What do you think of Windows 10?
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Charles Ingram
Posts: 9 +3
Upgraded to Win10 on my XPS12c for the heck of it. Some of the new versions of apps (coming from 8.1) don't seem to allow manual updates unless I'm doing it wrong... Other than minor issue, so far so good. I'm mostly just waiting for drivers to continue maturing. Intel Graphics does not like me Alt tabbing from a full screen game to desktop more than three times lol.
p51d007
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Laptop & home PC updated a couple days ago, no issues. First OS update that didn't change how I had my computer configured, save for bing being the default search engine, easily changed. Granted on the outside, it looks like mostly a UI update from 8.1, but it does feel a bit faster & smoother than 8.1
The only tinkering I did with it, was to change the start button back to the program "classic shell" which I enjoy more than the default 8.1 or 10 start button, and disabling all the privacy crap.
The only tinkering I did with it, was to change the start button back to the program "classic shell" which I enjoy more than the default 8.1 or 10 start button, and disabling all the privacy crap.
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MrBlkfx1
I'm enjoying Windows 10 so far. I installed it on an old laptop I fixed up the other day. It's running surprisingly well on hardware that's at least 5years old. I did a dirty install on my main machine and have only run into a couple issues. With that said, the problems I ran into were mainly issues with other software in need of a patch for the new OS.
Moving forward, I do hope that Microsoft combines the settings menu and control panel into one unified module. It would make things a little less frustrating for individuals who are making the transition to Windows 10. I think I'll update my fiancee's SP3 and gaming desktop this weekend. Let's hope that the smooth upgrades continue.
Moving forward, I do hope that Microsoft combines the settings menu and control panel into one unified module. It would make things a little less frustrating for individuals who are making the transition to Windows 10. I think I'll update my fiancee's SP3 and gaming desktop this weekend. Let's hope that the smooth upgrades continue.
I am a WIN 10 Insider. This operating sytem is NOT transparent. I found 16 pages of panels to change the way the OS spies on you. Some of your pc settings are no longer within your pc, instead your data is being streamed to several Microsoft sites including Choice.Microsoft. I went online to look at my desktop search history---not browser search history, that shows that last Jul2 I was looking for network drivers. What difference does that make to someone in Microsoft? also who else has access to my personal DEVICE searches on my system? It is there is fine print all 35,000 words of it: "Trusted Partners" Who is that? A competitor of mine? The NSA ? Any marketing compnay that has the money to buy it? It took me two hours to chage all the SPY default settings---watch would you say...the Microphone is ALWAYS ON...for your "enhanced experience" . After 6 hours I rechecked all of my settings. I wanted to know if they really changed---sorry, some of my selections did not change I had to repeat everything again. I don't trust this. So after going through PAGES of hidden control panel settings, I found more, Just like Google "Easter Eggs" settings are dispersed and hidden all over in starnge places---probably so you can't find them.
Windows 10 is very nice.
as a member of windows insider program for the past 8 months or so, if I am not mistaken, this is the best windows OS ever.
the upgrade installation from one preview version to the next is almost flawless.
I amcurrently waiting for build 10240 to finish downloading (88%) so I can confirm or deny the truth about all windows insiders getting windows 10 pro full license.
on a friend's computer, I saw an almost flawless upgrade to windows 10 pro from windows 8.1 pro wmc. even avast antivirus needs no reinstallation. steam login credentials remain valid. passwords saved via web browsers remain saved. a not working virtual clone drive under windows 8.1 due to drive letter misconfiguration is fixed thru installation of an updated version. daemon tools lite, utorrent, vlc, k-lite, mso2010 has... even ie for windows 10 is still here (though hidden).
as a member of windows insider program for the past 8 months or so, if I am not mistaken, this is the best windows OS ever.
the upgrade installation from one preview version to the next is almost flawless.
I amcurrently waiting for build 10240 to finish downloading (88%) so I can confirm or deny the truth about all windows insiders getting windows 10 pro full license.
on a friend's computer, I saw an almost flawless upgrade to windows 10 pro from windows 8.1 pro wmc. even avast antivirus needs no reinstallation. steam login credentials remain valid. passwords saved via web browsers remain saved. a not working virtual clone drive under windows 8.1 due to drive letter misconfiguration is fixed thru installation of an updated version. daemon tools lite, utorrent, vlc, k-lite, mso2010 has... even ie for windows 10 is still here (though hidden).
