On 18 Dec 2021 at 08:19:04 GMT, "Indy Jess John"
<bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:

> On 17/12/2021 23:22, Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°2¹ + wrote:
>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>> On 17/12/2021 in message<j239g5Fm020U2@mid.individual.net> Flyiñg Ñuñ
>>> 2°2¹ + wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a 'Windows
>>>> 10 for Dummies winging it's way here from Amazon to make my task a
>>>> little easier.
>>>
>>> Windows 10 is pretty similar to previous versions, that was always the
>>> selling point of Windows, use one version and you can use them all,
>>> find your way round one app you can find your way round them all.
>>> It's mostly true, the stuff that is now more hidden is more nerd
>>> territory so may not be too much of an issue.
>>>
>>> If you want it to be even more like older versions then Open Shell is
>>> the answer:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
>>>
>>> It's the modern version of Classic Shell and is a Yorkshireman's
>>> favourite price :-)
>>
>> But rather than a step from Windows10 to Windows11 I'm making a gigantic
>> leap from Windows XP to Windows 10. Still I'm making baby steps at the
>> moment. Now got my AVG Internet Security installed on 'Tosh' too. As I
>> already was using a multi-device version I sort of get it for free.
>> Also, since Nettie came home she's been able to show most of the
>> websites she stopped connecting to before, So almost back to normal,
>> but compared to 'Tosh' she's so slow.
>
> Could you add extra memory? That can make quite a difference.
> https://uk.crucial.com/store/systemscanner will tell you what is
> currently installed and identify possible upgrades.
>
> It doesn't install anything on your computer when you run it.
>
Replacing the spinny disk with an ssd is the only guaranteed way to speed it
up.
--
A closed mouth gathers no foot.

Ray wrote:
> On 18 Dec 2021 at 08:19:04 GMT, "Indy Jess John"
> <bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17/12/2021 23:22, Flyi�g �u� 2�2� + wrote:
>>> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>> On 17/12/2021 in message<j239g5Fm020U2@mid.individual.net> Flyi�g
>>>> �u� 2�2� + wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a 'Windows
>>>>> 10 for Dummies winging it's way here from Amazon to make my task a
>>>>> little easier.
>>>>
>>>> Windows 10 is pretty similar to previous versions, that was always
>>>> the selling point of Windows, use one version and you can use them
>>>> all, find your way round one app you can find your way round them
>>>> all. It's mostly true, the stuff that is now more hidden is more
>>>> nerd territory so may not be too much of an issue.
>>>>
>>>> If you want it to be even more like older versions then Open Shell
>>>> is the answer:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
>>>>
>>>> It's the modern version of Classic Shell and is a Yorkshireman's
>>>> favourite price :-)
>>>
>>> But rather than a step from Windows10 to Windows11 I'm making a
>>> gigantic leap from Windows XP to Windows 10. Still I'm making baby
>>> steps at the moment. Now got my AVG Internet Security installed on
>>> 'Tosh' too. As I already was using a multi-device version I sort
>>> of get it for free. Also, since Nettie came home she's been able
>>> to show most of the websites she stopped connecting to before, So
>>> almost back to normal, but compared to 'Tosh' she's so slow.
>>
>> Could you add extra memory? That can make quite a difference.
>> https://uk.crucial.com/store/systemscanner will tell you what is
>> currently installed and identify possible upgrades.
>>
>> It doesn't install anything on your computer when you run it.
>>
> Replacing the spinny disk with an ssd is the only guaranteed way to
> speed it up.
>
'Tosh' already has an SSD and not a 'spinny' disk and don't think it's
worth trying to find an SSD that'll fit ageing Nettie.
--
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On 18/12/2021 08:40, Ray wrote:

>>> Also, since Nettie came home she's been able to show most of the
>>> websites she stopped connecting to before, So almost back to normal,
>>> but compared to 'Tosh' she's so slow.
>>
>> Could you add extra memory? That can make quite a difference.
>> https://uk.crucial.com/store/systemscanner will tell you what is
>> currently installed and identify possible upgrades.
>>
>> It doesn't install anything on your computer when you run it.
>>
> Replacing the spinny disk with an ssd is the only guaranteed way to speed it
> up.

This is FN we are trying to help. Also Nettie is a single disc machine,
so it can either have the spinning disc installed or the SSD but not
both. I don't know the insides of Nettie, but some netbooks make it
easy to remove the hard drive and some are fiendishly complicated.

Transferring everything from a spinning disc to an SSD is not as simple
as it sounds. I tried using the utility that came with the SSD, and it
appeared to be doing what it was supposed to, and an hour or so later it
told me it had completed OK. When I physically swapped the discs over,
it wouldn't boot!

I ended up putting the spinning disc back, creating a disc image on a
USB connected hard drive, then creating a recovery DVD. I then swapped
the spinning disc for the SSD, booted from the recovery DVD and restored
the disc image from the DVD onto the SSD. However, I am a bit more
computer literate than many, and I wouldn't suggest that method to
anyone not confident they could carry it out unsupervised.

Memory upgrade is the next best thing, and it is usually worth doing.
The utility I pointed to is clever enough to know the maximum memory
capability of any given system it is run on. I put a copy on a pen
drive, so that I can run it on any machine without having to download it
each time.

Jim