Other problems:
* Applications don’t carry over
* Windows 10 freezes: This is a hard one to call because it’s never clear if it’s Microsoft’s fault, the PC maker’s fault, a third-party software provider’s fault – or all of the above.
* Firefox browser does not perform as well on Windows 10.
* Cortana is a work in progress
I received the notice that my computer is ready to download 10. Why would I do that any earlier than I have to?
I’m waiting for the new verson of BeOS.
As usual, product released before it’s ready.
Ever since Microsoft has been outsourcing to India, China, and the Philippines, their software quality has been crap.
About how long should I wait for the main bugs to be worked out before I install Windows 10? (I have Windows 7 now.)
My $0.02: I upgraded my Surface 3 earlier in the week. Took a couple hours, but no problems/frustrations/issues. I customized the new start button and really like it now. I didn’t notice any problems with Firefox, didn’t try to use Edge or Cortana. All peripherals worked with the exception of one - downloaded a new driver for a quick fix.
Honestly, the upgrade was smooth and required minimal user adjustment. I haven’t thought about it since. Wouldn’t trade my S3 for anything.
“the point is that some less-adventurous consumers may want to wait to upgrade”
A choice I made and mentioned here 3-4 times already the past week.
‘Edge’ may be quick, but I have become so spoiled by my various ad-blocking software and settings that it was a shock to be just inundated with ads and blaring noises from seemingly all angles.
No way to stop the ads in Edge. No settings to do so. MS must have listened strictly to the advertisers...
Upgraded two of my computers.
The Acer laptop that came with Win 7 64bit, took to ten like a duck to water..no issues.
However..............
My Dell inspiron 530 turned into a brick. It’s kinda funny but the new blue screen has a frowny face on it...LOL
The issues were not with the processor or mother board, they were all related to the peripherals.
Win 10, for example, did not want to recognize my Netgear router’s optional high speed dual channel wireless option, nor did it like my Nvidia video cards. Nvidia put out a updated driver for 10, but it failed to work on my system. I have 4 monitors, all VGA flat screens from 29 inches to 46. For some reason this caused a series of crashes, many involving Flash, and some were just instability type “DPC Watchdog” major crashes. After trying for two days to make it better, the dell refused to boot and because of time constraints (it was Monday early morning and I needed this computer running by 7am) I decided to use a DVD Image restore system that I had made for this exact situation. 30 DVD’s too a while to load but I was up and running back on win 7 by 10am...
I wrote MS about this and submitted the above so that they know about it and I do not intend to try again to upgrade the Dell. it is a old Vista machine that I have a fondness for and when I replace it, I will be buying all new hardware and I doubt I will have those issues.
For later.
Well, THAT didn’t take long!
I just completed my 4th Windows 10 upgrade and the ONLY problem I had was on my one Windows 7 Pro computer, I had to reinstall my Office 2010. None of the other problems mentioned have surfaced on my machines. All machines are up to date with the latest Windows 10 patches.
Waiting for all the backdoor exploits that allow the feds access to your computer to be discovered before I take the plunge.
I’m not a fanboy but I’ve been really impressed so far with how problem free Windows 10 has been.
ALL of my applications simply worked.
The only problem I’ve seen is with Adobe Flash (in browser), and I really don’t think it’s fair to blame Microsoft for that.
I don’t use cortana or edge though.
Selecting “File Explorer” crashes, but the old Right-Click->Start->File Explorer works just fine.
Other than that, works a treat. Much faster than 7 or 8.
In order to download Windows 10 you need the Windows 10 upgrade app that places a little windows logo on the bottom right corner of your screen. I’m running Windows 8.1 and do not have this logo on my screen. My searches on how to get the Windows 10 upgrade app have only turned up confusing articles and threads. Does anyone know how I can get the Windows 10 upgrade app so I can make a reservation to get Windows 10?
I upgraded an old 2009 1.3ghz c2d laptop with ssd as testbed. Upgrade win7 to 10 using the media creation tool was smooth as silk. This lappy was so sluggish on win7, but is now fairly close to my 2013 i7 rmbp. I’ve noticed a few bugs, mostly force closures of system apps.
I’m running classic shell, Firefox 39 and a few other items to test stability. So far, very nice, though I’ll wait awhile to upgrade my other pc’s.
I did the 10 up date last night and basically had no problems with it trying to make my old AMD chip into a fast gamer pc instead of an old HP windows 7 Pavillion. I aborted that and closed out for the night, after making Chrome my browser on advice from our family II, who hates all the zillion forms of it.
This morning it notified me, that my Norton was not compatible w/10.
I had to UN plug the computer, do the old reboot to get Norton installed and to use Norton’s Safe search to use Chrome as my browser. I had to reboot my Chrome and I lost my preferred quick go to tabs.
My old pc with 10 and my Chrome browser is running faster than ever and very reliable. Avoiding 10’s search bs, with Chrome is quick/simple.
My Hp deskjet 2524 connected to my old PC is still working. My Envy 4502, is not USBed to the old PC, and it is working great with Google Cloud print with my new Acer Chromebook, Acer tab and Android phones.
The conversion erased two of my Kindle books via the cloud. They are still on my Acer Chromebook and tablet.
So far W10 with the exception of the struggles w/Norton has been uneventful compared to last MS bs abortions posing as a new thing. I was hoping that it would destroy my old PC. Then, I could buy the Hp Stream w/10 to work along with a new Acer Chrome Desk Set handling what I do w/MS.
Now, I have to wait for my old PC to die on its own.
This morning, it notied