Windows 10: My last day with Windows 10

The main issue for businesses is the cost up updating their proprietary software to run on newer Operating Systems and usually new hardware to run it, has always been this way.

 

Hi,
You've always been positive about win-10 what happened *Confused
I personally don't care for nor have I ever cared for win-10 more than just an annoying little toy now a toy I hardly ever play with *Smile

Your spec's page does not list a laptop.

 

I agree with the original poster. Microsoft has crappified a really good product. #WhatHappened?

Too bad I didn't get this operating system for "free" too. I paid for something that's crappy and always breaks. I never paid for XP and it worked perfectly... until Microsoft decided to ditch updating it.

In a way, I kinda broke my own rule of: "If it is physically possible to get something for free... then GET IT FOR FREE!"

I have set a curse on my own rule *Shock

 

Hi,
With all the misinformation starting out people were told they couldn't roll back out of the free upgrade after 30 days
That applied to inside win-10 only

Most people made system images themselves and upgraded so if they didn't like it or the upgrade failed it was too easy to restore back to 8.1 or 7 *Wink
Of course most just kept 2 ssd's or hdd's with each os and have both and use which ever tickles them the most lol *Biggrin

 

I have yet to have any major complaints over Windows 10. It isnt perfect, but nothing is. Ive run a handful of different Linux distros in VMs. I like Linux Mint quite a bit, and if it wasnt for the fact that everything that is done where I work needs Windows, I just may switch over to it as my main OS. That, and the fact that Linux tends to make you jump through more hoops to do what you want to do. Every computer we have at work except for the computer that the wife of the owner uses and my laptop are Windows 7. The server still runs Server 2003 R2 64-bit. I keep trying to get them to update that, but they never get to it.

 

I have Linux Mint on a Desktop and a Notebook and true, some of the same programs don't interchange easily. However I use LibreOffice on my Windows, MacBook and Linux computers and set them to use the Microsoft Office formats, outside of no comparable program for Outlook it does pretty good. There are some cross-platform programs such as VLC that also work.

 

The problem with a consensus of opinion about computers is that we never hear from those who have no problems for their usage. I rarely post about having a particular problem as I either don't have many or/and am able to work through them without losing basic use of the computers. But then I've been building computers amid all their foibles since back in 80386 and 80486 days with MS-DOS 5/later and Win3.1/later and morphing into Win95 and later. The only version I didn't install on a new computer was Vista, worked on some OEM builds that actually weren't too bad but those had help in the OEM controlling all the 'stuff' they needed, a lot like Apple and its Macs.

 

What bothers me, really, is the supposed "Quality Updates" that tend to ruin the operating system. I had my graphics card installed a while ago and everything was running well, but now I see this weird diagonal line refresh rate that separates the top-right half of the screen from the bottom-left half. I notice it in anything that requires video processing. And it's random, it comes for a few minutes then disappears. That never used to happen before, but I got used to it. Same thing with JPEGView, I now see a small grey line under each image I see in there. That never happened before.

I would only respect the idea of Security Updates for this operating system ONLY. I don't want any other update.

 

Just "kill" driver updates but don't forget to do it in your GPU driver too.

 

You can always overwrite the WU drivers by getting them from the manufacturer, they're often more up-to-date..

 

It's relatively easy to set Windows to notify of every update, so you take control and decide when it happens. It is unfortunate MS has not made doing that absolutely straightforward.

For each update, I am notified by the Action Centre. I click on that, Settings opens and tells me about the update. I then decide what I want to do.

This is documented as part of a tenforums tutorial on disabling Windows updates (which this option does not do), and is implemented by any of:
- Winaero's free tweaker
- A Registry edit
- Group policy (Pro upwards)

Active hours (up to 18 consecutive hours in the Creator's Build) allows you not to be interrupted by an unexpected restart.
Again it's unfortunate (I'm being polite!) that MS requires users to know about this and configure it manually.

I have the Pro edition, so have chosen to Defer Feature Updates- meaning I can choose when this occurs.
And again, it's unfortunate (I'm still being polite!) that MS requires users to know about this and configure it manually.

Result: I have control of when updates and upgrades occur.

Of course an additional irritation occurs for those who find problems using the version of some driver MS selects for them, and again, a technical fix, supported by a tenforums tutorial, is required.

 

Well, here's the problem.... according to the date of the graphics card, that is the same exact one that actually worked nicely and perfectly before! There's an updated version of this card which is even worse.

Believe me on this one: I am sure it has nothing to do with the graphics card driver. I have given up attempting to fix it. I've tried fixing it before, and that caused nothing but extreme annoyances and distress. I am not going to put myself through that.

 

Fortunately...you must be adapted to M$ developments (I'm being polite!) *Tongue

So, next time you'll need to travel, have some Tenforums tutorials swallowed and be the happiest Windows user. And NO. It doesn't help in bad weather...

My God...what users are they?

 

Is this true for corporate / enterprise editions of Win 10?

In a corporate setting we usually get NO updates from MS. They come instead as "pushes" from the IT support team, and only after testing has been done to ensure compatibility.

That was true of Windows 7 enterprise. Now I'm wondering whether that measure of control was lost with Windows 10 enterprise.

 

--- The installed graphics card you have is probably a DDR3, there are DDR5's available for better bandwidth. Investigate them. Make sure the PS requirements are met also.
--- Compare them.
The reason I mention them is because I just went through that on someone else's computer and a 2GB DDR5 solved their graphics performance just fine.