Attention How many of you have switched to Windows 10?

[zombiekiller]

That's all fine and dandy for computers big enough and fast enough to run it. Some of us aren't rich enough to afford powerhouse computers like yours.

Oh, please. i7 computers are cheap these days.

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand when it comes to computers. Sure, I don't spend every waking moment of my life on my computers. But when I do need to use one for something, I'd rather have it work fast and reliable enough as not to waste my time.

I know business owners who whine and whine and whine because they bought the cheapest computer they could find at Walmart and then complain that they're too slow after just 3 months. Think of all the time wasted on a Celeron processor. For a couple hundred bucks more, you could get an i5 or i7 computer. But no, people just want to get the cheapest they could find and then whine and whine and whine.

 

[MrRochesterNY]

^ You haven't killed any zombies lately, have you?

 

[gsdx]

Oh, please. i7 computers are cheap these days.

Oh, please. If you lived on my pension, you'd be more concerned with putting food in your belly and paying your rent than buying a computer.

Not everybody in the world has money flowing out of their asses like you do, so just GFY.

Oh, and have a nice day.

 

[roadtripboy]

My sister bought two new computers with Windows 10. On the desktop it seems to work fine. Although it wouldn't let me download Google Chrome for her. I had to download Opera, then download Chrome using Opera. On the the laptop, I hate it. It seems to bog down the processor on that machine.

I have a laptop that (get ready for it) uses Windows Vista. Service pack three is very much like windows 7. It works just fine for surfing things like JSB. And as for them not supporting it anymore. They downloaded 19 updates this week alone.

Google isn't supporting computers with Vista anymore. So I've started using Opera on this computer (I hate Firefox) and I think I like it better than Chrome.

 

[zombiekiller]

^^^The most notorious misconception about modern tech is updates are bad. Why? With today's ever changing world by the minute, don't you want MS to keep up with the latest security patches and bug fixes?

Normally, at this time someone would say well if they made it perfect in the first place there wouldn't be a need for updates.

Memo:

Nothing in life is perfect. I'm a software developer. There's always something to improve and fix. There is no such thing as a perfect software.

 

[frankfrank]

10 has various problems that I'd rather not get into.

I'll get 10 when I get a new computer that comes with it.

I read posts to THE_HELP_GROUP (which is a techno discussion site, mostly about computers) and there are plenty of complaints about Windows 10. I forget what I'm using, but I have something installed on this computer - my "travel" laptop - which blocks all upgrades to Windows 10, including any installation ones. Complaints include things such as printer incompatibilities, etc. (Having an incompatible printer would have horrific consequences for me, because my business depends on it.)

I don't see as many complaints now as I was seeing 8 or 10 months ago, but perhaps much of the current software has solved compatibility issues...or perhaps there are no NEW topics because that group discourages duplicating threads.

Oddly, for some reason, my desktop computer has NEVER been hassled with messages or updates for Windows 10. I can't figure that out, but I certainly am not complaining!

All I know is that I don't plan, EVER, to change operating systems on any existing computer I will ever have. I don't really need to endure a new learning curve, or do something in the installation that may be trivially wrong and it fucks everything up, or hides files, etc. I assume that whatever OS a new/replacement computer comes with, will be installed ENTIRELY properly.

I'm "cool" with Windows 7. Why should I fix it if it's not broken? Like SaskGuy I'll merely wait until I get my next computer, which will happen someday, and I'll deal with Windows 10 then. By that time all the drivers and software I need to "do various things" will have probably all been updated to be compatible with Win10 as well.

When I get to July 30, and if both of my computers are free of Windows 10 by that date, I will feel that I dodged a bullet.

And later, when I eventually DO have Windows 10 (unless my next computer is so long from now that I actually "skip over" 10 for the next OS - just as I've already in the past successfully "skipped over" Vista and Windows 8), the last thing I want is to be stuck with those goddam fucking TILES. It's even hard to communicate how much I hate those.

Both my machines have Win7 on them.

Orion Fyre where are you ?

Yeah...INDEED. If I had to name five people who I miss the most in my entire decade-plus history of being on JUB, OrionFyre would definitely be on that list.

