Free Windows 10 upgrade
Aug 4, 2015, 9:51 am
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Might have trouble with getting drivers for hardware of the Vista era too.
(* and then only if your electric bill is "free.")
Aug 4, 2015, 10:32 am
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Alright, I got impatient, so I decided to upgrade my Yoga 13 to be the guinea pig.
1. Upgrade laptop to 8.1 Pro (so I could get 10 Pro)
2. Download install file
3. Install
4. Login and go directly to desktop
It took under 2 hours.
1. Upgrade laptop to 8.1 Pro (so I could get 10 Pro)
2. Download install file
3. Install
4. Login and go directly to desktop
It took under 2 hours.
Aug 4, 2015, 10:41 am
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Privacy and bandwidth issues
I've been reading lots about Win 1o the past few days from many sources. While below isn't the one that got me interested, it does sum everything up.
Lots of potential privacy invasion (more than Win 8/8.1). Also Win 10 is set up be default to use your Win 10 computer as an upgrade and update distribution server (something called WUDO) unless you turn it off.
http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
Lots of potential privacy invasion (more than Win 8/8.1). Also Win 10 is set up be default to use your Win 10 computer as an upgrade and update distribution server (something called WUDO) unless you turn it off.
http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
Aug 4, 2015, 1:44 pm
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Hallelujah!
My biggest gripe with W8 was that you could not fast switch users on a locked screen. I spent many hours Googling for an answer; and all solutions didn't work for me.
It's finally back on W10. ^
My biggest gripe with W8 was that you could not fast switch users on a locked screen. I spent many hours Googling for an answer; and all solutions didn't work for me.
It's finally back on W10. ^
Aug 4, 2015, 3:45 pm
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I've been reading lots about Win 1o the past few days from many sources. While below isn't the one that got me interested, it does sum everything up.
Lots of potential privacy invasion (more than Win 8/8.1). Also Win 10 is set up be default to use your Win 10 computer as an upgrade and update distribution server (something called WUDO) unless you turn it off.
http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
Lots of potential privacy invasion (more than Win 8/8.1). Also Win 10 is set up be default to use your Win 10 computer as an upgrade and update distribution server (something called WUDO) unless you turn it off.
http://www.slate.com/articles/techno...plug_them.html
The Windows update thing...from my understanding, its to allow a machine on your home network which has downloaded the update to send that to other machines in your home network...
To each their own...
Aug 4, 2015, 4:34 pm
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My two biggest W10 peeves so far:
--MS continues to dumb down personalization options. You get a "choice" of only 30 or so background colors - give us the full spectrum, for chrissakes. No options on width of window borders, either.
--When you're using a pen tablet and touch the keyboard icon, you now get...a handwriting panel. As the default. With no way to change the default. Thanks MS for adding two extra clicks every single time I respond on FT or click in a search box! Jerks.
--MS continues to dumb down personalization options. You get a "choice" of only 30 or so background colors - give us the full spectrum, for chrissakes. No options on width of window borders, either.
--When you're using a pen tablet and touch the keyboard icon, you now get...a handwriting panel. As the default. With no way to change the default. Thanks MS for adding two extra clicks every single time I respond on FT or click in a search box! Jerks.
Aug 4, 2015, 5:32 pm
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Aug 4, 2015, 5:34 pm
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It's really odd considering the degree of visual customization that was possible with 98 and even XP.
Aug 5, 2015, 7:19 am
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After the upgrade, it was extremely slow and unresponsive. The Synaptics touchpad drivers disappeared, and it took three tries to reinstall. After that, it took about three hard reboots (the desktop froze) before things appeared to calm back down to normal.
On my computer, adding my Gmail and two Google Apps e-mail/calendar accounts were a breeze (and a much better implementation compared to W8). On her computer, it tries to load her Google Apps e-mail, but it always times out.
Aug 5, 2015, 7:30 am
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Fools.
http://www.networkworld.com/article/...agreement.html
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-0...ing-everything
http://www.newsweek.com/windows-10-r...ry-move-358952
Windows 10 is possibly the worst spyware ever made
The Surveillance State Goes Mainstream: Windows 10 Is Watching (& Logging) Everything
Using Windows 10? Microsoft Is Watching
Aug 5, 2015, 7:47 am
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Thanks ^ for the tip on the reinstall of VMWare tools on Fusion. Before reading your post I too had tried the VMWare tools reinstall multiple times (both Repair and Modify options) and those re-installs did not restore the full set of display resolutions. After reading your post I decided to do a complete uninstall of VMWare Tools first and then did a fresh install which then restored the full set of display resolutions.
I too had a Windows 10 upgrade install failure on the first attempt of an install from the iso with no error codes displayed but the second attempt of installing Windows 10 from the iso immediately after the first attempt and with no changes succeeded.
I too had a Windows 10 upgrade install failure on the first attempt of an install from the iso with no error codes displayed but the second attempt of installing Windows 10 from the iso immediately after the first attempt and with no changes succeeded.
-David
Aug 5, 2015, 8:02 am
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Aug 5, 2015, 8:02 am
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Has anyone else run into the more than 512 program shortcuts issue yet in Win 10? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07...s_512_entries/ I believe MS are working on a fix but I was just wondering if it's more widespread than I'd heard? A friend told me he'd upgraded and then 'lost' things and asked if I knew of a fix. I suggested he try Classic Shell until MS produce a fix.
Aug 5, 2015, 9:57 am
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Aug 5, 2015, 11:06 am
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I think it was in this thread that someone refers to a website/blog that details how to fully optimize the OS, and he/she was waiting for them to post W10 optimizations before upgrading. Can anyone provide the URL?
Thanks.
Thanks.