On 28/12/12 15:51, Peter Collins wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> On 28/12/12 15:15, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
>
>> I spent a large part of the Midwinter Festival trying (under a
>> three-line whip) to upgrade a PC from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Many,
>> many hours and countless re-starts later, it works. Up to a point.
> I never upgrade windows version, I had problems with a w2k to XP once
> and I have also found MS O/S seem to get very bloated with lots of
> temporary files, fragmentation etc, it is normally a good excuse to
> start a fresh.
>
>> I awoke this morning to hear Mrs. Gates on the Radio 4 'Today'
>> programme saying how much she and her husband would like to use their
>> fortune to do some good in the world. I have some suggestions. Does
>> anyone know where I should send them?
> I can't help you with the Gates themselves however
> http://www.ceoemail.com/ is very good and has contact details for Gordon
> Frazer (MS UK MD)
>
> I have had some good results using the contact on this site, although it
> is normally passed to someone to deal with, it generally seems to have a
> high visibility and a good resolve is often found.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Rgds
>
> Peter.
>
I agree with Peter, it is better install on a fresh clean partition
rather than to upgrade an existing installation. Can't help with
contacting the Gates.
Regards
Tim
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