ChuckedNorris
Posts: 9 +8
MS put out 10 before it was truly ready which is the main problem with 10. After pushing 10 hard throughout the preview builds, each with a fresh install to prevent any possible issue from a previous build. I also did not install any applications besides what could be found in the MS Store. Issues I found have been left untouched the entire time.
1. Parental controls are busted. The Family safety setting do not prevent children from accessing anything they want, anywhere they want on the internet even with the "Block Inappropriate Sites and Bing SafeSearch" on. Confirmed on multiple machines with a clean install and a couple of MS accounts. Others have been reporting the same issue.
2. NO Drag and Drop from or to EDGE. No ability to drag an Image or URL in or out. Cannot drag an image into a message body or a Gmail or Outlook email. This seems to have the same issues with just about any modern or universal app iv tried. 8/8.1 has the same problem.
3. The Mail app has no drag and drop, has no multiple select. Have to click each email to select. No ability to right click and empty junk folder. Once again, have to click on each piece of email. Get real old when you have 30+ junk emails per day. This lack of functionality makes the Mail app useless compared to even just outlook on the web.
4. Edge does not sync Reading lists and Favorites. Annoying when you have multiple machines on the same MS account. Chrome and other browsers have had this for years.
5. Dialog boxes, pre windows 10 settings and install dialogs tend to open behind modern app windows. often happening when in Edge and running an install from something downloaded.
6. Quite a few inconsistencies in the UI. Some useful things from 7 and 8 stripped away when it comes to settings and personalization.
7. Back to Edge.. having the home button off by default. Not everyone is savvy with Computers. Many useful setting tucked away that would leave my Parents confused and other family members I know.
Edge sometimes will hand a bit and not close a tab when clicked. Sometimes Edge will draw some CPU and hang for a moment trying to even load MSN sites. Not super often, but have seen this a couple times a day.
8. Some apps look absolutely horrendous with the new theming of 10. Pushing white on people because they didn't want to fix the issue with darker colors and the inability to see the window title bar and min/max/close buttons. (Really bad if you like black) People who make themes figured it out. Why should anyone have to download a patched file in order to run themes just to fix that issue. Chrome is a good example of eyesore in 10.
10 should have a consistent look and feel anywhere in the OS. To many things in the UI have that distinct separation of looking modern and oldschool.
1. Parental controls are busted. The Family safety setting do not prevent children from accessing anything they want, anywhere they want on the internet even with the "Block Inappropriate Sites and Bing SafeSearch" on. Confirmed on multiple machines with a clean install and a couple of MS accounts. Others have been reporting the same issue.
2. NO Drag and Drop from or to EDGE. No ability to drag an Image or URL in or out. Cannot drag an image into a message body or a Gmail or Outlook email. This seems to have the same issues with just about any modern or universal app iv tried. 8/8.1 has the same problem.
3. The Mail app has no drag and drop, has no multiple select. Have to click each email to select. No ability to right click and empty junk folder. Once again, have to click on each piece of email. Get real old when you have 30+ junk emails per day. This lack of functionality makes the Mail app useless compared to even just outlook on the web.
4. Edge does not sync Reading lists and Favorites. Annoying when you have multiple machines on the same MS account. Chrome and other browsers have had this for years.
5. Dialog boxes, pre windows 10 settings and install dialogs tend to open behind modern app windows. often happening when in Edge and running an install from something downloaded.
6. Quite a few inconsistencies in the UI. Some useful things from 7 and 8 stripped away when it comes to settings and personalization.
7. Back to Edge.. having the home button off by default. Not everyone is savvy with Computers. Many useful setting tucked away that would leave my Parents confused and other family members I know.
Edge sometimes will hand a bit and not close a tab when clicked. Sometimes Edge will draw some CPU and hang for a moment trying to even load MSN sites. Not super often, but have seen this a couple times a day.
8. Some apps look absolutely horrendous with the new theming of 10. Pushing white on people because they didn't want to fix the issue with darker colors and the inability to see the window title bar and min/max/close buttons. (Really bad if you like black) People who make themes figured it out. Why should anyone have to download a patched file in order to run themes just to fix that issue. Chrome is a good example of eyesore in 10.
10 should have a consistent look and feel anywhere in the OS. To many things in the UI have that distinct separation of looking modern and oldschool.
