Author Topic: Anyone using Windows 10? (Read 72547 times)

canuguzzi · « **Reply #240 on:** December 26, 2015, 01:42:24 PM »

Windows 7 will be around a long time. For Windows 8.x if you want a start button there are a lot of ways to get one. You can also dump straight into the old style desktop on startup and unless you're the type to have a bazillion icons floating around, work cleanly without ever needing the "start" button.

George_S · « **Reply #241 on:** December 26, 2015, 01:45:29 PM »

I'm on a Dell 2 in 1 notebook/tablet running Windows 8.1. I fell for the constant offers and urgings to upgrade to Windows 10 and installed it. I took one look at the horrible user interface and uninstalled it three minutes later. 8.1 is so easy to use.

I bet Windows 10 will be known as the new Windows Vista in a few months.

Wayne Orwig · « **Reply #242 on:** December 26, 2015, 02:17:56 PM »

I have an antique HP laptop. Upgraded it to 10. No issues. I did eventually upgrade the hardware because I wanted a touch screen, more RAM, and a few other new features.
I have a newer tablet with Win 8.1. After the upgrade I have issues with the email app, so I wiped the drive, reinstalled 8.1, then put on Win 10. All is well.
I upgraded my desktop PC around thanksgiving. I had to reinstall a USB camera driver. Other that that, it is working great.

I look forward to when we can finally install Win 10 on the old Dells PCs at work.

Wayne Orwig · « **Reply #243 on:** December 26, 2015, 02:22:42 PM »

Quote from: George_S on December 26, 2015, 01:45:29 PM

I'm on a Dell 2 in 1 notebook/tablet running Windows 8.1. I fell for the constant offers and urgings to upgrade to Windows 10 and installed it. I took one look at the horrible user interface and uninstalled it three minutes later. 8.1 is so easy to use.

Funny.
If you look back when Win 8.0 and 8.1 came out, all of those tin foil hat wearers could only talk about how horrible the user interface was. In reality, for a tablet, it was very useful.
BTW, there is a 'tablet' mode in Win 10 that makes it almost Win 8.1 like. I use that on my tablet.

lazlokovacs · « **Reply #244 on:** December 26, 2015, 02:39:59 PM »

I've got windows 8 unfortunately... keep getting the upgrade to windows 10 ads as well...

can anyone tell me how to turn off automatic updates????

Cool Runnings · « **Reply #245 on:** December 26, 2015, 04:47:35 PM »

Quote from: lazlokovacs on December 26, 2015, 02:39:59 PM

I've got windows 8 unfortunately... keep getting the upgrade to windows 10 ads as well...

can anyone tell me how to turn off automatic updates????

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Windows-8&faq=34

Tom · « **Reply #246 on:** December 26, 2015, 05:54:39 PM »

After I posted a thread on Windows 10 upgrade, I waited to do the upgrade from 8.0. Had to do it 2 times. The 2nd time it went through. No problems since.

Bisbonian · « **Reply #247 on:** December 26, 2015, 06:05:42 PM »

My update to windows 10 went flawlessly.
I sat there and waited for the world to end and all sort of bigger problems to come up but all that happened was that Windows 8.1 went away and Windows 10 appeared.

I like the new one more.

atavar · « **Reply #248 on:** December 26, 2015, 06:11:00 PM »

I have 10 on my tablet and it's ok. Tried it on my laptop but it broke my SD reader and BluRay player so that's back on 7.

Dilliw · « **Reply #249 on:** December 26, 2015, 06:29:53 PM »

I upgraded to 10 on this all-in-one and I like it. I've had a few update issues but otherwise it's been good. I also have a Dell laptop running my music app (Foobar) and services (Spotify, Amazon) and I see no need to update it right now. So I guess it all depends on the use, but 10 is good for an everyday computer experience.

ridingron · « **Reply #250 on:** December 26, 2015, 09:50:28 PM »

Windows 10? I'm getting pop ups for 11. I'll stay with 7.

jumpmaster · « **Reply #251 on:** December 26, 2015, 11:27:17 PM »

There's a loooong thread re: Windows 10 pluses &/or minuses already on the general discussioin site. It's worth wading thru it to pick up some tips on how to live with W10 - especially how to control/eliminate most of the intrusive privacy policies that are hidden in W10.

Sorry, I don't remember the subject title, but a search should probably locate it.

krglorioso · « **Reply #252 on:** December 26, 2015, 11:41:35 PM »

Quote from: Cool Runnings on December 26, 2015, 12:34:20 PM

I shut off automatic updates, I'm keeping Windows 7 as long as I can.

