Windows 10: I Don't like Windows Ten.

Yeah me also, I went back to Windows 8.1

 

How do you make a decision that will effect you for years in less than a full day?

When Win 8.1 was first launched, I had people literally tell me they tried it for ten minutes at a BestBuy demo and that they would never touch it again. Seems this is an issue with the people not the OS.

 

Win 7 is/was a great OS. That said, while I never installed Win 10 TP and became an Insider, leaving that to the guinea pigs, er should I say bunny wabbits, I installed Win 10 just yesterday and know that its a keeper so I can say Win 7 was a great OS.

 

OK, back on Windows 8.1 now. It was pretty straight forward, just followed Brinks tutorial and it literally took 5-10 minutes. The 'Upgrade to Windows 10' Windows Update banner and $Windows.~BT folder are still there where they were, but I'll sort them out tomorrow. Other than that, just a temporary 'Bitlocker is Suspended' message, which Windows resumed by itself after re-installing Win 8.

Unfortunately, my computer's a tool that's in use all the time and as such I need it to not only be reliable, but to do what I need it to. The tipping point was that the reduced functionality of the Windows 10 Mail App made it unusable for me and there was nothing I could do about it. Due to it being a Store app, as opposed to a normal Win32 application, I couldn't even just install an older version of it.

So , the main reason for going back wasn't due to needing to get used to Windows 10, but was due to the inability to change Email Aliases. However, other problems with the Mail App that I also didn't like were:

- It's not possible to turn on 'Show Newsletters Separately', which allows mailing list emails to be sent directly to the Newsletters folder.

- It's not possible to create and rename folders in the Windows 10 Mail App.

- It's not possible to 'select all' emails in any way, whether by CTRL + A keyboard shortcut, shift-clicking the top and bottom emails to select all emails in-between or by using a 'select all' checkbox. They have to be selected individually.

- You can’t turn off conversation view.

Microsoft Edge and the Photos app were both also severely lacking in functionality, but they weren’t the reason for uninstalling Windows 10, as it was still possible to just use Internet Explorer and Windows Photo Viewer instead. Whereas I had no choice with the Windows 10 Mail app.

Don't worry, I'm only one person out of millions, I doubt me uninstalling Windows 10 will bankrupt Microsoft and there are still lots of other people here with Windows 10 installed. *Smile

 

my sound card will not work, AMD video card will not work properly, I don't like the new Explorer. I like the one so I can have my goggle bookmarks, overall it's nice but the interface is just awful.

Hey I love Windows 8.1 I'm using it right now.

 

I'm loving Windows 10. I'm coming from Windows 7, since I didn't like 8 at all when I gave it a shot back in late betas, etc. It was too geared toward a touch experience.

I use Outlook for my ISP provided email. I use the Mail app for my Live account email.

 

go back to 8.1 omg never I either stay with 10 or go back to my 7. I loaded 10 on my laptop leaving my desktop at 7 for know as its my baby and it works perfect. that old saying if it aint broke dont fix it. But I'm giving 10 the old chance on my laptop and I have to say not to bad like it better then the priview builds although alot of crap i had to turn off and remove. i havent even installed classic shell like i did on the preview build giving the new menu more of a chance which seems better on the release. just seems to run slow vs my 7 and wish there was more of a black theme like 7 i'm not digging the white or the windows hero login hopefully a way to change that will come along.

 

Windows 10 is way better than 8.1 imo.. What are you missing in 10 that you had in 8.1? Curious...

Edit: Never mind, I just read your post. You're issue was the mail app. Fair enough. I personally never use it, or many of the metro apps for that matter. As a mouse and keyboard user, I find 10 to be a lot more accommodating than 8 or 8.1. I use outlook for mail though.

You might try live essentials.. Live mail is better imo there simply for the ability to block senders, etc... I can't use a mail app any more without the ability to manage spam, but that is just me.
Windows Essentials - Download Windows Live Essentials

 

I decided to stay with Ten, as I solved the problem I had. The problem was that the Graphics driver, didn't install, although it went through all the motions. I re-installed it, and now it's all good!

 

Good deal.. try it out.. if you still don't like it go back to the previous OS.

 

I am sure win 10 will ge a good upgrade, but ..................................... going to wait

 

I had read so much conflicting reports I doubted my sanity but, when I had to opportunity to download I hit the button!!

Very pleased that I did so, its very good. Takes a bit of practice but worth it, it IS free you know. Nice to have windows sounds back again too.

So far I have found it to be very solid, runs very smoothly and fast, I still have to fully customise it, lots of rubbish I do not want in apps, but overall, at the moment, I give it a 9.

Obviously, older machines will struggle, so consider going for gold!

 

I loved Windows 7, but Windows 10 is rapidly growing on me. It also seems to tune itself, started off slow in response, but has rapidly speeded up. By the way you can change the theme fairly easily under Personalization. I also hated the white borders, but played around till I am now very happy with the look. There's an excellent tutorial on this forum: –
Event Viewer One Click Clear - Windows 7 Help Forums

There are several others in that section, that are also helpful.

Cheers

 

change your spec snakeyes!! I agree with you too. Some people dont like change, its not in their scope. Persevere and it will come to you very quickly. No going back for me. Now I wait for my laptop notification to shine through, so I can change that too.

 

Appreciate the heads up on the specs. By the way, I got tired of waiting for the Windows 10 notification and used the media tool instead. Worked like a charm.