Windows 10
I love it!
My woes with using Yahoo mail on Windows 8 are now behind me. The mail app lets me combine my gmail, Hotmail and yahoo mail into 1 very clean interface. Lots of other stuff I haven't even used yet. But so far 2 thumbs up! :thumb::thumb: |
Still haven't received my notice to download hmmmmm. Has anyone installed on a windows 8.1 tablet yet?
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I have it. Went pretty smooth but it didn't give me the option for a clean install even though all the websites say it can be done. Guess I'll have to search for a USB install option instead. I don't like carrying over crap from old OS.
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I still need to update to that on my PC sometime this weekend.
Is there anything I need to know before I download and install? It'll keep all my stuff and won't wipe anything will it? I'm just a little antsy because when my brother was talking to me about computers when I was young he emphasized that I DO NOT **** with the windows files. I'm on windows xp btw |
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I maybe only one but I love Windows Media Center on win 7 and will hate to lose that. |
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While in another thread I urged everyone to upgrade it, that was before Microsofts new privacy policy, and the outing that basically everything you send, have on the PC, or use it for can be recorded by microsoft, and used to target ads at you, given to the government, and anything else. Hell, they even store your bitlocker encryption key if you write to an encrypted drive. Sure, it benefits you if you lose it, but they can (and will, as provided in the TOS) turn it over to the government if asked.
MOST of the stuff can be turned off or blocked, but regular users wont even know they are being strip mined for info like they are a coal mine in russia. I'll wait to see if the backlash causes enough people to get pissed off that they change it, or that there is more known and better tools to protect yourself and your info. My secondary PC has been running the beta, and performance and usability has been solid. I fortunately created a local account, so m icrsofot doesnt have access to EVERYTHING on the PC, but some settings cant be turned off in the beta. While most of the data collection is being represented as benign, the TOS specifically states Microsoft can do pretty much whatever it wants with it. INCLUDING but not limited to, targeted advertisements right through your OS. Another troubling thing is that windows update in win 10 uses your PC as a bittorrent client, uploading via YOUR connection, updates to other windows users. Not only is this ****ing stupid for the end user, its a massive security hole just waiting to be exploited. It CAN be turned off, but again, most users are too naive, or not tech savvy enough to figure it out and get it off. So yes, win 10 is stealing your bandwidth by default. I could also go on about how windows will now set your network password to be automatically sent to your Facebook and other contacts, and the only way to stop it is to RENAME YOUR SSID!! with _optout. Quote:
Now we know why its 'free'. http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/29/wind-nos/ https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07...vacy-defaults/ http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...fault-settings |
So...basically the same privacy agreement that social media sites have had for years then.
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Yeah, but this is an operating system and one you've got to pay for.
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^^ Yeah, I wouldn't say that. I use 7 at work and I'd almost be willing to go to 8 if it means not having to look at those damn transparent windows any more.
I'll probably upgrade to 10 after some extensive testing. I need to bring both the OS X and Windows side up a couple releases. |
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Right now, im going to wait until people dig in a bit and there is an easy way to turn off a lot of the stuff that there are no current options for besides registry tweaks and host file settings. While I can do those, I am taking a wait and see approach to it. |
no way am I going to upgrade if it sends my info to the government. **** them
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I wouldnt get too worked up as of now.. wait a month and I promise you there will be multiple win 10 privacy tools that will help you protect yourself. Some of the stuff I dont mind giving to them, some I do. |
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I'm not fond of 10 so far. Too cluttered, too many options and stuff popping up, too many things of different shapes and access points. Call me an old fogey but I was perfectly fine with a simple frigging desktop where I clicked on a folder or an icon and that was it. I don't need stupid "apps" that make my desktop look like an iPhone.
Anyways, I just went into Privacy and basically went down the list and clicked every single selection to "Off". Not sure what else or where else I have to go in this thing to make it more secure but that's a start. No big deal, though, since I only surf for porn while on my iPhone using a private browser. :o) |
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Thanks. Done.
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Here's a pretty level headed discussion of all the privacy settings if anyone's looking for a walk through.
http://lifehacker.com/what-windows-1...lly-1722267229 |
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Turn everything off, but hey guys, if microsoft isnt misrepresenting in ANY WAY what it can do with your data, will never be breached, or called upon against you by a government agency to give up information on you, then you get cool features like voice recognition that where already available in totally non-intrusive ways prior to this! |
So should I just switch to Steam OS then?
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So if your gonna do that, just do linux and use steam big picture mode. |
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OK, now each time I reboot I lose all my mouse settings and it wants me to reinstall my video driver. This is getting old.
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Does it give you any particular error on install? |
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I had a video issue (my brightness control) after I first installed, but I just installed the latest Win8 version from HP's web site, and it's worked fine since then. Things like that are annoying, but are what I kind of expect as an early adopter. Hopefully they get it figured out soon though. |
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It's still an issue even with all updates installed.
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And its a rampant problem across systems of all configurations. |
I keep getting asked to update. Should I?
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Made the jump from 7 yesterday. Meh, same shit except annoying to turn everything off upon install. Quad snap would be nice if I had bigger monitors.
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Now every time I start firefox my laptop crashes. This all started after the windows updates last week. WTF
I may be on my way back to windows 7 |
Weird. I run Firefox with Windows 10 on my desktop and have seen no issues to date. Wonder what's going on with you that isn't in my machine.
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If others run into the Synaptics Touchpad issue that I did, the solution here worked for me:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...b2b1e60?auth=1 |
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Another problem that arose is when my computer is in sleep mode the touchpad doesn't work when it wakes up. Again, if I hit the Windows key, it comes to life. This is the upgrade from Win7 and I've heard there are more problems with that than the upgrade from Win8. |
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Windows 10 is the worst piece of shit I've ever encountered. I did a fresh install tonight and spent 5 hours fighting it. It won't go 15 min without completely freezing. I'm upgrading to Windows 7 tomorrow.
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It's custom built. The oldest component is a couple years old. The newest was bought yesterday. Very high end PC.
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Wonder if there's a driver issue or something. I don't think I've crashed once since installing W10 on my two laptops 6 months ago or so.
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I made sure all the drivers were up to date and downloaded all windows updates. Tonight I'll try to flash the BIOS and if it doesn't work I'm switching to Windows 7.
There are a lot of people online who are having the same issue. |
Seems fine to me, even seemed to speed my older computer up.
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I'm on Windows 8.1 but bought the Stardock software for $5 to make it look and act like Windows 7. No issues. Get that damn pop up to upgrade for free Windows 10. **** that.
I deal with new shit all day at work. Just don't want to **** with drivers, updates and the privacy settings. Just get me to the mindless internet drivel, porn, email and sports stuff. |
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