Windows 10: My Windows 10 Experience And Some Suggestions

In other words, don't upgrade to Windows 10 unless you are a tech head or it will drive you insane. Thanks for the confirmation!

I pose these questions:
1) How come I ran Windows 7 on this computer for a LONG time without any problems whatsoever?
2) How come Windows 10 Original Core Edition was flawless and had no problems?
3) How come all of the problems suddenly became apparent as soon as upgrade 1511 came along?
4) How come I experience many more problems with every update since 1511?

Yet we hear continual denials from Microsoft that there are any bugs in Windows 10.

 

For what it is worth I do not play around with themes or modify them. Really I would not know how to. Anti-virus is always non-existent during an install. I always update my drivers straight after an install. The file system corruption you mention has happened twice now for me following Windows updates. If you have not had any problems with Windows 10 yet you are either 1) very lucky or 2) you will.

 

ditto.

 

Too much diversity, that's the issue. By the time the user is done intentionally or unintentionally adding and configuring software and devices, each system is unique. And most of them will have some resident malware. The Microsoft installers are pretty good, most of the time the install or upgrade just works.

AFAIK the issues that do arise do not have generic causes and therefore do not have generic solutions. Certainly hunting out as much malware as possible is a help. turning off security adds-ins is critical. getting rid of accumulated cruft in the registry and in the file system helps - what the various 'cleaner' applications try to do. BE SURE THE SYSTEM MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS for the new software.

Probably the closer the base system can get to a 'new-out-of-the-box' state, the more likely the upgrade will work.

Finally, one could hire expert assistance in advance, so at least restoration of pre-attempt conditions can be reasonably relied upon.

 

Create a Trinity recovery disk/USB Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer and reset/remove the administrator password. If you have to enable the Administrator account.

 

And from where do you get "expert assistance". I have not met any experts in a long time.

 

Hello, I just joined this forum because I am having problems with Windows 10 since I installed it about a month ago. I don't know if it is because of various settings on my computer or what. I can usually figure things out even though I am not an experienced tech fix it person just an experienced user.

I was running Windows 8 on an HP Envy laptop purchased in 2014. I installed Office 13 Professional when I bought it. Everything was fine. I knew it was inevitable to move to W10 so I did it. Perhaps I didn't fully turn off all virus protections when I did I'm not sure. Among the most frustrating things are:
- Unable to use Outlook except for mail. I always used the cloud calendar and adressbook in the outlook app before so I could see things on my phone and IPad - now only email works. I tried to follow directions to import the cloud calendar and address book, but no luck. So I have been using the ICloud address book and calendar but I hate using the web-based app. It does not have the versatility of Outlook.

- in using websites where you have to log in - some are missing fields like the username field - I can see where it is supposed to be but it isn't there and I can't type anything in.

-sometimes when I click to view what I know is a safe site or link within a website - I get a little blocked icon that is like a yellow star - is this a setting that is unrelated to windows 10?

There are a number of other issues that I won't go on about. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I am also new to using forums such as this.
Thanks

 

Coach used to tell me an Expert was a has-been drip under pressure lol. IDK, the basic stuff is posted all over this thread...backups. malware hunts. verify specifications. The user's Data should never be lost, their system should be readily restorable to a last-known-good condition.

Beyond that, its try this-try that, look stuff up, ask for help; sometimes, pray a new os or update will take the issue out on its own..

But somebody dedicated to the proposition, well they might just debug the installer from another system, figure out what exactly isn't working, and fix it. So far I have not had to do that, and I've run every microsoft operating system that ever existed.

 

Hi,

Actually it's more service realted than driver realted.
What happens is that the service tries to update media content to external drives (usb or whatever). When the media is removed you then get this eroor and it reccours every time in event viewer.
The solution that works for me is to disable "Portable Device Enumerator" in "Services.msc".

Description of the service:

Maybe setting it to manual works as well. Haven't tried that yet.

Saying W10 installs perfectly is a bit of an overstatement really. Somme errors pop up on every install no matter what you do.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Thanks, I'll give it a try. In fact that could have helped me out with my most recent hiccup. I use Macrium Reflect. Without it I would have been up the creek without a paddle on numerous occasions.

 

In the old days there use to be a saying "If it ain't broke why fix it?" The rationale behind this saying was that if you try to fix or improve something that is already running smoothly, chances are you will end up causing more damage or cause some new unforeseen problem to emerge. Microsoft should have this saying plastered up in big, bold posters all over their walls. Often I see problems emerging from updates that did not really seem necessary. Tinkering for the sake of tinkering can sometimes lead to new discoveries, but it can also be very detrimental. It also seems to me that insufficient and hasty testing of new updates is the norm rather than the exception. Computer users do not like the idea of being used as guinea pigs, and I suspect the only reason why Microsoft are getting away with it is they have been offering the new software as a free upgrade. This brings me to the other sayings from the old days: "You don't get something for nothing" and "You only get what you pay for". If something is free well you shouldn't expect too much.

 

And here is another old saying - You hit the nail on the head.

 

I have not had any issues with windows 10 pro yet....hopefully I don't either.