Windows 10: Use Win10 as main OS ??

If you have removable hard drive trays, it's not that bad.

 

I would but I have a hot swap drive bay and it is quite easy for me. Windows 10 is stable enough , I just do not know if it is secure enough.

 

It would be a bad idea to use Windows 10 in a mission critical situation. Microsoft has always recommended that the OS be used only by advanced users. Any update could have potentially serious consequences. But it is perfectly OK to use the OS in a home setting you aware of the risks and are prepared to deal with any resulting problems. The risks are yours alone

But do be aware that the OS will expire and an upgrade to the release version may or may not be supported. In any event a clean install would be preferred.

 

My PC is a normal private one, used for surfing, gaming, homebank, photo storing, photo edit and other stuff like many others.
My main concern is security, as the only securityprogram I have found working is Windows Defender, and this program is not very trusted in tests. Malwarebyte does also work, but that is not a complete security package.
Windows 10 has been pretty stable so far, so that is not an issue, I think.
I use it with Chrome, as I'm really not happy with IExplorer.
I have made build 10041 ready to install from an USB-stick, but don't know yet what I'm going to do.

Thank you for tour info and input about tour ude and experince with this

 

It is my experience that the person at the computer is the best (or worst!) security device. Some are happy to install/run anything whilst others are darn careful. The latter rarely get infected.

I have only run MSE or Defender for years and never caught anything. But, there is always tomorrow!! That's what image backups are for.

Anyway, the decision is yours to make so good luck.

 

I'm playing it safe, Burgurne, by dual booting on my desktop and laptop(s). Especially since Build 10041 seems to have some problems with the Internet.

I just reinstalled Windows 10 and will use it as my main OS if the Internet problems don't crop up again. Otherwise, I'll have to go back to Windows 8.1.

 

Security is a problem with Defender or any other AV program. Here is a scan of ImgBurn download from Filehippo.com a usually trusted site. The first picture shows the result from the MSE (Defender predecessor) scan and the second from Virus Total that scans with 60 different AV programs. Mind you that is exactly the same file.










What is my answer - I do all my important internet business in a virtual Linux partition. There the Windows malware dies.

 

i am with Superfly here, went back to build 9926.

Jeff

 

So far for me.. build 10041 is working just fine as a daily usage/primary OS, With the latest update the start menu seems a bit snappier to me.

 

That does it for me. I'm going to use Windows 8.1.1 as main OS until some other Internet Security package works in Windows 10.

 

Were those scans done on Windows 10?
If you do the same scans on Windows 8.1 does it detect anything then?

I wouldn't have thought it would make a difference between 8.1 or 10

-Jamie

 

To me, the main problem with using Win10 for daily work is the fact that, with any new build, features can come and go. This is a Preview, and "change" is the name of the game, not predictability, and certainly not stability. I would prefer to delay relying on the details of how to use it until it becomes stable at Release time.

 

This was the result of scanning the ImgBurn downloaded from FileHippo.com with Defender on W8.1.






MSE and Defender never find anything. Even a trojan slips thru. Because this is the real story:

 

That's what i thought would be the case, the reason i ask is due to the OP saying the following:

This should not be the reason one does or does not use Win10 as their main OS as the issue here is Defender and not the OS.

There are other Anti-Virus programs out there that work on Win 10 (obviously not certified to run on 10 but that won't be the case until pretty much final release).

Obviously i maintain it is a Technical Preview and should not be used as a main OS UNLESS you are happy to do so and take on the associated risks like myself and many others.

I for one have not had any issues with it while testing on VM's or Spare machine and now it is my main machine and that too is running perfectly.

-Jamie

 

Regarding the av tests above, pretty much all were PUPs (Open Candy). These are not 'Viruses' and potentially users invited them aboard. Malwarebytes and ADW are the best tools for removing these.

Anyway, we all have to make our own decisions on AV cover. Is it really true that AV programs run on 8.1 but not 10? Certainly, I am happy running win 10.