 

[smokeshadow]

I upgraded from Windows7 to Windows10 on my desktop after having to replace the graphics card and repair a couple of things on the motherboard about a month ago. Haven't had any problems; although getting used to the arrangement of items under the Start button has taken a bit of time. Also, miss having access to WordPad / NotePad and some of the other minor Windows programs (hearts, chess titans ).

My new laptop came with Windows10 and the only problem I've encountered is that MicrosoftEdge won't let me set the default home page to my standard att.yahoo home page that I use on my desktop

 

[roadtripboy]

^^^The most notorious misconception about modern tech is updates are bad. Why? With today's ever changing world by the minute, don't you want MS to keep up with the latest security patches and bug fixes?

Normally, at this time someone would say well if they made it perfect in the first place there wouldn't be a need for updates.

Memo:

Nothing in life is perfect. I'm a software developer. There's always something to improve and fix. There is no such thing as a perfect software.

I wasn't complaining about the updates, that's fine with me. I did turn off the auto updates from Dell, however. They updated my audio driver with the wrong driver and completed crashed the computer.

 

[frankfrank]

I upgraded from Windows7 to Windows10

Also, miss having access to WordPad / NotePad

You gave me a reason, RIGHT THERE, why I want no part of Windows 10 (as an upgrade). I use Notepad **A LOT**.

Is it not even offered with Windows 10, or is it there but somehow inaccessible in your upgrade?

 

[MrRochesterNY]

I hear a lot of bad things about Windows 10 "TILES." What are they, what do they do, and why are they necessary.

Talking about Windows 10 features is like talking in a new foreign language. Ifm as zombiekiller says, technology advances necessitate changing software, why is a whole new look and new vocabulary necessary? I suspect it is just change for the sake of change and a game for programmers who want to see how different they can make things.

I'd like to hear from some programmer what the ways are in which Windows 10 is an improvement over earlier versions. Go ahead, sell me on it!

 

[eastofeden]

I hear a lot of bad things about Windows 10 "TILES." What are they, what do they do, and why are they necessary.

Talking about Windows 10 features is like talking in a new foreign language. Ifm as zombiekiller says, technology advances necessitate changing software, why is a whole new look and new vocabulary necessary? I suspect it is just change for the sake of change and a game for programmers who want to see how different they can make things.

I'd like to hear from some programmer what the ways are in which Windows 10 is an improvement over earlier versions. Go ahead, sell me on it!

I am not a programmer...but those tiles are what I call the Sesame Street crap...and after hearing me whine about it my husband got rid of them. I haven't seen them in long time...so you can bypass them somehow...

 

[star-warrior]

I have a laptop that (get ready for it) uses Windows Vista. Service pack three is very much like windows 7. It works just fine for surfing things like JSB. And as for them not supporting it anymore. They downloaded 19 updates this week alone.

Google isn't supporting computers with Vista anymore. So I've started using Opera on this computer (I hate Firefox) and I think I like it better than Chrome.

I'm using a Vista machine right now. It is just fine for the things I wanna do, browse, and edit pictures. I don't use it for writing code anymore, because I just don't have the time. All in all, 8 years is a good run for an operating system. I was surprised to have had recent windows updates, considering they're not continuing support fo Vista, but, I won't complain.

As for FF, it sucks butt, it really does now. Can't get flash to work on it at all, so much porn, unable to see

 

[star-warrior]

wrt Wordpad and Notepad in Windows 10, it might be still there somewhere.

Find where the Windows Accessories are, and Notepad or Wordpad may still be found.

 

[netgayone]

Since day one and don't regret it.
I consider myself an advanced user though, so I could disable stuff I don't like (Cortana, etc) and downloaded "classic shell" to have a windows 7 style start menu.
They are great.

 

[roadtripboy]

I'm using a Vista machine right now. It is just fine for the things I wanna do, browse, and edit pictures. I don't use it for writing code anymore, because I just don't have the time. All in all, 8 years is a good run for an operating system. I was surprised to have had recent windows updates, considering they're not continuing support fo Vista, but, I won't complain.

As for FF, it sucks butt, it really does now. Can't get flash to work on it at all, so much porn, unable to see

Vista also has this neat snipping tool. I don't think it's on newer Windows, is it?

