Windows 10 Troubleshooting Thread

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Today's the big day! I'm gonna start my update when I get home from work today. Hopefully it all goes good. I have a lot of bloat on my computer that I should clean out, now that I'm done with school and settled into a job I could probably get rid of a lot of old projects and all my games are stored on steam now.
 
mandiller said:
My Windows Update history says the upgrade has failed to install. I have all the files in my Windows~BT folder. Is it recommended that I delete files in the the SoftwareDistribution/Download folder? Or is that just going to stuff it up more? Will leaving it alone mean I still get the update at a later time or is it borked?
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Yeah I have the same problem. On windows 7, if I do a check for updates through windows update, it doesn't find anything. In history, it shows upgrade to windows 10 as failed every time I hit check for update.

My surface updated fine though. It was on windows 8.1
 
Gaffercake said:
Would you recommend going for it now or waiting a few weeks for MS to iron out the kinks?
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I'm personally waiting at least a few days to see if any huge problems come up. Specifically with a few of my more "troublesome" games that I play like Microsoft Flight Simulator and drivers and such. But, from all accounts that I've read, the launch should be fairly smooth and I'll most likely be updating by the weekend. I can afford to be patient though and play it safe for at least a couple days...
 
Now after a reboot, the little Win10 upgrade checker thing is not in the tray anymore.
 
Finally managed to upgrade. I had to re-install 7 from scratch and then the DVD I made worked.

Having some trouble installing some updates though. And why is Windows Update no longer in Control Panel; in fact, why is there a Settings part at all? All of that should be in the Control Panel
 
Here are my current problems with Windows 10:


  • The mouse gets stuck on corners as I move between multiple monitors.
  • No way to change the color of the title bars. I want one color for the active window and another for the inactive window, like it's always been. I can't tell what has focus unless I look in the task bar, and even then I have to distinguish between black and a dark shade of gray.
  • There's still no unified settings menu. They should either import all the functionality from the old control panel into the new settings menu or don't do it at all.
  • The Start menu isn't as customizable as I had imagined.
  • They did basically nothing with Explorer. I still have to resort to dozens of registry hacks to get things the way I want them.
 
GavinGT said:
Here are my current problems with Windows 10:


  • The mouse gets stuck on corners as I move between multiple monitors.
  • No way to change the color of the title bars. I want one color for the active window and another for the inactive window, like it's always been. I can't tell what has focus unless I look in the task bar, and even then I have to distinguish between black and a dark shade of gray.
  • There's still no unified settings menu. They should either import all the functionality from the old control panel into the new settings menu or don't do it at all.
  • The Start menu isn't as customizable as I had imagined.
  • They did basically nothing with Explorer.
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Fuck they didn't get rid of the sticky edges ?!b!?

Google "disable sticky edges" there's a registry entry that disables that shit. I still haven't found a way to disable it permanently, it comes back after a restart.
 
I'm in the "Win 8.1 Pro 80240020 Error" club!

Yes I tried wuauclt.exe /updatenow a few times and it re downloaded the install files (6GB) twice. What is the point of the "waves" thing if I caused 3 times the usual traffic already? Just let me update if I have it pre-downloaded jesus...
 
Doc Holliday said:
Fuck they didn't get rid of the sticky edges ?!b!?

Google "disable sticky edges" there's a registry entry that disables that shit. I still haven't found a way to disable it permanently, it comes back after a restart.
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It's a different kind of sticky edge this time. The usual reg hack doesn't work for this one.
 
So I feel really stupid for asking but I have tried everything I have see in this thread so far without any luck. I have had the BT hidden folder since yesterday with ~6GB of data in it. Windows Update didn't give me an option to do anything with Windows 10 this morning after a fresh boot so I tried the CMD trick which also does nothing. That most it prompts me to shut down to install updates but there are no updates to install when I shut down. How can I get this thing to start?

Edit: Now my BT folder is 150 MB... guess I messed something up.

Edit 2: Redid the CMD stuff and now it is going
 
The hover scroll thing isn't working for me

Edit: Windows Marketplace still sucks and I miss my old start menu already. I also feel that 8.1 booted up and loaded everything way faster.
 
