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My laptop is 'suggesting' I upgrade to Windows 10 on an almost hourly basis at the moment. Anyone had any problems with the instillation? I've heard a few horror stories, although I'm guessing they're in the minority.

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24 minutes ago, thewelk said:

Is it still a free upgrade? It was supposed to stop being free at some point so might aswell take it while it is. It's an improvement on windows 8. Maybe a bit too different to windows 7 for some of the oldies though.

Still free until the end of June.

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14 minutes ago, mariokempes56 said:

There is a way to stop the upgrade "nags" if you wish (I have development tools which will not work on 10 so got pissed off being asked). I can try to find these if anyone needs to.

Are there any advantages to having windows 10?

Will the TAMB still work on windows 10?

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I'm with you ZB on the annoyance. I admire Fringo's calmness.   This fekkin' annoyed the paps off me, so automatically have a bias against Win10 (...or Windows 8.2 as it should be known).   I installed it on an old PC to try to give it a go and liked it less.

PC = Personal Computer, they told us, so don't like bing bullied by Microsoft. Free? Upgrade? For goodness sake.

Win10 is spyware. (Have you seen The Lives of Others? --> Windows 10 sucks )

That blogger may be even more paranoid than me, but I followed one of their links... https://voat.co/v/technology/comments/853510 ...and have been running the script that removes and tries to block the Microsoft Stasi's telemetry.   Err, I don't seem to be able to login to msn/hotmail (since lots of others have this problem, I don't know if this was the cause) , but fekk 'em.   The vloat.co script does stop the nags.   Up to you.

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I absolutely fkin hate it.  Get a critical error message when I click on the Start button.  Windows offers to fix it next time I logon but doesn't.  Going on to their forums shows thousands of folk with the same issue but for some reason the useless feckers can't fix it.  VERY occasionally I get access to the Start button but it invariably disappears again next time.  I've had to make shortcuts of all my apps and stick them on the desktop which I was trying to keep tidy.

Best avoided IMO until you've no choice unless you're running 8 which is even worse.  Got a backup machine that still runs 7 with not the slightest issue.  Windows wants to upgrade it as well.  Not a fkin chance.

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I upgraded and immediately my laptop kept dropping out of our wifi even though the wifi connection was absolutely fine on other household devices. a number of times my la[top then wouldn't pick up on any network connection when trying to re-connect even though there is a choice of half a dozen on other devices plus our own ISP. it is such a pain and still unresolved - I work off line for about 50% of the time I am on the laptop now as a result.

 

 

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I have W10 on my laptop and my new work computer.  I quite like it although it takes a bit if getting used to.  I find in MS office the navigation to get to files is a it of a chore as you don't seem to be able to create the links to the bits you always want to go to, but that is probably MS office rather than W10.

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3 hours ago, Scunnered said:

As the auld yin says, if you're a developer or running a gaming PC avoid Windows 10 at all cost.  If you're on a gaming PC stick with Windows 7.

Baws.

I just "upgraded" from Win 8 to Win 10, is my gaming experience going to be crap now?

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2 hours ago, MacWalka said:

Baws.

I just "upgraded" from Win 8 to Win 10, is my gaming experience going to be crap now?

Nah, it's not going to be crap. Windows 10 started off so badly for gaming that it has a bit of a stigma attached to it now, although chances are it's likely improved.

A rather famous gaming YouTuber (not me though) recently destroyed his PC in a video because it auto updated to Windows 10 without his consent... But I'm sure he was playing to the hysteria for views :lol:

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Nothing is Free

Especially when they are pestering you forever to upgrade

I read someone saying it's the most intrusive OS ever

Id like to continue accessing questionable websites anonymously thanks

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if you do upgrade, make sure you switch off all the tracking and Cortana, otherwise everything gets pinged back to the Microsoft mothership. I'm also just using a local account on my machine rather than using a Microsoft account.

 

http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/

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