Windows 10: Windows 7 more reliable than 10 if you want to avoid hangs & crashes

I upgraded from Windows 8 and had zero problems. I did encounter one bug that has been discussed in another thread involving a dialog popping up every time I click on a url in an Outlook 2007 email. I have quite a bit of experience in testing and troubleshooting application integrations. Windows 10 has passed every test I have thrown at it. I would even go out on a limb and state that "Windows 10 may be the most stable OS ever!"

 

I have been using win10 since last october in a duel boot with win8.1, then full time by itself since about april ,and it works great for what i do ,and i use the 125% view and its clear as can be ,,i thing you should do the rollback to win7 and make sure you have everything up todate,like device drivers and Apps that you use ,and try the upgrade again

 

Not even close:

General Discussion - Windows 10 Forums
BSOD Crashes and Debugging - Windows 10 Forums

 

There are always bugs with any new OS.. but this is a very stable one for me at least. YMMV

 

I confirm, as well, that Windows 10 is a very stable OS. On my main installation I have performed lots of changes and I keep going:

- During installation I've disabled everything from the Custom Settings, besides the Smart Screen.
- I've applied the guide for SSD optimization for Windows 8 , not entirely.
- I've applied Viper's Services guide for 10.
- I've disabled all the features in the Privacy menu.
- I've uninstalled all the default (MS) Apps, including Mail and Calendar.
- I've disabled Telemetry, Sensors and Cortana from the Group Policy.
- Plus a couple of other things I might forget now.

All my programs and the operating system function perfectly. DISM and sfc /scannow give me no errors. I have not observed any inconvenience, besides a few known bugs I had since the TPs.

Win 10 is a solid OS.

Other are the things that bother me: this sense of intrusiveness, the sense of the loss of control, and the (hard) work to regain it. I'm working on it because I do have time. The majority does not have my time and the pleasure.

 

There is a difference between an OS working well for a person, and an OS being solid and stable.

Users and critics confirm Windows 10 is not entirely a solid and stable OS:

SiliconBeat Windows 10 upgrade bug makes some PCs unusable
Windows 10 Bugs, Problems And Fixes: Activation, Wi-Fi Connectivity, Chrome Browser, Audio Issues And More : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times
Review: Windows 10 is the best version yet—once the bugs get fixed | Ars Technica
Windows 10Â*bugs emerge | Fox News


Doing a search for "Windows 7 review" gets lots of results of Windows 7 reviews. Doing a search for "Windows 7 review bugs" changes the search results from being for Windows 7 to being for Windows 10.

 

I have a nice Gigabyte motherboard also and have had no issues to be asking for help about, I wouldn't have a laptop thrown at me to use as my main PC, I can upgrade as and when I feel or in reality when I can afford.

 

Obviously, since windows 7 is 3 years old, and search returns will rank those much lower..
anyways, considering there are over 70 million folks who upgraded to win 10 so far, if 1% of folks had issues, that would be 700,000 people, which sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things, 1% of people having problems with ANYTHING would be considered a smashing success.
As has been said thousands of times over and over, only the complainers, and people with problems post on the internet. The rest of us just enjoy our new OS, and dont feel the need to gloat about how well it is working..

 

I must admit that I'm following this thread (and a few similar in this forum) with some amusement. I didn't suspect that a few gigabytes of code and data could raise such amount of emotions.

I can see three flavours of posters here - declared critics, voice of reason (with criticism or praise) and strict Windows Defenders. And I think that the level of emotion might have been caused directly by Microsoft and their campaign around launching Windows 10.

Look, there's never been so much effort in MS to raise apetites, create demand and put pressure on people to upgrade as fast as possible and as many PC-s as possible to a new OS. Windows 10 has the widest beta testing programme ever. It is marketed as "Best Windows Ever". The GWX is the broadest possible teasing campaign and the biggest publicly visible giveup on direct revenue just to give folks incentives to upgrade ASAP.

Obviously, it must have had risen big hopes and expectations, which were suddenly confronted with the reality that is not so bright after all. No wonder it has made many users disappointed. However, considering the scale of the campaign, there are just as many users for whom the 'wow effect' will make up for some quirks and hiccups they encounter, as well as the ones that fell in love with W10. And I believe it is the last two groups that prevail and bring value to MS.

I only keep wondering where the catch is. What is Microsoft's hidden strategy to raise money with Windows 10? Where is the revenue hidden? How much are we tricked by MS? We'll see.

 

The thing is with looking at forum results is you only see the bad things, there are many many users very happy with the upgrade, unfortunately the without making sure you can get back to where you were before the upgrade is most users real problem, there are risks with every install.
Regards

 

For many WIn10 is both solid and stable.. And there will always be Windows/MS haters.

 

Indeed Sir well said although 7 came out in 2009 and is 6 years.

 

I've upgraded the following eight systems in our home to Windows 10 Home/Pro with zero problems, zero blue screens, zero crashes: (All of the systems run faster under Windows 10 than they did under Windows 7 or 8.1)

-Dell Inspiron 580 desktop (Intel i5 750, 10gb ram, 340gb hard disk) from Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
-Dell Optiplex 790 desktop (Intel i5 2400, 12gb ram, 3TB hard disk) from Windows 7 x64 Professional
-Dell Inspiron i3847 small desktop (Intel i5 4460, 8gb ram, 1TB hard disk) from Windows 8.1 core x64
-Home built; Asus motherboard, (Intel i5 3570k, 16gb ram, 1TB hard disk) from Windows 7 Home Premium x64

-Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop (Intel Core2 Duo T9600, 8gb ram, 340gb hard disk) from Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
-Dell Inspiron 17r N7110 laptop (Intel i5 2450M, 8gb ram, 340gb hard disk) from Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
-Dell Inspiron 17r N5737 laptop (Intel Core i5 4200U, 8gb ram, 1GB hard disk) from Windows 8.1 core x64
-Dell Latitude E6410 laptop (Intel i7-620m, 8gb ram, 340gb hard disk) from Windows 7 x64 Professional

I've been using Windows since Windows 3.0. I am very pleased with Windows 10 and I would not go back to any previous operating system.

 

Well not go back is a big thing to say atm however I think 10 is a keeper.

 

I'm happy to take a dump on Microshaft as much as the next hater.

But, I must have built well over 100 systems for myself and others and installed every flavour of Windows since 3.0 except Vista.

Never had instability, blue screens, crashes, freezes, etc. with any of them! Must have just got lucky with my hardware choices I suppose...

I have seen these problems in other, nastily put together, systems though; SiS chipsets anyone? Lol...

I've upgraded and clean installed a number of Win 7 and Win 8 systems to Win 10 now. Still waiting for an instability issue to occur.