I started the download off, but then realised halfway through that I'd prefer to wait Until I've seen enough comments about how stable it is. If I like what I read, then I'll update.
Windows 10
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Originally Posted by ML11:
“I installed Windows 10 this morning, after a couple of hours I wanted to revert back to windows 7 as I found it rather annoying from th onset, it wouldn't let me do it so i promptly formatted my hard drive completely and re-installed the original Windows 7 that I got with my new PC set-up back in April.
I now have a clean computer running on Windows 7 which is running much faster, though I will have to chose updates carefully from now on.
Better the devil I know.”
“I installed Windows 10 this morning, after a couple of hours I wanted to revert back to windows 7 as I found it rather annoying from th onset, it wouldn't let me do it so i promptly formatted my hard drive completely and re-installed the original Windows 7 that I got with my new PC set-up back in April.
I now have a clean computer running on Windows 7 which is running much faster, though I will have to chose updates carefully from now on.
Better the devil I know.”
Originally Posted by IvanIV:
“See, Windows 10 isn't completely useless
But I really wonder what people expect MS will slip them in while they are not looking. They just want people to have all security updates ASAP.”
“See, Windows 10 isn't completely useless
But I really wonder what people expect MS will slip them in while they are not looking. They just want people to have all security updates ASAP.”
Originally Posted by WhatJoeThinks:
“Talk about bringing a wall down to squash a mosquito! You seem to be suggesting that a new OS should be immediately gratifying and that any problems should occur later. I would say that anything new takes a little getting used to but problems can be ironed out over time. If we were talking about Vista I'd give you the benefit of the doubt but Windows 10 seems pretty good to me, and worth any teething troubles (that are inevitable anyway).
Making a rod for your own back.
”
“Talk about bringing a wall down to squash a mosquito!
You seem to be suggesting that a new OS should be immediately gratifying and that any problems should occur later. I would say that anything new takes a little getting used to but problems can be ironed out over time. If we were talking about Vista I'd give you the benefit of the doubt but Windows 10 seems pretty good to me, and worth any teething troubles (that are inevitable anyway).Making a rod for your own back.
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All I want is pure and simple internet without the whistles and bells, I don't want to connect anywhere with the likes of Skype etc or much worse having my information monitored by my Microsoft account when logged in to start the damn thing. I would rather stay logged out of everywhere, thanks!
P.S. I also have a Windows phone and I have the same thoughts with it.
All I want is a simple life, that's all. Why make life complicated
Originally Posted by ML11:
“All I want is pure and simple internet without the whistles and bells, I don't want to connect anywhere with the likes of Skype etc or much worse having my information monitored by my Microsoft account when logged in to start the damn thing. I would rather stay logged out of everywhere, thanks!
P.S. I also have a Windows phone and I have the same thoughts with it.
All I want is a simple life, that's all. Why make life complicated”
“All I want is pure and simple internet without the whistles and bells, I don't want to connect anywhere with the likes of Skype etc or much worse having my information monitored by my Microsoft account when logged in to start the damn thing. I would rather stay logged out of everywhere, thanks!
P.S. I also have a Windows phone and I have the same thoughts with it.
All I want is a simple life, that's all. Why make life complicated
”
Not understanding why you are making your life so complicated. It's just an operating system. You simply log in with a local account if you are that paranoid. Nothing complicated there.
Relax and enjoy the simple life.
My wife's win7 laptop has just said it's ready to update to Win10. So she pressed the 'go' button and all we get is 'working on it'. Been like this for about 30 minutes now. We didn't get this on either of our other PC's, which were Win8.1. Does this mean it is actually downloading or is it stuck?
Originally Posted by call100:
“Not understanding why you are making your life so complicated. It's just an operating system. You simply log in with a local account if you are that paranoid. Nothing complicated there.
Relax and enjoy the simple life.”
“Not understanding why you are making your life so complicated. It's just an operating system. You simply log in with a local account if you are that paranoid. Nothing complicated there.
Relax and enjoy the simple life.
”
Didn't think I was? I don't feel the need to connect constantly either! Anyway, I'll take your advice and to relax and enjoy my simple life.
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“My wife's win7 laptop has just said it's ready to update to Win10. So she pressed the 'go' button and all we get is 'working on it'. Been like this for about 30 minutes now. We didn't get this on either of our other PC's, which were Win8.1. Does this mean it is actually downloading or is it stuck?”
“My wife's win7 laptop has just said it's ready to update to Win10. So she pressed the 'go' button and all we get is 'working on it'. Been like this for about 30 minutes now. We didn't get this on either of our other PC's, which were Win8.1. Does this mean it is actually downloading or is it stuck?”
My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!
Originally Posted by Steve_Ball:
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!”
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!
”
Any progress? About 2 hours here and nowt's changed!
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“Any progress? About 2 hours here and nowt's changed!”
“Any progress? About 2 hours here and nowt's changed!”
If the hard disk light is flashing, it's doing something. Give it another hour, and then restart the PC after keeping your finger on the power button for 5-10 seconds.
Originally Posted by Steve_Ball:
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!”
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!
”
My laptop took over 1.5 hours to install it.
My old (but barely used) laptop (Pentium P6200!) took about 40-60 mins to upgrade but it had very little on it, I'm doing a 'reset' now which seems to be taking an age, it's been stuck on 99% for about 45 mins, the hard drive light is flashing like crazy so I assume it's doing something!
