Windows 10 to be the last

[Clive]

   Good find Den!   

[Glenn]

http://lifehacker.com/windows-10-uses-your-bandwidth-to-distribute-updates-d-1721091469

[Simon]

Just a heads up...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/31/windows_10_download_ransomware/

[Clive]

I refer to my previous post.   

[pctech]

I used the Media Creation Tool to upgrade mine and all seemed good.

While using it the Start menu stopped responding, I was downloading an updated Nvidia driver at the time in Firefox which subsequently failed.

I rebooted the system and received the critical error that Cortana and Start weren't working and got prompted to sign out and back in.

Did this a couple of times with the same issue, even completely powered down the system to clear RAM but no joy.

Managed to get it into mscondig and selected Diagnostic Startup but nothing seemed to happen, managed to get Windows to restart but because of the change it disabled networking, Volume Shadow Copy (so no system restore) and a number of other things.

I wondered if it was because I'd left Avast running during the upgrade, anyway I got it to roll back to 7 and will wait the prompt to upgrade.

[colirv]

I wondered if it was because I'd left Avast running during the upgrade,

I'd say that was quite likely. I actually uninstalled AVG on both my computers before upgrading - all went smoothly.

[pctech]

With my professional hat on for a min I'd have done the same but at the time I was thinking as a tech enthusiast.

[peterbeaumont]

I just wondered if someone could offer advice, please...I upgraded from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro via the automatic update.

I was now planning to do a 'clean' install using the ISO from a DVD - however, I'm worried about the small Recovery partition at the beginning of my C Drive (see attached screenshot).

I think that this is a leftover from the original 7 installation and wondered if I could delete it before I start the new installation?

Any suggestions, please?

[pctech]

You should be able to Peter.

Have you got a Windows 7 DVD in case you need to revert though?

[peterbeaumont]

Yes, I have my original Windows 7 DVD, although I don't even want to contemplate going back, unless there is no other option.

My main worry was that some 'elements' of the upgraded 10 installation had gone into that partition, although I'm fairly sure it has been there since the original 7 installation.

But I was just seeking some reassurance from those wiser than me!

[Den]

I think that it is there in case you want to revert to 7 and you have a month to carry that out. After that I would have thought it will disappear.

[Simon]

Anyone know how to change the title bar colour?

[Glenn]

Take a look in Settings/Personalization

[colirv]

This got me a light blue one, then I could change the colour in Settings/ Personalize.

[pctech]

Yes, I have my original Windows 7 DVD, although I don't even want to contemplate going back, unless there is no other option.

My main worry was that some 'elements' of the upgraded 10 installation had gone into that partition, although I'm fairly sure it has been there since the original 7 installation.

But I was just seeking some reassurance from those wiser than me!

As Den says, there is a rollback option.

Nothing wrong in the OS itself, as I say I think it was my error but nevertheless will wait to be prompted as presumably it'll prompt when drivers for all my hardware are ready (I noticed in Device Manager that 10 was using the Windows 7 driver for the Creative X-Fi sound card I have, Creative are apparently releasng a driver for this in August which is good of them considering they no longer manufacture this particular card)

[J!ll]

Remember the words of the old Ricky Nelson song Jill.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyU2pGWA6Jc

  I take it you are sat on the fence.

[zappaDPJ]

As a matter of interest has anyone else got the Windows 10 notification sitting on their task bar along with the $Windows.~BT directory ready to go but not yet been prompted to perform the upgrade?

Almost everyone I know has either upgraded or chosen not to upgrade but I've not been offered the option on five eligible devices despite having the files sitting there ready to go. I know it's being rolled out in stages but I would have thought at least one of my PCs/laptops would have had a look in by now. Is there something I'm missing (apart from my marbles)?

[Glenn]

Only 1 of my PC/laptops has downloaded and installed the Windows 10 update, the others haven't downloaded it.

[zappaDPJ]

It's not just me then, I was starting to get a little paranoid! Thanks

[Clive]

  I take it you are sat on the fence.

Definitely not!  I'm a Refusenik Jill!     I will have Windows 10 when I buy a new computer and not a moment before. 

[Simon]

It's not just me then, I was starting to get a little paranoid! Thanks

It was me too.  I downloaded it and did the upgrade myself in the end.

[J!ll]

Definitely not!  I'm a Refusenik Jill!     I will have Windows 10 when I buy a new computer and not a moment before. 

[colirv]

I'm not saying it's perfect, but having spent several months at least running Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 8.1 Classic Shell and 10 I think 10 is the best - by quite a margin.

[J!ll]

http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/04/windows-10-upgrade-bug-makes-some-pcs-unusable/           

[pctech]

Am in the process of giving it another go but going to do a clean install this time.