Do you regret making the upgrade to Win10?

[adamantine.me]

Not at all. It's actually running surprisingly smoothly on my modest laptop. Haven't had any major problems and my track pad actually works better now

 

[skipsneeky2]

Guessing the ones who haven't complained are the ones who did a fresh install?My experience was that of a much slower os and the overall feeling was dramatically slower.

The biggest plus i guess was that cpu usage seemed lower on my i5 2500 and i gained a good 5fps in GTA V but i don't know if that is a universal gain for everyone or a issue with one of my set ups?

 

[quikah]

Guessing the ones who haven't complained are the ones who did a fresh install?My experience was that of a much slower os and the overall feeling was dramatically slower.

The biggest plus i guess was that cpu usage seemed lower on my i5 2500 and i gained a good 5fps in GTA V but i don't know if that is a universal gain for everyone or a issue with one of my set ups?

Did upgrade install on 2 system, both work fine.

 

[Mem]

Guessing the ones who haven't complained are the ones who did a fresh install?My experience was that of a much slower os and the overall feeling was dramatically slower.

The biggest plus i guess was that cpu usage seemed lower on my i5 2500 and i gained a good 5fps in GTA V but i don't know if that is a universal gain for everyone or a issue with one of my set ups?

Both of mine were upgrades and not fresh installs from 8.1 to 10, my main one has 2500k CPU overclocked, no issues with performance or anything in general.

 

[Zahid Iqbal]

Yes me regret. So i have to back to win 7

 

[ultimatebob]

The edge browser can be fun if you go to a news site with lots of picture on it and use the note feature to scribble on them. :biggrin:

I'll have to do try that if Microsoft ever decides to release the Edge browser for the Mac.

 

[TridenT]

Ugh. Wish I went with Windows 7 (or maybe 8.1).

Windows 10 is so buggy for me! So many graphical glitches.

 

[Puffnstuff]

While I prefer 10 over 8.1 I must admit that my performance is not as quick with 10. Sometimes I get a pause between clicking on a program and the execution of it on my desktop. On my laptop 10 runs like the wind and everything is faster than 8.1 especially my boot times. I get my logon screen in 5 seconds with it and my desktop just explodes onto the screen once I enter my password and hit enter. Perhaps after a few more cumulative updates ms will nail down some of the performance issues. My tablet runs great with 10 and is more consistent than 8.1 was so I am pleased with it.

 

[ithehappy]

Came back to Seven today, after the Windows 10 torture of three months or so. Would have done it long ago if it weren't for my busy work schedule. Anyway, feels like home, like I can breathe now, no more smothering by nuisance stuffs.

Anyway, just asking this, knowing this has been mentioned before (by blame my lack of patience and work schedule), how do I make sure the specific Windows 10 update file on Windows 7 update section won't be automatically downloaded leading me into force installation of 10 over Seven? If there is a way, then I would like to permanently disable that file from getting downloaded.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Underclocked]

Had a lady bring me a laptop today, a weak HP model. 1GHz AMD cpu and only 2 GB of ram. She had allowed the upgrade to 10 last night on that machine. Pitiful to say the least. She also lost some important documents of a financial nature as they were not stored correctly prior to the update. The laptop was probably never more than a crawler but she was really upset that her documents were lost.

I have no idea how she managed it, but she can't even revert to whatever was on there (my guess is 8.1 with Bing). I just tried to make it easier for her to use as she didn't seem able to do much of anything. The Windows.old folder is there but there is next to nothing in it. I asked if she had done a disk cleanup and I don't think she even knew what I meant.

MOST folks should never do an OS upgrade on their own... and many don't realize problems they might encounter in doing so. That is one good reason why Microsoft should not be so aggressive in pushing this OS. They should apologize to an awful lot of folks.

 

[VirtualLarry]

MOST folks should never do an OS upgrade on their own... and many don't realize problems they might encounter in doing so. That is one good reason why Microsoft should not be so aggressive in pushing this OS. They should apologize to an awful lot of folks.

I agree!

