Windows 10, Yay or Nay?

jefboyardee · Aug 1, 2015

Got the ISO, burned a disk, installed as dual boot. That worked three times but then froze on boot. Removed that and upgraded the normal way, from within Win7. It was all pretty quick and painless... still activated.

But so far, I don't see the point. It isn't faster, it uses more ram, it doesn't act better from any perspective. I may restore my most recent Win7 backup... at least I can get off the edge of my seat now.

jefboyardee · Aug 1, 2015

Gave up. Not worth the trouble. Back on W7HP. Now to remove the W10 upgrade nags.

mikedt · Aug 1, 2015

To remove the Win 10 upgrade nags...
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/remove_windows_nag_icon_to_upgrade_to_windows_10.html

A new version of Windows using less RAM? Nah....that would break 30 years of tradition.

Xyro · Aug 1, 2015

Xyro said:
Yeah you need a new product key, which you only get given during an upgrade.

Actually, turns out this is wrong. When you do the upgrade, you get given a generic windows 10 key, and instead your windows 10 licence is tied to your unqiue hardware ID. Therefore it remains to be seen how you can transfer your licence to a new computer.

jefboyardee · Aug 1, 2015

mikedt said:
To remove the Win 10 upgrade nags...

I just dug up and uninstalled KB3035583, rebooted and the nag taskbar window is gone, so I guess that's that.

agentofshield · Aug 1, 2015

i been using windows 10 since the first preview build was released. in the last 6 months my pc froze 3 times. i also had a handful of BSOD, mainly due to using unsigned drivers for wifi devices. any game i've downloaded from torrents, failed to install or failed to run, mainly directx runtime error. im not really a modern gamer. i still play red alert2 and aoe2, its the only games i eve liked. and i couldnt get those games to run on windows 10 preview builds. other then the said problems. Windows 10 runs great on my old dell inspirion AMD 2.2ghz 2gb ram. Windows 10 is pretty stable as far as the way i use it. on my old dell i use it as a plex server to stream to my roku box. windows 10 is up and runny for weeks without no problem.

ceva321 · Aug 2, 2015

Updated 2 days ago and I love it

Download and installation was flawless.

The entire process was about one and half hours long.

psionandy · Aug 2, 2015

Not yet.... until they have the EULA sorted out, as I'm not happy with granting them permission to access all the information I store locally on my PC

HarryMyhre · Aug 2, 2015

Guggy said:
With everyone having Windows 7-8.1 being available to upgrade today, are you going to after the previews? Personally I will be (Once I get this damned gwx.exe to start correctly!) What about you? Any thoughts on it?

Hp hasn't upgraded the Intel graphics driver for my envy X2 so I cannot upgrade to Windows 10.

At first I was ticked off. Then I realized I can buy a new laptop for like $350 and if I wait until clack Friday I can probably pick one up for $200

Or maybe it's time to go chromebook. [emoji2]

Soapm · Aug 2, 2015

I guess you guys answered my question, I wondered how old apps run like for instance, I still use Office 2003.

AMOCO · Aug 2, 2015

Soapm said:
I guess you guys answered my question, I wondered how old apps run like for instance, I still use Office 2003.

It should run just fine.
I installed a bunch of old games on wife's laptop and they run fine.

Bobby54 · Aug 3, 2015

LOL, I'm starting thinking about buying a Mac. Well, Windows 10 may be good on PCs, but I won't expect anything on Windows Phone 10.

Phases · Aug 3, 2015

Liking it so far, no problems since installing the firmware update that followed.

Curtis1973 · Aug 3, 2015

I will be after I see how well it performs for others. Looks to be a winner though. Definitely has a smaller footprint resource use wise versus Vista,7 or 8.1

Curtis1973 · Aug 3, 2015

Unforgiven said:
Updating now. I probably shouldn't have started it with a thunderstorm looming.

Thunderstorm you say! Bah!! No time for thunderstorms!!! Technology must march forward lol

iowabowtech · Aug 4, 2015

Experienced some pain due to dual boot config with linux but eventually worked through that. I never once logged onto a win8 machine so its interesting to see the changes since win7. I probably won't use it much but its there if I ever want it I guess.

Unforgiven · Aug 4, 2015

iowabowtech said:
Experienced some pain due to dual boot config with linux but eventually worked through that. I never once logged onto a win8 machine so its interesting to see the changes since win7. I probably won't use it much but its there if I ever want it I guess.

Take a Win 8 phone and imagine that as a computer. Identical. To. That.

iowabowtech · Aug 4, 2015

Unforgiven said:
Take a Win 8 phone and imagine that as a computer. Identical. To. That.

I have never even seen, much less used a Win8 phone if such a unicorn exists.

jefboyardee · Aug 4, 2015

As for "Windows 10, Yay or Nay," I vote nay. I was, for some reason, looking forward to it, so was heavily disappointed when I finally got to try it. Or perhaps I was expecting too much. Either way, to me, it just seemed like a 'pig' called Win7 with earrings on it called Win10.

Maybe I'll try it again all by itself, not as an upgrade, but probably not, because I ain't paying a hundred ten bucks for it.

Meanwhile, Win7 is just fine.

jefboyardee · Aug 5, 2015

Maybe I'll try it again all by itself, not as an upgrade, but probably not, because I ain't paying a hundred ten bucks for it.

Maybe How to Clean Install Windows 10

Member243850 · Aug 6, 2015

DONT UPGRADE IF YOU HAVE AN ATHEROS WIFI MODULE!!!

Sorry for that crazy out burst...

I got a athwnx.sys ERROR and got the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH so if you have a specific Atheros WiFi / Bluetooth module / card ...then be seriously advised when updating or upgrading!!!

I have a Toshiba c660 satellite and it has got the above mentioned WiFi module and when I updated WHAM

WHAM WHAM WHAM

Now it looks like I am going to have to REINSTALL AND YES I DAMN ANGRY ABOUT IT!!!

Almost furious!

They should NEVER say it is okay to update if you DONT have a good driver or compatible driver...

Google "athwbx.sys" and you will see the poop fest.

Don't di what I do and then fight the urge and temptation to SMASH your pc...

AMOCO · Aug 6, 2015

I have an Atheros Wifi Module in my laptop and wifi works just fine and no BSOD here.
On:HP 2000-2C29WM
Here is the driver I used:
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9000 Series Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows

1.00 37.1 MB Jul 30, 2015 32-bit or 64-bit Download 64-bit

HP's Terms of Use
sp65428.exe

Release details

Released: Feb 17, 2014

Version 1.00

Fix and enhancements

- Provides the updated driver.

The silent installation command is:
"setup.exe" -s -f2C:\windows\temp\arsetup.log

ghet2rockuu · Aug 6, 2015

jefboyardee said:
Maybe How to Clean Install Windows 10

its free where u get 110 lol

ghet2rockuu · Aug 6, 2015

and fyi pirated versions update ! so i dont know where people are saying its not free if u pay for it u a sucker .

codesplice · Aug 6, 2015

ghet2rockuu said:
its free where u get 110 lol

Free as an upgrade from a legitimate Windows 7/8 install. $110 or so when purchased as a standalone installation.

And while pirated versions may update, they are not legitimately licensed versions of Windows 10. Using them is still illegal.

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