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- I just can stand it when someone doesn't use braces in IF statements:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
bool isTrue = false;
if (isTrue)
Console.WriteLine("line1") ;
Console.WriteLine("line2");
Console.WriteLine("line3");
Console.ReadLine();
} - XAML where the code is all on one line! (This is all on one line!)
<Button x:Name="cmd5" Style="{StaticResource MetroButton}" Content="Remove" RenderTransformOrigin="0.438,2.667" IsDefault="True" Click="cmdRemove_Click" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Margin="0" Width="66" VerticalAlignment="Center" Visibility="Collapsed"/> - First brace not on a new line:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
bool isTrue = false;
if (isTrue) {
Console.WriteLine("line1");
}
Console.WriteLine("line2");
Console.WriteLine("line3");
Console.ReadLine();
}
What bugs you when you see someone else's code?
In theory, theory and practice are the same. But in practice, they never are.β
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
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Quote: The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the peopleβs history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.
1984.
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"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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It's likely to quietly steal your talent (11)
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It's likely to
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your talent ABILITY
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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My PC is getting old and starting to behave strangely - Windows 10 updates don't, can't get stuff from Microsoft Store, preview panel in File Explorer not showing images, and a raft of other issues which make me (after weeks of trying to solve it) think about an upgrade. The hardware isn't up to Windows 11 and I'd like to move to it.
Problem - I don't want to reinstall all my apps - probably can't for many of them, old software I still use from time to time but can't remember how I installed it. Besides I have memories of when I built this machine and the many, many months it took before it was just how I like it.
Also, my very large HDDs are just fine, I have no reason to change the GPU, and most other components are fine.
The plan, which I suspect I will rue, is to buy a case, MB, 32GB RAM, CPU, 2TB M2 SSD and power supply plus a copy of Windows 11. Then clone my Win 10 SSD to the new one and see if I can navigate my way through the hardware changes after boot. Then upgrade to Win 11 using the new licence.
Has anyone ever tried this? If it won't work I think I will keep using the machine as it is, I'm in my seventies and probably deteriorating faster than it is.
All help appreciated.
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Macrium Reflect has a free option to clone drives.
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I'm pretty sure that will work - but why not ask MS? Thier tech support isn't too bad, and it's got to be a problem they have seen before!
But ... what you describe sounds like software issues, not hardware - so migrating your apps into an upgrade OS may not cure it. Indeed, an upgrade is likely to keep all the odd settings which are annoying you! I'd be tempted to just do a clean instal then add the old SSD to the new machine and migrate all the data. Means reinstalling all the apps, but provided you log in with the same MS ID you should have fall access to the drive and your data.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thanks, you are probably right, but reinstalling all the apps is a daunting task. As an example, I still use some software which was originally installed using floppies. At the time I had a floppy drive on a spare machine so I was able to create a CD which I managed to get to work as install media. I no longer have anything with a floppy drive, have probably lost the discs anyway and the CD will have vanished.
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You can still buy USB floppy drives on FleaBay, and they are pretty cheap. May not last long, but could be enough if you have the originals and they haven't degraded too badly.
If you do, you could probably create a mountable image of each disk in Macrium / AOMEI which could let you swap them as if the actual floppy disk was installed. Haven't tried it - I haven't even looked at a floppy in several decades!
What software was it?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: I haven't even looked at a floppy in several decades! Just the opposite for me. 
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Little blue pill time?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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As OriginalGriff says, it sounds like your problems are more software than hardware.
If you are determined to upgrade to Windows 11 on new hardware, I would follow his advice. If your computer's speed, memory size, disk space, etc. is adequate for your needs, I would suggest making a backup of everything on an external drive, then reinstalling Windows 10 and any applications that you use from scratch. You may find that this alone will cure many issues that are the result of botched installs, etc.
Unless you are doing high-performance computing, video editing, high-level gaming, or some such, it is likely that your current computer is powerful enough for your needs. An i5 with 8GB of ram and a 256GB SDD drive is more than sufficient for most office tasks, watching videos, internet surfing, etc.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I connect to my Windows 8 machine (from Windows 10) if I want to run stuff that can't migrate off the old machine. (Or I can't be bothered).
I also use mainly external drives that can easily be moved around. The only things I put on "C:" are those things that won't install on any other drive.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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What he said ^. And apart from keeping your old PC to use with old software, you can also use VMWare to create a VM of your old computer that you can keep forever.
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My laptop is almost 5 years old. What you are describing is the same thing I suffer from - MS update rot. Even if you were to clone your drive over, you would still have the rot.
What you need is a clean install.
If this is for development, get something juiced out to handle virtual machines.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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I would just install Windows 11 "raw" on the new machine and then reinstall your applications there followed by copying your files. You have a corrupted version of Windows 10 - don't try to upgrade from it as you'll have nothing but problems with Windows 11 as a result.
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I recall the story of a newbie radio announcer scheduled to play that track. He was terrified that he'd mispronounce "Rimsky-Korsakoff" so practiced for a week until it rolled off his tongue.
Come the fateful moment, and he introduced
Rimsky-Korsakoff's well known piece, "The Bite of the Flumble Bee."
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Even with our typing speeds, we introduce so many bugs. Just imagine how much more are likely to be introduced by such a fast typer
Can we say that "The slower the coder in typing, the better the code"?
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