Win10 is alright

[Netwörkheäd]

Latest update has ctrl-alt-delete unable to bring up anything more than an errmsg. I'm close to reaching for Linux and keeping Win 7 in a VM.

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[deanwebb]

Latest update has ctrl-alt-delete unable to bring up anything more than an errmsg. I'm close to reaching for Linux and keeping Win 7 in a VM.

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Update: This is a gaming box, so I suspect my woes could have something to do with my custom hardware. Also, things got good again when I cleaned up my start menu. I had to wait about 40 minutes before I could *get* to the ctrl-alt-delete to bring up task manager to make those edits.

If you have an off-the-rack PC from a big box store, you should be pretty OK with Win 10. If you have a custom gaming box, you will NOT be pretty OK with Win 10. If you have cool stuff in your start menu for more security and better performance, Win 10 may decide it won't play nice with those apps.

It really ticks me off that, ever since Windows 3.11, a clean install is best. Upgrading in place is just asking for it, every dang time. I supported Win95 at launch and our resolution for Win 3.x upgrades that went wrong was to back up the data, FDISK, reformat, and reinstall. I was hoping to dodge that bullet here, but it seems like I may have to resort to that ritual once more if things don't improve. I am keeping my backups maintained and I think now would be a good time to get a USB prepped so that it can boot Linux.

[wintermute000]

i dunno, I've had a handful of application (not OS) crashes, aside from that everything runs fine. Just ran a 3 hour IOU session in vmware workstation, not a hiccup, all the normal browsing/spotify/one-note/dropbox/VLC etc as well.

I'm running off intel graphics though since my graphics card decided to buy the farm just as the 3 year warranty ticked over. A lot of bluescreen/crashing complaints seem to resolve around graphics card drivers.

on the flip side, I'm really struggling to see what I've gained from upgrading from 8.1, aside from moar spyware. Yay metro style menus, what good does it actually do, nothing. I guess if I had a 2-in-1 I might see a lot more benefit. 

[routerdork]

I had a laptop that was freezing just shortly after bootup. Everything I read said it was a driver incompatibility issue. It's so old there wasn't much I could do. So I reloaded Windows 7 over the weekend and only installed the NIC driver to get online. I let Windows determine all other drivers through updates. Then upgraded to Windows 10. Works like a champ and much snappier. 

[deanwebb]

I have persistent trouble with:

* Lack of sleep, shutdown modes

* Windows Explorer views corrupting, taking long time to populate

* Intermittent ability to read files on smartphone

* Breaks when I'm running some security programs that worked fine with Win7

* Screen corruption on Chrome browser

Since I have 30 days from upgrading to do a downgrade back to 7, I believe I'll back up my data and do the dirty downgrade dance. If that should fail, then... good thing I backed up my data...

And yay for Chrome for keeping my passwords for websites all backed up. That's very good for situations such as this.

Not being able to do a proper sleep mode or even a shutdown reminds me of Windows 3.1, as does what seems to be graphic and memory corruption over time. I used to leave my Win7 up for days without a reboot. With Win10, I'm forcing reboots constantly in order to regain basic functionalities.

[deanwebb]

Downgraded to Windows 7. Took a while, but finally there. Ahhhhhh.