I have three laptops; two are H-P that came with Windows 7 and the third, a Lenovo, came with W-8 and immediately was retrofitted with Widows 7. No other operating software need apply.

Ralph

ITSec · « **Reply #253 on:** December 27, 2015, 05:24:11 PM »

Quote from: lazlokovacs on December 26, 2015, 02:39:59 PM

I've got windows 8 unfortunately... keep getting the upgrade to windows 10 ads as well...

can anyone tell me how to turn off automatic updates????

The best tool for managing this that I've found is GWX Control Panel - make sure you get it from the developer's site, as a lot of the versions on the various download boards are outdated. See http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html

jackson · « **Reply #254 on:** December 27, 2015, 05:31:19 PM »

Quote from: ITSec on December 27, 2015, 05:24:11 PM

The best tool for managing this that I've found is GWX Control Panel - make sure you get it from the developer's site, as a lot of the versions on the various download boards are outdated. See http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html

Yes! I have been using the GWX control panel (with success) because Microsoft has become extremely aggressive with their attempts to put Win 10 on all three of our PC's. We also have an Apple desktop Pro and I thought that Apple was pushy...........Mic rosoft has far exceeded anything that Apple has done (to me) in pushing this operating system that I do NOT want. Win 7 does everything that we need so we have ZERO interest in this so-called upgrade.

AJ Huff · « **Reply #255 on:** March 15, 2016, 11:07:11 PM »

Was upgrading my hard drive from 1TB to 2TB. Worked fine and then I broke my boot settings. Stupidly clicked on "restore defaults." Tried starting over with a fresh install of Win 7 from my purchased copy. Nothing but headaches. Downloaded the Windows 10 .iso and did a fresh install with it. Beautiful. Not a single problem so far. Even my sunset edition of Microsoft Money works. So now I've got a dual boot Win10 Ubuntu 15.1 and all is well.

-AJ

ITSec · « **Reply #256 on:** May 24, 2016, 07:35:27 PM »

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but there's a new development and it's worth using a thread that has a lot of the discussion already contained in it.

Microsoft is stepping up the pressure in the last couple of months before the end of the 'free upgrade' to Windows 10. The latest updates to Windows 7/8x will lead to a Windows 10 upgrade prompt with a rather unexpected behavior. In most cases, when you close a window using the 'X' in the corner, it stops the action shown. In this case, closing the Windows 10 upgrade prompt using the 'X" will NOT stop the upgrade process.

A plain-language description of this issue is here - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36367221. As mentioned previously, I recommend the use of GWX Control Panel to put a fence around this process if you do not choose to move to Windows 10.

rodekyll · « **Reply #257 on:** May 24, 2016, 08:14:02 PM »

Thanks for that. There are just a few weeks left for the free upgrade. Then it will cost $150. So if a person is inclined to do the load, now is the time.

I have used the gwx control panel successfully. It's easy to make choices and make it happen -- or not. The program seems harmless otherwise.

The long way around is to uninstall and then (after restarting) hide update KB3035583 (the source of the nagging) and then go to windows updates and hide the gwx update. Restart and check updates again to be sure the uninstall/hide worked for you.

rboe · « **Reply #258 on:** May 24, 2016, 10:37:46 PM »

Thanks guys! Dang KB *****83 had installed again. Removed it, installed GWX and Bob is my uncle. Instead of Bill.

ITSec · « **Reply #259 on:** May 24, 2016, 11:29:37 PM »

Quote from: rboe on May 24, 2016, 10:37:46 PM

Thanks guys! Dang KB *****83 had installed again. Removed it, installed GWX and Bob is my uncle. Instead of Bill.

Can't blame Bill for this - he retired from MS long before Win10 reared its head. Now Ballmer - he's an escapee from Dante's Inferno, I just can't figure if it's from the fourth, eighth or ninth circle!

rodekyll · « **Reply #260 on:** May 25, 2016, 12:24:48 AM »

He's from the 10th circle -- the one with the windows.

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #261 on:** May 25, 2016, 05:41:59 AM »

IT Sec, based on things you had mentioned, I decided a while back to take the plunge. Then I went in and turned off everything that was turned on in privacy settings, also based on your suggestions. Finally, I found a small program called Spy Bot Anti Beacon. (Important to get the latest version.) It seems to shut down more stuff MS does not give you access to. (Telemetry and such.) There was also stuff like X Box that Windows will not let you uninstall. CC Cleaner let me uninstall that and a few other things I didn't want. The stuff 10 did let me uninstall still trues to scare you into leaving it with warning messages and such. I took them out anyway and have had no issues where things didn't work as a result.

