@ITivan80 said in What are you using to open HEIC files?:

Maybe you want to try the following software:

https://www.freeconvert.com/heic-to-jpg

I have done this many time and it has worked.

We have an Adobe subscription. I hadn't even thought of running a batch on the .HEIC files to convert them. It's something to look into thanks!

@stacksofplates said in Windows 11 versus 10:

and the ever changing landscape of screen sizes.

I think we all want giant screens. That's more just a manufacturing and cost thing IMHO.

You don't need "development" for me to tell you that I want enormous screens with high resolutions, lol. I just need them to be affordable and available.

Update - got windows 11 install USB - going to try to use the installer to replace the files that are corrupt - though i fear the PC can't actually install Windows11.

edit running system scan through installer cmd now..

@irj said in Windows 11 auto upgrade?:

Yeah. I have windows 10 on my home pc with auto updates and it only asks me if I want to upgrade. It never forces me or does it without my consent.

But if you do not give consent, it will update without your consent anyway (after some time) 🙂
You just can't stop updates on Windows 10, only delay it for some time.

An XPS with Ubuntu is very hard to beat for work. I used to have a setup like that. My needs changed lately and now is most efficient to run Win10/11, however, possibly 2nd quarter next year I'll be back to running Ubuntu mainly after I finish some Windows related projects.