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[Samurai G0SU]

Oh man, I updated apps with the xbox store. Then I restarted my pc due to a windows 10 64bit update.

All hell broke loose and my pc bunkered. Luckily system restore helped me get back to a certain point. However, none of my windows 10 apps work.... -_-

so I'm troubleshooting right now in the command prompt.

I suggest you to run the Deployment Image Servicing and Management command (DISM). It detects incorrect manifests, cabinets or registry data, it may replace the incorrect data with corrected version available. Follow the steps.
1.Press Windows key + X.
2.Click command prompt (Run as administrator).
3.In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following commands. Press Enter key after each command:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

4. To close the Administrator: Command prompt window, type Exit, and then press Enter.

Also see: Fix Windows corruption errors by using the DISM or System Update Readiness tool

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/947821?wa=wsignin1.0



Note: Above article is also applies to Windows 10.

-_- error: 0x800f081f ........

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/windows-update-error-0x800f081f

Now I'm trying this...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

sigh ...

Anyone else come into this situation?? Where when you try to open the Xbox Store it immediately closes? None of the windows 10 apps work like calendar or mail??

I just want to get this fixed! (

 

[Deyjandi_Von]

My Win 10 upgrade has been downloading for around 10 hours total now, despite having a 30Mbps+ connection. Is that normal? When I click on the 'view download progress' button, all that happens is the window closes.

Still nothing. I think it's borked and I have no idea if I can even restart the download :/

 

[bootski]

Are you running the final version of WIndows 10, and is that the one you initially installed? Windows Photo Viewer does not show up in the list of programs to open files with in the RTM version of WIndows 10.

yep, i'm running the latest version that was available on their download site on the 29th or 30th. it shows up for me, upgrading from 8.1 to 10, and fully up to date install having to restart most recently this morning for the latest KB patch.

The thing is, you cannot do that with Photo Viewer on Windows 10 RTM. It doesn't show up in the default list, and you cannot navigate to its .exe or launch it since, well, it's not an exe!
You need some kind of workaround, either editing the registry manually (which I try to avoid) or by creating an exe which launches photo viewer (which I did).

i don't have the .exe either just PhotoViewer.dll but the Open With... shows it in the list of programs to choose from

 

[lemmykoopa]

Is it possible to update to Windows 10 from a clean barebones Windows 8 computer without 8.1 or any of the other updates for 8?

 

[Durante]

yep, i'm running the latest version that was available on their download site on the 29th or 30th. it shows up for me, upgrading from 8.1 to 10, and fully up to date install having to restart most recently this morning for the latest KB patch.

There you have it, probably. If you do a clean install of the RTM build of WIndows 10 MS do their best to hide the very existence of Photo Viewer from you.

i don't have the .exe either just PhotoViewer.dll but the Open With... shows it in the list of programs to choose from

Yes, that was the behavior in Windows 8 and earlier versions of Windows 10, and its apparently also the behavior if you upgrade one of those.

It's simply not there in a clean install of the final version.

 

[bootski]

There you have it, probably. If you do a clean install of the RTM build of WIndows 10 MS do their best to hide the very existence of Photo Viewer from you.

ohhhh, like the media center issue. shady.

 

[Mergesort]

I suspect its cause they simply could never cover every single possible issue even with a massive beta test.

Its an incredibly complex piece of software remember.

Still frustrating. Actually i like it alot, but man this OS is so buggy.

Is it really that bad? Glad I decided to hold off. Windows 7 is still going fine for now.

I had some issues, with drivers(Soundcard, Network) and settings and some other stuff. The problem is: It works, BUT not without workarounds, alot of them. Windows 10 has a big Privacy issue. Can't get Cortana too google your favorite porn without M$ knowing you like redheads.

 

[k4n3]

i had to switch back to 8.1 i was running into issues left and right in 10 and just not worth the trouble

 

[AdanVC]

I have a super shitty 2009 computer with Windows 7: Intel 3 core, 4gb of ram and a video card that overheats even when I scroll a website through Firefox until it crash and the whole system shuts off because the fan stops spinning and when it spins, it sounds like a the most noisy motorcycle ever made and even with all of that, apparently my PC can run W10 without problems... But nope, Not going to bother on updating until I can afford a decent PC :'(

 

[MCD]

why go all the way to return a photo viewer that can't even view gif files when you can just install irfanview?

