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Tried Windows 10 for a full working day and it was worse/slower/more confusing/uglier at pretty much everything I used it for compared to Windows 7.

I dislike the theme
I dislike the window animations
I dislike modern apps and their lack of features/settings
I dislike the whole look and feel of the OS
I dislike the settings

There are some positives too but the negatives outweigh them by a huge margin.

I reverted back to Windows 7. Took only 5 minutes.

Will give 10 another shot in 2016. Right now, I'm still much more productive in Windows 7.

 

[shadowkat]

Drag a tile into empty space.

Thank you!

 

[Subterranean]

Wow that was actually the easiest install of Windows I have done since 98. Pretty impressed so far.

 

[Aticos]

This error comes every-time when I boot up my PC, does anyone know why and how to fix it?

 

[mrklaw]

I quite like the large start menu with the task bar docked to the side (21:9 monitor). But is there any way to get the action centre to pop up on the left?

 

[A Serious Man]

Anyone else getting the problem of your laptop not waking up after closing the lid?

Yeah, it's fairly annoying.

 

[Jzero]

Tried Windows 10 for a full working day and it was worse/slower/more confusing/uglier at pretty much everything I used it for compared to Windows 7.

I dislike the theme
I dislike the window animations
I dislike modern apps and their lack of features/settings
I dislike the whole look and feel of the OS
I dislike the settings

There are some positives too but the negatives outweigh them by a huge margin.

I reverted back to Windows 7. Took only 5 minutes.

Will give 10 another shot in 2016. Right now, I'm still much more productive in Windows 7.

That's cool. Windows 7 will go well with your iPhone 3GS.

Has anyone noticed how slow the boot time is for Win10 is compared to Win8.1?

When I was on 8.1 it loaded pretty damn fast. Like under 10 seconds.

Windows 10 however, takes close to a minute to do the same. Maybe more.

What's the deal here?

It boots in like 3 seconds with my 850 Evo. It must be installing some updates.

Wow this feels good, though I have to remove a lot of bullshit like those unnecessary pinned crap.

Is there a way to make Settings in Start Menu go to Control Panel than the simplified crap? And Computer as well in the Start Menu?

Right click the start button, it's a must know for power users.

 

[nilbog21]

Tried Windows 10 for a full working day and it was worse/slower/more confusing/uglier at pretty much everything I used it for compared to Windows 7.

I dislike the theme
I dislike the window animations
I dislike modern apps and their lack of features/settings
I dislike the whole look and feel of the OS
I dislike the settings

There are some positives too but the negatives outweigh them by a huge margin.

I reverted back to Windows 7. Took only 5 minutes.

Will give 10 another shot in 2016. Right now, I'm still much more productive in Windows 7.

calling the start/task bar productive in windows 7 is just wrong, sorry

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Are they still rolling this thing out in stages? Because my computer only says to notify me when it's ready.

yes, same for me

 

[Zeppu]

Hi all,
I'm sure this has been answered before, but when you choose 'Nothing' during the upgrade, does it delete stuff from other drives apart from C:\?

 

[fastmower]

Tried Windows 10 for a full working day and it was worse/slower/more confusing/uglier at pretty much everything I used it for compared to Windows 7.

I dislike the theme
I dislike the window animations
I dislike modern apps and their lack of features/settings
I dislike the whole look and feel of the OS
I dislike the settings

There are some positives too but the negatives outweigh them by a huge margin.

I reverted back to Windows 7. Took only 5 minutes.

Will give 10 another shot in 2016. Right now, I'm still much more productive in Windows 7.

I agree with you, but I will stick with windows 10 because I'm crazy.

 

[Raide]

This error comes every-time when I boot up my PC, does anyone know why and how to fix it?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-hardware/runtime-error-for-atibtmonexe-when-disconnecting/ef6afb96-2ecf-4ce0-8f88-a7659b82e5a9?auth=1

Might help? Seems to be an Ati thing.

