Windows 10.

[leswold]

The message keeps coming up offering this so can anyone tell me if its any good?

[peatff]

We've been using it for a few months with no big problems. If you have an old computer it might struggle with some drivers like graphic card though.

[Stubby]

Using it for a couple of months ( since it was available ) Was a bit unsure at first thinking it may need snagging but its been fine . I like it to be fair .

[slim reaper]

If you dont want Ms to have access to files etc, make sure during the install/upgrade you select custom setup and deselect the boxes that give ms permissions.

If you turn cortana on this also gives them access.

This is why ms is giving it away.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/windows-10-spying-almost-everything-opt-130502898.html?nf=1

 

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/64434/20151110/windows-10-stopped-automatically-spying-users-confirms-microsoft.htm

Edited December 5, 2015 by slim reaper

[NFG]

Its a very well designed piece of spyware as MS collects a lot of information, so if you are happy to share everything with Microsoft then crack on - Id make a disk image first with something like Acronis True Image so you can go back.

 

There remains issues with Wireless networking, an outstanding problem since WinXP.

Theres the usual driver issues, so if you have any specific hardware that must function Id check if it is supported.

Theres a rather large update (v1511) to it that has issues with some devices supporting SD cards as well as changing your default apps back to the Microsoft choices, etc.

 

Theres more, but you can google it

 

Ultimately, this is Microsofts platform to change your software from the pay once model to ransom ware, ooops, I mean pay monthly.

 

Enjoy

 

N

[slim reaper]

N, I think there was an option to down grade if done within 30 days??

If it was left longer and one had made a disk image, would one be able get future win8.1 updates as ms would have it on record that the upgrade had gone past the 30 day petiod?.

[NFG]

N, I think there was an option to down grade if done within 30 days??

If it was left longer and one had made a disk image, would one be able get future win8.1 updates as ms would have it on record that the upgrade had gone past the 30 day petiod?.

 

I've known people experience problems trying to revert the same day, so take that with a large pinch of salt

 

If you have a disk image - preferably on a separate disk altogether (plug in USB job is usually fine) then you can blow away the old installation completely & revert to where you started from.

 

I used to use Acronis my main exposure was to the network edition, ive used the HO version, but not recently, its widely used and very good, there are other disk image softwares R-Drive isnt bad & FOG Project is open source - multi platform - so worth a look

 

N

[Suffolk-Matt]

Win 10 seems to be well received, I like it.

 

I have had some minor niggles with my rig due to drivers not seeming to like my overclock, 8.1 never had this issue.

 

The links SR has posted above are worth a quick browse.

 

But yes, go for it.

[csservices]

Put it on ours the other day keeps claiming it's not connected to Internet, after googling this seems to be a well known problem with it, it seems to want you to use WiFi rather than an ethernet connection.

[openspaceman]

I've known people experience problems trying to revert the same day, so take that with a large pinch of salt

 

If you have a disk image - preferably on a separate disk altogether (plug in USB job is usually fine) then you can blow away the old installation completely & revert to where you started from.

 

I used to use Acronis my main exposure was to the network edition, ive used the HO version, but not recently, its widely used and very good, there are other disk image softwares R-Drive isnt bad & FOG Project is open source - multi platform - so worth a look

 

N

 

I used VMware to take images, then if I want to look at something I run it up on this mint 17.