Upgrade to Windows 10?
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Kccitystar
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See reading stuff like this bums me out.
How is it that Microsoft, despite having a FAST and SLOW ring of Windows Insiders of many different hardware configurations who get this update first after internal testing, can release butchered updates for public use?
I thought all along through the Windows Insider program, there was a tiered list of thorough testing before a normal guy like me gets an update from MS
Philtastic
Member
Upgraded my desktop to Windows 10 from 8.1. Seems to have done so flawlessly without any noticeable problems or oddities. Not going to do a clean install just yet. Good job, Microsoft!
Xplatformer
Member
Good upgrade.
Window 10 Home Premium
My windows partition is almost exclusively used for gaming.
Shadow of Mordor
Star Citizen-Arena Commander
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Rocket League
Shift 2
Pinball FX
Mass Effect 2
All work perfectly. The only exception was Freespace 2 Open, which is a much older title.
I like this more than Windows 7, but not enough to wipe my EOS partition. Good OS so far though.
Window 10 Home Premium
My windows partition is almost exclusively used for gaming.
Shadow of Mordor
Star Citizen-Arena Commander
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Rocket League
Shift 2
Pinball FX
Mass Effect 2
All work perfectly. The only exception was Freespace 2 Open, which is a much older title.
I like this more than Windows 7, but not enough to wipe my EOS partition. Good OS so far though.
Same, but mine resets to Windows 7 at 32%. A Microsoft faq suggested uninstalling my antivirus software but that didn't help anything. No idea what's happening.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Kind of a stretch but if anyone else is on Windows 10 with an AMD GPU running 15.7.1 and can't get MGSV: Ground Zeroes to run, try this, it worked for me, that was the only game that I had a problem with since switching over to W10.
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgears...ix_for_ground_zeroes_just_extract_these_dlls/
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgears...ix_for_ground_zeroes_just_extract_these_dlls/
ImaLemming
Member
Maybe I'm imagining things, but ever since I upgraded to Windows 10 my music has sounded like absolute shit; it's muffled, the bass is too high, and it seems scratchier than it used to be.
Is this happening to anyone else? I tried looking it up online and I'm getting results for Windows 7 and 8 upgrades affecting sound, and I tried uninstalling then reinstalling the audio driver with no luck.
Is this happening to anyone else? I tried looking it up online and I'm getting results for Windows 7 and 8 upgrades affecting sound, and I tried uninstalling then reinstalling the audio driver with no luck.
Yep, I can turn up my music when I die in CS without tabbing out. Not revolutionary but it's nice.
Sevenfold
Member
Yeah it's more why wasn't it already like that than Microsoft innovating. Guess we've got the tablet crossover to thank for it.
Very positive upgrade all in from my perspective.
Probably Dolby Home Theater or something similar. Disable it and everything will be fine.
I need to figure out how to run the Compatibility App manually on my mom's PC. It's ridiculous there's no option to, and the last time it checked was 3 days ago. I had to buy a cheap-o GPU to make it compatible, and the clock is ticking if I have to return it.
EDIT: Finally got it
EDIT: Finally got it
FunkyLounge
Member
Hey guys,
I did a clean install of Win10. I have used the media creation tool to make a 64bit Win10 Pro.
Installed it and see that I have 32bit Win10 Home. What the hell? Did it install a wrong version for anybody here?
I did a clean install of Win10. I have used the media creation tool to make a 64bit Win10 Pro.
Installed it and see that I have 32bit Win10 Home. What the hell? Did it install a wrong version for anybody here?
Cortana has worked flawlessly for me in the UK since day 1.
it says that cortana is unsupported in my region, which is set to the UK.
Son of Flounder
Member
Don't know if this has been posted elsewhere but there is now a DX12 demo for all of you who've upgraded successfully to try out:
http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/85385-dx12-unreal-engine-4-elemental-demo-download-available/
It is the old Unreal 4 Elemental demo which now supports switching between DX11 and DX12
http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/85385-dx12-unreal-engine-4-elemental-demo-download-available/
It is the old Unreal 4 Elemental demo which now supports switching between DX11 and DX12
Spring-Loaded
Member
They don't appear in-game for me using the latest drivers. In the customize window, it says "Click Create Custom Resolution to add items" using the latest drivres, but in 353.30, my custom resolutions appear.
