Why Windows 10, not 9?
The original reason raised was to allow
Microsoft to distance itself from Windows 8 but
a newer explanation has recently appeared.
Many programs and internet sites look to see
what operating system is installed on the PC
being used. Some of these check only the
first digit, so Windows 9 could have been
confused with Windows 97 or 98 leading to
some applications possibly refusing to work. So
Windows 10 avoids this. This sounds to me like
a more reasonable explanation.
Next Month will bring you a more in depth view
and my honest opinion of the operating system
as it is now.
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Chromecast
Many ex-pats living here
in Spain have found out
how they can watch
British TV on their laptop
or PC. They do this by either using software
to hide their IP address (the address of their
computer on the internet) so that the BBC or
ITV don’t realise you are not in Britain, allowing
you to watch BBC iPlayer or ITV player, or by
using a website such as www.filmon.com which
lets you watch and (if you pay a subscription)
record programs and even download them to
your PC.
But laptops are not ideal for a family to watch
TV on and it would be better if you could watch
the program on your larger TV screen. If you
have a Smart TV then you can probably already
do this, but if you have a modern, but standard,
TV then you need some other method. If your
TV and laptop have an HDMI (high definition
media interface) socket, you can use a suitable
lead to connect them together. This works well,
the only downside is that the leads are not
normally very long so you need to sit the laptop
near the TV.
Alternatively, you could purchase a small device
called ChromeCast which uses your WiFi to
send images and videos from your PC to your
TV. The device plugs into an HDMI socket on
the TV (most recent TVs have such a socket
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but older ones may not so check first) and gets
its power either from a spare mains socket
through the power unit supplied or from a USB
socket on the TV. Again, many TVs have such
a socket. To use the device you need to set
the ChromeCast up by going online at https://
cast.google.com/chromecast/setup/ . This is
quite a simple process and once the device is
configured to your WiFi, you can use any of the
many programs available to send content to
your TV.
One of the easiest programs to use for this is
Google’s Chrome browser. This allows you to
add what is called an extension which puts a
“Cast” button on the screen near the top right
corner. Anything you are watching