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“Any progress? About 2 hours here and nowt's changed!”
“Any progress? About 2 hours here and nowt's changed!”
Still working on it !!!!
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“So she pressed the 'go' button and all we get is 'working on it'. Been like this for about 30 minutes now...Does this mean it is actually downloading or is it stuck?”
“So she pressed the 'go' button and all we get is 'working on it'. Been like this for about 30 minutes now...Does this mean it is actually downloading or is it stuck?”
Originally Posted by Steve_Ball:
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!”
“My Win7 laptop has been 'working on it' for over an hour !!!!!
”
It can take time and have spells where it doesn't appear to be doing much. Just be patient and let it do it's thing. On my old laptop I used as a guinea pig it took 3 hours just to download files due to a slow Wi-Fi connections. Then another 3 hours to complete the actual upgrade.
My move from 8.1 to 10 took about 1.5 hours.
I was notified of a Windows update yesterday & that took about 10 mins. to complete & restart laptop.
I was notified of a Windows update yesterday & that took about 10 mins. to complete & restart laptop.
So I noticed this morning a nice new fortress icon for Windows Defender telling me I'm protected in the notification area on my desktop but not on my laptop even though I checked that the latter is fully up-to-date.
Do updates come at different times for different machines?
Do updates come at different times for different machines?
Originally Posted by Arcana:
“So I noticed this morning a nice new fortress icon for Windows Defender telling me I'm protected in the notification area on my desktop but not on my laptop even though I checked that the latter is fully up-to-date.
Do updates come at different times for different machines?”
“So I noticed this morning a nice new fortress icon for Windows Defender telling me I'm protected in the notification area on my desktop but not on my laptop even though I checked that the latter is fully up-to-date.
Do updates come at different times for different machines?”
You shouldn't be seeing Defender at all if you have your own anti-virus.
Originally Posted by Sexbomb:
“My laptop took over 1.5 hours to install it.”
“My laptop took over 1.5 hours to install it.”
My Win 8.1 laptop took a couple of hours, but it said things like 'downloading', 'preparing to install' etc. This laptop is just stuck on 'working on it'. This hasn't changed in over two hours. I think there's a problem somewhere.
FINALLY! We gave up and cancelled it. Then we re-started it and it immediatley started doing it properly. It's on the 'upgrading' bit now.
Originally Posted by Stig:
“You shouldn't be seeing Defender at all if you have your own anti-virus.”
“You shouldn't be seeing Defender at all if you have your own anti-virus.”
Not quite. If your existing anti-virus version isn't compatible with Windows 10 you will also see Defender active. It leaves your own AV in place but inactive in these cases.
So check your AV website to see what is says about Windows 10 compatibility. Kaspersky Internet Security 2015 requires the patched version. I downloaded the 2016 version instead from the U.S. website on advice of the Kaspersky forum.
Upgraded from Windows 7 last night. Few teething problems. Is OneNote the replacement program for Notepad? Have documents on Notepad which crash soon after opening now, very annoying. I think Windows should have a separate OS for tablet/ touchscreens PCs and 'keyboard' laptops/desktops, half the things on Win 10 like apps etc just not applicable to my laptop! Trying to have a one size fits all is too messy.
Originally Posted by Andy2:
“FINALLY! We gave up and cancelled it. Then we re-started it and it immediatley started doing it properly. It's on the 'upgrading' bit now.”
“FINALLY! We gave up and cancelled it. Then we re-started it and it immediatley started doing it properly. It's on the 'upgrading' bit now.”
I cancelled after 3 hours, rebooted and started again. It's 'working on it'
Originally Posted by miss buzzybee:
“Upgraded from Windows 7 last night. Few teething problems. Is OneNote the replacement program for Notepad? Have documents on Notepad which crash soon after opening now, very annoying....”
“Upgraded from Windows 7 last night. Few teething problems. Is OneNote the replacement program for Notepad? Have documents on Notepad which crash soon after opening now, very annoying....”
No it is not the replacement. Microsoft are planning a new version of Notepad to be made available through the app store.
Originally Posted by miss buzzybee:
“Upgraded from Windows 7 last night. Few teething problems. Is OneNote the replacement program for Notepad? Have documents on Notepad which crash soon after opening now, very annoying. I think Windows should have a separate OS for tablet/ touchscreens PCs and 'keyboard' laptops/desktops, half the things on Win 10 like apps etc just not applicable to my laptop! Trying to have a one size fits all is too messy.”
“Upgraded from Windows 7 last night. Few teething problems. Is OneNote the replacement program for Notepad? Have documents on Notepad which crash soon after opening now, very annoying. I think Windows should have a separate OS for tablet/ touchscreens PCs and 'keyboard' laptops/desktops, half the things on Win 10 like apps etc just not applicable to my laptop! Trying to have a one size fits all is too messy.”
notepad & wordpad are still there under windows accessories
Originally Posted by soulboy77:
“No it is not the replacement. Microsoft are planning a new version of Notepad to be made available through the app store.”
“No it is not the replacement. Microsoft are planning a new version of Notepad to be made available through the app store.”
App store? So only good for tablet and touchscreen PCs?
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