I like vantage.

 

From: win10@win10.groups.io <win10@win10.groups.io> On Behalf Of valiant8086
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 7:16 AM
To: win10@win10.groups.io; win10@groups.io
Subject: Re: [win10] more questions about upgrading.

 

Hi.

 

You should let Vantage handle it. Between it and Windows update you should be golden. A recent update form Windows Update caused my Thinkpad T480s to run hot all the time and only get about 3 hours on battery. I reinstalled windows fresh and that solved it for about 3 weeks until windows update broke it again, having never installed vantage in the first place, so then I knew to blame windows update not vantage. So about 3 weeks of putting up with it, I gave up and installed vantage and checked for updates and it got some, solving the problem. it runs almost uncomfortably cold now and gets about 8 hours on battery active use.

 

That isn't to say don't let windows update do its thing, just my own experience and I won't be stopping windows update from doing its thing at this point.

 

Cheers:

Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 10/15/2020 11:12 PM, Mike Capelle wrote:

Hello, my Lenovo has drivers for my devices for win 10 2004 directly on there site, so, if I upgrade, wont vantage pick them up, and install them? Or should I manually downlload all of them, and install them? Or will they be installed when I do the upgrade?

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 11:46 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

M.2 is a type of something. I think is it the memory? or the connection. It's not the SSD itself though.

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You cannot separate the two.   An M.2 NVME SSD does, indeed, look more like a memory stick than a conventional disc drive, but that was simply an evolution in design.  SATA SSDs were developed so that you could "plug n' play" replace existing drives with SSDs.

I'm not saying that there are no differences, because there are, and M.2 NVME has significantly faster throughput.

But they're both solid state drives.  I'd say, by way of analogy, the difference between a SATA SSD and M.2 NVME SSD is akin to the difference between a 5200 RPM HDD and a 7200 RPM HDD.  Both SSD technologies are, at their heart, solid state devices just like both of the speeds of HDDs are, at their heart, spinning platter drives.

P.S.:  The drives I recently had fail were both SATA-type SSDs, Not M.2 NVME
 
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

       ~ Thomas H. Huxley (1876)

Is m.2 better than a ssd

 

From: win10@win10.groups.io <win10@win10.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 10:01 AM
To: win10@win10.groups.io
Subject: Re: [win10] What's the biggest M.2 SSD that I can get for my Asus Zenbook laptop?

 

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 09:07 AM, valiant8086 wrote:

I haven't failed a single ssd yet

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Just as a data point to the readership, I had both Mushkin 1TB SSDs (I exchanged for the first one that failed, thinking it had to be a fluke) fail on me after less than 5 days of use, each.

I will admit that this is not characteristic of SSDs as a class, but there it is.  And when they go, they're gone.  They are also much harder, and more expensive, to recover data from as well.  As one of the techs who does data recovery for his living on another forum I haunt said of SSDs, "And less likely recoverable should they fail."

So the upshot here is, like it always is:  backup, backup, backup!!
 
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

       ~ Thomas H. Huxley (1876)

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 09:07 AM, valiant8086 wrote:

I haven't failed a single ssd yet

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Just as a data point to the readership, I had both Mushkin 1TB SSDs (I exchanged for the first one that failed, thinking it had to be a fluke) fail on me after less than 5 days of use, each.

I will admit that this is not characteristic of SSDs as a class, but there it is.  And when they go, they're gone.  They are also much harder, and more expensive, to recover data from as well.  As one of the techs who does data recovery for his living on another forum I haunt said of SSDs, "And less likely recoverable should they fail."

So the upshot here is, like it always is:  backup, backup, backup!!
 
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

       ~ Thomas H. Huxley (1876)

Simon,

At the risk of stating the obvious, this only works if your machine has a Bluetooth receiver, which many desktops do not. I'd hate to see someone download and install the software only to find that it didn't do anything.

