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Run Task manager and see what is causing the I/O strain.
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In addition to nailing down what the hell is using the HD non stop, you can recover Office keys from 2010 and before with https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ 2013 and above associate with your MS account, so you can log in and download and install them whenever: https://www.office.com/myaccount
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Rexxed posted:In addition to nailing down what the hell is using the HD non stop, you can recover Office keys from 2010 and before with https://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/ The non 365 versions don't associate with your MS Account; at least Office 2016 doesn't. You'll have to manually keep track of it (there is probably a utility for this too). I've actually had huge issues trying to keep Office 2016 activated and I've begged MS to allow me to associate it with my MS Account but they refuse. This is through the MS HUP thing, so that might a reason for that too.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:04
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Raldikuk posted:The non 365 versions don't associate with your MS Account; at least Office 2016 doesn't. You'll have to manually keep track of it (there is probably a utility for this too). I've actually had huge issues trying to keep Office 2016 activated and I've begged MS to allow me to associate it with my MS Account but they refuse. This is through the MS HUP thing, so that might a reason for that too. That's weird, I just installed 2016 for a client and had to login and give MS the key to activate it on their website. After install I had to log into their MS account to activate office.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:09
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Its Office 2016, and unfortunately this laptop used to be my dead father-in-laws, so I have no idea what MS account is associated with the keys. For what's causing the disk usage, I'm trying to duplicate that now without much luck.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:10
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Do you need Office office? OpenOffice was compatible enough to get me through college. I think it's defunct now but there are successors.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:13
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I gave up on Office entirely after 2016 activation/keys/accounts whatever. I just don't care anymore personally. If i need to make a document I'll use something simple because no one even cares about formatting anymore. It's all downhill from here.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:15
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ItBreathes posted:Do you need Office office? OpenOffice was compatible enough to get me through college. I think it's defunct now but there are successors. Yes, unfortunately.
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Apr 19, 2018 03:19
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Rexxed posted:That's weird, I just installed 2016 for a client and had to login and give MS the key to activate it on their website. After install I had to log into their MS account to activate office. I've been trying to find something online to back up my experience, but it seems everyone has the opposite trouble. It forces them to make an account and there's no other way. What sucks is that after about a day of usage it forgets that it is activated and I have to go through the activation process again (just inputting the key and clicking activate), I've used MS tech support but they've been useless. I did just find the office set up page, so I'll try that later to see if maybe the MS reps just didn't know what the gently caress (very likely).
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Apr 19, 2018 03:20
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ItBreathes posted:Do you need Office office? OpenOffice was compatible enough to get me through college. I think it's defunct now but there are successors. It’s not technically defunct - which is actually bad, because people who don’t know better still find it by name, try using it, rightfully decide it’s terrible, and switch back to Office without finding out about LibreOffice.
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Apr 19, 2018 08:59
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I just buy those Office 2016 One click install keys on eBay. You get all updates like on Office364 and they work fine until you replace a computer, but they're like 5€ so i don't mind.
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Apr 19, 2018 13:46
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Check with your employer too, a lot of companies are partners with Microsoft and your can get the Home Use Program (HUP) which let's you get a full version of Office for $10
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Apr 19, 2018 14:45
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Medullah posted:Check with your employer too, a lot of companies are partners with Microsoft and your can get the Home Use Program (HUP) which let's you get a full version of Office for $10 Hilarious: http://www.msftadvisors.com/the-most-expensive-10-copy-of-microsoft-office-youll-never-own/
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Apr 19, 2018 14:52
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redeyes posted:Hilarious: http://www.msftadvisors.com/the-most-expensive-10-copy-of-microsoft-office-youll-never-own/ It still allows the person at home to only pay  . The costs to the company are between the company and Microsoft.
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Apr 19, 2018 14:57
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Yeah and these days nobody does HUP anymore, just activate it with your work Office 365 account.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:18
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Jeoh posted:Yeah and these days nobody does HUP anymore, just activate it with your work Office 365 account. Sure they do. All of the UK public sector pretty much does.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:52
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Not sure if this is malice or incompetence, but  
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Apr 19, 2018 18:28
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dont be mean to me posted:It still allows the person at home to only pay I don't know where they're getting their costs from, but I can tell you Government (which probably makes up most of the HUP these days) doesn't pay even close to that.
