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[Mr Swine]

Stupid question, but does the Windows 10 Home ISO work with Windows 10 Home OEM that's installed on my Lenovo Y50? I really want to reformat my computer and get rid of all bloat ware. Also will this void the warranty?

Edit: seems that if I reformat my new laptop it will void the warrant, how is that even possible?

 

[lastflowers]

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/

Windows Defender scored a 0.5 / 6. By far, the worst antivirus software. Better, to use "smart browsing" which I wouldn't recommend either.

sad thing is that I'd rather deal with reimaging a machine than dealing with AV software from other makers. They've all caused more problems and headaches than they've prevented for going on 8 years.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Reason # 12,034,763 that Windows Update sucks.

What fucking driver is it trying to download? No f'ing clue because they can't be arsed to put any useful information on Windows Update.

I have the latest drivers direct from Nvidia's website install currently.

 

[RoadHazard]

No AMD here, just Intel Integrated.

Sounds like the same problem to me. It is defiantly a driver issue.

Intel HD Graphics 3000 here, no issues whatsoever. Drivers were installed automatically and everything works without a hitch. Seems odd if newer integrated graphics (which I'm assuming you have) would have worse W10 drivers, no? But it's not impossible, of course.

Stupid question, but does the Windows 10 Home ISO work with Windows 10 Home OEM that's installed on my Lenovo Y50? I really want to reformat my computer and get rid of all bloat ware. Also will this void the warranty?

Edit: seems that if I reformat my new laptop it will void the warrant, how is that even possible?

Just use the reset option in the system restore settings. It gets rid of everything and gives you a clean W10 install. No need to install from an ISO.

 

[Nydius]

Reason # 12,034,763 that Windows Update sucks.

*snip*

What fucking driver is it trying to download? No f'ing clue because they can't be arsed to put any useful information on Windows Update.

I have the latest drivers direct from Nvidia's website install currently.

So it does, in fact, include hardware drivers in the "you can't skip windows updates" system?That's pretty much the biggest concern I heard from most people regarding the forced update system. It's one thing to force security updates - I'm pretty fine with that. But screwing people over by forcing them to download drivers through Windows Update instead of allowing them to get their drivers from the actual manufacturers? No bueno.

 

[NinjaFridge]

Intel HD Graphics 3000 here, no issues whatsoever. Drivers were installed automatically and everything works without a hitch. Seems odd if newer integrated graphics (which I'm assuming you have) would have worse W10 drivers, no? But it's not impossible, of course.



Just use the reset option in the system restore settings. It gets rid of everything and gives you a clean W10 install. No need to install from an ISO.

I'm running HD 3000 too. My wireless issue is peculiar too. The button to turn wifi on is in network settings and I can click it but it just reverts back to the off position straigh away.

 

[mrklaw]

I installed Win 10 onto my laptop, and then cloned the disk onto an SSD and swapped them over. Everything seems fine (and a lot faster), except it it no longer showing my battery level in the taskbar. If I go into the power settings, it only has settings for when to go to sleep etc when plugged in - not when on battery.

Its like it doesn't know it is a laptop. This is obviously not great because I have no idea how much battery life is left.

Anyone had this or know how to fix it?

 

[Ashhong]

Damn I did a reset after upgrading to get a clean install and thought that I would have a Windows.old folder with my old files but nope. Good thing I saved the important stuff. Now to download all of my software and drivers again

Is there a tool that will list what hardware still needs drivers and download them? The actual drivers, not the generic Windows ones

Also what was that website that creates one big package of all the software you want?

I installed Win 10 onto my laptop, and then cloned the disk onto an SSD and swapped them over. Everything seems fine (and a lot faster), except it it no longer showing my battery level in the taskbar. If I go into the power settings, it only has settings for when to go to sleep etc when plugged in - not when on battery.

Its like it doesn't know it is a laptop. This is obviously not great because I have no idea how much battery life is left.

Anyone had this or know how to fix it?

I would think that you should do a refresh or reset. Windows has certain settings for ssd installs that it might not pick up on since u cloned it

 

[sangreal]

Also what was that website that creates one big package of all the software you want?

ninite.com

 

[Mr Swine]

Intel HD Graphics 3000 here, no issues whatsoever. Drivers were installed automatically and everything works without a hitch. Seems odd if newer integrated graphics (which I'm assuming you have) would have worse W10 drivers, no? But it's not impossible, of course.



Just use the reset option in the system restore settings. It gets rid of everything and gives you a clean W10 install. No need to install from an ISO.

