I’ve had some pretty funky problems with Win 10, but the comments about some time limit on reverting to your previous version is the first I’ve heard about that. Any reference to look at? And why would there be such a short roll-back timeframe?
It’s 30 days. I do not have time to search for that: I have to run. You can do that easily. 30 days is not that short. I thought initially it was 10 days until I was informed by a newsgroiup (annexcafe) that it is 30 days.
The only problem I have now is that I have to cold reboot (by unplugging the computer) twice before it boots up. I really do like it and I do not know if I will revert.
So, I don’t have a touchscreen, I don’t use Wifi devices, I don’t need a hotspot in my living room, and I’m perfectly happy with Windows 7. I use Chrome as my browser.
What improvements should I expect to see if I upgrade to Windows 10?
I don’t get any blurred text on my three computers. I suspect it is your computer, not a fault with Windows 10.
Huh…weird. I use Firefox and I think it’s much faster than before. Games certainly seem faster to me, once I got them all back up and working. I was having a weird glitch with Windows 7 and Company of Heroes 2 where I’d get a 1 second freeze periodically in large games, and I’d get a slow down when a lot of units were on the field, but now I don’t have either of those problems.
ETA: I use Sophos for my AV, and it came over just fine. No issues with that at all. I wonder if your browser issue is due to Kaspersky. If you ever decide to upgrade back again you might want to uninstall Kaspersky first, upgrade, then re-install and see if that fixes your browser issue. Usually a slow browser has to do with firewall or some sort of filter going on.
I upgraded about a week ago and everything ran fine. Woke up this morning to find my computer was frozen. Tried to reboot and got an error “Inaccessible Boot Device”. Nothing I could do would work. Tried to do a system restore and now it looks like I’m in an reboot loop and can’t get into Windows at all. When it worked, I liked it but I’m getting nervous that it bricked my computer.
I continued attempting reboots and the last thing I tried was to reset my CMOS (that resolved a strange problem I had last year). The machine now boots to Windows 10 but it’s hard to say exactly what may have fixed it.
So far the experience has been good, and the best thing about it is that it is not Windows 8. I haven’t spent enough time to learn any new features–to me so far it looks like Windows 7 except with different icons, and that “Store” icon preinstalled on the task bar.
Thanks to all for your responses.
You can get rid of that ‘Store’ icon on the taskbar. Just right click and unpin.
Could all the issues be with the version? I have the 64-bit version.
I had absolutely no problems with the upgrade. Upgraded from 8.1 to 10 and it took about an hour. I didn’t unplug any peripherals or uninstall any programs or make a backup first (my bad) and everything came over and works just fine. I can even turn it off and it boots up just fine. I find it to be much faster than even 8.1. After I killed Cortana and banished Edge from my taskbar and got rid of a couple of adware/malware programs that came from I-don’t-know where, it works like a dream. I could do without the notifications thing but it’s pretty unobtrusive and I don’t ‘have’ to look at it.
If you are happy with Win 7 (and I was too) perhaps you should not upgrade. I like the feature of being able to search the web directly with Cortana without opening a browser. I like the “Personalization” in “Settings” accessed by Start Button, and it offers some nice background themes with your choice of many colors. (I know Win 7 does too, but these are nicer.) You can access “Mail” if you choose to use it and “Edge” if you choose to use it (which I do not for reasons I have stated) directly from your start button. One feature I do not like is that when you access “apps” (the Win 10 terminology for programs) from the start menu, you cannot directly create a shortcut to your desktop. You must first right click an app and select “Open file location.” Then you can send a shortcut to the desktop.
Most importantly, and probably the reason I will not revert, is that in a few years Win 7 will no longer be supported with updates, much like the previous editions are no longer supported.
You’re right, Edge is positioned as a completely different product. However, they are not utterly different things (not in the way that, say, Chrome is different from Firefox). It does include a technical watershed, but it is also, equally, a branding exercise.
One more reason I do not use “Mail” is that I cannot click on a “receive” button to “update” my mail. There may be a way to do that but I have not figured it out. Also, I do not know how often it is automatically updated and if I have the option to change that.
In the Settings app, you can go to System > Notifications & Actions and turn these off (or choose which ones you want to see).
As a general note, you can find basically any setting by searching the Settings app – even if it’s things that still only exist in Control Panel, the search box in Settings is able to find them. For those who like keyboard shortcuts, Settings can be reached by WindowsKey+I. (The “I” stands for “I have no idea why that letter was chosen.”)
I upgraded and am very happy with the new speed of the Edge browser. And the more intuitive user interface. There are new Microsoft intrusions that you will want to disable by poking around in the settings, but that is just normal. They want to sell all your information in the name of providing better service. But that is just the new internet experience now. All apps do this unless you disable.
Be aware that there are new malware exploits that your usual virus protection apps will not find yet. I had a hijack of the home page in Edge with one of those call 866-628-4936 numbers and appeared to lock Edge into a home page loop. MalwareBytes, Spyhunter, CCleaner, Norton 360, none of these found the issue or cleared it.
IE had no problem so I used it for research. Uninstalled a few suspect recent updates, unplugged from the internet and was able to reset my home page in Edge. All fine now.
I am impressed with the speed of the Edge browser and am happy overall with the upgrage.
It will take a while for your protection systems and your experience to catch up. It will be about 6 months of Wild, Wild, West until everyone is up to speed.
I also haven’t encountered this blurred text issue on my several machines running Windows 10. Not denying what you’re seeing, just wondering how common it is. Of course, for MS even an issue that affects a fraction of a percent of users will still affect thousands.
In addition to the answers.microsoft.com forum, it might be good to submit the issue (with screenshot) through the “Windows Feedback” app, or upvote any similar issues you see there. (Gabe Aul - the Microsoft VP who runs the Windows Insider program - always gives this advice when people tweet him with issues. So that’s definitely a feedback channel that MS is watching closely.)
Normally that’s the first thing I’d suggest, but for the OP’s question where they were stuck on install it wasn’t an option.
I am also on a 64-bit version. I suspect that the problems are related to hardware and/or drivers. I have not reconnected all my devices yet (two USB hard drivers, scanner, card reader). My computer is a custom build and I have had a couple of oddball problems with it in the past but nothing serious.
I am not surprised to hear you had no problems; I am sure that is the experience of the vast majority.
You’re not limited to these. I created a whole boatload of my own personalization themes (wallpapers). Easy as pie. I’ve got urban scenes, fields of poppies, rainy days, Kandinsky paintings, grassy fields, candles, some with slide shows, and I change to match my mood. Some pictures I took myself, some I got from the internet. Just search for LARGE pictures, at least as big as your screen (preferably bigger), save to a folder, then right-click and “set as desktop background.” Right-click again, go to personalization, and save theme.
I created all of them in Win10, and they all transferred to Win10 without a hitch.
Yep, Patty, that was me.
In addition, I ran into a BIOS issue that seems to be related to Windows 10 (how the 2 are linked I have no idea). Was finally able to force my motherboard to fix the bios issue which then let me get back into windows where I was able to get everything fixed. Took a few hours. I seem to be back to normal but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
I ran the upgrade last night. Here’s hoping I don’t come home to a black screen.