That might be a winter pfoject, if I ever install it. But winters in illinois are almost like summer, swimming included at the gym. Don't be part of the rat race that commutes by car, altho I said something about how why gas should cost more than $1.50 a gallon like subsidized mild when it goes thru a pipeline rathen than being shipped in individual cartons, and it's price seems to have come down. But snowy days, altho rare, can lead to a five hour commute and parking in downtown chicago is thirty five dollars a day, so do an online job. Taxation was an amendmend to the constitution, so civil servants get too much, and the military needs to be audited since they get minimum wage to live in a barack, yet it costs a million dollars a military employee per year.
The role of 'Insiders' is exactly find errors and report them. In return, they will have access firsthand to the news. "We call on experts to help other people so that we can find problems and solve them for the customer who will use steadily. Please we need your clever opinion.
Same here! But, we know they wont change it.
robb213
Posts: 352 +123
I think it's fine so far. Don't need to reskin it with Classic Shell like I did 8 since that wasn't fluid at all. Anyone complaining about it being ugly can just use that...its not anywhere as blah as 8 anyways.
Disabled my LAN port before upgrading on a fresh install of Win7 Pro that I specifically left untouched for the upgrade (got tons of Dreamspark keys from school). Installed drivers, then enabled my LAN connection again and installed updates.
The consistency of visuals, rather the lack of, is the only thing eating at me. Search and Indexing seems completely f****d up--if a program wasn't installed in 10, it's executable usually won't show on the start search even after rebuilding and targeting the area to be indexed.
Put in my tweaks, added shortcuts to my right click menu, added my shortcuts for Nircmd stuff, works fine.
Games aren't a problem either. Wither 3 is solid, RE6 is solid. GeDoSaTo works fine. If any old game doesn't work, that's what I left 8.1 for on my other SSD.
Sucks for ASUS users with Z77 or older since they're not being updated it seems to far, at all. Luckily Gigabyte did so for their Z77 era boards.
Disabled my LAN port before upgrading on a fresh install of Win7 Pro that I specifically left untouched for the upgrade (got tons of Dreamspark keys from school). Installed drivers, then enabled my LAN connection again and installed updates.
The consistency of visuals, rather the lack of, is the only thing eating at me. Search and Indexing seems completely f****d up--if a program wasn't installed in 10, it's executable usually won't show on the start search even after rebuilding and targeting the area to be indexed.
Put in my tweaks, added shortcuts to my right click menu, added my shortcuts for Nircmd stuff, works fine.
Games aren't a problem either. Wither 3 is solid, RE6 is solid. GeDoSaTo works fine. If any old game doesn't work, that's what I left 8.1 for on my other SSD.
Sucks for ASUS users with Z77 or older since they're not being updated it seems to far, at all. Luckily Gigabyte did so for their Z77 era boards.
Silvernine
Posts: 56 +47
Updated one computer to Windows 10. Update was flawless but issue with drivers so the fonts were very blurry. Took a while to fix it but still a bit blurry but definitely usable.
Updated another computer. The update wasn't flawless (had a bit of an issue with upgrading the user account during the process apparently). After the update though, everything was perfect.
My primary computer and laptop shall remain as Windows 7 though. I don't see anything captivating enough yet for me to update them and these computers are heavily used and customized so I don't want to break anything until I have the time to fix them if it does break anything.
Overall though it's not too bad at all! Much better than what 8 was and I think it's pretty as well. However I hate Edge at the moment. I'm having too many issues with it. It consumes more RAM than Chrome did for some odd reason (I had 4 tabs open and my ram went to hell). And the favorites does not seem to work particularly well. There were many imported bookmarks that I could not delete or crash Edge when I delete them.
The maps app kind of sucks in my opinion. Also is it supposed to look jagged? Google maps looks clear and crisp but Microsoft Maps does not look that good...
Updated another computer. The update wasn't flawless (had a bit of an issue with upgrading the user account during the process apparently). After the update though, everything was perfect.
My primary computer and laptop shall remain as Windows 7 though. I don't see anything captivating enough yet for me to update them and these computers are heavily used and customized so I don't want to break anything until I have the time to fix them if it does break anything.
Overall though it's not too bad at all! Much better than what 8 was and I think it's pretty as well. However I hate Edge at the moment. I'm having too many issues with it. It consumes more RAM than Chrome did for some odd reason (I had 4 tabs open and my ram went to hell). And the favorites does not seem to work particularly well. There were many imported bookmarks that I could not delete or crash Edge when I delete them.
