Windows 10 - for Dye Sub Businesses - Urgent

By J. Stephen Spence

WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL WINDOWS 10 UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS BLOG!  One of the blogs I check almost every day for information is called Graphics Unleashed. It is a source of information about computers, software and CorelDRAW in particular. They offer a lot of free fonts and report about what software works and what doesn’t.The following is a quote from Foster Colburn III, owner of the Graphics Unleashed website: “Just prior to the release of Windows 10, I wrote Is Your Computer Ready For Windows 10? In that post, I explained I would be waiting a month or two before I attempted an install to make sure any bad bugs were worked out. It is just over a week since it was released and one really bad bug has emerged. You’ll find the details in Windows 10 upgrade bug makes some PCs unusable. In short, the install on some machines stalls and on reboot the computer gives a message “missing operating system.” It seems this bug only affects a small number of users. I don’t want to be one of them so I’ll await word that the problem has been resolved before I attempt an install. I’ll first test the install on my laptop as I could survive without it. Only after it works successfully will I attempt on install on the desktop machines I use regularly. I’ve also had some users ask me if specific software works on Windows 10. The short answer, I don’t know since I’ve yet to install it. I did have one user report that the menus at the top of CorelDRAW X4 did not work correctly after installing Windows 10. This could be limited to this user or it could affect all users. Before you attempt an install, make sure all of your data is backed up and proceed carefully. I also think it is smart to wait another month or two.” So, the word is, if you are tempted to install Windows 10 on your computer(s), you are doing so at YOUR OWN RISK. Most computers upgrade without a problem, but what if yours is one that doesn’t? If and when I upgrade mine, I will have multiple backups ready just in case. Like Foster, I think I’ll wait awhile before upgrading my Windows Operating System – besides, I’ve just now gotten used to XP ;)