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Apr 19, 2018 19:58
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Our users use HUP but we don’t have 365.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:06
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Before I quit I got in on HUP Office 2016 
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Apr 19, 2018 23:11
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Just had to replace the motherboard/processor/memory in my computer and now Windows 10 doesn't consider itself activated. I originally installed 10 Pro using a 7 Pro key. What are my options to get licensed back up affordably?
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Apr 19, 2018 23:12
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Just call them. They give no fucks.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:13
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GreenNight posted:Just call them. They give no fucks. My motherboard went poo poo shaped, they just activated the replacement online from online chat. (different brand / board) Super painless.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:28
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Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install?
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Apr 19, 2018 23:50
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Couldn't find an online chat. But somewhere in hitting troubleshoot and typing in my Windows 7 in SLUI and it suddenly says it is activated. So, I guess it worked?
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Apr 20, 2018 00:06
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ItBreathes posted:Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install? Don't gently caress with things just because some rando online tells you to.
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Apr 20, 2018 00:53
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ItBreathes posted:Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install? Mostly I delete all the stupid loving games MS bundles with 10. Maybe load Classic shell if you like that.
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Apr 20, 2018 01:22
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ItBreathes posted:Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install? You could always rephrase this as " How to make Win10 as much like Win7 as possible"
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Apr 20, 2018 03:19
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ItBreathes posted:Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install? I use spybot antibeacon to pretend like I have some control over my privacy in Win10. At the very least it's the easiest way I've found to just disable cortana as much as possible. It doesn't negatively affect anything else in Windows (as far as I can tell). Also, the first thing I always do when I reinstall is open file explorer, right click Quick access, select Options, and make it open directly to This PC instead of Quick Access when you open File Explorer.
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Apr 20, 2018 03:36
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Mostly I just like loving with things. This is just a browser / steam on the go machine, I could care less about pretty much anything it's actually doing, though if there's a way to bring back some dignity to the start menu I actively want that.
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Apr 20, 2018 04:11
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ItBreathes posted:Mostly I just like loving with things. This is just a browser / steam on the go machine, I could care less about pretty much anything it's actually doing, though if there's a way to bring back some dignity to the start menu I actively want that. Do the stuff in my post to start with. Also, Classic shell apparently lets you uninstall the normally (not easily) uninstallable built in apps. Just right click whatever app and uninstall.
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Apr 20, 2018 06:08
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ItBreathes posted:if there's a way to bring back some dignity to the start menu I actively want that. What does this even mean.
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Apr 20, 2018 07:19
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It's so crammed full of ads and trialware that it feels like I'm looking at a banner ad on some ftp mobile game every time I open it, though I've already deleted most of the included games.
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Apr 20, 2018 11:59
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You can turn off suggested apps in Settings; I can appreciate that the extra apps they stuff in are pretty obnoxious, though.
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Apr 20, 2018 12:18
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Do people actually stare at the Start Menu these days? WinKey + start typing + mash enter. I don't even bother to look anymore.
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Apr 20, 2018 14:30
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Yeah I use some tiles organized in groups by purpose. Not many things with live tiles though. Reason is many of the programs I need have annoying names that work poorly with search.
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Apr 20, 2018 14:51
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I use the tiles when I'm in mouse-mode (e.g. open up a browser to click on bookmarks) and the search when I'm in typing-mode (e.g. open command prompt to start punching in commands). Basically split according to where am I going to need my hands to be when using the application.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:03
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I use the full-screen start menu on my desktop. It works well, but sometimes it's needlessly complicated to put things on the start menu that aren't UWP apps.
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Apr 20, 2018 15:13
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ItBreathes posted:Just got a Win10 laptop, anybody got a favorite link for things to gently caress with on a fresh install? These are the things I have to have on a fresh install: WinAero Tweaker (particularly its anti-ad options and the ability to set the inactive titlebar colour) 7+ Taskbar Tweaker (particularly the option to remove the minimum width limit on a vertical taskbar) StartIsBack T-Clock Redux Windows 7 Games for Win10
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May I also suggest adding Old Calculator From Windows 7/8 For Windows 10? The Windows 10 calculator is an anti-productivity, single-tasking abomination.
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