 

[Mergesort]

I upgraded from Win 8 to Win 10 yesterday. However once that was completed I decided I wanted a clean install so I used the 'reset' feature. The basic installation went well but after the first reboot I was greeted with a corrupt boot manager error and bootloop. Luckily I had a win 8 recovery image on the laptop and was able to revert back. Now I'm scared to try it again, lol. Anyone else encountered the same problem like i did and managed to fix it?

I bought a new SSD with more storage for my clean install. First you have to upgrade(you already did that) to register your PC, after this you can burn window 10 to a DVD or USB stick and format your drive and do a fresh install.

it's not no. if you look at the issues people are having, they fall into two categories:

1) subjective issues, like the start menu crowd. don't like the 'feel' of certain things that ms has implemented
2) edge case issues like the guys a couple posts above with the DTS issue, the Creative SB XiFi, etc

if you're using windows like the vast majority of people do, including most on this forum, you're not gonna have any issues.

1) I like the Start menu!
2) I had more than Soundcard driver issues!

 

[Guri]

How? The upgrade doesn't provide you with any license. No activation key, no storing of the license in your MS account, nothing but saving the h/w config of the PC in activation service.

The key is tied to your Microsoft account. True, you don't have access to it, but that's how they can check your license. Plus, it's on their terms of use. Just look at the first point here.

 

[TC McQueen]

The key is tied to your Microsoft account. True, you don't have access to it

There are programs that let you see the key.

 

[bj00rn_]

Is it really that bad?

No it isn't. But as always some people do have problems, and sucks for them. But that doesn't mean everyone has, on the contrary. My father is 85 years old, when I visited him a couple of days ago he had upgraded Windows 10 on his computer himself, and everything appeared to work fine. I don't think this would be even fathomable a few years ago.. Windows 10 is smooth sailing for most people I suspect.

 

[shockdude]

There you have it, probably. If you do a clean install of the RTM build of WIndows 10 MS do their best to hide the very existence of Photo Viewer from you.

Yes, that was the behavior in Windows 8 and earlier versions of Windows 10, and its apparently also the behavior if you upgrade one of those.

It's simply not there in a clean install of the final version.

Oh that's really silly. Yeah I upgraded from 8.1 and the photo viewer defaults are all available, jpg png everything.

For people without third party start menus I'm pretty sure pinning programs to the tiles will make them accessible from the search bar.

 

[Guri]

There are programs that let you see the key.

Just a generic key. Not the real one. For example, those programs gave me the exact same key on my Desktop and Laptop.

 

[Chitown B]

Just got my made my upgrade to 10. Everything went smooth, thank god.

pretty sure god doesn't give a shit about your Windows installation.

 

[bootski]

I bought a new SSD with more storage for my clean install. First you have to upgrade(you already did that) to register your PC, after this you can burn window 10 to a DVD or USB stick and format your drive and do a fresh install.



1) I like the Start menu!
2) I had more than Soundcard driver issues!

i ran into the same issue that was mentioned above with the search in the start menu being substandard. if you use your keyboard to quickly find and open things on the machine, the win10 version needs improvement. luckily there's already a bunch of existing start menu programs like startisback, start10, classic shell (free), etc. that let you revert back to win7 style start menus.

yea, i didn't mean it was limited to sound card issues but just things that won't affect a majority of users. i personally only had issue with my nvidia software but uninstalling/reinstalling worked fine.

 

[Mergesort]

The key is tied to your Microsoft account. True, you don't have access to it, but that's how they can check your license. Plus, it's on their terms of use. Just look at the first point here.

You don't really need a MS account. I upgraded without it and did a clean install without it. My System is activated.

 

[lemmykoopa]

The key is tied to your Microsoft account. True, you don't have access to it, but that's how they can check your license. Plus, it's on their terms of use. Just look at the first point here.

What if i don't have a Microsoft account? I mean I never log in with it, i already forgot the same password for it too.

