Posted on 11/27/2015 3:53:27 PM PST by Utilizer
Windows 10 has lots going for it, but it's all the better with these fixes
Windows 10 may Microsoft's finest operating system yet, but it needed to be. Microsoft is being assaulted from all angles: by OS X on desktop, iOS and Android on handhelds, and consoles for gaming (in this last case, ironically by itself with the Xbox One). Windows 10's positive reception – as well as a lot of glowing reviews – will have come as a relief to Redmond's anxious developers. But despite a long period of public testing, a fair number of Windows 10 problems remain at large.
Here are 14 common problems with Windows 10 and how you can fix them forever, leaving you with a PC that has all of Windows 10's new features and fewer of its frustrations.
(Excerpt) Read more at bit.com.au ...
Thank you. This notice disappears on occasion and comes back.
#11- Windows 10 doesn’t recognize my Samsung S6 Galaxy... trying to find drivers now. Worked fine before upgrade.
Check a few different days
I wish I hadn’t. Was perfectly happy before so don’t know why I did. Course I don’t really use my big puter much anymore so I guess it’s no big deal.
I’ve made some tools to help put an end to this coerced Windows 10 installation nonsense. They can be downloaded from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_hrA7ihzIPlVXpRUnJyc1AyNkU/view
The three included tools uninstall the Windows 10 nagware and the Microsoft “telemetry” (spyware) “updates” from Windows 7 and Windows 8.x Operating Systems if they are installed, prevent the updates from being reinstalled, and remove the Windows 10 installer folder $WINDOWS.~BT if it is present.
These tools must be run from an account with Administrative privilege, which is the case (unfortunately) for most accounts. They can also be run from a non-Administrator account by right-clicking them and then left-clicking on “Run as Administrator”.
The tools are most effective when run in the following order:
1. Prevent W10InstallationUAC.exe sets Microsoft Update to “manual only” mode and modifies a couple of registry variables that tell the OS to never allow a newer OS to be installed. This tool will run quickly unless you accept the optional request (recommended) to make a System Restore Point before the tool makes it changes, in which case the Restore Point will take a while to make.
Note that after this procedure finishes, no more Microsoft updates will be applied unless you manually request a check for updates and then decide which updates to accept, though making such decisons requires knowledge that the average user usually does not possess. However, for mature operating systems I personally believe that blindly accepting Microsoft updates at this juncture has more downsides than upsides.
(If y ou DO want to attempt to manually check for updates, you’ll first have to change the Windows Update setting from “Never Check for Updates” to “Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them” before you click the “Check for updates” button.)
2. Remov eW10NagwareTool.exe will remove a set of Microsoft updates that relate to Windows 10 nagware (”white flag”) popup, Microsoft spyware, and the Windows 10 installer itself if any of them have been installed. Detection and uninstallation can take a few minutes to complete.
If any of this set of updates is found, you’ll need to reboot the system.
It might als o be necessary to run this tool again after rebooting if the nagware update had previously been slated to be installed AGAIN, in which case after rebooting, you’ll STILL see the Windows 10 (”white flag”) nag. If that’s the case, just run this tool again and reboot again.
3. Finally, after you’re sure the Windows 10 nagware has been removed, run RemoveW10Folder.exe to detect and remove the Windows 10 install folder if it is found.
Just continue to use your computer and refuse to obsess over it like the other team does over their toys.
It is just a tool after all.
If you are stuck with Win 8, sucks to be you.
*snicker* Thanks for the guffaw, mate! Best laugh I’ve had all day, no doubt. *grin*
Ping for later... I’ll likely be using these.
Hopefully, not just you. I seem to recall quite a few people having some problems along these lines.
The article referenced goes into some details on how to accomplish this.
Glad I unloaded Windows 10. Not a fan. Back to W7 wish I could go to XP. But I really wish I could fix Windows text. There is an area where one can turn on block text or outlined text in Windows. I inadvertently turned on a text outline and cannot remember how to get back to the pop up to turn it off. Any help would be appreciated.
Probably. I did the upgrade, and it wiped out all my privacy settings, and enabled stuff I disabled way back in Win 8.
Then there was another update the other day to fix that problem with not maintaining the settings, according to an article I read.
Oh, and to make matters worse, besides the privacy issue, a number of Win10 users had programs uninstalled as well.
So, not sure what the percentage was, but perhaps you dodge a PITA update.
I also noticed that the printer sharing wasn't working as well. Haven't tried since the latest update to the version 1511, 10586 update.
Well, I am not a Windows Expert, by any means but hopefully someone else who works with it more can help you. This actually sounds more like an MS Office(tm) problem, but I could be wrong.
At a guess, you might attempt to highlight by dragging the mouse pointer over the text section you are attempting to modify, and then right-clicking to pop up a menu and selecting (or de-selecting) only the attributes you wish for that section, while remembering that the Word Processor will continue to keep those options for the rest of the text you type...
But I could be wrong. I will leave it to the experts to weigh in on it, then.
Windows bump
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When the laptop arrived, it booted right up and I was able to quickly access the internet through my router, but, in playing around with WIN 2010, I decided I didn't like it at all. For one thing, you cannot do anything with it without having a MS email account, which I have never had and did not want, but the bizarre thing was that my other computers could no longer access the internet through my wireless network! A you might imagine, my husband was NOT happy!
The next day, I called the IT department at the community college where I work. The techs had not seen this happen before, but one did mention that he had heard WIN 2010 was not compatible with some routers. I decided to just replace it with 2007, and, as soon as I did, my husband could access the internet. His laptop is a Dell and my others are Compacts. Although they did not immediately start working, the tech said to try deleting my home network from the laptop and allowing it to "find" the network again which worked perfectly.
Someone who is less technologically challenged than I would probably love 2010, but, my brief experience with it was not a good one!
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I just might skip windows 10 with its eternal updates, that make me suspicious. I have a few Windows 7 machines I will move to windows 8 so that I can get updates and patches further into the future.
BTW can you tell me in one sentence when Windows 7 updates will stop? Microsoft puts out three different dates.
I hear Microsoft updates and patches security XP for companies that need to stay with it. MS charges for this service. I do not us XP anywhere/
I like windows 7 just fine. The only downside is when will Microsoft stop issuing security patches for it? Probably January 14, 2020
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UPDATED: Windows 7-— Microsoft has promised to provide security patches even after it ends mainstream support, through 2020. What is ending is design changes, warranty claims and no-charge incident support.
This move will mostly affect consumers. Businesses get extended support and will get all updates for another five years, until January 14, 2020.
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-will-end-windows-7-support-2014-7
Jan 14, 2020 is end of extended service -- that's the end of the road for us mortals, though we can predict that like XP, Win7 will have special past-extended security patches for high-paying enterprise customers.
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