On 13/09/18 01:23, Peter Washington wrote:
I would suggest using either Visual Basic Express 2015, or the same for
2017, if it exists, it's simpler and less bloated.
There may be way to stop Windows trying to check for updates every time, or
you could just wait for the first update check to finish and then it
should, in theory, be quicker each time until the next BIG update comes
along.
Cheers Peter, (aka Pugwash, not Merchant).
...my son has been told he needs to download Visual Studio 2017 onto
a Windows PC...
Are there any options other than spending several hundred pounds on
a new PC to run this bloatware for compiling programs.
Can you tell the school that you don't have any M$ machines and can they please
lend you one or find an alternative method of teaching (ala Terry's rant). If I
remember correctly, when I was at the Uni, staff and students could obtain
student licenses for M$ products to get them hooked in. Does this pertain to
schools?
Cheers,
Peter (Merchant)
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