 

[lemmykoopa]

I bought a new SSD with more storage for my clean install. First you have to upgrade(you already did that) to register your PC, after this you can burn window 10 to a DVD or USB stick and format your drive and do a fresh install.



1) I like the Start menu!
2) I had more than Soundcard driver issues!

Thanks buddy. Unfortunately i don't have blank dvds or an USB stick lying around home so it will have to wait for a few days.

 

[Guri]

You don't really need a MS account. I upgraded without it and did a clean install without it. My System is activated.

What if i don't have a Microsoft account? I mean I never log in with it, i already forgot the same password for it too.

Not sure how you can save the key that way, then. It might be good to talk to their customer support.

 

[Mergesort]

i ran into the same issue that was mentioned above with the search in the start menu being substandard. if you use your keyboard to quickly find and open things on the machine, the win10 version needs improvement. luckily there's already a bunch of existing start menu programs like startisback, start10, classic shell (free), etc. that let you revert back to win7 style start menus.

yea, i didn't mean it was limited to sound card issues but just things that won't affect a majority of users. i personally only had issue with my nvidia software but uninstalling/reinstalling worked fine.

I used classic Shell for 8+8.1, hated the Metro design. But i like the new approach where you can use the tile system in the standard startmenu.
Well i guess it's ok for having some driver issues in a new os, but there is still some systemdesign bullshit that annoys the hell out of me, like restarting your wifi adapter only works with administrative rights. Had to deactivate the adapter and then use problem solving to get a "activate as administrator" button. WTF

 

[Mergesort]

Not sure how you can save the key that way, then. It might be good to talk to their customer support.

Your license becomes a windows 10 license, simple as that(as long as your pc doesn't change a lot). I replaced my ssd with a new one, but didn't change anything else. I guess upgrading an old pc and doing a clean install with your old license on a new one wouldn't work.

 

[Philtastic]

Still frustrating. Actually i like it alot, but man this OS is so buggy.



I had some issues, with drivers(Soundcard, Network) and settings and some other stuff. The problem is: It works, BUT not without workarounds, alot of them. Windows 10 has a big Privacy issue. Can't get Cortana too google your favorite porn without M$ knowing you like redheads.

As a counter comment, my desktop upgrade was perfect, including an Asus Xonar DGX sound card (driver and software were automatically reinstalled), a cheap bluetooth USB dongle, Razer Synapse, an old HP wireless printer, and an AMD Radeon 280X (I did, however, clean install the latest Win10 drivers before I tried any games like Witcher 3. Drivers work, unlike the latest Nvidia ones). No workarounds were required. Everything just works.

It seems that problems are very system specific.

Also, it's a bit naive to think that anything you search for on the internet is not already associated with your IP and computer.

 

[Shenmue]

Does windows 10 come with office or anything?

 

[k4n3]

Your license becomes a windows 10 license, simple as that(as long as your pc doesn't change a lot). I replaced my ssd with a new one, but didn't change anything else. I guess upgrading an old pc and doing a clean install with your old license on a new one wouldn't work.

odd i upgraded to 10 and got it activated ran into some problems tried to do a clean install and it wouldn't let me activate, it didn't fix my problems anyway so i went back to 8.1 lol

 

[Theanine3D]

Does windows 10 come with office or anything?

I don't think it does, but it does come with Office... ads

A popup asking me to check out Office 365 appeared on the lower right corner of my screen on the first day I had Windows 10 up and running.

 

[Mergesort]

As a counter comment, my desktop upgrade was perfect, including an Asus Xonar DGX sound card (driver and software were automatically reinstalled), a cheap bluetooth USB dongle, Razer Synapse, an old HP wireless printer, and an AMD Radeon 280X (I did, however, clean install the latest Win10 drivers before I tried any games like Witcher 3. Drivers work, unlike the latest Nvidia ones). No workarounds were required. Everything just works.

It seems that problems are very system specific.

Also, it's a bit naive to think that anything you search for on the internet is not already associated with your IP and computer.

Couldn't install a DGX driver, had to use a "donotcare" workaround. Everything else installed prettey fine once i had an internet connection, except the GPU driver.