SaberVulcan
Member
Think I am going to take the leap sometime today...
What do you guys recommend in terms of driver upgrades to make sure it is a smooth transition before I take the leap?
What do you guys recommend in terms of driver upgrades to make sure it is a smooth transition before I take the leap?
If anyone is having an issue with the num lock key being disabled on the logon screen, just disable fast startup, like it says here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/numlock-startup-windows-7-8
If you have a SSD, shouldn't make THAT much of a difference.
If you have a SSD, shouldn't make THAT much of a difference.
Did a Disk Cleanup to remove my Windows 8.1 install. No turning back now, whoo.
Windows 10 should handle all the other drivers.
What wifi card? Did you use the driver on the laptop manufacturer's website?I updated my dads Laptop and there are no Wireless drivers now. I identified the required drivers and installed them, but it still doesn't work.
What should I do now, other than going back to Windows 7? Please help.
Edit: Reverted back...
Just in case, download the latest wifi/ethernet drivers from your computer manufacturer's site. If you built your own PC, then download from the wifi/ethernet manufacturer's site.
Windows 10 should handle all the other drivers.
It's a Laptop with an integrated Intel wifi chip. I used the drivers from the manufactures support page and I downloaded the latest version and previous ones from Intel. They didn't do anything and Diagnosis Test always gave me an incompatible error.
yeah that's pretty odd imo. Out of curiosity what laptop model/manufacturer?
In any case, unless you have time to fiddle around (e.g. connect laptop to ethernet, update driver through windows update), there's no harm in waiting another month until the issue gets resolved.
I just looked at mine and it says that too. Weird it was working the other day.
Just looked at my region settings and it had changed to U.S. weird.
KojiKnight
Member
Was just coming on here to ask how long I should be waiting for the first reboot... But it's chugging along nicely now. Win 10 t minus 97%and counting.
Windows 10 is great so far.
Edge is a GREAT browser - never thought I'd use anything other than Chrome for a while.
On that note, does Edge have AdBlock?
Other features of Win 10 are awesome - it is so fast and booting w/ an SSD takes 2 seconds.
Definitely recommend upgrading to Win 10.
Edge is a GREAT browser - never thought I'd use anything other than Chrome for a while.
On that note, does Edge have AdBlock?
Other features of Win 10 are awesome - it is so fast and booting w/ an SSD takes 2 seconds.
Definitely recommend upgrading to Win 10.
Acer Aspire 5920 and it was connected with an Ethernet cable. Here's what I tried:
- Tried to update via Device Manager. Error in the process.
- Downloaded and installed (like mentioned) several drivers manually.
- Deinstalled the drivers via the Device Manager and ran an Intel Tool for finding missing drivers. Didn't find anything.
But like you said... I'll just wait.
Lupin the Third
Member
Edge has no plugin/extension support the way Firefox and Chrome do. At least, not yet.
KojiKnight
Member
Well that was incredibly painless. Everything is just how I left it from windows 8.1 and everything is working right away without issue. Easiest time I've had upgrading an OS ever. Now to play around with it for awhile.
(edit) Noooo my DS3 doesn't work anymore. Curse my hubris! Now I'll have to spend minutes of my life trouble shooting it.
(edit) Noooo my DS3 doesn't work anymore. Curse my hubris! Now I'll have to spend minutes of my life trouble shooting it.
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/windows10-eligible-models
Doesn't look like Acer plans to support that laptop with Windows 10, though I'm not surprised given it's a laptop from 2007.
What wifi card does it use?
Valkerionseven
Member
Just got my upgrade this morning, all is going smooth so far -fingerscrossed-
KojiKnight
Member
Looks like only wireless isn't working with my DS3 for right now, not a huge deal... I'll mess around with that later to try and fix it.