John Henry

leafman60 · « **Reply #262 on:** May 25, 2016, 08:02:55 AM »

I downloaded W10 a few months after introduction. I had problems with it and had it cleaned off my computer about 2 months afterwards.

rboe · « **Reply #263 on:** May 25, 2016, 11:08:41 AM »

Quote from: ITSec on May 24, 2016, 11:29:37 PM

Can't blame Bill for this - he retired from MS long before Win10 reared its head. Now Ballmer - he's an escapee from Dante's Inferno, I just can't figure if it's from the fourth, eighth or ninth circle!

You're right, but using Bill is a nasty habit and most folks know Bill, fewer know Balmer (bless their little hearts, wish I could say the same!).

jackson · « **Reply #264 on:** June 27, 2016, 06:36:25 PM »

A Californian woman has successfully sued Microsoft after Windows 10 auto-installed on her computer without permission and rendered the machine unusable.
“I had never heard of Windows 10,” said Teri Goldstein, whose computer was left unusable after the upgrade failed. “Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to update.”
Goldstein won $10,000 in court from Microsoft after attempts by customer support to fix the issue failed, and the debacle has most likely given those opposed to the aggressive upgrade campaign a satisfied grin.

Story here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/27/microsoft-sued-10000-windows-10-auto-update-renders-ladys-pc-unusable/

Muzz · « **Reply #265 on:** June 27, 2016, 08:28:53 PM »

Today I dropped off our desktop to a friend who has his own computer business and is a very upright person. At the moment we have Windoze 7 Pro. My wife's laptop (on which she does a lot of our son's business stuff on) has Winddoze 10, which she unfortunately likes. As she does the final reconciliations on our desktop she wants W10 on it, as she is used to it. Our problem was, it downloads but will not install. With a very quick initial look he has found some programs that can cause hiccups, W10 evidently needs a reasonably clean hard drive before it will instal

The thing is 8 years old and I am currently researching to put together a new one. If I get the upgrade I will at least have W10 ready to go. Hopefully, it will last for about another year. He has already found that the hard drive has over 4 years continuous use logged on it!

fossil · « **Reply #266 on:** June 28, 2016, 04:39:37 AM »

Still using Win 10 on my Dell Latitude E6410 from 29 July 2015, additionally on a Dell Latitude E6400, an E7440 and two E7420. No problem with any of these machines. For my own 6410 I have setup a Microsoft account that I use for some tasks (not data-sensitive), it works flawlessly with my Lumia 620 and my Lumia 950, both also with Windows 10.

ITSec · « **Reply #267 on:** June 28, 2016, 02:00:44 PM »

Quote from: Muzz on June 27, 2016, 08:28:53 PM

The thing is 8 years old and I am currently researching to put together a new one. If I get the upgrade I will at least have W10 ready to go. Hopefully, it will last for about another year. He has already found that the hard drive has over 4 years continuous use logged on it!

An 8-year-old machine is not a good candidate for an upgrade past Windows 7, as the driver structure changed for Win8 and again for Win10 (big change). Even if the upgrade is successful, it will likely have more quirks than an old Moto Guzzi (Guzzi content!

). A good rule of thumb is that machines no older than 5 years old can usually be upgraded with a bit of care, and those built in the last three years are usually no hassle at all (other than the usual privacy concerns, of course).

LowRyter · « **Reply #268 on:** June 28, 2016, 08:53:50 PM »

Just upgraded last week. My computer works better than when I bought it. I had lots of trouble with frozen pages and locked mouse. This has cured it 90%.

I like the graphics and interface no worse than before. Not much difference really. But this HP laptop works much better.

The wife told me her Toshiba works better since upgrading it a couple of months ago. Her machine was painfully slow and the speed has improved to a more usable level.

LowRyter · « **Reply #269 on:** July 10, 2016, 07:48:14 PM »

I was on vacation and computer went nuts.

it started putting "jjj" Ad infinitum (like I was holding down the key). on it's own. passwords, google searches. Then Mozill and I tunes cam up (which I don't use either). I would restart it. About the 10th try it would work. Then I'd open my computer and it would happen all over again.

I got home and was prompted to reload 10. But this time, it took all my separate programs. Luckily I didn't loose my data files. But I am reloading program now.

Seems to work, but it scrolls at 200 mph.

Time for a new laptop.

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Author Topic: Anyone using Windows 10? (Read 72547 times)

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