@privacy issues: Only because Company 1 is spying on me doesn't mean company 2(MS) has a free pass to do the same! We should stop accepting this bullshit, like you do "they do it anyway why care" etc

 

[bootski]

Does windows 10 come with office or anything?

no. they've launched a subscription program for office if you want downloadable copies of the software and they have a google docs-like free office available online called Office Online.

 

[Mergesort]

odd i upgraded to 10 and got it activated ran into some problems tried to do a clean install and it wouldn't let me activate, it didn't fix my problems anyway so i went back to 8.1 lol

for some people it takes time to activate. Maybe try it again?

Does windows 10 come with office or anything?

No, just some ad stuff. Had to install my Office 2013.

 

[Guri]

Your license becomes a windows 10 license, simple as that(as long as your pc doesn't change a lot). I replaced my ssd with a new one, but didn't change anything else. I guess upgrading an old pc and doing a clean install with your old license on a new one wouldn't work.

What I meant is that you're allowed to move your license to another PC if it's a retail one (including an upgraded one). However, if you don't use a MS account, I don't know how you can use that specific key, which is why it would be a good idea to talk to them to know what you will need to do.

 

[Mergesort]

What I meant is that you're allowed to move your license to another PC if it's a retail one (including an upgraded one). However, if you don't use a MS account, I don't know how you can use that specific key, which is why it would be a good idea to talk to them to know what you will need to do.

I guess talking to them would work if you upgraded to a completely new pc. I am not sure about the MS ID thing.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Tried going back to 10 and my games no longer stutter, but the driver crash a lot when I'm playing games and watch videos at the same time (dual monitor twitch gui on VLC). Well I think it's because of the video + game situation. It also happened when watching twitch vod's on a browser with games as well. This time I'm on a clean install and this type of stuff never happened on windows 7.

I hope it's not damaging my card, sometimes it does the blue screen with emoticon face, and sometimes it's just every program crashing and I have to restart the PC to get them working again. I removed overclock and some of everything and it still happens. I had just got comfortable with this new install and don't even know if going back to Windows 7 is possible. I also went from Precision EVGA to Afterburner. The last crash I had the data meters window in the background. When the game crashed and the video started going to the pink blue and weird colors I closed it and looked at the meters. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Temperature never went above 72, activity was not out of control.

I guess my new thing to do will be watching videos on my phone with a stand while I play games. If it crash again back to windows until yet another Nvidia driver update. These seem like they may have been rushed. It seemed like windows 10 had a long beta process and I guess without it more people would be having problems, but I just wish things were smoother. What to do with this other screen?

Edit: I'm about to get a new motherboard and processor, and pretty much everything in my computer case would have been upgraded. I hope I don't need a new windows key when I get the last parts in.

 

[Xyber]

There you have it, probably. If you do a clean install of the RTM build of WIndows 10 MS do their best to hide the very existence of Photo Viewer from you.

Yes, that was the behavior in Windows 8 and earlier versions of Windows 10, and its apparently also the behavior if you upgrade one of those.

It's simply not there in a clean install of the final version.

Yup, can confirm that this is the case. I did an upgrade first and had no problem setting the normal photo viewer as standard. I then did a reset and after that I couldn't change it in the normal way.

But I did do the regedit tweak and could then set it as standard for all image types and not just .tif. Barely took 5 minutes to do.

 

[Zombegoast]

Upgraded my MacBook Pro. The only issue is the screen is dark even with the brightness is a 100%. I updated my Nvidia driver DX12 popped up in Dxdiag and is plugged in.

 

[Lupin the Third]

Does windows 10 come with office or anything?

You can actually download the mobile versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel for free from the Windows Store, but in order to edit documents you have to login to an MS acct, then to SAVE you need to be paying for Office 365. :-/

You can still use the browser-based one someone else mentioned for free, of course, but it still requires an MS account.

 

[Saintruski]

I'd rather keep my privacy

 

[Lupin the Third]

I'd rather keep my privacy

Okay.

 

[MadSexual]

I've got a quick question. I'm running a Windows dual-boot machine. I had 7 on one drive and 8.1 on another. Now that I've upgraded my 8 install to 10, can I re-install 8.1 on the other drive or has that key been deactivated?

