Huh. I tried the different (manual) install and it worked. I didn't expect that to work considering the computer already had the Windows 10 network driver. Oh well!
Upgrade to Windows 10?
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Huh. I tried the different (manual) install and it worked. I didn't expect that to work considering the computer already had the Windows 10 network driver. Oh well!
chromatic9
Member
They need to fix this mandatory drivers update. Before release I thought it was just windows updates that were mandatory.
So many people run older drivers because of issues or have a preferred driver from blue screens to SLI/CF flicker.
I had to use older drivers to keep Space Engine running. Think it took 6 months to a year before the dev got it working on the newer drivers.
Then there's the GTX 590s setting on fire. You can stop that by manually installing an older one and then wait for the fix.
I don't mind windows auto updating but NVidia or whoever else, hell fucking no.
Please Microsoft allow us to turn this off for other drivers. Just put the option deep within the settings. I understand some users are totally oblivious to updating but we should have the options with the home version.
So many people run older drivers because of issues or have a preferred driver from blue screens to SLI/CF flicker.
I had to use older drivers to keep Space Engine running. Think it took 6 months to a year before the dev got it working on the newer drivers.
Then there's the GTX 590s setting on fire. You can stop that by manually installing an older one and then wait for the fix.
I don't mind windows auto updating but NVidia or whoever else, hell fucking no.
Please Microsoft allow us to turn this off for other drivers. Just put the option deep within the settings. I understand some users are totally oblivious to updating but we should have the options with the home version.
nextgeneration
Member
Not impressed with Windows 10 so far. Not only was installation not smooth, I've run into other issues as well, such as my internet sporadically not working. Also, tried a few games and found issues already. Sleeping Dogs basically is unplayable now. Keep getting that NVidia display driver stopped responding and has recovered error every single time. Ryse's performance is abysmal now.
Oh splendid. This is a train wreck waiting to happen.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
So my 970 apparently has a windows 10 game ready driver. Haven't got a clue if this is an old driver or one that was launched yesterday in conjunction with Ms? Should I be on this driver or has Microsoft reverted ne to an old driver or something? I checked for an update and it said the windows 10 game driver is the latest. Weird as it didn't even have a driver version that I could reference to on Geforce Experience
Question is how many read that and once it starts spreading inexperienced users might mess around with the bios which they absolutely shouldn't and I don't see why they should unless something with the upgrade goes wrong to begin with. After all the update process itself checks for compability issues before it lets you go onto the next step.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Hey mcrommert I'm jumping out of this thread as I finally managed to fix my issue. What I did was sign out, hold the shift button and whilst holding it down, click restart in the bottom right corner. Then clicking on troubleshoot I was able to do a reinstallation of windows 10 without the need for the settings app. Did this and my os is running perfectly. Just thought I'd share the knowledge with you in case someone else pops up on here with half an operating system installed!
TheFNEffecT
Member
Ground Zeroes is working fine for me on my R9 295x2, even thought it was the same version, I went ahead and jumped on the Windows 10 version of the current drivers.
Jin
Member
They both should be 353.62. A poster from Guru3D said it's the exact same driver except the new one is WHQL certified.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=401109&page=9
Post 205 has a screenshot.
I've been using Dolphin, PCSX2, Retroarch (several cores), VBA-M and nullDC and none presented any issues with Windows 10 so far. In general terms, if it works on 8.1, it works on 10.
Reinstalled. It started happening again after a couple restarts. Safe to say it's a bug that only affects certain hardware configurations. I don't know what else it could be.
I'd say don't bother reinstalling. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do now but wait for an official fix. Good luck to you as well. I'll let you know if I find anything.
Well, I can't really suggest upgrading right now.
I'd argue that I'm not the most ignorant Windows user, and I spent literally 5 hours yesterday trying to get Windows 10 to work before finally booting 7 in disgust again.
Throughout 2 completely new installations and one refresh, I always encountered the exact same pattern: directly after installing, Windows 10 would boot one time perfectly, and everything would seem to work (after some minor glitches that still shouldn't really have happenend, like having to manually install ethernet drivers).
Anyway, after the first true reboot subsequent to finishing the installation it would not boot up again and just loop infinitely on the initial boot screen (with the blue windows logo). Safe boot mode didn't change anything about this behavior.
Very annoying.
I'd argue that I'm not the most ignorant Windows user, and I spent literally 5 hours yesterday trying to get Windows 10 to work before finally booting 7 in disgust again.
Throughout 2 completely new installations and one refresh, I always encountered the exact same pattern: directly after installing, Windows 10 would boot one time perfectly, and everything would seem to work (after some minor glitches that still shouldn't really have happenend, like having to manually install ethernet drivers).
Anyway, after the first true reboot subsequent to finishing the installation it would not boot up again and just loop infinitely on the initial boot screen (with the blue windows logo). Safe boot mode didn't change anything about this behavior.
Very annoying.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Wow, that really sucks.
Mine went through pretty quickly with no problems at all. Although I was 8.1, so maybe that's why.
Hidden One
Member
Works fine for me.
Kinky John
Member
Yes it does. I'm sure you get a warning about it if you choose reset.
Mine hangs on loading.
Retrozocker
Member
Really M$? The update fails because you cant make an adhoc wlan connection to update drivers?
Ridiculous.
Spacecowboy77
Member
I really want to upgrade but I'm in the middle of a Fallout 3 playthrough.
