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(OT) Do all versions of Windows have START HELP?
Do all versions of Windows have START HELP?
More than once I have run into people who dont know what version of Windows they have. I know in Win98, Win2000, and XP, you click the START button, and choose HELP, and the version pops up. I have not used any Windows newer than XP..... Is this the same for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10? Yea, I know there are utilities, such as CPU-ID which will also show it, but I dont carry that util around with me. It's amazing how many people dont have a clue which OS they are using... |
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On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11:43:31 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Do all versions of Windows have START HELP? More than once I have run into people who dont know what version of Windows they have. I know in Win98, Win2000, and XP, you click the START button, and choose HELP, and the version pops up. I have not used any Windows newer than XP..... Is this the same for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10? Yea, I know there are utilities, such as CPU-ID which will also show it, but I dont carry that util around with me. It's amazing how many people dont have a clue which OS they are using... There's several different ways I can find out which system I'm running. I know I'm running W-10 but I can click on my Control Panel and within it I can click on Administrative Tools and it will tell me what I'm running. |
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:45:54 -0400, Nil
wrote: On 31 Mar 2016, wrote in alt.home.repair: Do all versions of Windows have START HELP? More than once I have run into people who dont know what version of Windows they have. I know in Win98, Win2000, and XP, you click the START button, and choose HELP, and the version pops up. I have not used any Windows newer than XP..... Is this the same for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10? For the past several versions of Windows, click on Start | Run (or hit Windowskey+R) and type in "winver". A box pops up showing the version. OK, I'm running Win98 right now, and that works in 98 too. But if I go to control panel and click on SYSTEM, I get more detailed info (It says Win98 second edition 4.10.2222 A (Not just Windows 98). |
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| OK, I'm running Win98 right now, and that works in 98 too. But if I go
| to control panel and click on SYSTEM, I get more detailed info (It says | Win98 second edition 4.10.2222 A (Not just Windows 98). | You can do that in any version. |
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:10:48 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: | OK, I'm running Win98 right now, and that works in 98 too. But if I go | to control panel and click on SYSTEM, I get more detailed info (It says | Win98 second edition 4.10.2222 A (Not just Windows 98). | You can do that in any version. Ok, thats what I wanted to know. At least that way there is a univeral way to find out the version. |
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On 03/30/2016 11:13 PM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:
On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 11:43:31 PM UTC-5, wrote: Do all versions of Windows have START HELP? More than once I have run into people who dont know what version of Windows they have. I know in Win98, Win2000, and XP, you click the START button, and choose HELP, and the version pops up. I have not used any Windows newer than XP..... Is this the same for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10? Yea, I know there are utilities, such as CPU-ID which will also show it, but I dont carry that util around with me. It's amazing how many people dont have a clue which OS they are using... There's several different ways I can find out which system I'm running. I know I'm running W-10 but I can click on my Control Panel and within it I can click on Administrative Tools and it will tell me what I'm running. Just hit Win+Break to open up the can't remember what it's called window. It has all of the information there. Jon |
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| Just hit Win+Break to open up the can't remember what it's called
| window. It has all of the information there. | ?? For me that opens the Start Menu, which I could do with a click of the mouse. I don't understand people who memorize obscure command lines for control panel applets, or obscure key combinations for other operations, when we've had a mouse ever since the 20th century. |
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On 3/31/2016 9:59 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| Just hit Win+Break to open up the can't remember what it's called | window. It has all of the information there. | ?? For me that opens the Start Menu, which I could do with a click of the mouse. I don't understand people who memorize obscure command lines for control panel applets, or obscure key combinations for other operations, when we've had a mouse ever since the 20th century. I can use a key combination easier and faster than grab a mouse and move it across the screen for a click or three. I learned to do things like that when DOS was the norm. |
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| I learned to do things like
| that when DOS was the norm. Exactly. Welcome to the modern era. Let me know if you need help with those electric car windows. |
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On 3/31/2016 7:10 AM, rbowman wrote:
If they sleep through the startup splash screens knowing which OS they are using isn't going to help. For many people a computer is like a refrigerator. If it keeps the beer cold, who cares how it works? Exactly. And, "which OS" is actually a pretty useless distinction -- for anything more than a generalization ("I drive a Chevy"). Given the preponderence of service packs, updates, etc. the "OS" designation tells anyone truly interested virtually nothing about what they can expect from that particular machine. |
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