The maps app kind of sucks in my opinion. Also is it supposed to look jagged? Google maps looks clear and crisp but Microsoft Maps does not look that good...
Silvernine
Posts: 56 +47
Another complain. While I know you can easily download new wallpapers, why is the default selection so limited (only 4? Really?) and not very interesting? Windows 7 came with great wallpapers by default and several rather nice themes. Windows 8 wasn't too bad either. Even XP had some pretty decent wallpapers (I especially loved Bliss and the Tulips). The default wallpapers for 10 is... lackluster. Reminds me of the days when this is pretty common with wallpapers that came with Linux.
Yarrow
Posts: 31 +4
Loaded all 3 of my PC's to Windows 10 and rolled back all 3 of them. I will probably wait a week or two for the dust to settle as two of my PC's were completely unusable after upgrading as Windows Blinds broke the gui's on two of the pc's it was loaded on. So Stardock Software has to be uninstalled before upgrading... then ran into really interesting problems with DVD and Blu Ray hardware. On one pc when trying to create a recovery image my DVD player got changed to a cd player and would not recognise any media... fixed by rebooting and using Win 7 recovery media to recover. On my primary desktop was trying to load a Compact flash card reader and that seemed to take out all my disks and usb devices. What really sucks is I loaded my test pc on release day and it seemed to go so well that I loaded all my other machines... Note to self learn to be more patient.
In review I would say seems much better than 8, not sure that with my pc's being older hardware if its worth the upgrade to 10 as I really don't have any problems with 7 and certainly did with 10.
I am willing to bet a clean install would be awesome. Someone complained about a lack of included themes, I was able to download some through the control panel app and they seemed to be very cool.
In review I would say seems much better than 8, not sure that with my pc's being older hardware if its worth the upgrade to 10 as I really don't have any problems with 7 and certainly did with 10.
I am willing to bet a clean install would be awesome. Someone complained about a lack of included themes, I was able to download some through the control panel app and they seemed to be very cool.
That's my biggest problem - if you're an ex-pat (e.g. speaking French but living in the UK) you can't use Cortana, period - it insists that your country and language are set to the same. That makes it useless, which is a great shame as the rest of the OS installed really smoothly and works well for me. Microsoft really need to fix this a.s.a.p.
matrix86
Posts: 852 +39
Minor issue: windows tend to hang when I'm dragging them between monitors. Only a slight annoyance.
Major issue: Although I'm connected to the internet, and can browse the web just fine, any time I try to use Cortana or any Windows based app, it tells me I'm not connected to the internet...even as I'm streaming a movie. How can I be connected to the internet, but not connected to the internet? Maybe Windows Live is having trouble getting through? It only works about maybe 15-25% of the time. Anybody know what's going on or have the same issue?
Major issue: Although I'm connected to the internet, and can browse the web just fine, any time I try to use Cortana or any Windows based app, it tells me I'm not connected to the internet...even as I'm streaming a movie. How can I be connected to the internet, but not connected to the internet? Maybe Windows Live is having trouble getting through? It only works about maybe 15-25% of the time. Anybody know what's going on or have the same issue?
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I have an Asus P8Z77-V motherboard and Windows 10 works fine on it. No driver issues at all.
Seventh Reign
Posts: 131 +65
I mean it just .. works. Is it worth wasting the time to upgrade if you are happy with Windows 7/8/8.1? Probably not, but it wont hurt.
All-in-All I like it. I dont like the fact that it defaults to the huge search bar in the taskbar.
All-in-All I like it. I dont like the fact that it defaults to the huge search bar in the taskbar.
No issues with the upgrade process. It felt like a regular WU session, just taking a little bit longer.
Upgraded a 2009 Dell XPS Studio laptop with a Celeron Duo, 3G RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 3670. Everything works and actually runs quite a bit faster than it did with Windows 7 on it.
Upgraded a 2010 XPS 7100 Dell desktop with an AMD Phenom 2, 12G RAM, an nVidia GTX 650 Ti, and it has an SSD. Everything works fine. I really haven't noticed a major improvement in speed, although it is a bit snappier, but I think that's due to using an SSD with a fairly powerful CPU.