Still, if I want to send in the laptop for repairs they will say that I voided the warranty.

Alternative that I do a backup of Windows 8.1 that came with the laptop and buy a new SSD. I keep the old HDD (if there isn't a sticker that breaks) and if there is any problems I just put it back in and send it for repairs

 

[mrklaw]

I would think that you should do a refresh or reset. Windows has certain settings for ssd installs that it might not pick up on since u cloned it

thanks. Can I do that and leave installed apps/user accounts? Not the end of the world to lose them but I just spent a couple of hours setting them up.

 

[NinjaFridge]

Going to install an older version of Intel drivers to see if that makes a difference.

 

[Pro]

I'm running HD 3000 too. My wireless issue is peculiar too. The button to turn wifi on is in network settings and I can click it but it just reverts back to the off position straigh away.

For the display issue, you could try uninstalling any secondary monitors completely from your laptop so that it does not try to display on them and is forced to use your laptop display. Remove them from Device Manager, Hardware and Devices, turn on hidden devices in the Device Manager. Just spit-ballin here.

 

[Azulsky]

A big issue I have been having is that Chrome Browser (64bit) seems to freeze its rendering if i snap it to the left or right side of the screen. No issues when snapping to a corner or to the top to maximize.

Whatever was there before snapping just resizes and no new rendering occurs until you unsnap it, snap to corner, or maximize....

 

[NinjaFridge]

So when I restart it, it displays the windows logo on my laptop display as its booting but then the screen goes off and I have to connect to the monitor.

 

[Klocker]

Running pretty well on Surface 3 here but it seems to acquire issues the longer it is up without a reboot. Especially outlook 2013 (or mail, calendar app) fails to issue notifications. Also some sluggishness and basic random minor errors.

Hoping an update or two soon will smooth things out.

Also on desktop outlook 2013 would not stay connected to server for syncing no matter what I did.

 

[dluu13]

Yep, I have the exact same problem on my AMD A8-5550M HP Pavilion Laptop. Posted a similar image back on page 157. I've tried damn near everything. Updated APU drivers, updated other drivers that were slightly out of date, manually ran Windows Update looking for any patches, recommended or optional. Nothing takes care of the issue. Edit: Except rebooting, but then they just shift back out of alignment randomly afterward later.

I second this. I have also gotten the weird icon thing, but only when using small icons. Using large icons will show the entire icon, but the problem is not solved when switching back to small icons. It has actually only happened to me once, and it was fixed by rebooting.

 

[Various Artists]

Anyone have a problem with a combination of windows 10 steam and a 4k monitor? I have an nvidia 970 and Steam shows that it is running at 720p and it's all pixilated.

 

[broadwayrock]

Is there a tool that will list what hardware still needs drivers and download them? The actual drivers, not the generic Windows ones

Driver Booster

Though with the driver problems some people are having with windows 10 your mileage may vary (It does create a system restore before it updates drivers)

 

[brotkasten]

The first update roll-up is available for Windows 10 ("Service Release"). Check Windows Update to download it.

 

[yankeehater]

God fucking dammit. i tried to install windows 10 again today. Someone linked an article that mentioned unhooking the sata cable from the dvd drive, so I did that and it fails at the same spot.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

So I "Hide" the Nvidia driver update via the tool Microsoft released and Windows Update still downloaded it anyways.

 

[The Lamonster]

I still don't have the notification that I am ready to upgrade, and I don't want to force it because I assume there's a good reason Microsoft isn't wanting me to upgrade yet (i.e. driver/hardware incompatibility).

Could it be my processor? It's a desktop from 2007 with Intel Core2 processor Q6600(2.4Ghz 1066FSB) w/QuadCore Tech.

I read that any processor over 1Ghz should work, but I don't know what else could be preventing my upgrade.

 

[Little Old Man]

I still don't have the notification that I am ready to upgrade, and I don't want to force it because I assume there's a good reason Microsoft isn't wanting me to upgrade yet (i.e. driver/hardware incompatibility).

Could it be my processor? It's a desktop from 2007 with Intel Core2 processor Q6600(2.4Ghz 1066FSB) w/QuadCore Tech.

I read that any processor over 1Ghz should work, but I don't know what else could be preventing my upgrade.

It's a staggered roll out to prevent overloading on MS servers, highlight critical bugs etc. I have the same CPU as you, and I only just got the notification through last night that W10 was downloading.

There are several ways to upgrade straight away, which will probably be in the OP or something.

