Windows 10: Why did Windows 10 mess up all of my hardware?

So I was forced to downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 when a Windows 7 update bricked my computer. I say downgrade because I have had many, many more issues with other computers running Windows 10 in mere weeks than I have had with computers running Windows 7 in the span of years. Those Windows 10 issues were on newer computers than the one I just downgraded to Windows 10, which is about 10 years old rough estimate.

Now, with Windows 10 running:

-The original RAM that came with the computer no longer works I keep getting IRQL related crashes, and I don't think it's the RAM being bad because every memory diagnostic tool I ran said the RAM is fine.

-My CPU maxes out at or near 100% consistently, especially when playing video games, this never happened with Windows 7 for me. And at first it seems like a good thing "oh yay my CPU is running at faster speeds running more than the speed it should be somehow, without support for overclocking and on more cores consistently" then I realize that this means that sometimes the games stutter now they didn't on Windows 7, and when livestreaming I drop the majority of my frames I dropped none on Windows 7.

-My GPU has the exact same problem, capping at or near 100% now while playing games, even older games; again, didn't happen on Windows 7. And this is also part of the reason I now lose frames while livestreaming.

-I've also noticed that my computer fans don't run as loud as often, especially while gaming. With the fact that my CPU and GPU runs at a higher % on a regular basis, I refuse to believe that somehow Windows 10 is making my system not heat up as much; which leads me to believe that my system is getting warmer than it used to on Windows 7 and a check on my GPU monitor confirms it for my GPU at least.


Why are all these issues now happening on Windows 10, which SHOULD be a better operating system? Is there a way to get the old settings from Windows 7 back so that my hardware can work the way it used to that way being without any issues at all rather than an abundance of issues?

Since these issues happen on newer computers I've used as well, I'm hesitant to think that buying a new computer with newer and better CPU and GPU would fix these issues. And even if they did, why would the only fix be to buy newer, better hardware? Why remove compatibility for some old hardware? Why make the hardware run less efficiently than it used to on Windows 7?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

DTS supported natively by Windows 8/8.1 and it should work on windows 10 too just DDL require to unlock your driver .

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net