Should I upgrade to Windows 10?

[Chronos]

My with W10 is it looks like an MS apps store with minimal benefits. I think I will stick with W7 until the jury chimes in. Call me untrusting.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

My dad hated Windows 8 and he installed the developer version of 10 and claims it's the best Windows version yet.

 

[DHF]

Microsoft has traditional had a hit/miss pattern when it come to successful Operating systems:

Windows 3.1 - Hit
Windows 95 - MISS
Windows 98 - Hit
Windows Millennium - Epic MISS
Windows XP - Hit
Windows Vista - MISS
Windows 7 - HIT
Windows 8 - Miss

So give this fairly solid pattern for the last 20 + years, I think we can expect good things from Windows 10.
I also find it suspicious that they actually began work on Windows 7 After they producted Windows 8 yet they released 7 first...maybe they too are aware of the pattern and didn't want to mess it up :)

 

[StevieTNZ]

TechRadar have released a list of what is not included in Windows 10: http://www.techradar.com/news/softw...-ll-lose-when-upgrading-to-windows-10-1299655

 

[StevieTNZ]

I have asked this question in an email to someone who runs the IT system of a financial firm in Texas, who has Windows 10 Enterprise on his laptop (he gets it before 29th July):

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2951...windows-10s-wi-fi-sense-password-sharing.html

What is that feature? If I disable it, will it still keep the connections I’ve connected to, and saved? My half-sister uses Facebook on her wifi, and I have that wifi connection saved. She is also a contact of mine on FB. By disabling the feature do I need to manually re-connect to their wifi?

I don’t really understand the feature, in any case.

Anyone who has the beta installed on their computer care to elaborate on this feature?

 

[HyperTechno]

Who got the windows 10 upgrade? Is it good as expected? Has the mobile version jump out of the box?

 

[StevieTNZ]

Who got the windows 10 upgrade? Is it good as expected? Has the mobile version jump out of the box?

I have upgraded to Windows 10. It appears alright. I still use Start8 for my start menu. I uninstalled Start8 but quickly reinstalled it -- didn't like I couldn't customise how I would have liked the Windows 10 start menu to be.

Had an email issue with Outlook 2013, but running sfc /scannow fixed that.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Windows 10 has failed to be upgraded on my windows 8.1 pro computer several times (for unknowns reasons)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I just got the notice that my upgrade is ready. I'm going to go for it.

 

[StevieTNZ]

Windows 10 has failed to be upgraded on my windows 8.1 pro computer several times (for unknowns reasons)

I had the same issue when it automatically downloaded when I turned my laptop on, on the 29th July. Windows Update was trying to install Windows 10, but it kept failing.

In the end I waited until 4pm (12am 29th July EST) for the ISO version to come available -- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 -- I suggest mounting the ISO while running 8.1 (do not boot from any media), and run setup.exe and let it do its things.

(When I first ran setup.exe after mounting the ISO, it asked 'Upgrade this PC' or 'Create installation media'. When I clicked on 'Upgrade this PC' it resulted in an 'error' -- which was 'Something happened.')

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I had the same issue when it automatically downloaded when I turned my laptop on, on the 29th July. Windows Update was trying to install Windows 10, but it kept failing.

In the end I waited until 4pm (12am 29th July EST) for the ISO version to come available -- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 -- I suggest mounting the ISO while running 8.1 (do not boot from any media), and run setup.exe and let it do its things.

(When I first ran setup.exe after mounting the ISO, it asked 'Upgrade this PC' or 'Create installation media'. When I clicked on 'Upgrade this PC' it resulted in an 'error' -- which was 'Something happened.')

My problems include a blue screen of death(KERNEL_DATA_IN_PAGE_ERROR), an unexpected restart, an error caused by the running ESET service and...I'm still downloading 2699MB file all over again.
MS seem to have fired all their QA/QC staff and force their users to perform these smoke tests for them.

 

[StevieTNZ]

Oh -- I didn't encounter those kinds of problems.

Hope you have an unlimited data allowance!

 

[HyperTechno]

hmmm, It appears that it's a bit buggy. When will the mobile OS will come?

 

[StevieTNZ]

hmmm, It appears that it's a bit buggy.

What problems are you encountering?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Just upgraded, everything looks good.

 

[StevieTNZ]

I installed Start10 beta*(got alerted to it via email because I installed Start8 to return the start menu to Windows 8.1). I prefer Start10 over Windows 10's start menu, as the later I cannot customise it to how I would like it to be.

*disappointed I couldn't upgrade from Start8 to Start10, but it only costs US$4.99.

 

[StevieTNZ]

I should add I got alerted to this article -- http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/70732877/windows-10-uses-customers-computers-to-distribute-updates For those with limited data allowances each month, probably best to disable this.

 

[Bystander]

Am I understanding W10v.9 correctly? It's already been patched nine times?

 

[StevieTNZ]

Am I understanding W10v.9 correctly? It's already been patched nine times?

I don't understand. Patched nine times since release 29th July, or patched nine times since the first beta version?

In either case, how do you find out if you have Windows 10 version 9?

 

[Bystander]

if you have Windows 10 version 9?

No, a screen message is offering W10v.9 --- it's been out for two days (?) and been patched nine times already?

 

[StevieTNZ]

No, a screen message is offering W10v.9 --- it's been out for two days (?) and been patched nine times already?

I wouldn't know. I downloaded the ISO on 29th July; since then there have probably been updates that have been rolled out.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

No, a screen message is offering W10v.9 --- it's been out for two days (?) and been patched nine times already?

You assume they released it on 10.0 and also why surprised. It's a pretty complex piece of software. Some problems are only revealed once many people start using it.

It's been available via developer channels for a few months. I'm sure though there will be daily patches for the first few weeks. Lots to fix once the reports flood in.

 

[Bystander]

I'm sure though there will be daily patches for the first few weeks.

So, no big reason to be in any hurry, and no reason to think they've opened a "lemonade stand."

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

So, no big reason to be in any hurry, and no reason to think they've opened a "lemonade stand."

There is no hurry, but there isn't really a reason to wait. So far I really enjoy 10 compared to 8.1

 

[StevieTNZ]

No, a screen message is offering W10v.9 --- it's been out for two days (?) and been patched nine times already?

Would be interested to see that screen message - are you able to do a print screen and post it here?

 

[Bystander]

interested to see that screen message

Was sitting in the browser history, and I figured that it would be hanging around forever, so didn't "stuff it and mount it" for the trophy case --- if it pops up again, I'll try to grab it.

 

[Bystander]

Ask, and ye shall receive --- this better not crash anything. May be specific to my Toshiba --- dunno. Just popped up 5 min. ago. The browser message reads, " (IE icon)GetWindows10-V9"
https://wscont.apps.microsoft.com/w...e-Telemtry4xSkippedV2.html?trgr=Telemetry-4xd

 

[StevieTNZ]

Strange... I would have thought you would get an icon like the one pictured in this link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-upgrade

The link you posted brings up a blank page for me.

EDIT: Have you reserved your copy of Windows 10 yet?

 

[Bystander]

I've got the "Get Windoze 10" icon on the lower taskbar, and the 10-V9 message in the browser history on the left. I suspect it's same thing, but just done through Toshiba.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Well 10 crashed on me during a standard defrag. Now it's totally messed up. Might need to do a full recovery.