Upgrade to Windows 10?
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SRTtoZ
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I fresh installed 10 then downloaded Geforce Experience and it automatically grabbed the new Win10 drivers. Everything is flawless.
soulassssns
Banned
Should I upgrade straight to Windows 10 from my Windows 7 Home license? Or upgrade my windows 7 Home to Windows 8.1 Pro then to Windows 10? Question is can you upgrade from an upgrade and will it be Windows 10 Pro?
Iced_Eagle
Member
Yes to both. Upgrade to Win 8.1 Pro first and you will then get Win10 Pro when you upgrade.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Yeah, my computer doesn't appear to be doing that shutdown anymore. Thanks again, NorthernIX.
I have a new problem with my apps: when I hit the start button on my desktop, the app bar opens on the top left for a split second and then vanishes. When I click it again, it opens like normal, but none of the apps will work. Some shut off immediately (like the Xbox app) and others say it can't connect to the internet (Twitter, Facebook). The Cortana bar (ask me anything) will also not work.
Please help me. I've tried Googling for a solution but nothing works.
Please help me. I've tried Googling for a solution but nothing works.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Is there a way to remove buttons from the Action Center? Like I and I'm sure most desktop/non-touch screen laptop users don't care about "tablet mode", any way we can remove or at least hide it?
Maybe I should ask this in the support topic...
Maybe I should ask this in the support topic...
I don't think you can remove any, but you can collapse it down to just 4 buttons and pick the 4 you care about.
Settings -> System -> Notifications & actions -> Choose your quick actions.
Then go to the notification center and click "Collapse".
Candescence
Member
'System' is eating up way too much memory on Windows 10, on both my desktop and laptop. My laptop is literally reporting 1.3GB of memory being used up. Apparently that can happen due to faulty drivers, malware and runtime broker, but none of those seem to be the case - I've done a malware scan, used poolmon to check memory (the memory use doesn't properly add up), and disabled runtime broker. Gah.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Ever since updating to Windows 10, I no longer have the option to change sound output. It only shows my display's HDMI and nothing else.
Before updating I had several other sound output (playback device) options. Specifically, my sound card that's connected to my receiver.
Any ideas?
Before updating I had several other sound output (playback device) options. Specifically, my sound card that's connected to my receiver.
Any ideas?
I'm experiencing a similar issue with some applications. That is, memory leaking without it being possible to attribute it to any process. I've had 10 GB in use when all processes summed up only use 1.5 GB.
It's very annoying, and the only way I found to fix it is by a reboot.
IMHO, it can only be a bug in either the OS or a driver -- nothing else should be able to acquire memory without it being associated with a process.
Denton
Member
Has anyone seen calc.exe starting by itself randomly ?
It is weird, it starts, does not appear on task bar and the window is not visible...but I can see it on second display fusioned taskbar so I see it started. Seen some reddit posts about this issue, but no solution or explanation.
It is weird, it starts, does not appear on task bar and the window is not visible...but I can see it on second display fusioned taskbar so I see it started. Seen some reddit posts about this issue, but no solution or explanation.
Candescence
Member
Well, there is a tag in poolmon that is exponentially larger than everything else, which is 'CM31', but that's apparently a Windows thing, and command line isn't giving me results when I try to search for the specific tag.
Would you say overall that it's worth updating to win 10 as a main OS? Because that makes it sound like it needs more time in the oven.
Some people will have issues, some not. Especially this early in the timeline.
southsidewolf
Neo Member
I had a similar issue and found a thread on reddit blaming Killer LAN drivers for the memory consumption issues. Try latest Killer driver if you've got that hardware. Just a possibility...
Unless you really need to or want to do it right now, it's most certainly smarter to wait a few months.
I found that as well, but I have a bog-standard Intel NIC.
Still not sure if I should upgrade to W10 on my crappy PC with W7... It's very crappy but according to the pop-up window that appears on the desktop to upgrade, my PC is compatible with W10 anyways.
3 core amd processor, 4 gb of ram 500 hardrive... No GPU because the one I had literally burned.
Do you guys think W10 will run slow on a PC with those specs?
3 core amd processor, 4 gb of ram 500 hardrive... No GPU because the one I had literally burned.
Do you guys think W10 will run slow on a PC with those specs?
NavyPharaoh
Member
Just upgraded mine. I only use my PC as a media server. Now I can't delete folders and it won't read any of my external drives. Great. I'll be rolling it back
Should be fine. Biggest issue might be with the drivers for the integrated GPU (you may have to find/install them manually).
That's odd. All my drivers, and programs work fine. In fact, if it wasn't for the theme change, I wouldn't have even known I was running W10 instead of 7. Give it a longer shot, look up issues or ask here, upgrade drivers from the official sites and download all Windows updates. Everything should be fine.
Captain Zyrain
Member
They need to get WordFlow (Swype) working on the regular version.. my Surface needs it badly!
This!
If I am an insider and have retail installed, can I opt back in for previews on one machine?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I just rolled back to w7 so I could finish the Witcher 3 with my ds4 and I'm not really missing anything from w10. Maybe when some good dx12 stuff comes out.
alexbull_uk
Member
Yeah I get this every now and then. Mostly when playing a somewhat-heavily modded Skyrim.
Fortunately, it does actually manage to recover without issue within about 15-30 seconds, but it still needs fixing as soon as possible.
I'd never had the issue with Windows 8.1.
Bl@de
Member
similar scenario here. Driver crashed when I quit modded Mass Effect with supersampling.
Have you OC'd your gpu? This is usually indicative of a too-demanding overclock.