 

[TheMAK]

Windows 10 SR1 update is rolling out now

 

[Bunta]

Windows 10 SR1 update is rolling out now

Yep, downloading it now.

edit: Installed.

 

[Sylver]

I hate new multimedia permonance.
Since w10 I had a lot of problems with MKV playback, even disabling Media Fundation codecs and going with external codecs.
Never had any issue with 7, 8 or 8.1
it lags on let in me to take control of time bar during first video minutes.
and if I do any click on the screen during that time it shows this way:

After few "seconds" it works fine:

but it's annoying and only happens with BDRip videos.
BDMux and BD m1080p mkv files load ok and fast but BDRip files are a pain in the ass. If I righ-click on the file even windows take some time searching properties.
Sad.

If anybody cares about I found the problem. It was caused by native codecs. Windows 10 is using a version of outdated Property Handler which caused not to show some properties of the file, wrong size, timing, codec, resolution, then windows search for that properties and makes explorer.exe go slow when you use right click, nothing to do with Player you were using.
If you install and download the lastest version of Icaros Property Handler (used by windows) on their site ( http://www.videohelp.com/software/Icaros ) solve the problem.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Well, pretty sure Windows Update is fucked.

It keeps trying to install these Nvidia drivers (that I don't need), doesn't even show any other available updates (though they do show as options to "hide" when running the update blocker tool from Microsoft)

The Settings app completely locks up when trying to update/install and never seems to actually do anything.

 

[GamingKaiju]

Sorry if posted elsewhere in this thread.

Having a really hard time here upgrading. First I forced the upgrade by using the media creation tool but it didn't install Win10 right and Win8.1 was messed up so I couldn't roll back.

Wiped my PC this morning and reinstalled Win8.1 after forcing it to download all updates I notice that my Win10 is ready. But it fails every time I try to install\download it.

Any ideas?

 

[Uno Venova]

I thought the troubles of updating would be solved from the preview but no, it still gets stuck downloading, been at 39% for an hour. This clearly could have used a few more weeks.

 

[dluu13]

Sorry if posted elsewhere in this thread.

Having a really hard time here upgrading. First I forced the upgrade by using the media creation tool but it didn't install Win10 right and Win8.1 was messed up so I couldn't roll back.

Wiped my PC this morning and reinstalled Win8.1 after forcing it to download all updates I notice that my Win10 is ready. But it fails every time I try to install\download it.

Any ideas?

If it's the "Something happened" error, then it might be your locale settings. I've seen that changing locale to US will fix that, although it didn't work for my brother.

 

[GamingKaiju]

If it's the "Something happened" error, then it might be your locale settings. I've seen that changing locale to US will fix that, although it didn't work for my brother.

Thanks but I don't get the 'something happened' error. The update either fails to download, if I delete the Software distribution folder it re-downloads it again and if it works it will install then crash at 25% every time.

My Win10 update icon is gone now!?

 

[Megauap]

Is there anyway to disable the popup notification and volume bar when you hit the mute key in your keyboard?
It's pretty annoying if you want to click something that's under it :S


I'm talking about this popup:

 

[Cannon Goose]

Is there anyway to disable the popup notification and volume bar when you hit the mute key in your keyboard?
It's pretty annoying if you want to click something that's under it :S


I'm talking about this popup:

Mine disappears after about two seconds... Does yours stay on the screen longer than that?

 

[dluu13]

Is there anyway to disable the popup notification and volume bar when you hit the mute key in your keyboard?
It's pretty annoying if you want to click something that's under it :S


I'm talking about this popup:

It doesn't disappear right away after you're done hitting the button?

I'm not sure if this works with the volume, but I did disable popups for "non-optimal resolution" popups so I could play knights of the old republic without that thing popping up over the game. However, my popup was specific to Intel graphics program, just in the same style as all the win10 popups.

 

[Darren_z33]

Hopefully the latest update fix my non working Start button.

I've tried several fixes from the top Google hits, but it's still not working.

 

[NinjaFridge]

I can turn my Wireless on during boot using function keys. I guess this is a physical switch that wont work when the OS is up and running. Still having problems with the display. I've tried removing the monitor under device manager and leaving just the uPnP and when I boot sometimes it does use the laptop display but other times it doesn't display anything and the boot seems to hang until I connect the monitor again at which point it carries on.

 

[Megauap]

Mine disappears after about two seconds... Does yours stay on the screen longer than that?

Yes, it disappears after 3 seconds but I don't want it to appear.
It is a bit annoying when browsing or working with some programs.