For anyone who switches between their desktop monitor and their big TV when using Steam Big Picture mode, have you figured out the easiest method to switching the video and audio while using Windows 10?
Previously I would use an autohotkey script made by a GAF user that automatically switches the input on both the video and audio to my TV and home theater while shutting off my desktop monitor. I had all this mapped to a controller button press, making it an ideal boot up for Steam BPM.
Since Windows 10 the script only works halfway. I get a message that says that "SSD.exe is only compatible with Windows 7". I also get some weird resizing issues with certain programs like Kodi, so this script needs some adjustments or I have to use some other method.
Previously I would use an autohotkey script made by a GAF user that automatically switches the input on both the video and audio to my TV and home theater while shutting off my desktop monitor. I had all this mapped to a controller button press, making it an ideal boot up for Steam BPM.
Since Windows 10 the script only works halfway. I get a message that says that "SSD.exe is only compatible with Windows 7". I also get some weird resizing issues with certain programs like Kodi, so this script needs some adjustments or I have to use some other method.
Andrew Evenstar
Member
This happened to me, in the media creation tool there is drop down menu where you have to select 64bit pro before creating the installation.
dgrdsv
Member
I'm not seeing much difference in start up times compared to 8.1 and I don't see any reason to use Edge instead of Chrome/Firefox.
The new Start menu is killing me though. It's like not the Start menu at all and it's buggy as hell.
Win10 is a beta right now and I would recommend to wait for half a year at least for anyone who value OS stability more than fancy new features (of which there isn't a lot really).
Still, both the upgrade and a clean install after that went smoothly for me.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Upgraded to Windows 10. No reason to use their Edge browser over Chrome/Firefox. Don't really want to sign in to view Photos. Set it back to the photo viewer. Not really liking the start menu so far.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Upgraded last night. Install took about 10-15 minutes. Everything worked just fine after. Games all seem to be working, video card maintained it's OC, and all my desktop icons are exactly where they were pre upgrade. I'm feeling pretty optimistic thus far.
I've had this for a few days. I thought everything worked fine on my laptop, but now I realize that some drivers just didn't install correctly. Intel bluetooth doesn't work, and Beats audio control panel doesn't boot up (there's sound, though).
I'm searching like crazy for fixes but I guess they just don't work. Now I'm sad, because I ordered a bluetooth keyboard and tried to connect it to my PC, that's how I realized bluetooth doesn't work. Problem is I ordered some bluetooth headphones and now they won't work on my lappy.
I'm searching like crazy for fixes but I guess they just don't work. Now I'm sad, because I ordered a bluetooth keyboard and tried to connect it to my PC, that's how I realized bluetooth doesn't work. Problem is I ordered some bluetooth headphones and now they won't work on my lappy.
cpp_is_king
Member
something bothering me
i don't see the green "reserve your windows 10" button
but i see this in control panel
Click "View Update History". Do you see it failing?
what you mean by failing ?
its show me the updates i've installed
oh, you mean some failing updates ? yes , some are failing
but those just because i didn't restart at that time , and they stuck like that
what should i do ?
Theanine3D
Member
After a week of trying and failing to upgrade using the Media Create tool AND the regular Windows Update, I finally successfully upgraded from Win7.
The problem before was that every time the PC would reboot right after using the Media Create tool, it would reboot back into Win7 and give me the SAFE_OS error. Figured out that it was a problem with my dualboot set up. The Windows 10 upgrade files were being installed into my boot partition (sda1), but my Windows 7 partition was on sda2. Previously I'd been booting back into sda2 after the PC rebooted, which is why the Windows 10 upgrade was failing - the files were on the sda1 partition. All I had to do was boot into sda1 in the grub menu instead of sda2 like I normally did, and the upgrade process finally began properly.
