Current Events > Thinking of updated to windows 10, tips and what to think about thx

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Do you desire to be spied on by old men? If so, you want Windows 10
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serious plz
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Highwind07 posted...

Lots of forced updates.

I am not exaggerating.

But you can customize shit you don't need right?
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:P

Seriously, I do believe they collect more data and stuff. I didn't trust a "free" upgrade of an OS because it was too good to be true, imo.

I stayed with Windows 8.1 and it runs fine.
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idk what kind of concerns do you have or questions about features?
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I go from Windows 7. I guess I just should update to make my PC run better or something, plus it's better updated and stuff. And since the free update ends on sunday gotta see if I should do it.
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I upgraded from 8 about a year ago.

Things in Windows 10 I like:
-Much better desktop management; Task View and Work Spaces are amazing features that I've wanted Windows to have for a long time.
-Better File Explorer. I don't remember what was better about it but there were a handful of new things I really liked when I first installed Windows 10.
-Start menu! Although Windows 7's start menu was a little better, you can pin tiles to it like Windows 8's start screen which is pretty nice.

Things I don't like:
-Too many forced updates. Microsoft has supposedly been putting forth effort to make the updates less annoying. It might just be placebo, but they don't seem to be as bothersome as they were when I first started using Windows 10.
-Spying. During the installation you can turn off a lot of the information gathering Windows does but apparently it still does some gathering anyway.
-Start menu is a bit messy compared to 7 and the search is trash.
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downloading it now
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I never noticed anything over-the-top with "forced" updates tbh, it felt the same as when I used Windows 7.

The Start menu is a huge improvement over 8/8.1, and it's actually really functional when you get used to it. And if you don't like it there are programs out there to change its appearance.

The one thing I just really hate in 10 is the interface. There's no Windows Classic theme any more and the interface looks barely better than in 8 (still looks like a twelve year old's incomplete DeviantArt project though).
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I never use the Start menu anyway, I just have stuff on my desktop or I just go through the computer thing, search or stuff
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i have my windows 10 set to update at 3 AM
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Highwind07 posted...

It constantly tries to update automatically for me even when I am doing something. I even turned the settings off and messed with the library a little, but it never goes away.

I've literally never had this issue.

It updates maybe at most twice a month for me, if that, and it always tells me it has an update ready to install and asks if I want to restart immediately or schedule a later time (and it always chooses a time I'm never using the computer at).
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FF_Redux posted...

I never use the Start menu anyway, I just have stuff on my desktop or I just go through the computer thing, search or stuff

Since you're coming from 7, you should know that you can still search in the Start menu (shortcut is the Windows key), AND you can also search with the built-in search assistant Cortana (shortcut is Windows key + Q).
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Highwind07 posted...

Maybe it is just me but I started noticing that it happened more and more with every update. Nowadays I get at least one attempted update every day trying to force me into the Creators' update to which I say "nope".

Maybe if you ... updated the computer it would stop telling you it needs to update...
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Hexenherz posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I never use the Start menu anyway, I just have stuff on my desktop or I just go through the computer thing, search or stuff

Since you're coming from 7, you should know that you can still search in the Start menu (shortcut is the Windows key), AND you can also search with the built-in search assistant Cortana (shortcut is Windows key + Q).

I'll prob uninstall cortana
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FF_Redux posted...

Hexenherz posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I never use the Start menu anyway, I just have stuff on my desktop or I just go through the computer thing, search or stuff

Since you're coming from 7, you should know that you can still search in the Start menu (shortcut is the Windows key), AND you can also search with the built-in search assistant Cortana (shortcut is Windows key + Q).

I'll prob uninstall cortana

You can disable it but can't really uninstall it (though you *can* set Windows to a language and region where Cortana isn't enabled... I had mine set to Swedish for a while and the assistant couldn't do crap).
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Well I'm installing it atm, 17% complete
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Oh another thing: Some settings are in the Settings menu, and some are still in the Control Panel. This is probably another thing that bugged me when I was first setting it up.
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Hexenherz posted...

FF_Redux posted...

Hexenherz posted...

FF_Redux posted...