So after the Downloader failed (twice) in the span of 30 minutes I just had it make an ISO file. And that went just fine. You don't even have to burn it, just mount it, start the install and it'll copy all the necessary files to your HDD to install anyway
 
any good/advanced guides or tutorials to setting things up in W10?

1. how do i change the taskbar search to google search?

2. Is there a way to set "Task View" to a hotkey on keyboard?

3. Is internet Edge worth using?

4. any way to pin steam games in the pinned steam icon in the task bar?
 
Meccs said:
I'm in the "Win 8.1 Pro 80240020 Error" club!
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Same here. Not impressed with Microsoft at all over the way this is being handled, or their update system in general. If the problem is due to some arbitrary release staggering decision then there should be some kind of feedback to let the user know that, not just have meaningless error codes, with no associated help, appear in the update history.
 
Used the tool in the end to force the upgrade, finished downloading in under 10 minutes. Upgrade went very smooth, took about 20 minutes. All my hardware and applications seems to be working fine with the exception of my Nvidia drivers (though I see them in the queue to install after a couple of patches) c'monnnnnnnn
 
s_mirage said:
Same here. Not impressed with Microsoft at all over the way this is being handled, or their update system in general. If the problem is due to some arbitrary release staggering decision then there should be some kind of feedback to let the user know that, not just have meaningless error codes, with no associated help, appear in the update history.
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I love Windows error codes! Especially when the same code applies for more than one issue
 
Doc Holliday said:
Ah ok, sticky edges don't make sense since they got rid of the charms.
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It's honestly worse, though. It doesn't just slow your mouse down. It's more like a brick wall at the adjoining corners of the two screens. You have no choice but to move the mouse around them.

I think the reason they're there is to make it easier to corner-snap a window (which is a new feature). Also, the Show Desktop button is now so minuscule that you almost need the sticky corner just to press it.
 
So can you get the program files part of the start menu back up?

Everything else is fine for me would just like that in the start menu.
 
So Cortana isn't available in my country even though I use an English format. Xbox tiers anyone?

Not that I'd use it but I'd like to be able to try and do stuff. Maybe I'll like it.
 
So I assume the file explorer jump lists are working normally for people in the final versions? This is how it looks for me in the RTM.

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GavinGT said:
It's honestly worse, though. It doesn't just slow your mouse down. It's more like a brick wall at the adjoining corners of the two screens. You have no choice but to move the mouse around them.

I think the reason they're there is to make it easier to corner-snap a window (which is a new feature). Also, the Show Desktop button is now so minuscule that you almost need the sticky corner just to press it.
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Sheesh, so the wait for sp1 begins...
 
Godan said:
So can you get the program files part of the start menu back up?

Everything else is fine for me would just like that in the start menu.
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Program files is there, but you can't customize it any more...it's a list of all installed programs and apps.
 
I've just restarted my PC, totally painless upgrade, everything is just as it was in Win 7, even my wallpaper. I'm going to see if I discover annoyances, anything weird or incompatible games.
 
Updated my Surface Pro 3 this morning. Quick impressions

Edge doesn't bring over anything from IE by default. You can quickly import Favorites but not passwords (UGH).
Doesn't seem to be a tablet mode in Edge.
I preferred my desktop going horizontal not vertical.

Everything else is super snappy.
 
So this W10 thing looks cool and all, but it reset my touchpad-settings. I don't want inverted scrolling, and it scrolls really fucking slowly now.

I tried looking under mouse properties but couldn't figure it out.

Edit: Found inversion...

Edit 2: And scroll-speed, but maxing it out still feels sluggish.
 
I used the media creation tool on my laptop to download and install Windows 10. Now I have Windows 10 up and running, but it will not activate. My wireless connection is fine and I can access the internet through everything else (Edge works great, by the way) but when I try to manually activate Win10 through Settings it keeps telling me "Windows can't activate. Try again later." Anybody else have this problem and resolve it? I'd like to make sure it's activated properly before I do a clean install.

Edit: Already tried restarting and shutting down/rebooting
 
shitty pic, but only one I can find.. is this possible in Windows 10 ? (Pinning games in your steam taskbar icon so they show up at the top)

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edit: i think I figured it out. go to steam settings: interface > set taskbar pref. and uncheck the useless stuff and it will make room and allow you to pin stuff
 
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