 

[MrRochesterNY]

You gave me a reason, RIGHT THERE, why I want no part of Windows 10 (as an upgrade). I use Notepad **A LOT**.

Is it not even offered with Windows 10, or is it there but somehow inaccessible in your upgrade?

Apparently Notepad (and maybe Wordpad) is still on Windows 10. I was just reading on the Internet some Microsoft information about the Windows 8 Charms section and how it was reconfigured on Windows 10. They said that in using the SEARCH function, which generally gives you the Cortana feature, you can somehow override Cortana and type terms in the search box like "Notepad" which will bring up the hidden Notepad.

Don't ask me to explain this, but it does tell me that Notepad (and maybe a lot of stuff) is available on Windows 10, once you master the system.

BUT WHY SHOULD IT BE THAT WAY? IS THIS WHAT THEY CALL "PROGRESS"?

 

[star-warrior]

Vista also has this neat snipping tool. I don't think it's on newer Windows, is it?

I rarely use it. But it is really neat.

 

[Kulindahr]

My friend who is head of computer tech at a good-sized company refuses to allow Win 10 on any machines used in the building, even if they're private laptops, because of the massive Win 10 spy features.

Remember how Bill Clinton wanted a back door so the government could look at everyone's computers at will? He says Win 10 may as well be just that, because it tracks everything a computer does and reports it, and Microsoft happily passes on anything the government asks for.

I already keep an old computer in the house, running XP, because Win 8 that came on my laptop sucks so bad. Oh, it runs things okay (except for the almost constant 100% disk usage), but the tile business is BS and it came with no games (online games don't count; they're slow and suck compared to the classic versions). I view Win 10 as Gates' effort to make the world conform to his preferences, with no regard for individual differences or preferences.

 

[Kulindahr]

I got a message from Microsoft recently urging me to switch to Win 10 to be freer of malware. I emailed back that after looking at what it does, I agree with the numerous techies online that Win 10 IS malware.

 

[KaraBulut]

How many of you have switched to Windows 10?

It's okay. I don't know that I would run it on an older 32bit machine. But it's a lot cleaner for 64bit machines.

I hear a lot of bad things about Windows 10 "TILES." What are they, what do they do, and why are they necessary.

The new Start Screen in Win8/8.1 and Win10 is the equivalent of the Win7 start menu, only it now takes up the whole screen. Instead of having icons on menus and submenus of your submenus, they now display as tiles on the Start Screen.

Tiles are the equivalent of the icons that are on your start menu today. Tiles are intended to be more like the appearance of apps on smartphones and they have the advantage of being both a way to launch an app and a way to view output from an app.

For example, you can run a live weather program via the program's tile. Instead of the weather program creating a whole window to display the weather, it can use its tile to display the current temperature and weather report on the tile. Similarly, live news tiles or stock report tiles can display a continuous needs feed on a tile. This works well because you can also resize a tile if you want the information on the tile to be in a bigger tile.

... miss having access to WordPad / NotePad and some of the other minor Windows programs (hearts, chess titans ).

Most of the old apps are still there. In Win10, you can hit the Windows key and type the name of the app (e.g. Notepad) and it will find the app for you (in Win10, there's no box to type in but you can still type the name of what you want to search for).

Once you find Notepad, you can right click on the name of the app to add the app to your Start Screen or menu bar.

The Windows key is this one (below)- it showed up about 10 years ago and it has a bunch of cool shortcuts that no one really ever explained well:

*If you hit the Windows key in Win7, it will allow you to type the program name in the "search programs and files" box.

I do however keep getting prompts to upgrade to 10.

If you take your Windows Updates automatically, KB3035583 is the update that installs the update automatically. It comes back even if you remove it.
If you Google search for GWX removal (GWX=get windows 10), there's tools and instructions that people have written that will get rid of the KB, remove the annoying reminder and free up a lot of the disk space that Windows 10 uses (even if you refuse the upgrade, the Windows 10 installer still downloads and occupies a bunch of space on your hard drive).

If you're not nerdy, here's a page that explains how to get rid of it and it also has an GWX Control Panel utility that you can download that can turn off/turn on of the annoying reminder:
http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html