Any chances that the game will work properly on WIN10?
Any chances that the game will work properly on WIN10?
Some motherboards will not work without an upgrade, usually OEMs. Still, better to just check with the manufacturer before upgrading.
With just a minute of googling you'd have found that you were looking for "Recovery", not "Restore"
Literally the first result for 'downgrade from windows 10 to 7'. That's bitter, but you probably shouldn't have klicked on that option before being 100% sure what it does.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
I still haven't received the prompt to upgrade, I've been staring at that damn "Get Windows 10" icon in the notification area for like two months. If I was really antsy about upgrading I'd use on of the workarounds to force it but I think I'm still fine with holding off a week or three, if not longer.
Giolon
Member
Ok I think I've found two bugs in Windows 10, 1 heinous, 1 just kind of annoying
The heinous one is that there's some issue with HomeGroups and sharing your Libraries that causes Windows to clobber all over your Library folder permissions upon reboot. This resulted in me losing permissions to all of my user folders and Windows Explorer just entered an infinite crashing loop.
I fixed it by rebooting into safe mode basically (msconfig -> Diagnostic Startup), then disabling sharing on all the libraries, re-granting permssions, rebooting, and disabling the HomeGroup.
This problem happened (and disabling HomeGroup and sharing solved it) on both my laptop and desktop.
Ditto for this 2nd problem that's just annoying - enabling OneDrive causes its folders to be added to your Documents, Pictures, and Music Libraries and it re-orders the folder priority and changes the default save location.
You can tweak the default save location and order, but upon reboot it'll happen again.
The heinous one is that there's some issue with HomeGroups and sharing your Libraries that causes Windows to clobber all over your Library folder permissions upon reboot. This resulted in me losing permissions to all of my user folders and Windows Explorer just entered an infinite crashing loop.
I fixed it by rebooting into safe mode basically (msconfig -> Diagnostic Startup), then disabling sharing on all the libraries, re-granting permssions, rebooting, and disabling the HomeGroup.
This problem happened (and disabling HomeGroup and sharing solved it) on both my laptop and desktop.
Ditto for this 2nd problem that's just annoying - enabling OneDrive causes its folders to be added to your Documents, Pictures, and Music Libraries and it re-orders the folder priority and changes the default save location.
You can tweak the default save location and order, but upon reboot it'll happen again.
//ARCANUM
Member
Just go here and download the installer. It works 100% fine. It says it's just for making a USB drive or a disc but the installer immediately gives you the option to upgrade right then and there. I just did it and it worked perfectly.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
I keep getting "Please insert the last disk of the Multi-Volume set and click OK to continue." When I unplug my 360 controller and insert a USB stick.
nextgeneration
Member
Yay. All my font is fucked up, along with my continued problems of losing internet connection. I do not recommend people upgrade to this right now.
Compsiox
Banned
I wasn't trying to rollback my OS to windows 7 or 8. I was trying to rollback a major updates that destroyed everything somehow. Thanks though.
So, I try to open Geforce Experience. The NVIDIA Installer opens, saying it failed. 2.5.12.11 is not installed.
I download the installer for it. Same thing.
I download driver 353.62 and try installing that. it tells me install failed again. Everything says not installed, except PhysX, which says a newer or same version is present. I'm running on a MSI 970 for reference.
I download the installer for it. Same thing.
I download driver 353.62 and try installing that. it tells me install failed again. Everything says not installed, except PhysX, which says a newer or same version is present. I'm running on a MSI 970 for reference.
Sorry, misinterpreted your post it seems. Although I don't see what good a rollback would do on an OS that keeps you auto-updated anyways. Do you have the Enterprise version?
Well Desktop seems A-OK awesome with Windows 10 so far. Had no problems. Another story entirely for laptop. Unresponsive-ness frequently to the point where you have to hard shut down, shut down/restart loop forever. I set up to reset the system this morning, unfortunately meaning a lot of my apps were uninstalled, so will have to reinstall them all back later and all my steam games. It seemed fine after it booted back to 10, hopefully it will be the last of my problems.
Compsiox
Banned
No I was pretty vague about what actually took place
ISee
Member
Hmm strange. Maybe try to uninstall your drivers (whatever there is left) with DDU (no idea if it works with win10 though). And reinstall 353.62 fresh afterwards.
Gee, that's infuriating. You're on an X99 build too, right? I'm having problems on X99, while my older Z87 "office build" is perfectly fine. Yeah, some of us have got to wait for bug fixes and better drivers.
RealityCheque
Banned
I've seen people mention that it has a "dark mode" theme. Ive looked everywhere for the setting in personalisation/themes etc but can't find it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Enabled by default.
Giolon
Member
Settings ->Update & Security->Windows Defender
If you want to get at the controls, scroll to the bottom and click Use Windows Defender.
Or just type Windows Defender into the Start Menu/Cortana.
RealityCheque
Banned
Perfect, thanks a million!
Do I need to switch my DVI cable to my mobo in order to do this? Or will my video card still work with the drivers uninstalled? I'm assuming no.
Brerlappin
Member
Yeah, fingers crossed but so far ive had zero issues. It was the easiest install ive ever done. I clicked OK to start the upgrade, about 30 minutes later, it was done.
I would normally never, ever, EVER do an in-place upgrade of Windows. It always causes issues, and its just not worth the time it takes to fix them. I always do fresh installs, but this upgrade was for me, absolutely seamless. Everything worked the instant it was finished.
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