it finds there. If no application manifest exists, it will return Windows XP. The operating system lies to the application, if necessary, just so the application doesn't do anything stupid (like deciding it can't run because the OS version is too high), because most apps written for lower OS versions work fine for higher OS versions (and if they don't, there's still compatibility modes).
Masterpiece:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 11 Feb 2015, 07:12 ---
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 11 Feb 2015, 06:55 ---
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 11 Feb 2015, 06:53 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Feb 2015, 06:48 ---I love that the plans are to skip 9 and go right to 10, probably denoted as Windows X...
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From what I've read, it seems the reason they skipped 9 is that poorly-written software tended to confuse it for Windows 95/98.
--- End quote ---
Untrue, but whatever.
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You could just correct him :P
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I was gonna, you just ninja'd me.
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