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martinhersey

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johnb35 said:
If you did an actual upgrade instead of actually doing a fresh install then thats most likely your problem. There are many issues when just upgrading to 10 from a previous OS but none when you actually do a clean install.
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I upgraded all three of my computers with the free upgrades from Microsoft. To get a bugfree O/S, I need to buy a copy of WIN 10?
 
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Darren

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A reset is pretty much a built in clean install if you select the option to remove all of your files and settings. It will automatically activate Windows (for free) if you've already installed it on that machine so you have nothing to worry about there.
 
Okedokey

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Once youve installed and activated, all you need is a copy of Win 10 and you can fresh install no probs.
 
spirit

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Windows 10 Mobile is running great on my Lumia 930 and even on my 925 which is not actually an officially supported device. I put Windows 10 Mobile on it last November back when you could put Windows 10 Mobile on pretty much any Windows Phone 8.1 device and I still continue to get all of the latest updates even though the 925 isn't supported - the 930 is supported though.

Am I the only one also using Windows 10 on a smartphone?
 
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Intel_man

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I use Metro for Steam.

http://www.metroforsteam.com/

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spirit

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I like Windows 10 and I like Microsoft, I think everybody knows that. However, what I'm not too keen on is Microsoft literally forcing Windows 10 onto machines running 7 and 8.1. I don't have a problem with the little update that allows you to download and install Windows 10, that's fine, but what I do have a problem with is the fact that sometimes Windows 10 is automatically downloaded and installed without your consent even if you haven't reserved an upgrade or even opened that little 'Get Windows 10!' app that Windows Update downloads. I was in the middle of studying for an exam today using OneNote when suddenly my Surface Pro rebooted. It was annoying because I was busy and my Surface just rebooted without any warning whatsoever and then even more annoying as I saw it saying 'Preparing update for Windows 10' as it was shutting down. I had 10 on my old Surface (it's a first generation Pro, so the oldest Surface you can get) a while ago and it didn't work well on it so I put 8.1 back on it, so you can imagine how annoyed I was. I just held the power button in to shut the Surface down and then when I turned it on again and booted back into 8.1 I found a program to remove that little update completely and delete the 8GB installation image it downloaded onto my tiny 64GB SSD without my consent. This is the article I used to remove the forced upgrade: http://www.infoworld.com/article/29...-10-crapware-off-your-windows-7-or-81-pc.html

If I had reserved an upgrade for 10 and said 'yes, I want to install it!' then it would have been OK (but it would have been nice to have been notified before my Surface rebooted whilst I was in the middle of working!), but I hadn't. The free upgrade to 10 is nice, but only if you want it. If you don't want it then it's a nightmare! On my Surface I hadn't reserved any upgrades or done anything to confirm I wanted 10 on it and yet it still downloaded 10 and attempted to install it without my consent. I only have a 64GB SSD in that Surface too - if my SSD had been closer to full then there wouldn't have been enough space to even store the OS image.

/rant
 
Darren

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Windows 10 is the best OS Microshaft has made. It is the absolute worst execution of a product release I've ever seen, OS or otherwise.
 
johnb35

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Yeah, I've gotten many calls from clients saying that during the night their machines automatically upgraded to 10. Last call was just 2 days ago. They shouldn't force it on everyone. I can only hope that they don't come back and say that they are gonna start charging people that have windows 10 a monthly/yearly fee for using it. If they don't pay, then Microsoft will disable important features via update. Just my 2 cents.
 
Intel_man

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That subscription fee idea for the OS is just... no. There's going to be a lot of pissed off people in the world if that were to happen. Imagine the amount of disgruntled people when Windows 8 came out and there was no start menu. Expect that... but probably 100 times worse.
 
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OK, after resisting all MS prompts and admonitions for months, I have this afternoon upgraded one of my PC's to Win 10. Initially I planned to do the clean install, and prepared a flash drive; then I decided to first just do the upgrade and see how that worked. Bottom line is that I'm surprised and pleased (at least, so far) with the result. The upgrade installed without a hitch, everything seems to work, all my files are just where I left them, and the system seems to run a bit faster. Guess now I need to figure out what's new and useful to me!

Edit: system seems to run faster, but bootup is noticeably longer. Not really a problem, guess it's simply due to more stuff having to be loaded.
 
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