 

[Jibbed]

How do I initiate the upgrade? I'm in the UK if that matters.

Already registered via the taskbar thing that popped up months ago.

 

[Pro]

Alright, I'll just go ahead and upgrade then.


Is Windows 10 faster at booting up?

Seems like it depends right now. I'm still trying to get an answer on why mine sits at a blank screen for a while after the Windows 10 logo on startup.

I'm sure a lot of these nit-noid things will be addressed in upcoming patches or Service Packs. Just the initial release. Right now the slower startup is the only thing bothering me.

 

[Maninthemirror]

Will Windows follow the OS X model ? the 10.x model which Apple has had since 2001 considering this is the last OS version model of windows

 

[Lothars]

Tried Windows 10 for a full working day and it was worse/slower/more confusing/uglier at pretty much everything I used it for compared to Windows 7.

I dislike the theme
I dislike the window animations
I dislike modern apps and their lack of features/settings
I dislike the whole look and feel of the OS
I dislike the settings

There are some positives too but the negatives outweigh them by a huge margin.

I reverted back to Windows 7. Took only 5 minutes.

Will give 10 another shot in 2016. Right now, I'm still much more productive in Windows 7.

I disagree but as long as Windows 7 works for you than that's great. I really liked 8.1 and so far like 10 and can never go back to windows 7 on my main pc.

 

[Gandie]

The white Windows thing disappeared from my task bar. Any way to force the update?

 

[jakeellis01]

I have a question regarding he 'Change what to Keep' dialog box in the Windows 10 Download tool.

Can we go a bit in depth what happens when we choose any of the above 3 options?

I have a partition/2nd drive which my default windows user libraries points to (documents/pictures/videos/etc...). Say I choose the 'Nothing' option... what happens exactly? Are all the files also deleted from my 2nd drive or is just the primary hard drive [c:] cleaned out?

Whats the difference between option 2 and 3?

 

[Spasm]

Anyone install into a Samsung Series 9 laptop? I'd like to get one on W10, but I'm unsure of driver support since Samsung stuffs their laptops full of bullshit, proprietary software.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I'm suddenly struck with an DOS/Eicar virus :/

 

[Van Owen]

So are people having good luck with doing an upgrade over a clean install?

I have to say that my upgrade seems to be running fine so far. Haven't had any issues at all other than having to restart the computer for the Nvidia drivers to kick in.

 

[NH Apache]

I have similar specs and am wondering why the boot time is longer (blank screen after Windows 10 logo). If I open Edge immediately after login and type in a URL or type in the search box even, it is very slow and takes a minute for the text to catch up. You think this is Windows Defender related?

MSMPENG is the process that is the most demanding in terms of HDD and ram when I'm idle on clean boot.

I'll continue to reboot to see if it clears itself up, which it could.

Solution. 16 GB and SD

Loool 16 GB ram to run windows? hahahah

Eventually, ssd, but can't right now.

Hi all,
I'm sure this has been answered before, but when you choose 'Nothing' during the upgrade, does it delete stuff from other drives apart from C:\?

There's a subsequent menu that asks if you just want to wipe the drive windows is currently on or all drives. Be aware that this process took 5 hours for me so be prepared to wait.

 

[Quick]

So are people having good luck with doing an upgrade over a clean install?

I have to say that my upgrade seems to be running fine so far. Haven't had any issues at all other than having to restart the computer for the Nvidia drivers to kick in.

I did the upgrade and did a clean install by doing a reset (reinstalling the OS without deleting personal files). Everything's running just fine.

 

[iosefe]

ok, third times the charm?


i'm in a safeboot, i've uninstalled my antiviruses.


is it best that i make an install DVD or am i fine using the program outright, just making sure i unplug the ethernet at the right time

 

[wrongway]

Before I jump the gun and do something stupid, is it still possible to revert to my previous Windows install if I copy Windows.old to another drive and clear the folder from my system drive? Or would that break something in how that process works? I doubt I'll need to roll back since W10 seems perfectly fine so far, but it'd be nice to have that safety net just in case something goes kerplunk.