 

[Aristotelian]

Yes - but not because I do not appreciate the Operating System (I do). Rather, I upgraded a windows install of mine (Windows 7) to Windows 10 Professional (for EUR 270) and ignorantly did so. I thought I was buying a copy that would be mine, not tied to a hardware configuration. I want to upgrade the hardware in this system, and eventually (next year) sell off all the parts individually and use some (like hdisks) in the new build. But Windows 10 will not work. So this copy will...go into the ether? I may not be understanding something here but I've heard that even replacing a motherboard etc can invalidate your windows install since it's tied to a hardware configuration.

I wish I had a key. So I could just build a new computer when I plan to (next year) and re-install the Windows 10 that I purchased now, on that PC then.

Edit: No, I don't regret it. Because I'm actually really enjoying the OS.

 

[Charlie98]

I wish I had a key. So I could just build a new computer when I plan to (next year) and re-install the Windows 10 that I purchased now, on that PC then.

You do have a key...

Use this program to pull up your W10 key and write it down. If you reinstall or break your current install, use that key to reactivate.

 

[Anubis]

Yes - but not because I do not appreciate the Operating System (I do). Rather, I upgraded a windows install of mine (Windows 7) to Windows 10 Professional (for EUR 270) and ignorantly did so. I thought I was buying a copy that would be mine, not tied to a hardware configuration. I want to upgrade the hardware in this system, and eventually (next year) sell off all the parts individually and use some (like hdisks) in the new build. But Windows 10 will not work. So this copy will...go into the ether? I may not be understanding something here but I've heard that even replacing a motherboard etc can invalidate your windows install since it's tied to a hardware configuration.

I wish I had a key. So I could just build a new computer when I plan to (next year) and re-install the Windows 10 that I purchased now, on that PC then.

Edit: No, I don't regret it. Because I'm actually really enjoying the OS.

the flagging for "hardware" is no different then it was for 7 and 8, XP also had it, when it comes up all anyone had to do was call the 800# tell them you had a hardware failure and they gave you an activation code on the spot

Ive done this pretty much close to 100 times now and never had an issue

 

[DigDog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMKnMvwc3qs

 

[quikah]

Yes - but not because I do not appreciate the Operating System (I do). Rather, I upgraded a windows install of mine (Windows 7) to Windows 10 Professional (for EUR 270) and ignorantly did so. I thought I was buying a copy that would be mine, not tied to a hardware configuration.

If you bought Win10 Pro it should come with a key. The retail Win 10 Pro is fully transferrable to new hardware. Only the free upgrades or OEM version are licensed to a single hardware config.

 

[Puffnstuff]

When I got up this morning and tried to boot my desktop I was greeted with a nonfunctional desktop after I logged into windows. I could see half my icons and move my mouse around but nothing worked beyond that. I ended up doing a clean install of 10 which is working great at the moment. It took me about 3 hours to put everything back. I figure that I'll be doing a clean install on my laptop soon just to have a foundation that isn't based upon an upgrade even though it is running fine. My desktop is very snappy now when I execute a program unlike before where it would randomly hesitate.

 

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[Charlie98]

Well... I've had about enough. Back to W7 for all my machines, and I'll be learning Linux Mint or something similar on the laptop.

 

[Ketchup]

Well... I've had about enough. Back to W7 for all my machines, and I'll be learning Linux Mint or something similar on the laptop.

I hit that point yesterday on a Lenovo G560. Considering that it came out about a year after Windows 7 was released, I was impressed that it would run it. A couple things made me switch back:

- Every time it would resume from sleep, the laptop switched default audio output from speaker to headphone. Considering the audio drivers for it appeared rather generic, and Windows 10 would not install the drivers I could find specific to the sound card model, I should have been impressed the audio worked at all.

- Yesterday, the computer started randomly going to sleep. Which was odd, since I didn't even see any updates for that day.

After a fresh install of 7 last night, all is well. At least now I can do a fresh install of 10 at any point down the road now, and maybe it will be a little better by then.

 

[Mem]

I hit that point yesterday on a Lenovo G560. Considering that it came out about a year after Windows 7 was released, I was impressed that it would run it. A couple things made me switch back:

- Every time it would resume from sleep, the laptop switched default audio output from speaker to headphone. Considering the audio drivers for it appeared rather generic, and Windows 10 would not install the drivers I could find specific to the sound card model, I should have been impressed the audio worked at all.

