Windows 10 to be the last

[colirv]

Upgrades are never perfect. The question is, how do those numbers compare with the problems people experience with monthly Windows updates, in response to which Microsoft devotes pages of advice?

[J!ll]

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

[Den]

The only problem I seem to have is that using Office 2010 (Outlook) I can receive emails but not send them. At first I thought it was BTs fault but I can send emails with Microsoft's Mail so I need to search deeper, any thoughts would be welcome. 

[Glenn]

This works.

Click on the search icon, search on cmd when you find the application (Command Prompt) run as administrator (i.e. right click it and click run as administrator). You will then see a rectangular black window appear with folder> then type in sfc/scannow and sit back and wait (takes a while to run).

When finished type in exit. Then close outlook, restart and problem solve. Seems to have solved the problem for a number of people on the other thread too.

http://forums.windowscentral.com/windows-10-general-discussion/370532-why-wont-outlook-2013-send-emails-after-windows-10-upgrade.html

[Clive]

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

Things like that scare me.  Continuing to run Win 7 lets me sleep easy.   

[Den]

Thanks Glenn: worked fine just as you said  Have a Karma.

[Simon]

Things like that scare me.  Continuing to run Win 7 lets me sleep easy.   

I'm certainly keeping Windows 7 on my 'mission critical' machine.  Not least for the reason that I have some old programs which I use all the time, and I don't want to risk not being able to run them on Win10.

[Glenn]

Thanks Glenn: worked fine just as you said  Have a Karma.

[pctech]

All good so far.

Hardware detection seems much better as it's picked everything up and I've not had to reach for my flash drive containing a driver library I prepared earlier.

Reloading a backup from my MyCloud NAS drive at the min.

Booked a couple of days off with the intention to get it up and running, play about and go and watch Mission Impossible 5 tomorrow.

[Den]

Simon, Windows 10 runs Microsoft Works faster than Windows 7 or 8.1 did. I have a database of Alarm and CCTV Installations on there so I still use it on a daily basis. So far I have not found a single program that it will not run. 

[pctech]

It does seem more forgiving than previous versions.

Stuff does ndeed seem to run much faster.

[Simon]

Simon, Windows 10 runs Microsoft Works faster than Windows 7 or 8.1 did. I have a database of Alarm and CCTV Installations on there so I still use it on a daily basis. So far I have not found a single program that it will not run. 

That's as may be, Den, but I have no reason to take the chance.  This machine is already nearly 8 years old, and will soon be due for retirement, at which point, I will obviously replace it with a Windows 10 machine, but until than, I'm happy with it as it is.

Just a thought - can you transfer a Win10 licence from one machine to another?  I'm just wondering, if the time comes to replace this machine within the 'free' year, could I upgrade it, then transfer the license to another machine, which I could purchase without an OS?

[zappaDPJ]

My understanding is that the licence is tied to the hardware. To what degree I can't say but a new PC would definitely require a new licence.

I don't think I'll be rushing to upgrade my workstation. Although the hardware seems to be compatible I've discovered one of the software packages I use isn't and probably won't be for some while. The developers are notorious slow to update, it'll still run on a Windows 95/Pentium 233 package

[Glenn]

This explains it http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/how-windows-10-will-handle-clean-installs

[Simon]

That's a firm No to my question then. 

[Gary]

Windows 8 was configured for maximum privacy. Now compare this to the indiscriminate data slurp that Microsoft calls Windows 10. It's basically a clumsy, 3GB keylogger.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/06/microsoft_vacates_moral_high_ground_for_the_data_slurpers_cesspit/

[pctech]

I can be turned off, it just requires people to be a little observant rather than doing installations with their eyes closed.


But hey, a good rant draws eyeballs.

[Den]

If I put my computer to sleep and then awake it the error window comes up and says    E:\ The directory name is invalid.  if I then click on OK it goes away. 

[colirv]

I've just done a clean install on my wife's old laptop, having upgraded it first. Removing the bloatware and upgrading from 7 to 10 has halved the boot-up time.

[Den]

I think Drive E is the usb port on my Canon iP6700D printer and as of yet there is not a Windows 10 driver on the Canon site. 

[Ray]

Doesn't your printer work with the old Win 8 driver? My Canon MP640 still works under win 10 using the old driver.

[Den]

The printer works fine, if I turn it off and put the computer to sleep when the computer wakes I don't get the error. But if I leave the printer turned on I do. 

[zappaDPJ]

Not running Windows 10 was starting to cause problems so I went for it much sooner than intended. First impressions... 

I knew when it told me to sit back and relax it was all going to go to sh*t. It took an age (hours) to apply the update after which first boot presented me with a generic Windozy 1024x768 max res, single monitor display. That took a lot of fixing. Next JRiver Media Centre informed me that it wasn't going to come out to play ever again, requiring a total re-installation. Luckily it retained all my input which took literally days. Then I remembered that all of my custom sidebar gadgets are history.

I don't want to find out what else won't work so I think I'll leave it until tomorrow until I start poking around some more

[Simon]

This is my worry with my Windows 7 machine, which is why I'm not upgrading it.  My Windows 8.1 laptop has upgraded virtually faultlessly, and to be honest, there's not really a lot of difference between the two, other than the odd thing being moved.   My only problem is that clicking This PC > Manage to get to the Computer Management console seems to be broken and produces an error, which I have not managed to get to the bottom of yet. 

[J!ll]

Think I'll stick with 8.1. I keep getting a reminder to install!