So are people having good luck with doing an upgrade over a clean install?

I have to say that my upgrade seems to be running fine so far. Haven't had any issues at all other than having to restart the computer for the Nvidia drivers to kick in.

My upgrade from Win7's been pretty good so far. Only weirdness is that search can't seem to find a couple programs, like GOG Galaxy or Foobar2000. Might reinstall em later and see if that solves it.

 

[diaspora]

Upgrading from windows 8.1 to 10 was seamless AF. I've had more issues going to 7, and from 8 to 8.1.

 

[Boss Doggie]

So apparently this EICAR isn't a virus, but it keeps triggering Windows Defender and BitDefender. I wonder why Windows installed it. How do I remove it?

 

[RoadHazard]

Learnt the hard way yesterday that formatting fucks up your activation. I couldn't finish the windows 10 install because the restarts would result in bluescreens so I went for a clean install from the USB which fucked my activation up. I think your method is the only way of fixing it. Which is incredibly stupid because looking at my Microsoft account I could see the windows 10 licence but couldn't activate that particular install of windows 10.

It doesn't. I've reset my install several times (the first was right after the initial upgrade, before it had activated), and it has activated every time eventually. You just need to give it some time.

 

[Pro]

MSMPENG is the process that is the most demanding in terms of HDD and ram when I'm idle on clean boot.

I'll continue to reboot to see if it clears itself up, which it could.


Loool 16 GB ram to run windows? hahahah

Eventually, ssd, but can't right now.

That was my plan for the immediate future. It will automatically determine the startup impact of items and rate them high, medium, low. Maybe after a few restarts it will get everything organized for optimal boot up.

 

[Little Nemo]

I said I wanted to postpone my Win 10 upgrade until 9pm last night so I could back stuff up beforehand and check reviews. Ended up not getting around to it and not even touching my surface pro 3 last night. I check this morning and I guess it went ahead and upgraded without me. So here I am on Windows 10, I guess.

 

[Liferebooted]

20+ attempts now each failing with the error 0x8007025d 0x2000c I've tried installing from the downloaded files, a dvd and usb no luck =\

 

[Jzero]

So apparently this EICAR isn't a virus, but it keeps triggering Windows Defender and BitDefender. I wonder why Windows installed it. How do I remove it?

Just run a malwarebytes scan, it should remove it for you. Or uninstall it from your programs list if it even shows up on there.

 

[Fj0823]

How do I go back to Windows 8?

Please send help ):

 

[Xyber]

This error comes every-time when I boot up my PC, does anyone know why and how to fix it?

"For me a way to solve the problem was to go into the CCC, into Power/PowerPlay(tm) and uncheck the "Enable Vari-Bright(tm)"."

Try that.

 

[Van Owen]

I did the upgrade and did a clean install by doing a reset (reinstalling the OS without deleting personal files). Everything's running just fine.

I figured I'd have to do a reset to but everything seems fine after the upgrade so I doubt I'll bother. Only thing I did was use clean disk to delete the old windows install.

 

[Facundo_Lopez]

I keep getting the error 80240020 whenever my PC tries to download Windows 10, does anybody know why?

 

[RoadHazard]

There's a subsequent menu that asks if you just want to wipe the drive windows is currently on or all drives. Be aware that this process took 5 hours for me so be prepared to wait.

Should only take like 20-30 minutes. Did you choose to fully wipe the drive (equivalent to a full format, which writes garbage data to the disk)? Yeah, that will take time, of course. A quick wipe/format is fast.

 

[Boss Doggie]

On a related note, is it a good idea to rename executables if I want to pin them? What if the program updates?

 

[Aticos]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-hardware/runtime-error-for-atibtmonexe-when-disconnecting/ef6afb96-2ecf-4ce0-8f88-a7659b82e5a9?auth=1

Might help? Seems to be an Ati thing.