OR: Can I run multiple legitimate copies of 10 on the same machine? I can't believe I can't find anything about people doing this.

 

[Chitown B]

I'd rather keep my privacy

better not go outside or buy anything ever.

 

[roytheone]

Little question: if I update from windows 7 OEM to windows 10 and then do a refresh (that's the one that keeps your files right?), will I ever need my product key?

 

[Naedtrax]

Upgraded to Windows 10, apart from a few games hardlocking the PC.. which i found the fix for which is running them in Win 7 compatibility mode. Everything seems fine, take abit of getting used to but what new OS doesnt

 

[Prophet Steve]

I'd rather keep my privacy

I can say with a decent amount of confidence that you don't know what you are talking about.

But I'm sure Microsoft already has a decent amount of information about you.

 

[Saintruski]

I can say with a decent amount of confidence that you don't know what you are talking about.

But I'm sure Microsoft already has a decent amount of information about you.

never touched a Microsoft product in my life so I doubt that. your also overconfident, you ever sandbox windows 10 and wireshark it? my company won't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

 

[DirtyLarry]

Don't give up on it, I have XtremeMusic on my second computer and had some of the same issues as you.

Did you try the unofficial Windows 10 driver support pack from their forums?
http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=720562
This solved all issues for me. There currently isn't official Windows 10 drivers but they're working on them, should be this month.
Before installing this delete ALL Creative drivers and look for the folders if there's any left and delete those manually too, some tips for the folders in this guide in step 3.
http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=68780

I had the same issue. WU X-Fi drivers do not work at all (thanks, MS!)

There are two ways you can solve this:

1. Uninstall X-Fi driver in Device Manager and then install the High Definition Audio Device driver manually. Don't reboot or WU will force install the faulty driver again (thanks, MS! I'm so loving this forced updates feature!)

2. Use the DanielK's Win10 support pack: http://danielkawakami.blogspot.ru/2015/08/sb-x-fi-series-support-pack-35.html

Creative promises to release X-Fi Win10 drivers in October so not much else to do but wait.

Thank you both for the replies.
I kept Googling after I posted and saw a few people commenting about the DanielK Pack.
Installed it and it worked like a charm.
Awesome that there are individuals out there willing to do the work for these companies.

If I run into any issues with Daniel's pack I will come back and try the unofficial Creative drivers.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Because I had pretty much the same exact issues when 8 was released I really was super close to just giving up on this card and calling it a day. Alas I am sticking with it as when it works, it works well.

Other than the issue with my sound card, everything else was smooth. Only other issue I saw is initially my desktop was not filling up my monitor even though it said I was running it at Native Resolution. I also do not think for whatever reason the official Nvidia driver was installed yet. I rebooted and GeForce Experience was there and everything was working as it should.

Overall I have to say was a pretty okay experience.

So as a new Windows 10 user who has not read much at all about it, I have to ask, is the Start Screen gone completely? All I am seeing is this new Start Menu. I actually did not mind the Start Screen.

 

[TC McQueen]

So as a new Windows 10 user who has not read much at all about it, I have to ask, is the Start Screen gone completely? All I am seeing is this new Start Menu. I actually did not mind the Start Screen.

You can get the Start Screen back by typing "Start settings" into the search engine, then set "Use Start full screen" to "On".

 

[sangreal]

but really, using a resized start menu is so much better. even if you use half the screen, it is better than being dragged away to a full screen menu

I booted up an old win 8.1 laptop today after some time, and I was instantly annoyed by the start screen

I never even minded it too much before, since I just pinned everything but now that we have a useful start menu again, it is hard to go back

 

[dLMN8R]

never touched a Microsoft product in my life so I doubt that. your also overconfident, you ever sandbox windows 10 and wireshark it? my company won't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

I hope you don't use any products or services made by Google, Apple, or Facebook...

 

[Lizard with a ladder]

I've been patiently waiting for my windows 10 update. Even though this pc is reserved for the upgrade since forever ago. Still no update notice from microsoft.

I decided to try that media creation tool and it's giving me "something happened" error before the download starts.

Is there an alternative to the media creation tool? I'm sick of waiting for the update to happen on it's own.