I'm a bit annoyed because during the Windows Update upgrade process (unlike the Media Create tool), I was never asked even once whether to keep my files or not. So, once the upgrade finished and I got to the Win10 desktop, I noticed all my files and programs were... gone. Luckily they were backed up to the Windows.old folder, so I've been spending the last hour copying stuff over from it. Copied over my AppData and other folders that contain settings/preferences, and so far my old programs seem to be recognizing all my old settings OK that way. (Steam for example logged into my account and retained all my settings from before, as if nothing happened.) Thank goodness.
Despite that hiccup, I'm overall very pleased with the upgrade. The OS is really snappy and smooth. The few programs I've tried so far seem even faster than before, which I wasn't expecting. Even Blender is running noticeably faster. Only time will tell if the OS stays this snappy, though. I remember Win7 being really fast too when I first got it, and through prolonged use even it slowed down somewhat eventually.
EDIT: Just noticed none of my Steam games run anymore, even after uninstalling and reinstalling. They appear to show up in my task bar for a split second and then quit. Oh boy. :/
EDIT 2: Solved the Steam game issue by copying msvcp100.dll from C:\Windows\system32 to the folder where each game's binary is located. Apparently the games aren't recognizing the DLL in the system32 folder even though I've installed the VS redistributable over and over.
The problem before was that every time the PC would reboot right after using the Media Create tool, it would reboot back into Win7 and give me the SAFE_OS error. Figured out that it was a problem with my dualboot set up. The Windows 10 upgrade files were being installed into my boot partition (sda1), but my Windows 7 partition was on sda2. Previously I'd been booting back into sda2 after the PC rebooted, which is why the Windows 10 upgrade was failing - the files were on the sda1 partition. All I had to do was boot into sda1 in the grub menu instead of sda2 like I normally did, and the upgrade process finally began properly.
I'm a bit annoyed because during the Windows Update upgrade process (unlike the Media Create tool), I was never asked even once whether to keep my files or not. So, once the upgrade finished and I got to the Win10 desktop, I noticed all my files and programs were... gone. Luckily they were backed up to the Windows.old folder, so I've been spending the last hour copying stuff over from it. Copied over my AppData and other folders that contain settings/preferences, and so far my old programs seem to be recognizing all my old settings OK that way. (Steam for example logged into my account and retained all my settings from before, as if nothing happened.) Thank goodness.
Despite that hiccup, I'm overall very pleased with the upgrade. The OS is really snappy and smooth. The few programs I've tried so far seem even faster than before, which I wasn't expecting. Even Blender is running noticeably faster. Only time will tell if the OS stays this snappy, though. I remember Win7 being really fast too when I first got it, and through prolonged use even it slowed down somewhat eventually.
EDIT: Just noticed none of my Steam games run anymore, even after uninstalling and reinstalling. They appear to show up in my task bar for a split second and then quit. Oh boy. :/
EDIT 2: Solved the Steam game issue by copying msvcp100.dll from C:\Windows\system32 to the folder where each game's binary is located. Apparently the games aren't recognizing the DLL in the system32 folder even though I've installed the VS redistributable over and over.
Samurai G0SU
Member
So got a security update...
Restarted....
Cant complete update. Undoing changes....the restarts....
Loops this 3 to 4 times.... So.. Yeah!
Sigh... Resetting pc because system restore fails too! Whyyyyyy updates.. Whyyyyy
(((
Restarted....
Cant complete update. Undoing changes....the restarts....
Loops this 3 to 4 times.... So.. Yeah!
Sigh... Resetting pc because system restore fails too! Whyyyyyy updates.. Whyyyyy
(((
kipsta
Member
So I've been wondering. I currently have Win 7 Enterprise on my gaming PC, so obviously I'm not eligible for the free upgrade. However, I have Win 7 Home on my laptop which is eligible, and I have reserved Win10.
Is it possible to use the reserved version of Win10 on my gaming PC instead of my laptop? Or am I just going to have to buy it outright.
Is it possible to use the reserved version of Win10 on my gaming PC instead of my laptop? Or am I just going to have to buy it outright.
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