Fred's Ramblings

For the past year, I have been getting notices to update my Windows 10 system to Windows 11 but I kept delaying it because I was concerned that everything I have on my laptop would be lost in the event the update went wrong. Yes, I could have backed up my laptop but that became a daunting task when I looked at everything that I would want to back up. I realize that I have to have a better back up system in place.

Not too long ago, I took one of my son’s old laptops which was running Windows 10, upgraded the RAM from 8 GB to 16 GB, and updated the system to Windows 11. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was once I figured out what was causing an error message I kept getting. Since that update went so well, a few days ago I decided to update my everyday laptop to Windows 11. With my fingers crossed, I had the system download the Windows 11 files (about 5.4 GB) and once downloaded, I asked to install it.

To my great surprise, everything went so smoothly that I could not believe it. It took quite a while to download the files, but the installation process itself took about 30 minutes and I now have a laptop running Windows 11. I am in the process of learning the new system and I haven’t discovered any problems…I like what I see. So, if you are debating whether you should update, by all means do so, you will be glad you did.

I came across this blog which has been dormant for quite a while. The Blog was shut down because it was getting a lot of bots hitting it and making it unusable. Since it’s been offline for almost two years, I thought I would get it back in circulation. One of the features is that I wanted to see if it still sends out email notifications of any new posting. If you do get an email notification and you want to unsubscribe, there should be an option for you to do so in the email notification.