Windows 10

[KallDrexx]

I don't think so.  It's annoying because I can't upgrade my laptop due to my contract's Windows 8 "store/metro/wtf ever" app being completely broken in Windows 10 and thus I need 8.1 installed to make my money on that contract.

[Trippy]

You want to uninstall update KB3035583, rerun Windows update, find that update and then hide it before it has a chance to reinstall itself when you aren't looking (sneaky bastard).

[jth]

Ia there a way to disable the "Please upgrade to Win 10" popups? I'm only getting them on one machine; both of my boxes are running Win7 and I'm happy to keep it that way.

I used this procedure which should get rid of them for good.

[Fordel]

Does this automated updates thing mean windows 10 force restarts me at 10 minutes notice with absolutely no way to prevent it?

I ask because windows 8 did that to me for the first time today (and windows update is now set back to manual as a result).

No you can set it to ask you when to reboot, with multiple day delay if desired. So the little notification will show up and ask you 'updates are ready, need to reboot, when would you like to do that?' and you set it for whatever is convenient for you. This was my concern as well initially, would it just randomly reboot on me to install new updates. It's not THAT stupid thankfully.



There's also a round about way to have it not update at all, if you set it so your system has 'limited bandwidth' in settings or whatever. I believe that's actually for phones or whatnot, but I hear it works for this too.

[Yegolev]

The 'metered connection' setting?

[Fordel]

I think so, but I haven't fooled with it myself so maybe it's all coming out of my ass and the internet. Don't know for certain.

[apocrypha]

Does this automated updates thing mean windows 10 force restarts me at 10 minutes notice with absolutely no way to prevent it?

I ask because windows 8 did that to me for the first time today (and windows update is now set back to manual as a result).

Win 10 hasn't done that to me since the technical preview.

[Yegolev]

The metered connection is real.  It lives in the Metro half of the network configuration.  I set this on my wife's Serfase 3.

[Signe]

Firefox is slow and clumsy since I upgraded but I'm not entirely sure it's Windows 10.  It might be time to sort out a new browser.  Bleh.  I hate doing that.

[apocrypha]

I decided to wipe my PC and do a clean install of Win 10 yesterday, so I can confirm that it does indeed automatically activate it after you originally did the free upgrade from win 7/8/etc. It does ask you for your product key a couple of times during installation but you just skip it.

It's also fixed my issues with both the calculator and WMP and it now boots up really quickly too.

[rattran]

Uninstalling/Reinstalling both chrome and firefox on 10 made them work better. Firefox is still snappier for me.

[Signe]

I did that, too, and it's working fine.  My noScript acts a little wonky though.

[Merusk]

Chrome is having a little fight with noscript/ adblock right now which might be part of the problem. Google is upset you're bypassing their way to make money.

[Sky]

Well, with google suddenly ending their web hosting without giving recourse, fuck google.

[Chimpy]

If you have Windows 7, have not opted into the Free upgrade, but did not uninstall their stupid nag ware:

DO NOT ALLOW YOUR COMPUTER TO AUTO-UPDATE TONIGHT

I checked my pending windows updates and there were no important updates selected and the "Optional" update for Upgrade to Windows 10 was selected.

Luckily I caught it before it went and installed on me.

Now I have to dig through and remove the update that started nagging about it.

Angry as fuck at Microsoft right now.

[Trippy]

They put that back in last week. It is annoying.

[Yegolev]

I might be in trouble.

[Chimpy]

I might be in trouble.

Now, I may have over-reacted slightly. It did not actually pre-download the update (which since I had automatically install selected it should have done for something it was ready to install automatically) so maybe it would not have installed without my interaction.

But the fact that I was unable to hide the Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro "Optional" update that was pre-selected makes me still think I erred on the proper side of caution in setting WU to notify my but not download and let me choose when to install, as well as uninstalling the KB3035583 and hiding it.

[Yegolev]

I might have overreacted as well, but I've had the weekend from hell and am currently still at work and a wee bit stressed.

I had the usual weirdness you get when your W7 needs a reboot due to pending updates and I shut her down without looking at what they are.  I previously removed and hid KB3035583 so hopefully when I turn her on ... I'll be greeted by a familiar face.

[HaemishM]

I've now updated my home computer as well as my work one to Windows 10 and I must say - it has been the smoothest upgrade of an OS I've ever seen. They may have done some things wrong, but the update to Windows 10 is not wrong at all. My computer even boots up faster now.

[Merusk]

Been my experience too. Upgraded the main PC at the office and my home PC. Everything's working smoothly now that everyone has Win10 drivers out there. No Regerts.

[Yegolev]

"It was better than Cats.  I'll watch it again and again."

[MahrinSkel]

Well, you may have saved me. It was set to install Win10 on the next reboot, even though it was listed as an 'optional' update it had automagically checked it (it's already been downloaded for everyone who had opted into the 'optional' update months back).

I will probably do the upgrade in the next month or so, anyway. But something as major as an OS version change should not happen 'silently'.

--Dave

[Yegolev]

It's the principle.  Also today I found out that Diablo III will run on OSX.

[Chimpy]

I've now updated my home computer as well as my work one to Windows 10 and I must say - it has been the smoothest upgrade of an OS I've ever seen. They may have done some things wrong, but the update to Windows 10 is not wrong at all. My computer even boots up faster now.

I have some hardware (my computer is 8 years old) that doesnt even have win 8 drivers, and since I have Ultimate, some of the features I "own" are no longer available in any version of Win10.

I have been using 8.1 at work for over a year and will run 10 when I get around to building a new machine. I just don't like the fact that MS is being underhanded in the way they are pushing this upgrade out. It is obvious that they are using this as s method to drive up their "win 10 adoption" numbers.

[Yegolev]

What happened was the "Get Windows 10" icon returned.

[Goreschach]

Those bastards.

[Phildo]

I went to install windows updates on my home machine yesterday and instead of telling me which updates I as missing, it had a big green box that said "Update to Windows 10".  You have to skip past it to do any regular patch updates now.

[Ragnoros]

Did the upgrade myself today. So far painless.

Best part so far: more SSD space.
Windows 7 = 30GB
Win 10 = 16Gb

[Engels]

Ugh you guys are making it hard for me not to upgrade.

[Yegolev]

Fortunately, I'm full of spite and bile which is great for combating logic and empirical observation.

[HaemishM]

Ugh you guys are making it hard for me not to upgrade.

Unless your computer just can't handle the memory requirements or you have a particular program that you need to work that somehow doesn't work with Win 10 (like my aforementioned VPN issues), there's really not a reason to hold off on upgrading. It's really a pretty painless process and with the exception of a few little tics, it's just as good as Win 7 only a little faster in my experience.

[Merusk]

It's like watching people resist moving off of Xp for 7 all over again.

[Yegolev]

I don't remember underhanded vendor manipulations during that era.  Spite and bile!

[Selby]

It's like watching people resist moving off of Xp for 7 all over again.

Some of us still use XP and refuse to move... because our computer hardware is too old...

Although I am liking Windows 10 on the new laptop I just got.  I'm wondering if I can use it to replace all of my gaming needs and eliminate the 10 year old desktop once and for all.