#virtuawin

[techdog]

Upgrading to Windows 10

Earlier this month, with some trepidation, I updated my HP EliteBook 2540p from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. My machine’s processor is the Intel Core i7 L640 running at 2.13 GHz, & I have 4 GB of RAM. The upgrade occurred over several hours in the afternoon & went smoothly. I lost use of the fingerprint reader, though, since there are no drivers for the Validity Sensors Fingerprint Reader for Windows 10. This is unfortunate, because I did prefer using the fingerprint reader to login.

Some apps, like Oracle’s VirtualBox, did not run until I updated them, but all the apps I use regularly seem to be running fine so far. I don’t notice any significant speed difference, but there is definitely more RAM being used, so I am considering a RAM upgrade. Curiously, the Crucial Scan scanner tool no longer recognizes my hardware & claims it has no compatible upgrades for my system.

I like that Windows 10 has a desktop switcher built in, though its feature set is not as good as VirtuaWin, which I favor.

Right now I’m using my own local logins instead of Microsoft accounts, & I have Cortana turned off. In fact, I turned off any options I could find that gave permission to Microsoft to spy on my computer use.

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VirtuaWin setup 4.1

VirtuaWin setup 4.1

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VirtuaWin

I first started using computer with the Windows OS (like most other people), resisted against the Mac/Apple movement until I finally gave in with OS X 10.5, played around with Ubuntu and other versions of Linux, I now use Fedora at work, and finally settled with Windows 7 because I needed a new PC that was powerful but not as expensive as a Mac.

At any rate, one of the things I missed most about Mac/Linux is that those OS's both have built-in support for workspaces (called "Spaces" in Mac lingo). I did some research and came across VirtuaWin which, despite being pretty ugly appearance-wise, is very functional and performs just the way I want it to.

I've mapped CTRL+ALT+ARROWS to switch between workspaces and WINDOWS+ALT+ARROWS to move windows between workspaces...I admit the last hotkey with the Windows/Super key is pretty random.

Did I mention it's free?

Screenshots.