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Originally Posted by Mari
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No, a partition and an OS installation are not the same. A drive is always partitioned, but it can be just a single partition if you want, or multiple ones. Multiple partitions makes a single physical hard disk "look like" multiple hard disks. Eg, using Window's convention: if you had just one hard drive with two partitions, you'd have a C: drive and a D:drive... just as if you had two physical disks. Mac and Linux use different identifiers but the concept still applies. Sigh. Probably TMI.
Btw (making it worse here), when you installing multiple operating systems on the same disk, you usually do have to make a separate partition for each system, as part of the process. It doesn't sound like you want multiple OS's though. Maybe one flunky OS is enough.
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He does not trust the internet and has his anti viral stuff set so high that he cannot do certain things. I try not to pay attention. I believe he uses one machine only for the Internet.
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I have mine set middle of the road. I am asked/warned about various things that happen. I allow scripts but I do not run Java at all, in my browser. If someone wants to put Java apps on their site, they can do without my visit.
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I did not ask why I have 8. I have stopped asking for explanations of these sorts of things. For one, the work place treats us like children, for two I would not know what to do with that information, and for three I rarely believe the answer even if it is what seems to be a straight forward question.
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LOL. My best guess is they've adopted 8 as standard, which means any time someone needs their system reinstalled, they get 8 now, not 7. No particular reason than it's the most current. That's how I've always seen IT depts do things. New installations and re-installations are done by current institution standard. The standard is updated some time after software gets released. Maybe not right away, but soon after.
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The computer is still not exactly "right" -- I get an odd message at start up because "sticky notes has failed to initialize" or something ----- THE EXACT same message I got when I had windows 7 so what happened to the wiping?
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Sounds like your "Sticky Notes" might be older/incompatible with Windows (7 and above), OR it simply has a bug. The latter you won't get around, unless they release a new version of that software that fixes it. Some bugs show up sporadically and may not show up on every system.
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Tonight's task will be to make folders for the desktop. (Don't laugh. I usually have my iPad sitting next to me so I can ask questions on Google like this: "How do I create a new folder for my desktop in Windows 8?) 
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It is nice, isn't it, that we can google questions like that. One of my recent googles was "how do I tell the difference between a USB 2.0 port and a USB 3.0" I didn't think I'd get a useful hit, but I did -- with pictures!
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