Every time I have needed to install Canon printer drivers, I have downloaded them off the Canon website, and then usually experienced dramas with the software not being able to detect the printer.
Yesterday I needed to connect to the Canon printer our elder daughter has and as I was not sure if it was already installed on our laptop, I went to print and checked what printers were available.
Windows 10 detected the Canon printer and asked if I wanted to install it. It then toddled off and automatically downloaded and installed the drivers, and it was ready to print in a matter of minutes.
It sure beats having to visit the Canon website and getting the run-around with the installation.
Doing the Windows update type install is much easier, but be aware that drivers may not be the full kit and kaboodle. My experience is that Windows only installs the basic print etc drivers, but if you have say a Multi Function Printer (MFP), it doesnât install all the apps to fully utilise all the functions of the printer/scanner/etc.
To get full functionality for MFPs, you need to get the Original Equipment Manufacturerâs drivers and apps, whether it is from a disc or from their website.
Honestly Windows 10 gets too much of a bad rap. If you spend some time poking at the settings itâs the most customizable OS in existence (unless youâre good with Linux and programming)
For those with PCâs, there is linux (techie and infinitely customisable), Windows (what you wrote), and what else? Chrome OS is based on linux and is not as much an operating system as a web app.
Conclusion, Windows is 2nd of 2, there is no viable 3, so you are correct
Wow - thatâs a lot of OSâs and a lot of devices ⊠I still prefer RSTS/E V7 over any version of Microsoft Windows, though the machines I used it on were a little less portable than IBM PCâs and Compatibles ⊠Plan 9 had potential
Looking around at modern operating systems, thereâs Windows, thereâs iOS (Unix/BSD, so the same basis as Linux), and then thereâs Linux. Mac OS is Linux; Android is Linux; ChromeOS, as you have already mentioned, is Linux.
The modern hair styling is spot on alongside the sleek VDU. And not a Hollerith card or teletype terminal in sight. While crashing was the risk, and not hacking!
My mechanical keyboard is a poor substitute for the sounds of real computing work in progress. Although the chads from the cards were like gold to another worried the cleaners at night were not doing the job. Just empty the waste container contents liberally all around the office flooring and carpets!
I canât resist giving OpenVMS a nod here. While I personally use a Mac and also Windows 10 for development, I still get to work on some serious computers running OpenVMS.
Check the uptime from this screen shot - and yes the 1888 is days not hours.
OpenVMS V8.3 on node xxxxxx 20-MAY-2019 13:04:02.99 Uptime 1888 08:56:36
I no longer bother to close Chrome & Edge browser windows, Word docs or Outlook when I shut down the office PC each night, and when I restart it each morning, all of them usually automatically reappear, and if not as in the case of Chrome this morning, I simply open the browser and then click âreopen closed tabsâ.
Lenghty Word documents restart at page 1 and display a tab âPickup where you left offâ which takes me to where I was last at, usually the last page.
Even after an unexpected outage such as a mains power interruption, restarting the PC usually reopens everything that was open prior to the crash.
And Windows 10 automatically updates itself and carries out its periodic security scans
About the only thing it does not do is make my morning coffee.
If anyone is deciding to do the Win 10 October Update 20H2 (version 2009, and build 19042) please be aware not to do it by downloading it it to a DVD/USB/ISO as there are a few bugs that can cause problems. Only use the Automated built in Updating process when your machine offers it. MS are working on fixes (some have been resolved but not all).