Windows 10: What I miss in Windows 10 (feature requests)

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I agree with your number 9...
That's been a complaint of mine for ever!

The delete and rename should at least be separated by a horizontal line. Grrr!

 

Hi,
I thought with 10 that you only need to download the updates on one machine
Then the way it is set up as default the other machines will just pull the update direct from the first instead of downloading it again

I don't see an advantage of being able to download manually and apply this to all machines over just letting windows do it all locally in the background

 

No, nor do I... unless you are worried that updates will screw up your computers.
In that case set all your internet connections to 'metered' and do your updates at the weekend!

 

Hi there

all this supposes your machines are actually ON the Internet -- that's not always the case.

Sometimes people get so "Connected" they can't envisage situations where you actually have machines that are ISOLATED from the Internet for all sorts of good reasons -- for example High security systems, special purpose dedicated machines etc etc.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Good point... but probably something of a rarity for people tuned in to this forum. *Smile

 

And the public in general.

 

That is true
your post I was referring too mentioned home users
not sure how many home users would be running high security systems that require no net access

 

Not for security reasons but I have another computer that never goes to internet, it's just for kiddies to play on when they come.

 

Oh, I forgot, suggested this to MS a while ago, a mouse-over on Start Button to open start menu would be a nice feature.

 

Hi there

That's definitely a good one -- plus I can imagine some home users might want to restrict Internet usage for not just "kiddies".

I agree that running a high security system isn't usually done on Home computers - but you still could have machines where you EARN MONEY on so any disruption here could cause problems.

For example I have a dedicated Stock trading system -- I need to TEST updates before they are propagated to this machine -- If I can't trade then I can potentially LOSE a lot of money !!!.

Another dedicated machine I have is running an XP VM which has my VINYL cutting and studio creation software / hardware on. If the HOST system crashes for any reason then also I can't earn any money until it's fixed.

Whatever systems are in place I just don't believe in "The One Size Fits All" model whether it's home / private, small businesses / corporations.

@everyone -- ALWAYS -- but ALWAYS have regular backups (and verify them too) --you can't ever have too many backups. Many problems on these Forums could simply have been avoided if people had just taken a backup before altering their system(s).

Cheers
jimbo

 

+1

I don't understand why the useful shortcuts in Windows File Explorer to such things as size: and datecreated: (with handy drop-down calendar) are missing in Windows 10. A very retrograde step IMO, even though I often wished more of them were available.

 

There you go, I imagine there could be many other reasons I just can't think of, that's why user should have complete control of updates. I simple Yes/No button would be enough.