so who has down loaded Windows 10 ?

[GH85Carrera]

I installed Win 10 on one of the systems I have. So far so good. I have zero use for games. One of the "apps" is X-box. I have as much use for that as I do for ISIS. I had to look around online to find a way to delete it. It is gone along with several other useless "apps"

[red-beard]

John, I'm trying to remember which version we started with at GE. We had these massive "Clam Shell" laptops, 286 processors, minimal memory. We had to "clean" the startup routines to eliminate any programs running in memory to get the Windows shell to load. The only reason we needed this was when we wanted to access our Field Engineer CD which had the drawings for just about every Gas Turbine GE ever made. Might have been Win 1. It was 1991...

I know that my first decent regular laptop had Windows 3.0 on it and some of the programs were not compatible in 3.1 and 3.11.

[AFC-911]

What are you guys using for Photo organizing?

I don't think Picasa works for Windows 10...Which blows cause I really like Picasa.

[red-beard]

Organizing? Who organizes?

[72doug2,2S]

I hate Windows 8. I can't believe they didn't go back to Windows 7 with a rebadge. Working with 8 makes me wonder if a group of monkeys locked in a room didn't develop it.

[GH85Carrera]

One reason I upgraded that one machine was to get way from Win 8.1. It did blow chunks.

So far I can get around in Win 10 and It seems stable but it has only been a couple of days.

[Hawkeye's-911T]

I don't know if this is a specific Windows 10 problem, but I've recently gone to a couple of old guitar websites (youtube stuff) & copped a bunch of unwanted adware that I had to remove.

Cheers
JB

[red-beard]

So, Mrs. Beard killed my Lenovo Carbon X1. I can fix it, but the parts will take a few weeks. Broken Keyboard and Monitor.

So I brought out my old Dell Latitude E6500. It hasn't been turned on in almost 3 years. Battery is dead, but $19 will bring a replacement. Since it has been a while, I tried to update everything. For some reason, Win 7 Pro didn't want to get the updates. Figured, what the hell, and decided to install Windows 10.

I copied my mail files from the X1. Uninstalled any software I'm not going to use and the older version of Office. Upgraded to 10, installed Office 365. Had to re-install AV. Seems good to go.

It was a top of the line Laptop from 2009/2010. Dual Core T9600 Processor and 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD drive.

[E Sully]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

I have the same T61 with XP and running Firefox...I never get messages. My rig is still running strong, quick, and reliable.
Maybe download Firefox?

I installed Firefox. Working much better now. Problem is some of the software I want to run now needs a minimum of windows 7, not supported by Vista.
Looks like I will have to invest in a new laptop soon.
Looks like Windows 10 is in my near future. Time to do some research on latest laptops.

[patz]

I bought a new Lenovo backdated with W7.

[campbellcj]

Just upgraded our big home desktop from 8.1 to 10 on Friday; so far so good! It does address some of the more annoying aspects of 8 but I haven't had time to explore it in depth yet.

[red-beard]

Other than some of the controls being hidden a little deeper, it seems nearly the same as Win 7. I don't like the EDGE browser, since the scroll bar is too small. The work around is install your favorite. Internet Explorer is also still there.

My biggest complaint is that the "look" of the interface has been "back dated". This is probably because they want a consistent look across platforms - Desktop, Tablets, Phones.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

MSFT tried to back-door install Win10 on my Yoga13. Again. Bastards.

And now the Windows Store is fouling up my Plex client. I give up...

[Don Ro]

[intakexhaust]

X-ing fingers here and have had good luck with one of the last Asus lap-t w/ OEM win 7. They kept pushing 8 but was able to get W7 ordered in. Very little bloatware and deleted whatever it had plus I preset to warn of any updates.

Thank you and good catch to whoever posted that Forbes article on the three MS KB-fuchuser update.

[Evans, Marv]

Man, I'm so tired of this Windows 10 thing. I downloaded it partially because of harassment from the pop ups and thinking it might be an improvement. After download, lots of items I had with my original Windows 7 were gone. Things like my Fax & Scan. Every time I have to copy pics from my camera's memory card, it won't recognize the card unless I withdraw it and restart the computer and reinsert the card. My stand alone Microsoft Word is gone. Yesterday I thought I would just like get rid of Windows 10 and have my Windows 7 back so I followed the path to do that - Settings, Recovery, etc. When I got to the point of uninstalling Win 10 and reinstalling Win 7, I got a dialog box saying the files to revert to Win 7 had been deleted. Grrrrrr! I've tried to find a website to vent at Microsoft directly, but all you get directed to are chat websites or how to fix Win 10 sites. I'm so pissed, I'm going to buy an Apple computer. I used them years ago, and liked the operating system. It's time to get away from Windows anything. My wife changed over about the same time I did and everything on her lap top transferred over.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

MSFT tried to back-door install Win10 on my Yoga13. Again. Bastards.

And now the Windows Store is fouling up my Plex client. I give up...

WIN10 also no longer has Windows Media Center. It's the backend for my KODI PVR.

[cstreit]

There is a reason it is "free". Because while you can install for free, they definitely plan on making their money back off you at some point here. Pay to play on Win10.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by cstreit

There is a reason it is "free". Because while you can install for free, they definitely plan on making their money back off you at some point here. Pay to play on Win10.

Does anyone know the plan there? No one expects a free OS except UNIX hobbyist. I figure they will start charging a monthly fee to stay current with updates.

[wdfifteen]