jb72 • User • The Register Forums

Posts by jb72

6 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Nov 2011

Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows

Tuesday 12th September 2023 09:53 GMT jb72

Universal Print is not fit for purpose. You have to pay for the service AND pay per print - ridiculous. Also the driver is too basic. We now use Printix for our cloud printing service.

7 0

India bans open source messaging apps for security reasons. FOSS community says good luck

Wednesday 10th May 2023 11:01 GMT jb72

This caught my eye - "and imposed years-long connectivity restrictions that meant only 2G services were available – on the grounds that it made it harder for separatists to organize."

Wow.

2 0

Nostalgic for VB? BASIC is anything but dead

Wednesday 29th March 2023 15:11 GMT jb72

Wow .. thank you.

1 0

Microsoft tells big biz: No free Windows 10 for you, crack wallets open

Monday 2nd February 2015 14:26 GMT jb72

Re: There has to be a catch somewhere.

The MS Windows blog is quite clear that W7Pro and 8.1Pro are both eligible for the free upgrade - stating that and only allowing an upgrade to a 'home' version would be odd.

0 0