- Yesterday, the computer started randomly going to sleep. Which was odd, since I didn't even see any updates for that day.

After a fresh install of 7 last night, all is well. At least now I can do a fresh install of 10 at any point down the road now, and maybe it will be a little better by then.

A bit late now but did you try disabling fast startup?..I find it increases stability in general on both 8 and 10 and often fixes some driver issues.

 

[Ketchup]

A bit late now but did you try disabling fast startup?..I find it increases stability in general on both 8 and 10 and often fixes some driver issues.

Disabled it about two weeks ago. Ran fine until yesterday. And to be clear, I didn't revert because I had exhausted all troubleshooting ideas. I reverted because I didn't see the point in further troubleshooting. We have had 10 on the laptop since it was first offered, and no one in the house found anything they preferred over 7.

 

[Mem]

Disabled it about two weeks ago. Ran fine until yesterday. And to be clear, I didn't revert because I had exhausted all troubleshooting ideas. I reverted because I didn't see the point in further troubleshooting. We have had 10 on the laptop since it was first offered, and no one in the house found anything they preferred over 7.

Funny about the sound issue, my brother had same sort of problem from his Lenovo laptop Win7 upgrade to 10 but found the Lenovo sound driver at Lenovo's website and it fixed his issue, he's quite happy with 10 and still using it fine( he is IT network manager from home).

To be fair I always blame driver issues on the manufacturer in question(OS can't fixed everything ), remember how late companies were with Vista with regards to drivers, Win7 had the luxury of Vista driver support back then but poor old Vista was a new OS over XP so a new direction and fresh start with drivers.

Regardless drivers will only get better for Win10, Win7 has six plus years head start over Win10, we can only hope companies really get their polished drivers out ASAP.

Side note: Both my Win10 laptop upgrades(Samsung upgrade from 7 to 8 to 8.1 to 10) and my gaming desktop PC (8.1 to 10)are running great even with drivers.

I do need Windows for my gaming needs, other wise Linux would be my main OS(I've two Linux PCs as well).

 

[SparkyJJO]

Just wanted to throw in I've had no driver issues on my system, even my old SB Audigy 2 ZS works fine. Mine was an in-place upgrade from 7 Pro.

And ever since the 1511 update all the bugs I was experiencing (auto driver updates when not desired, and the stalling action center "shellexperiencehost.exe" thing) have been fixed.

The one PC we have at work with Win10 seems to be fine as well.

No regrets.

 

[Ketchup]

Funny about the sound issue, my brother had same sort of problem from his Lenovo laptop Win7 upgrade to 10 but found the Lenovo sound driver at Lenovo's website and it fixed his issue, he's quite happy with 10 and still using it fine( he is IT network manager from home).

To be fair I always blame driver issues on the manufacturer in question(OS can't fixed everything ), remember how late companies were with Vista with regards to drivers, Win7 had the luxury of Vista driver support back then but poor old Vista was a new OS over XP so a new direction and fresh start with drivers.

Regardless drivers will only get better for Win10, Win7 has six plus years head start over Win10, we can only hope companies really get their polished drivers out ASAP.

Side note: Both my Win10 laptop upgrades(Samsung upgrade from 7 to 8 to 8.1 to 10) and my gaming desktop PC (8.1 to 10)are running great even with drivers.

I do need Windows for my gaming needs, other wise Linux would be my main OS(I've two Linux PCs as well).

Good new about your brother. To be honest, I actually did try two Lenovo drivers for the audio. Windows 10 correctly identified the sound card with one driver, but said that it encountered an error. I tried another driver and got a blue screen.

Honestly, I would not expect manufacturers to update drivers for every computer they released since Windows 7 was released. In fact, if I were them, I would be more than a little ticked at Microsoft for laying this on them. But it is what it is.

As far as me personally, the desktop runs well on Windows 10 (although that was just a couple test/activation run. It is also back on Windows 7), and I don't know that by the time the OS upgrade becomes necessary, the laptop would even be in use still. Windows 10 also runs perfectly fine on VMware, which I use almost daily.