Thoughts about Windows 10

Solid posts, @Syclopse. They've been really helpful for me as I haven't really kept up with Windows 10 at all.

 

So far I've been happy with 10, just not having the stupid "hot corners" and the return of the Start menu have made a big difference, and it's faster too. Edge actually seems like a decent browser, but the lack of adblockers means I won't be using it at least for now.

 

I wouldn't even consider upgrading until they ditch the forced driver updates. Graphics drivers through Windows Update always break things and so do half of the other ones.

 

I'm upgrading my 8 partition to 10, the free game DVR seems really nice.

 

Until when MS will offer Win10 for free?

 

Merged with the current Windows 10 thread.
Windows 10 is not free, if you have genuine Windows you can reserve a copy. If not, you pay for it.

 

I do have a genuine windows he copy. But haven't got the update that has the "Get Windows 10"

 

Which version of Windows do you have? It's only for 7 and 8/8.1. If you haven't gotten the thing on your taskbar, there is a workaround. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install?ocid=ms_wol_win10

I like it in the 10 minutes I've used it so far. It's a lot better than 8. I still have my 7 partition, especially if the compatibility is still an issue (a lot of things didn't like Windows 8 when I was using it often).

 

7 sp1

 

Huh? The only time I've gotten video drivers from Windows update was when I do a clean install, plus they are the same as the Nvidia ones (WHQL)..

Have you updated your current os?

 

According to my research you need atleast Windows 7 SP1 to fetch the update.

 

Try upgrading using this tool: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Note:

If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, select Upgrade this PC now in the tool.

 

May as well wait for at least the first service pack...

 

I just got smacked in the face by one long-running irritating problem with Windows 7 (apparently this started with Vista actually): deleting/moving/copying a large folder (containing tens of thousands of files) takes forever as it takes forever to "discover" the files that you want to delete/move/copy.
Hitting the cancel button also takes forever to stop it from "discovering" the files. So I simply used the task manager to kill the move process.

Has this design issue been taken care of, in Windows 10?

 

I used to run into that too, haven't noticed in 10 YET.
sometimes going to the folders properties tab helps because it scans how many files there are..

 

The biggest issue in Windows 10 is not being able to restart explorer by killing the process and running it again. It just simply causes a reboot.

 

I've not been able to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 Professional; I use small format Intel NUC computers and i've not yet had the notification that my installation is ready to go. Is this down to using these computers or just that I have to wait until finally get the upgrade message? I reserved the upgrade for my 3 computers at the end of June.

 

You should be able to upgrade using the tool already mentioned in this thread.

 

In task manager, right click Windows Explorer and choose "Restart" or hold down CTRL-SHIFT and right click the taskbar on the bottom, choose "Exit Explorer". You may need to use task manager to re-launch the explorer.exe process manaually. File, run new task, explorer.exe.

But I agree, it should just restart itself once killed in task manager.

 

Every time I go to this thread I'm hoping to find this answer: Should a person happily running a legit windows 7 upgrade to 10?