Bl@de
Member
Nope. It's a Windforce OC model but I didn't overclock it. And as I said: It's a W10 problem. Never had the crashes in 2 years with the card under W7.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Status report: Been using W10 on my upstairs PC (some gaming, mostly productivity stuff) and for the most part it's been working fine. Haven't had any of the Nvidia errors with the 770 in this machine. The only problems I'm having are:
1) Poor sound card support - This is Creative Labs fault, but it still works at least, though there is no surround and very little in the way of features. Had to force install the Win8 drivers.
2) Computer won't shut down all the way. When I shut it down, it spins down the drives and turns off the monitors, but it never actually powers down. I have to manually hold down the power button to turn it completely off. I've tried various BIOS setting related fixes I found online but nothing has worked. It's annoying but not a deal-breaker.
What kind of sound card? If it's Creative Sound Blaster series you may have to go find and download the latest Win8 drivers for it. It won't work well but it will work.
This is a permissions issue and can be fixed if you want to research how. You'll basically have to take possession of the drives and make your new W10 user the owner of the drives and files. It may be easier for you to just roll back if you don't want to bother, though.
It's to be expected. The PC ecosystem is incredibly varied and complex with all the different hardware and software configurations. Honestly I'm surprised there haven't been more issues and public outcry. Besides, the people having problems are the ones that are going to post the most. As a general rule, if you don't enjoy tinkering with and fixing problems with your computer, it's best to avoid upgrading and just buy a new PC with W10 on it when you are due for your next upgrade.
1) Poor sound card support - This is Creative Labs fault, but it still works at least, though there is no surround and very little in the way of features. Had to force install the Win8 drivers.
2) Computer won't shut down all the way. When I shut it down, it spins down the drives and turns off the monitors, but it never actually powers down. I have to manually hold down the power button to turn it completely off. I've tried various BIOS setting related fixes I found online but nothing has worked. It's annoying but not a deal-breaker.
What kind of sound card? If it's Creative Sound Blaster series you may have to go find and download the latest Win8 drivers for it. It won't work well but it will work.
This is a permissions issue and can be fixed if you want to research how. You'll basically have to take possession of the drives and make your new W10 user the owner of the drives and files. It may be easier for you to just roll back if you don't want to bother, though.
It's to be expected. The PC ecosystem is incredibly varied and complex with all the different hardware and software configurations. Honestly I'm surprised there haven't been more issues and public outcry. Besides, the people having problems are the ones that are going to post the most. As a general rule, if you don't enjoy tinkering with and fixing problems with your computer, it's best to avoid upgrading and just buy a new PC with W10 on it when you are due for your next upgrade.
For FireFox users, this fixes the tearing seen in FireFox 40 and newer due to FF having blocked the old driver version from using HW acceleration.
dang, so I added an extra 8GB of memory to my computer and win 10 became invalidated. I thought only motherboard changes or main windows partition/HDD would revoke the key. 
So I am back on windows 8.1 with classic shell installed, its not so bad. Just wonder if windows 8.1 will get some of the directx 12 updates?
So I am back on windows 8.1 with classic shell installed, its not so bad. Just wonder if windows 8.1 will get some of the directx 12 updates?
dang, so I added an extra 8GB of memory to my computer and win 10 became invalidated. I thought only motherboard changes or main windows partition/HDD would revoke the key.
So I am back on windows 8.1 with classic shell installed, its not so bad. Just wonder if windows 8.1 will get some of the directx 12 updates?
Wait what? So any hardware changes can invalidate W10 just like that? What about even just GPU upgrades/additions?
TC McQueen
Member
dang, so I added an extra 8GB of memory to my computer and win 10 became invalidated. I thought only motherboard changes or main windows partition/HDD would revoke the key.
So I am back on windows 8.1 with classic shell installed, its not so bad. Just wonder if windows 8.1 will get some of the directx 12 updates?
IIRC, OEM volume keys like these can apparently get invalidated by RAM changes, but not GPU changes for some bizarre reason.
Wow, well, alright I didn't know that. What about any other hardware changes? I know some people seem to lose their activation too from BIOS upgrading/downgrading. Are there any other things like that that can kill your activation?
Ricerocket
Member
I've reverted back to W8.1.
10 was ok, nothing really was gained other than the amount of data tracking I was made aware of and how the notification center is trying to sell their products. Also some games popped up like xbox stuff with this recording thing that I wanted to disable but upon looking it up, you need to make an account, log in, and then you can disable it. I didn't really need it with Shadowplay. Update options are non existent... you can choose whether they warn you to reboot to install their forced installation of whatever they send you.
I can wait until games are forced on W10 with DX12.
10 was ok, nothing really was gained other than the amount of data tracking I was made aware of and how the notification center is trying to sell their products. Also some games popped up like xbox stuff with this recording thing that I wanted to disable but upon looking it up, you need to make an account, log in, and then you can disable it. I didn't really need it with Shadowplay. Update options are non existent... you can choose whether they warn you to reboot to install their forced installation of whatever they send you.
I can wait until games are forced on W10 with DX12.
dgrdsv
Member
They removed the blacklisting some time ago actually.
lastflowers
Banned
what data tracking worries you?
I had the same issue and found out it is connected to Microsoft's so-called "hybrid startup/shutdown", which is on by default. I'm not on my PC right now, but IIRC you should uncheck the option named "enable/turn on fast startup" under power settings.
I've just built a new PC and installed Windows 10 Pro on a USB using Microsoft's creation tool. When I go to boot it up on my new PC, after "starting" the download, it tells me I need to install a media driver before continuing. Does anyone know what to do with this issue? It won't let me do anything else.
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