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• Should we rush to install Windows 11?

  Posted on December 6, 2021 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Susan Bradley

  The other day, a reader took me to task for my doom-and-gloom perspective about Windows 11.

  He said he was on the Windows Insider program on the developer channel and that he’d had no issues whatsoever using Windows 11. He said he’d “installed 11 on 2 towers and 2 laptops and [that] he had a brand-new tower and immediately installed 11 on it the day it was delivered.” He added that he’d not had any issues on any of the machines he had installed it on.

  He also thought we were Chicken Little, claiming the sky was falling.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.47.0 (2021-12-06).

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• Considerations migrating from Win7 to Win10

  Posted on September 9, 2019 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  UPGRADING

  By Susan Bradley

  With time winding down on Windows 7 support, more than a few users of that venerable OS are looking for some upgrade clarity.

  Top-of-mind for many Win7 users is how painful it’ll be moving to Windows 10. Are in-place upgrades still legal? Does Microsoft care? Can I migrate to Win10 and keep my current setup? Is it free?

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.32.0 (2019-09-09).

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• What does digital transformation mean for small business?

  Posted on August 26, 2019 at 01:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTING

  By Amy Babinchak

  While attending a recent conference, I sat in on a session about digital transformation. But it proved disappointing — the speaker’s discussion was limited to moving local servers into a data center.

  That’s not what digital transformation means. Digital transformation is about modernizing your business processes for better customer experiences and improving productivity. When boiled down to its essence, a digital makeover is about taking an old business and making it new again.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.30.0 (2019-08-26).

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• Moving to Win10: Apps lost and found

  Posted on June 17, 2019 at 02:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  Migrating from one OS to another always entails a process of discovery — or rediscovery.

  Much of that learning phase is working out what’s new, what’s changed, and what’s disappeared. If you’re transitioning from Windows 7 (or even from early versions of Win10) to Windows 10, we’re here to help make that task easier.

  Out today in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.22.0.

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