I never use the Start menu anyway, I just have stuff on my desktop or I just go through the computer thing, search or stuff

Since you're coming from 7, you should know that you can still search in the Start menu (shortcut is the Windows key), AND you can also search with the built-in search assistant Cortana (shortcut is Windows key + Q).

I'll prob uninstall cortana

You can disable it but can't really uninstall it (though you *can* set Windows to a language and region where Cortana isn't enabled... I had mine set to Swedish for a while and the assistant couldn't do crap).

Yeah you can disable it and set your search to only search your local computer. Do those two things and you basically have the Windows 7 search bar.

Google "windows 10 services to disable" to find lists that people have made of services in the services.msc that you don't need. Don't have a printer? Then disable the print spooler. I recommend this for all Windows OS though. The less running in the background, the better.

Windows 10 has a much improved copy/move file function. It's probably 5x faster to copy something now than in Win7.
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I, for one, believe in the saying:

"If it ain't broken, don't fix it"
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My advice on upgrading to Windows 10:

Don't
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Ok updated, what settings should I adjust now? I turned off all the stuff you could at start.
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Lost my sound but I think I need to update my moptherboard drivers and bios
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Oh. Another thing. As with most (all?) operating systems, major updates can cause issues. If you happen to run into any issues, try installing Windows 10 from scratch. IIRC it gives you the option to keep software and personal files in place so you shouldn't have to back anything up.
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Highwind07 posted...

If you mean updates, no.

You can absolutely block updates and automatic restarts on Windows 10.
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Ok things are running smoother, updated to Win 10 (pro) and updated my mobo and bios drivers, tune up and stuff. Even games have better fps.

Win 10 doesnt seem as annoying as I thought for now.
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http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-tip-turn-off-cortana-completely/
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449(v=ws.10).aspx

Well I chose something with OFF considering cortana when I installed it, I can't find or use Cortana in any way now so I guess it's gone.
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FF_Redux posted...

Ok things are running smoother, updated to Win 10 (pro) and updated my mobo and bios drivers, tune up and stuff. Even games have better fps.

Win 10 doesnt seem as annoying as I thought for now.

Sounds like you skipped Windows 8. Although Ive only used 8.1, I think Windows 10 has gone past The teething pains of 8.
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Yes I had Win 7 ultimate
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gnomefromnome posted...

FF_Redux posted...

Ok things are running smoother, updated to Win 10 (pro) and updated my mobo and bios drivers, tune up and stuff. Even games have better fps.

Win 10 doesnt seem as annoying as I thought for now.

Sounds like you skipped Windows 8. Although Ive only used 8.1, I think Windows 10 has gone past The teething pains of 8.

There's a reason "every other Windows sucks" is a persistent axiom.

Yeah windows 8 was terrible. They screwed it up with 8.1 and the DPS scaling just got screwed up so I went back to 7 lol.

@FF_Redux - If you right-click the task bar do you see Cortana options under the Toolbars item?
Also a lot of things are "off" cosmetically but still working in the background.

If you care that much you can download Spybot's Anti-Beacon tool: https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/ that'll let you automatically disable (permanently even) and re-enable at the touch of a button a lot of the spying stuff.
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Hexenherz posted...

Spybot's Anti-Beacon tool

How in the hell did I not know about that?

The only reason to update to 10 is DX12.
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Hexenherz posted...

Yeah windows 8 was terrible.

No

Hexenherz posted...

@FF_Redux - If you right-click the task bar do you see Cortana options under the Toolbars item?
Also a lot of things are "off" cosmetically but still working in the backgroun

Nope, no Cortana. Don't think I have it installed since I chose not to have it when I installed it or something.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Spybot's Anti-Beacon tool

How in the hell did I not know about that?

I don't know. I've heard it doesn't make a huge difference, I've heard it makes no difference, I've heard it can ruin certain features on 10... I never noticed any performance hits personally but I also don't know how effective it is.

TheMarthKoopa posted...

Hexenherz posted...

Yeah windows 8 was terrible.

No

I don't know, I mean are we both comparing it to other versions of Windows or to like trying to pass a kidney stone during a herpes outbreak when your hemorrhoids are flarin' up again?
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