Windows 10: Windows 10 First Impressions?

Experience so far has been seriously disappointing. Did an "upgrade" from Win8.1, and although it looked like everything carried over OK, and the previous Win8 apps also work OK (two things I did not expect), NONE of the Metro apps work. They flash quickly full-screen, immediately minimize, and then when reopened, present only a blank screen/window.

I was able to use Metro apps inside a Window in 8.1 using the Stardock app -- so this is a giant step "backward" for me.

I'll try using this for a while, and if no "fixes" are posted for the Metro app problem, will just wipe this and do a clean install.

UPDATE: Forgot that I had the Stardock app that puts Metro apps into a Window (ModernMix) still running. Uninstalled that, rebooted, and now the Metro apps work OK.

 

Installed via iso USB doing a fresh install, it installed quickly and didn't even need extra drivers tp run a modern i7 setup.

Next test I will install it again to see how it upgrades my Windows 7 install, and/or Windows 8 .

I like that the Start Menu is back even though I would of used Classic Shell if it wasn't.

I hope Aero Glass will be made to work on this too, I haven't check that forum yet to see.

Everything responds crisp and it seem peppier to me, although I don't have a lot of programs installed yet.

I like it, and I can't wait till the first full release so that we can see all that there is on this.

 

Thanks for the info! I will keep it in mind if I decide to give the Enterprise version a try.

 

Yes, I'd be a bit leery about doing that--although Microsoft hasn't said anything about the Preview being non-upgradable to the final version of 10--if I could count on a consistent update process from preview to final that I'd probably bite the bullet myself and upgrade...*Wink

So far...I'm liking it a lot and have it installed on a separate partition, so I dual-boot between 8.1 & 10...both are UEFI installations with secure boot ON...which was nice. Win10 saw that ball and just ran with it, no problems. Still have lots of questions of course, which I will get to as time goes on.

At any rate, it sure looks like Microsoft is firmly back on track--this OS is firmly in the "desktop/workstation/server-first" class, and that's what I like--mobile & cloud "first" PR notwithstanding....

 

Had some difficulty getting in installed, ended up using the "upgrade" option. Seems to have kept all my options in place, even my taskbar which is essentially the taskbar as seen in XP.

So far so good.

That little search thing at the bottom, how do I get rid of it..??

 

I don't think you can. That's going to become part of something else later on I think.

 

Yes that would be a nice piece of information to have. I've installed on a separate drive - swapping on a laptop. Hopefully it will be an update all the way to the final. Guess we're just going to have to wait and see on that one.

 

Previous versions didn't even let you upgrade "RTM" versions to final, and those WERE final (99.9%) versions

 

So far my experience has been rather poor. I can't figure out if it's because of windows, or something specific to onedrive, but even though I set it to use the same onedrive folder on my windows 7 partition, it insist that the files in the folder are completely different from the files already synced, so it's says it has to upload all 200 gb of stuff again. After finally getting most of my important programs installed, I realized I forgot a couple of drivers. After installing them, my keyboard stopped working. After exhausting every other option, I had no choice but to do a system restore. The only restore point was from when I installed the very first driver, so now I get to reinstall EVERYTHING again. Such joy.

Edit: sorry about any bad grammar. Posting from my phone.

 

These borderless windows keep weirdin' me out! *Smile

 

The only problem I've had so far is with Virtual Desktop. Not sure exactly what the problem is yet but it behaves strangely at times.

I was able to eliminate most of the Modern stuff so my Start menu looks like this at the moment.

 

Aw crap I've lost my "show desktop" icon from my quick launch toolbar.

 

You can sorta do this:





Goes away as soon as you move the mouse though, but at least you can peak at the Desktop.

 

That just about breaks my heart. Friggin asshats doing the change for change sake, and screwing up my world in the process.

 

The borderless windows is actually one of the things I like the most so far. Now if only I could figure out how to get rid of the weird shadow that windows have.

In other news, I am happy to report that I have gotten my drivers reinstalled, am working on programs now, and Onedrive seems like it may have fixed itself. I have also learned the importance of doing manual system restore points when working with pre-release software.