Upgraded a 2013 Dell XPS 8700 desktop with an i5, 8G RAM, an nVidia GTX 960, and it also has an SSD. Everything works fine. Like the other XPS 7100, it is a bit snappier, but I haven't noticed a major increase in performance during normal operations. However, games appear to be sharper and perform noticeably better.
Upgraded a 2010 Dell Vostro, with a CORE, 2G RAM, and onboard graphics, running a 32 bit version of Windows 7 Pro. Everything works fine. The upgrade process with a bit slower. The computer runs quite a bit faster, even with over-multitasking the machine.
On my own system thus far, I am very pleased with Windows 10. The new options take a little bit getting used to, but not that much of a change from 8.1. I am having an issue with my system being part of a mysterious "organization" which controls some of my settings. I think I or someone else will resolve this issue, eventually, since I'm not the only one being controlled by The Organization. This minor detail isn't inhibiting the OS in any way, so I'm really not fussing over it. Aside from this, I haven't had any problems.
Although I haven't made an official switch from Firefox to MS Edge, I have set it up and imported my bookmarks. The browser is fast and streams video much better than Firefox using Silverlight. If it had Extension compatibility for my secure password management software, I'd use it all the time for watching movies via website streaming. Page loads are significantly faster, but I'd like the option of toggling Flash use for some web sites, rather than all or none.
I don't normally upgrade to the next OS when it first hits the street, but my time with Windows 10 as an Insider convinced me this one was worthy of immediate use.
Upgraded a 2009 Dell XPS Studio laptop with a Celeron Duo, 3G RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 3670. Everything works and actually runs quite a bit faster than it did with Windows 7 on it.
Upgraded a 2010 XPS 7100 Dell desktop with an AMD Phenom 2, 12G RAM, an nVidia GTX 650 Ti, and it has an SSD. Everything works fine. I really haven't noticed a major improvement in speed, although it is a bit snappier, but I think that's due to using an SSD with a fairly powerful CPU.
Upgraded a 2013 Dell XPS 8700 desktop with an i5, 8G RAM, an nVidia GTX 960, and it also has an SSD. Everything works fine. Like the other XPS 7100, it is a bit snappier, but I haven't noticed a major increase in performance during normal operations. However, games appear to be sharper and perform noticeably better.
Upgraded a 2010 Dell Vostro, with a CORE, 2G RAM, and onboard graphics, running a 32 bit version of Windows 7 Pro. Everything works fine. The upgrade process with a bit slower. The computer runs quite a bit faster, even with over-multitasking the machine.
On my own system thus far, I am very pleased with Windows 10. The new options take a little bit getting used to, but not that much of a change from 8.1. I am having an issue with my system being part of a mysterious "organization" which controls some of my settings. I think I or someone else will resolve this issue, eventually, since I'm not the only one being controlled by The Organization. This minor detail isn't inhibiting the OS in any way, so I'm really not fussing over it. Aside from this, I haven't had any problems.
Although I haven't made an official switch from Firefox to MS Edge, I have set it up and imported my bookmarks. The browser is fast and streams video much better than Firefox using Silverlight. If it had Extension compatibility for my secure password management software, I'd use it all the time for watching movies via website streaming. Page loads are significantly faster, but I'd like the option of toggling Flash use for some web sites, rather than all or none.
I don't normally upgrade to the next OS when it first hits the street, but my time with Windows 10 as an Insider convinced me this one was worthy of immediate use.
fimbles
Posts: 1,194 +208
Upgrade installed and activated a copy of windows 10 home with no problems at all.
I decided however to make a clean install due to some sound card driver issues I was having.
Now windows 10 will not recognize my product key and will not activate, spent several hours trying to activate manually to no avail. My only solution was to download a pirate activation tool which worked in about 30 seconds flat. Quite annoying the illegal way always seems to be the easiest.
I decided however to make a clean install due to some sound card driver issues I was having.
Now windows 10 will not recognize my product key and will not activate, spent several hours trying to activate manually to no avail. My only solution was to download a pirate activation tool which worked in about 30 seconds flat. Quite annoying the illegal way always seems to be the easiest.
robb213
Posts: 352 +123
Have a friend with a Z77 Saber tooth, and he seems to have no problems either using the 8 drivers as I told him. But who knows when, if ever, issues may pop up. I think it would just look better on their part to certify that their drivers will work with 10 for a product that isn't EoL yet.
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