We all know that Microsoft stopped giving a free update to Win 7/8 users last July and you now have to pay for a licence. I don't know how widely this is known but if you still want to get it free then all you have to do is switch on one of the "ease of access" facilities for disabled users ( I chose the speaking text option) then you just do the upgrade and it doesn't complain or ask for a new licence key. Afterwards switch off the "ease of access". You don't have to declare that you are disabled or anything, you just say that you use the facility. I have done a few updates recently.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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I'm still on Windows 3.1  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Windows 3.1 ? I bet you are a closet DOS user too.  3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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My first pc was a 486 sx25 with 4mb ram and a stonking 210mb hard drive when most people had 386 with 40mb hard drive. Brother in law said "you'll never, ever use all that hard drive".

I can remember having to joggle around the dos load up sequence to get some programmes to run! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

If you are going to play that game my first computer was an Elliot 803 at Leicester University Physics Dept in 1968 it had 4k of store and no disc drives but lots of paper tape. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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Sinclair ZX81 - 1k! Beat that!

When I managed to blag a, full on, 286 at work, I thought I'd arrived!

Now I annoy a gaming friend at work by using a high spec, 17", Alienware lap top for spreadsheets, Word and email!

Steve D wrote:

My first pc was a 486 sx25

does a slide rule count? It's actually an analogue computer, the great things about them was that you looked so smart when you used one. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
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My first job as a sales engineer was selling analogue computers.

Even now, I can remember the MD saying that there will always be a market for analogue computers because digital computers will never be able to perform simultaneous equations in real time.

Yes, they didn't stay in business.

I still use a slide rule, great for drawing straight lines 11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

My first computer was a Commodore 64  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

This was mine, quite a way ahead of you guys

Would that process work on a Windows 98 PC

Amstrad CPC128 was my 1st home computer. At work we used an Amdahl (IBM clone) mainframe with dumb terminals. I remember it had a copy of the original Crowther & Woods Colossal Cave adventure on it. No way of saving progress though, so had to play the game from end to end.


YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING.
AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND
DOWN A GULLY.

Great days  FL2 Metropolis, Loire Blue, ebony/ivory

Horace goes ski-ing