Not really understanding what “beta” means in terms of vulnerability, I moved to Windows 10. It is currently working well, much better than at first, but the cost to my time is not worth it. After several standard efforts, I used a tool that was more drastic than it described itself. It resulted in my seeing the full Windows 10 panel for the first time but stripped my computer of things I need – like Word, Publisher – and oh yes, Norton Security. In the short frazzled period I spent getting back my beloved Word, I didn’t notice the absence of armed guards front and back. In waltzed a virus unchallenged – one of those bell-ringing noisy shouting kinds that insist you ring a number or your computer will die and won’t shut up until you turn said computer offfff. It litters adware as far as the eye can see and is probably recording your every keystroke for future reference. I managed to reinstall Norton and then they set out to rid me of the virus and clean up every file. It took two sessions of remote control and finally I was back in business. Still can’t download Google Chrome though without trouble, so now I’m using Internet Explorer, okay fine, but not my first choice.  In brief, my advice is only go for Windows 10 if you’re a tech-head. The tech-heads in my family can’t believe I was that stupid.

Still with the suspicion that I might have done better by buying WP direct or downloading manually (despite botched first attempt) things seem to be working! Now all I need  is real news.

Hunts Creek Reserve: Narrow strips of bushland along a creek banked by backyards. The tracks take you from one mini environment to another with changes in flora and fauna.  Cockatoos and kookaburras were fighting for the tree hollows and the scrub wrens brushed past our noses and tickled our feet.

This is my new WP site. Goodbye static site. Now to add a few pages. It’s taken me all day to load this manually, then auto via SG twice… no more whining!