I did a clean install so, now my computer doesn't have ATI Catalyst Control Center. Is it possible to download ATI Catalyst Control Center?

 

[NH Apache]

Should only take like 20-30 minutes. Did you choose to fully wipe the drive (equivalent to a full format, which writes garbage data to the disk)? Yeah, that will take time, of course. A quick wipe/format is fast.

Yup. Evidently it does write garbage to prevent recovery. It doesn't really make that expressly clear but it does mention something along those lines.

That was my plan for the immediate future. It will automatically determine the startup impact of items and rate them high, medium, low. Maybe after a few restarts it will get everything organized for optimal boot up.

Also, I did defragment after and that seemed to help. Everything needed to be moved.

 

[shysaursoft]

If you ever boot in Win 10 and just get a black screen with a mouse cursor before getting to the login screen, try this: Windows Key + P, hit the up arrow, then press enter.

We had an issue here where a fresh install, after Win 10 installed the video driver, it booted to a black screen with a mouse cursor. Even though the PC only has one display, it was defaulting to showing the login screen on the 'second screen'. Windows + P brings up the (invisible if you're having the issue) projection menu, up arrow *should* focus on "PC Screen only", then enter acceps the setting.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

Dammit, a weird bug from 8.1 is still happening in 10. Oftentimes when I start moving the mouse the thinking icon pops up and then goes away after a few seconds. I've had the task manager open and watch it to see what is causing the drain but nothing spikes. I'm going to have to just do a fresh install of 10 to get whatever it is off, aren't I. Good thing I have a week off next month.

Oh and my HP Stream 8 isn't getting the update. I tried to force it but I think I forced Win10 proper, not the one for the 8.1 w/Bing. And the Windows 10 icon in the taskbar keeps going away and coming back so I don't know wtf is going on there.

 

[Sou Da]

Should I just get Thunderbird, or is Microsoft Mail any good?

Don't want any Microsoft monitoring e-mail shenanigans.

 

[Red]

Still haven't been able to get Windows 10 installed on my second PC. Endless something happened errors. Just tried creating an install disc and now it's telling me my product key isn't valid. Been on hold with activation for 35 minutes.

 

[Raide]

I did a clean install so, now my computer doesn't have ATI Catalyst Control Center. Is it possible to download ATI Catalyst Control Center?

Not sure if you download the Catalyst Software and install only the Control Center? Usually you can choose not to install drivers etc if you already have it working.

 

[Klocker]

My computer is running faster, everything works great

but its heating quite a bit more. Should I go back to 8.1?

Yea. My surface 3 is running much hotter, never ever even got warm under 8

 

[tesqui]

Does someone have a list of those public product keys? I want to make sure my key is legit.

I upgraded from 7 and it says I've successfully activated windows, but the key I have looks familiar for some reason.

 

[kitch9]

Random weird bugs a plenty

Outlook suddenly decided to stop sending emails flashing up a "cannot connect to modem error." I don't have a modem and Receiving was fine just wouldn't send even if I reinstalled office.

Cost me a full reset, pain in the ass only for Outlook to start saying it didn't have permission to access the pst file it had just created itself.

Then it kept pestering me to activate office even though it said it was signed into my subscription account.

One of my PCs on my network keeps disappearing and denying access for a few minutes then reappearing which is annoying as I get kicked off my accounts program because of it.

Not got much done today and to top it off the reset means that I can't revert back to windows 8 which quite frankly is the better os.

 

[Fj0823]

Yea. My surface 3 is running much hotter, never ever even got warm under 8

Exactly the same here

Is it better to go back to 8.1? Or is the heat something my laptop should withstand?

 

[Saint Gregory]

I tried forcing it last night from both my laptop and my desktop using the /detectnow trick with Windows Update but both systems kept trying to pull down wildly different files sizes (ranging from 2GBs to 8GBs) that would fail during the installation process.

Did MS get hip to the Windows Update trick? I'll try the tool when I get home if they still haven't rolled it out to me manually. The really frustrating part is that my work PC got it right away :/