Windows 10: Upgrading to Windows 10

I upgraded to the new Windows 10 about 45 days ago, and it has been lots of fun and learning about it.
I believe that MS has done a good job on it and lots more work to make it better. There is many users here available to assist you with most anything. I am so thankful for the help I have received.

Keep trying and I believe you will like Windows 10 and you may ask questions here on Ten Forums anytime as someone/many users are always available with answers.

Be safe. Windows 10 is ready for you. How to Upgrade to Windows 10 - Microsoft
Be safe.. Cliff M.

 

Thanks for your support Cliff and all other contributors. I spent some time today getting to play with 10 and finding my way around. I tried to set up Mail but it seems incapable of dealing with my POP3 settings. I normally have to set specific port numbers but there is no provision in 10 for me to do that. It just said it was unable to do it, with a vague looking error number. I use Fastmail as my main provider and a Gmail account as a backup but 10 failed to complete setup of both them. I gave up and configured eMClient instead which I have used for years, using the same settings (or most of them) that 10 failed on. So I do have mail now but it is disappointing that the 10 setup procedure is so restricted.

Unless there is a hidden procedure that I missed?

 

I have outlook and gmail both ok and I use incredimail which works well with windows 10 in fact when I up graded from 8.1 incredimail went straight in ready for me to use, so did gmail

 

Short story : upgrading to win 10 is reserved, icon is in system tray and info said that upgrading is not possible because my graphic card is not supported ( geforce 7900 gs ).
I removed the card, delete the driver and use discrete card on motherboard which is supported but win10 upgrade application still give the warning that upgrading is not possible because 7900 gs is not supported.
Please give me an advice: what to do that win10 upgrade application can recognize correct graphic card ?

 

First try the "upgrade this pc now" option of Media Creation Tool:
Windows 10

If that doesn't work, you can try a clean install using this method:
Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First - Windows 10 Forums

 

What is Filemind? Mine doesn't do anything, so maybe it is corrupted? I'm assuming it is a file manager, so I would like to try it but I would need to repair it first

Sorry, I found Filemind in Apps and thought it was a '10' program!

 

Thank you, first advice works well.

 

Before I installed Win 10 on my old laptop running Win 7 SP1 it was taking 35seconds to boot up according to Bootracer.

With Win 10 installed Bootracer says it now takes 3 minutes and 50 seconds and I think that was the 'best' result!

I've stripped off several unwanted apps and old programs but that is a disappointment. I would hate that to happen to my newish Envy. There are no bugs, rootkits etc that have been found. What is likely to be the cause, is it just that 10 needs more time or what?

Thanks.

 

You said that the problematic laptop would be an Acer 4810. This model obviously has an Intel Core 2 Solo processor with 1.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB harddisc and it originally came with Windows Vista.

So that laptop is a bit older. Is the laptop generally working slowly or is it only the booting, which takes so long, but inside Windows it is reacting quickly (starting programs and so)?

 

Hi Joergi, yes I would say that it is the booting that seems to be the problem. There are fewer programs and apps now than when it was running 7. What programs are on it now do seem to be opening reasonably quickly, given the somewhat poor spec (which Microsoft said would run W 10). I've made sure that there is hardly anything on the desktop. About the only thing left on it is eMClient and Firefox, then Webroot Internet Security. These were already om the laptop running 7. I haven't done anything with services as I'm not sure what to turn off.

One thing though, I did add it to my Homegroup.

 

I think there were speed issues with PCs in homegroups, at least in older Windows versions. However, I do not remember what exactly that was. I think it was the time needed to connect to something. If this is happening during boot, then this might be part of your problem and you might solve it by taking the PC out of the homegroup again. I would just try it - maybe it also does not help.

Another aspect would be to check, if the PC starts much faster, if you boot it into safe-mode.

Finally I would create a boot log and see, if that contains anything helpful.
A guide on how to do that is here: Monitor Windows 7 boot logs with the help of msconfig - TechRepublic
(It mentions Windows 7, but the option is at the same place in Windows 10.)

 

Got it! I also had Advanced System Care on the laptop and on a hunch I checked to see if it was running the latest compatible with Win 10 and it wasn't. So removed all traces of it and re-installed to latest version and my best boot time is now 81 seconds, down from 230 seconds. And that includes joining the Homegroup again. So yes, that is much better and gives me more confidence should I decide to go the upgrade route with my main laptop.
THanks for your suggestions.

Apologies for double post!*Confused

 

Got it! I remembered that I had IOBit Advanced System Care on the old laptop so checked to see if it was the latest build and it wasn't. So I removed all traces of it and re-installed latest version.
My best Bootracer time is now 81 seconds, down from 420 (worst) and that includes joining Home Group again.
This gives me much more confidence that upgrading my main laptop should be OK.
Thanks for your suggestions.

 

A reduction from 230 seconds down to 81, that is a reduction down to one third of what you had before. Sounds good.

Anyway, you had 35 seconds in Windows 7; what you now have in Windows 10 still is more than twice that time...

 

True, but it is much more acceptable now than before. As to whether I can reduce it even further, well, that means more time spent on an old system that is rarely used, unless my wife commandeers it!