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Microsoft helps pay for my mortgage, 2 cars, etc. They have been doing this for me for over 15 years now, I think. So, although I can relate to an extent, with your frustration for Microsoft, I can't kick them to the curb so easily.
Edit: I don't work for Microsoft, but I make a living with their stack.
modified 8-Jul-16 9:17am.
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I have been making a living using Microsoft stack for over 20 years, but that doesn't mean I have to waste my time dealing with their crap at home. I have been using Linux at home since 2006 and smile every time I install updates and it doesn't take more than 3 minutes and doesn't require a reboot and it updates ALL my software, not just the software from one company.
I let the company I work for pay for the time MS software wastes and enjoy my own time.
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I don't seem to have as many issues with Microsoft products as others seem to have. I have problems and frustrations, just not as much as others. Not enough for me to invest the time/$ to go elsewhere, even for personal use.
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Hi Roger,
My empathies for the "software hell" you are traveling through.
Based on OriginalGriff's recommendation, I started using the free AOMEI backup/restore, and upgraded to the paid version when it was on special. Works flawlessly. However, I have yet to tackle the upgrade to the ten-beast.
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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I bought the full version recommended by Griff, as I think it is an excellent tool. When the CD arrives, I'll use it to transfer whatever files I can recover, but I fear that a decade of purchased and free software is now lost. Oddly enough, I still have the disks to install VC++ 1.6, as I throw away nothing. But I'll miss AutoCAD and ESRI ARCInfo, both of which cost more than my net worth. Maybe I can get by with Turbo Pascal 5.5, since I still have the original floppy disks. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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You know you are not forced to use Windows 10. I still have a box with Windows 7 on it.
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Hi Roger,
I think Scott Hanselman may have had you in mind when he wrote this recent blog post: [^].
consolations, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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If you can get your contacts exported into CSV format, you can import that into your Google contacts. I did so (somewhat) recently when I switched ROMs on my phone. You have to switch to the old contacts layout (the feature is absent in the new one,) and you'll have to fiddle with the column names (they aren't super intuitive, and do not match what they use for export...) but, with a little time and patience it is workable.
If you're interested and can't figure it out, ask, and I'll see if I can find where I went to do it again; memory is a bit rusty on it at the moment.
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Thank you, Kyle. I'll check it out, and if I need help, I'll be in touch! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I just got an e-mail from a moron and/or recruiter - Oracle Developer - £0.00 pa
Salaries are just way too high these days 
veni bibi saltavi
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I thought being a moron was an essential skill of being a successful recruiter.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Maybe they've just familiar with your previous work? 
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He looking for someone who loves developing and does it not for the money. 
Wise strategy...
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I got an email from a recruiter that said I was a perfect fit for, and I kid you not, a Dentist Receptionist.
Even with random word matches on my CV I still can't figure out how I got on the distribution list!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Bloody idiots, any fewl knos it is Dental Receptionist
veni bibi saltavi
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Picky picky picky!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Well using computers to search for patient records / coding complex solutions to store and find said patient records. It's all the same right?
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I got phoned by an agency that specialised in technical positions. The job she wanted me for was a Motor Mechanic. I told her I didn't know anything about cars. She said but your CV says you're an Engineer but you don't know anything about Engines? She then scoffed at me.
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Baahaaa!
"Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." ~ Garth Algar
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Oh dear gods. I guess she knew a lot about lack of characteristics, lack of knowledge and female dogs.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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You should have tastefully replied:
' . . . and you're supposed to be a recruiter but certainly don't know sh^t about recruiting'
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Maybe they know that getting decent code is like pulling teeth. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Write back:
I'm thinking of my hand, balled to a fist and only one finger is pointing out. Guess which finger.
Kitty at my foot and I waAAAant to touch it...
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lol, email merge fail. It's like when I get spam email from dating sites:
Dear Username, I saw your profile....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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