Windows 10

Any one else upgraded to Windows 10 yet?
I have and wish I hadn't, so if you haven't yet, then I recommend you wait.
My Laptop is about 6 months old and was running Windows 8.1 fine, but now I have 'upgraded', the first time I turn on the laptop, it refuses to boot, so I have to turn it off and power on again, and second time it boots!
I also play Microsoft Treasure Hunt and Sudoku, the former is now totally unplayable as 10 refuses to show the rightmost 2-3 columns (I don't know how many as they are there, but invisible) so I can't even see the exit, and in Sudoku in full screen mode 10 displays an advert over the top of the game board which you cannot remove, making the game unplayable.
The only benefit that I can see is that the Start Menu is back (which surely only a congenital idiot would have suggested removing in the first place), but this is some weird bastard (not swearing!) hybrid of the traditional Start Menu and 8's tiles.
Not impressed.

Don't worry I have no intention of downgrading to Windows 10. What I have works so why rock the boat? I had enough hassles getting 8.1 working so no way am I going to go through all that hassle again when I don't need to.

ps is this you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkjsN-J27aU

Serves you right F&H for being like those 'Apple' fanatics with their 'must have now' mentality. I thought you would have realised that basically the first couple of 'issues' of new Microsoft operating systems are their way of getting unpaid Beta testers.

When I was forced to upgrade from XP earlier, I found a company that was still selling PCs with Windows 7. Slowly getting used to it, but still basically use it for email and internet and do everything else on my XP ..which is still working perfectly.

Moved to Random Ramblings as this thread isn't really Dizzy or Oliver Twins related.

I don't plan to upgrade to Windows 10 as Windows has a big history of senseless "compatibility issues" with older programs, and I'm speaking from experience.

Plus I'm now on limited Internet access via phone where I can only use 4GB of data a month, and since Windows 10 is a 3GB download (which I heard you can't pause part way through), all the more reason why I don't plan to upgrade from Windows 7.

W10 can update itself W7. And will work as a torrent, updating others.

I didn't even realise that Windows 10 was downloading, and thought (stupidly) from the reviews that the upgrade wouldn't be a problem, so let it, more fool me.
Have now rolled back to Windows 8 and it looks like everything is working OK again :teethy:

Grandad - How dare you swear at me? :tongue: Right, I am going to vote all your games 5 stars from now on, so you don't lose any more competitions :yes:

I was thinking of downloading this, but decided my laptop is 7 years old and Win 10 will probably kill it.
Windows 7 is good, and still better than 8, but this topic and now convinced me to stay put.

Win 10 is probably ok in about 6 months times when they've ironed out the issues and done updates, and on a new machine.

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Win 10 is probably ok in about 6 months times when they’ve ironed out the issues and done updates, and on a new machine.

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You mean in a years time, when the free download is no longer available.

Yup i downloaded 10 onto a brand new laptop & it went ape****, so i've rolled back too & all is well with the world again.

Windows 10 has a world of ups and downs with it.

Automatic updates are hardcoded and will update all your drivers etc even if you've downloaded another version elsewhere and will reboot your machine without warning. There's been a couple of incidents where the automatic updates installed broken graphics drivers and one time it failed to install an update properly which resulted in a loop of rebooting and re-attempting to install the update without a means to easily stop it.

If you like backing up from DVD to HDD then stick to 8 or lower as they removed the free program in 10 to rip DVDs and now charge you to download the same program.

Microsoft Edge and apps don't support extensions like Lastpass etc. Just don't use it and if you want to log into apps like Facebook and Twitter with Lastpass do it through a browser like Chrome or IE, don't bother using the apps as they aren't worth it.

I've heard of incompatibility issues with some games and emulators. I've not experienced any issues myself yet and depending on if they're still being maintained or not would likely get updated to work in Windows 10 anyways.