Steve

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From: win10@win10.groups.io <win10@win10.groups.io> On Behalf Of Simon Jaeger
Sent: October 16, 2020 00:06
To: win10@win10.groups.io
Subject: [win10] Sharing audio from phone to computer (version 2004 only)

Hi all,

I got very bored yesterday and decided to pair my phone to my laptop to see what would happen. Not long after, I noticed a device in the recording tab of sound properties with the following name:

Line; Simon's iPhone SE A2DP SNK


A2DP is a common Bluetooth protocol used for stereo audio; it's what many headsets and speakers still use today. The fact I had a recording device named after my iPhone suggested that it would let me stream audio from my phone to the computer, somehow. I tried going to the context menu and hitting connect, which is a thing you can do with some Bluetooth devices; unfortunately this didn't work. After a bit of googling, I found that you have to install a third-party app to make this happen, though i'm not certain why. it's called Bluetooth Audio Receiver, and you can get it from the Microsoft store.


So, the steps are as follows:

1. Pair your phone with your computer (you can initiate this from either the phone or computer).

2. Download Bluetooth Audio Receiver.

3. Open Bluetooth Audio Receiver, press enter on your device in the list, and find the "open connection" button.


That's it! Your phone audio should now come through the computer.
Unfortunately this does not include phone calls, but it does include
system sounds, screen-readers, and any audio you decide to play on the
phone, such as Spotify, books, or podcasts. I think this is pretty
brilliant and I've been so much more attentive to my phone since
discovering it.


Interestingly, opening a connection from Bluetooth Audio Receiver seems
to do two things:

1. It does whatever black magic makes the Bluetooth audio connnection
work properly.

2. It enables "listen to this device" on the A2DP audio device I
discussed earlier, setting it to play back through the default audio
device in Windows.


If you're still paying attention this far in and you haven't picked up
on it already, there's one final bonus: Your phone audio is actually
sent through an input device on Windows. Not only can it be sent through
your default soundcard; it can also be recorded. If you have any content
on your iPhone that you'd like to record onto the computer, this is a
rough but effective way to do it. Just pair the phone and open the
connection as described above, set your recording app on Windows to
record from the A2DP device, and play the audio from your phone. I could
see this being useful for app and game demonstrations and so much more.


Let me know if you have questions/comments. It might help if you CC my
address; I don't always see list mail.


-Simon

I'm still getting a View Optional Updates when I check the status of updates.  I thought that should have gone away with this month's cumulative update.  I usually never check or install optional updates just for that reason--they'll be installed with the next cumulative update.  I'm just wondering what's going on here.


Roger

Hi.

You should let Vantage handle it. Between it and Windows update you should be golden. A recent update form Windows Update caused my Thinkpad T480s to run hot all the time and only get about 3 hours on battery. I reinstalled windows fresh and that solved it for about 3 weeks until windows update broke it again, having never installed vantage in the first place, so then I knew to blame windows update not vantage. So about 3 weeks of putting up with it, I gave up and installed vantage and checked for updates and it got some, solving the problem. it runs almost uncomfortably cold now and gets about 8 hours on battery active use.

That isn't to say don't let windows update do its thing, just my own experience and I won't be stopping windows update from doing its thing at this point.

Cheers:

Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

Hello, my Lenovo has drivers for my devices for win 10 2004 directly on there site, so, if I upgrade, wont vantage pick them up, and install them? Or should I manually downlload all of them, and install them? Or will they be installed when I do the upgrade?

Hello I don’t know how I got some kind of  update on  an old Toshiba laptop on windows 10 and my function keys  have reverted back to media function keys  instead of the regular f function keys.how do I fix this with a screenreader  like narrator or NVDA. Please ccan some one helhlp me out in reverting   the process back from the media function keys to  the regular f function keys.

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 01:11 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

I would recommend if you can, get a 1tb ssd drive.

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Which, by pure coincidence, is what I just did.  I had a failing keyboard on my laptop so since I knew I needed to tear it down completely to replace that I got rid of the 2TB HDD, which was well under half way full (and will now become another backup drive once I get an enclosure), and put in a Mushkin 1TB SSD at the same time.  Even a 2TB SSD is within reason price-wise for a lot of people.

