Windows 10: I knew I shouldn't have upgraded to Win 10

Hi,

I've upgraded quite a few that dated as far back as 2006 (OEM Vista, XP etc.) with no particular problems.
More often than not it's laptops that seem to be the more troublesome somehow. YMMV.


Cheers, *Wink

 

It works fine upgrading from Windows 7. You need a stable system before attempting any upgrade, but that's always been the case. Besides, most enthusiasts perform a clean install after the upgrade is complete anyway, and I believe in later builds of Windows 10, you can go right to a clean install by inputting an 8.1 key during setup.

 

You're right there, messed up system is not going to get miraculously fixed by upgrade, may just make it worse.
Right on the other count too.

 

You are right there. There was a change in CPU requirements in 8.1 for NX. If you are running 8.1 then 10 will definitely work (excluding drivers). If you are running 8 or earlier it will only probably work (especially if you have an older AMD CPU or some Pentium 4).

I'm running 10 on 2006 Core2Duo and that works absolutely fine (it must have the right instructions I guess, I never looked)

 

First, I want to thank everyone for your replies and help. I'm running a Pentium 2.7 E5400 dual-core overclocked to 2.9 on a Biostar G31-M7 TE mobo with 4 gigs of 6400 DDR2 and a WD 200 gig HD. The light clicking of the hard drive is normal. Not loud or grinding like a failing drive. I checked it with Crystaldiskinfo and says it is in good shape. Win 7 works VERY well on it. Here's a bit of good news. Last Night (Tuesday night) I turned off the computer to find there a bunch of updates. It said not to turn off the computer as it was updating. It took about a1/2 hour. Might have something to do with my slow DSL. This morning I booted up and was surprised to see it boot up a lot faster! I mean a LOT faster. It is a lot more responsive now. Menus appear almost instantly. Clicking on a picture to view is a lot faster. Opening and closing windows are a lot faster also. Everything is definitely faster. Had to be the updates doing do. I never changed anything. I remember reading where you can't turn off updates with Win 10 and Microsoft sends them out on Tuesdays. Could the updates have been the answer? I remember getting some bad updates with XP and 7. Not fond of the idea that I can't install just the updates I want.

 

Good news to hear. Make sure you image your drive before trying another upgrade. It's also suggested to remove any anti-virus or anti-malware software before doing the upgrade. i.e. malwarebytes, admuncher, or any other anti virus software.
And if your not sure your system is clean before the upgrade I've used adwcleaner many times AdwCleaner Download

Just trying to help. Good luck.

 

My computer guy told me not to download 10 because he was having lots of trouble with it. I decided to do it on a laptop I use at home and should have listened to him. First could not connect wirelessly to router with error message saying something about certain protocols not installed. Tried the fixes recommended on Google search but still nothing. Finally Fios tech guy remotely connected and said it was all set but next day same thing. Another Fios tech guy tried but no luck. These were pretty savvy guys so I gave computer to my computer guy who recommended going back to seven and now everything is perfect.

 

Sounds like you need a new "computer guy". Any techie worth their salt would work on fixing the issue.

As for you computer, since you did the upgrade, you are able to do a clean install now. I'd download your drivers, put them on a flash drive and clean install 10.

 

I would change that "computer guy" immediately, go to carpenter or somebody like that. Millions of non "computer guys" can do it. Almost none of us here are "computer guys" but have been running W10 for months now with good success. Some have almost none computer experience and managed to install/upgrade and run W10.
"Computer guy" my foot, wouldn't let him make me a hamburger !!

 

Thanks for your advice Deacon. I'll mention it to him but he has told me he's had lots of other problems one of which is no sound on You Tube. He is quite good though since he and his partner brother have some rather large clients in my area who are all satisfied.

 

I guess I'll have to show him what Deacon and Mike are saying.

 

Two laptops, two desktops and one Lumia 640 W10 phone do everything they are supposed to do and that's just at my place. Couple of dozen other computers that I set up also running with almost no problems. It's not age thing or experience either, I'm 68 and youngest I set computer for is 6 !!!

 

Given the difficulty you have had, it is entirely reasonable to keep using win7. Glad to hear everything is perfect.*Smile

 

I suggest tact in quoting some of the remarks.

You haven't told us what the laptop is. If its maker supports the Win 10 upgrade, which mainly means that it offers Win 10 drivers, the process ought to be smooth. If you have to hunt up drivers yourself, it may be more painful. Some makers customize things like device IDs, so the upgrade process might require a little hacking.

I recommend most people running 7 to stay with it, though. I recommend upgrading from Windows 8.1, though, because I dislike the lack of integration between the desktop and the interface formerly known as Metro. (Also, machines that run 8.1 are almost certainly able to run 10.)

 

Upgrading from fully updated 8.1 to 10 should be easier and smoother than from W7 Sp1. Kernel and drivers are much closer to W10.
My system right now is: W7 upgraded to W8 (took advantage of cheap first month upgrade) > 8.1 (free) > W10 (first insider version than full and insider right now). There were no clean installs except for W7 at the beginning. Except for few hiccups with changes everything works just fine.
Worst problems were going from 8 to 8.1 (AMD legacy GPU drivers were 2 weeks late so black screen with cursor).
On W10 only problems while switching from and to insider versions and changing MBs at same time. Sfc /scannow dropped me from insiders.