 

[Ashhong]

thanks. Can I do that and leave installed apps/user accounts? Not the end of the world to lose them but I just spent a couple of hours setting them up.

I think only the refresh option allows u to keep your stuff, but even then it's just your user files I believe, not your programs

 

[Quick Mustard]

Windows 10 SR1 update is rolling out now

Whats the update called that it downloads?

 

[dluu13]

Yes, it disappears after 3 seconds but I don't want it to appear.
It is a bit annoying when browsing or working with some programs.

As far as I know after some googling, there's no way to disable it. It doesn't show up in my games or over any sort of full screen streaming video, so I don't really care.

 

[Megauap]

As far as I know after some googling, there's no way to disable it. It doesn't show up in my games or over any sort of full screen streaming video, so I don't really care.

Maybe it's more annoying for me because I come from Windows 7 (nevers upgraded to 8 or 8.1). I suppose I will have to adapt...

 

[Joeku]

Has there been issues with the windows 8 update servers during this stuff too?

Cause I just put Windows 8.0 Pro on an OS-less PC and the updating process does not want to work whatsoever (searching for updates forever), despite stopping and starting services and deleting certain folders like the internet has told me.

Anyone updating from Windows 8 have this problem? If so, what did you do to bypass it? I'm downloading the Windows 10 ISO but I don't know if that will work from a fresh Windows 8.

 

[Dramos]

I clean installed Windows 10 without going through the upgrade path. I want to go back to 8.1, upgrade to 10 then clean install 10 so I can finally get rid of this activation bug... How can I go back?

 

[Pro]

I can turn my Wireless on during boot using function keys. I guess this is a physical switch that wont work when the OS is up and running. Still having problems with the display. I've tried removing the monitor under device manager and leaving just the uPnP and when I boot sometimes it does use the laptop display but other times it doesn't display anything and the boot seems to hang until I connect the monitor again at which point it carries on.

It's hard to pinpoint. Maybe try Googling "Intel HD 3000 Black Screen Startup Windows 10" or something. There might be an Intel forum concerning it. Or try removing drivers completely. The second monitor may still be installed under the hidden devices in Device Manager. Expand each tree and look for it. With me it was a specific driver function you wouldn't have thought of or known of in a million years.

 

[not_so_special]

hi people

i have a problem with my surface 2 pro since win10 is installed,i push the button to put the screen off but in one minute or two the screens goes back on,its drives me crazy

 

[Nydius]

I clean installed Windows 10 without going through the upgrade path. I want to go back to 8.1, upgrade to 10 then clean install 10 so I can finally get rid of this activation bug... How can I go back?

Just to make sure I'm understanding your posts correctly:
You did a clean install by destroying the Windows 8.1 partition during the install? Meaning you chose to do an install on the existing Windows partition not a clean install on a separate partition?

If that's the case, since you didn't do the upgrade path you won't be able to activate Win 10, bringing the conversation back to your original post about activation being blocked. Because you completely removed Windows 8.1 instead of upgrading the only way you can go back to 8.1 at this point is to reinstall Windows 8.1 from scratch (or use your system's factory reset option, if it's a pre-manufactured system with either a recovery partition or recovery media). Then do an in place upgrade.

Once you've done that, you can then use Windows 10's Reset function to make it the equivalent of a fresh install.

 

[Bunta]

Whats the update called that it downloads?

Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3081424)

 

[sangreal]

Has there been issues with the windows 8 update servers during this stuff too?

Cause I just put Windows 8.0 Pro on an OS-less PC and the updating process does not want to work whatsoever (searching for updates forever), despite stopping and starting services and deleting certain folders like the internet has told me.

Anyone updating from Windows 8 have this problem? If so, what did you do to bypass it? I'm downloading the Windows 10 ISO but I don't know if that will work from a fresh Windows 8.

There is a windows update fix tool on microsoft.com somewhere you can try. You can also try updating to Windows 8.1 from the store

I clean installed Windows 10 without going through the upgrade path. I want to go back to 8.1, upgrade to 10 then clean install 10 so I can finally get rid of this activation bug... How can I go back?

Did you do the upgrade before doing the clean install?

 

[DrFurbs]

Guys I noticed a thing in W10. I use a piece of statistics software that is computationally very intensive.. At least in W7 (MPLUS) during long intensive analysis where I need to leave the PC running.

In W10 I see both of my old duo pprocessor's are being used but at half of their Max speed.

Any ideas?