I will say, though, for anyone using an SSD that the importance of having backups goes up, way up.  It's not that SSDs are any more failure-prone than HDDs, but if they do fail and you have no backup the current rates for data recovery from an SSD makes HDD data recovery look dirt cheap by comparison.  And HDD recovery isn't dirt cheap to start with.
 
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Brian - Windows 10 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 2004, Build 19041

A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

       ~ Thomas H. Huxley (1876)

I got that very same system.
Your  around the same in size as mine. What most forget is the swap and page files that are in the background. They can take 10GB or more easy. Lets not forget 1 drive, states zero, but windows holds the amount you have as used by system. All virtual drives do this.
Now if your looking to replace the drive in it look in devicemanager for the type of drive.
The one in mine is a M.2 NVME 256GB 22/80. The 22/80 is the physical size of the drive. They come in 3 sizes.
I will be fitting it out with either a 1 or 2tb drive.


On 9/30/2020 8:49 PM, mgrossman13@gmail.com wrote:

Windows 10 version 2004

Jaws for Windows 2020

Lenobo T480

16GB RAM

256GB SSD

I recently purchased this refurbished laptop from Lenovo.com . It is a lightweight, thin computer with an excellent keyboard. With 16GB of RAM, it is also quite snappy and responsive with Jaws and NVDA.

Since I received the computer, I have only downloaded copies of NVDA and Jaws. Otherwise, the computer came pre-installed with Microsoft Office. It does probably have a bunch of Lenovo software as well but it does not appear to have any pre-installed utilities like Norton.

Here’s my question, when I go to Windows Explorer and check the properties of the C drive, it tells me that 45GB of storage has already been used. It is my understanding that Windows 10 takes roughly 15-20GB and Microsoft Office takes another 5-10GB of storage. Does that sound about right? What else could be taking up so much storage? I would like to recover some of that storage. Does anybody have any suggestions for what to do next? I’ve tried a number of Google searches but cannot get to the bottom of this. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Hi all,

I got very bored yesterday and decided to pair my phone to my laptop to see what would happen. Not long after, I noticed a device in the recording tab of sound properties with the following name:

Line; Simon's iPhone SE A2DP SNK


A2DP is a common Bluetooth protocol used for stereo audio; it's what many headsets and speakers still use today. The fact I had a recording device named after my iPhone suggested that it would let me stream audio from my phone to the computer, somehow. I tried going to the context menu and hitting connect, which is a thing you can do with some Bluetooth devices; unfortunately this didn't work. After a bit of googling, I found that you have to install a third-party app to make this happen, though i'm not certain why. it's called Bluetooth Audio Receiver, and you can get it from the Microsoft store.


So, the steps are as follows:

1. Pair your phone with your computer (you can initiate this from either the phone or computer).

2. Download Bluetooth Audio Receiver.

3. Open Bluetooth Audio Receiver, press enter on your device in the list, and find the "open connection" button.


That's it! Your phone audio should now come through the computer. Unfortunately this does not include phone calls, but it does include system sounds, screen-readers, and any audio you decide to play on the phone, such as Spotify, books, or podcasts. I think this is pretty brilliant and I've been so much more attentive to my phone since discovering it.


Interestingly, opening a connection from Bluetooth Audio Receiver seems to do two things:

1. It does whatever black magic makes the Bluetooth audio connnection work properly.

2. It enables "listen to this device" on the A2DP audio device I discussed earlier, setting it to play back through the default audio device in Windows.


If you're still paying attention this far in and you haven't picked up on it already, there's one final bonus: Your phone audio is actually sent through an input device on Windows. Not only can it be sent through your default soundcard; it can also be recorded. If you have any content on your iPhone that you'd like to record onto the computer, this is a rough but effective way to do it. Just pair the phone and open the connection as described above, set your recording app on Windows to record from the A2DP device, and play the audio from your phone. I could see this being useful for app and game demonstrations and so much more.


Let me know if you have questions/comments. It might help if you CC my address; I don't always see list mail.


-Simon

Hello, my Lenovo has drivers for my devices for win 10 2004 directly on there site, so, if I upgrade, wont vantage pick them up, and install them? Or should I manually downlload all of them, and install them? Or will they be installed when I do the upgrade?