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Windows 10

#82
hemmed and hawed for a solid year, then went for it last week;

very pleased!

my main reasons for hanging on to my 7 home premium 64 bit were the handful of legacy programs and hardware i had running, namely an M-audio 2496 soundcard that qualified me for using pro tools "m-powered" software and also took the s/pdif out from my johnson J-station; this stuff all works great and none of it is around anymore, i think the last drivers for the card were from '12.

after reading some positive reports and suggested workarounds, i said "to hell with it", made a backup image of my c drive, and let it do the upgrade; after 20 minutes of the machine chewing on the new OS and giving me some prompts and questions (as well as a huge message across the screen essentially saying "it's OK, you can still go back to windows 7!") i was rewarded with my old desktop right like i left it!

same wallpaper, all my programs and files and stuff scattered across the desktop exactly where they were before, all of it. all the chrome bookmarks and saved passwords and everything else still right where they were before.

the only real difference is now the taskbar on the bottom is black instead of blue, the windows don't do the translucent thing anymore, and it's all way faster.

i have sound from my soundcard, i have pro-tools, all of the legacy stuff worked just fine right out of the gate.

the start menu has a bunch of new stuff and shows the "8" style tiles and such, but i can easily ignore all that and use the PC just like i did before.

so yeah, only a few more days to get it for free and i say jump on it!
 
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#83
Before you start the upgrade, they have a tool to test your hardware. Run it!!! I had to upgrade my video card. If you don't test it and find out after the upgrade your video is not longer supported, you could be toast.
 
#84
On my Windows 10 there is a window you click for Photos on boot-up page.

It shows the photos in a way that they constantly dissolve into the next one.

There is one photo that comes up that I deleted ages ago. Yet it still shows it. But not when I actually click on photos and look at photos.

When I delete a photo I delete it from all places it might be , such as One-drive,P.C. etc etc .

I can't find any evidence of this photo anywhere.....but there it is...taunting me by being there every time in the window and then dissolving into another photo.


Any idea how to get rid of it?
 
#89
Aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh!
Windows 10 has me wanting to tear my hair out! I finally decided to take the free upgrade hours before the deadline and was initially pretty impressed by how smoothly everything went. Sure, the process took about 8 hours to finish, but as promised, everything was right where I left it.

Then I tried going online. My speeds were absolutely horrendous and my connection was spotty, at best when prior to upgrading my WiFi connection was pretty solid save for when we'd have a bad storm and our internet was knocked out completely.

"No problem" thinks i, as I immediately go in to ensure all my network adapter drivers are up to date. They were all up to good, but I uninstalled and reinstalled just to be sure... No change in my wireless connectivity. Hmmmm. Not sure what to do next, I hit up Google for an answer to find a plethora of people having similar issues, and thus begins my real journey through the troubleshooting rabbit hole...

Some tips did nothing. Some had a temporary effect. All left me becoming increasingly frustrated. W10 has all but killed my online experience and I'm just about out of options save for a clean reinstall and/or reverting back to trusty ol' W7. Any IT guys out there that might have some tips or advice? I really want to like W10 but if I can't reliably get online I have no choice but to dump it.

Steps I've tried:
(off the top of my head)
-Reinstalling wireless adapter drivers
-Enabling IPv6
-Refreshing IP address
-Disabling OneNote and OneDrive
-Disabled Windows Update Delivery
 
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ShredderMaximus said:
Any IT guys out there that might have some tips or advice?
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Is it just as slow on a wired connection?
What internet browser are you using?
Did you try other internet browsers?
When you said you checked drivers, did you check the Wi-Fi NIC manufacturers website or the manufacturer of your computer?
Is the Wi-Fi NIC a Realtek?
What exactly is slow when you browse the internet?

Some of those questions may seem elementary or really simple. Please do not be offended by them. I make no inference about your computer/network skills and knowledge by asking them. They are just some basics to get started that I'd ask anyone.

-Mike
 
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#92
I'm curious if anyone has encountered this before: The Start button stops working on occasion. I’ve noticed this on both my PC and my girlfriend’s PC. For me, it tends to happen if I leave the kids signed on and just switch over to mine, but it is intermittent. For my girlfriend, it seems to be happening , though I don’t have any idea how often it happens with hers. It’s very strange.
 
#93
Bocete said:
My Windows 10 upgrade killed my bootloader. So no, it didn't leave things where they were.
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That's not really a windows 10 thing, so much as a windows problem with windows thinking that it's more important then anything else, any time you upgrade your windows OS it overwrites the bootloader, when I did a fresh install of windows 8 on my main computer it totally overwrote my Linux partition, luckily I made a full system backup on another drive and was able to get everything setback up from it.
 
#94
MJ5150 said:
Is it just as slow on a wired connection?

Haven't tried a wired connection yet actually

What internet browser are you using?

Chrome

Did you try other internet browsers?

Only Edge, which was no different

When you said you checked drivers, did you check the Wi-Fi NIC manufacturers website or the manufacturer of your computer?

First I allowed Windows to automatically find the correct driver, then I downloaded the driver straight from the Buffalo site

Is the Wi-Fi NIC a Realtek?

No, it is a Buffalo WLI-UC-GNHP

What exactly is slow when you browse the internet?

Well, everything, lol. Browsing, loading videos, downloads, everything.

Some of those questions may seem elementary or really simple. Please do not be offended by them. I make no inference about your computer/network skills and knowledge by asking them. They are just some basics to get started that I'd ask anyone.

-Mike
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Thanks Mike. Last night I went ahead and uninstalled my AV software (Avast) and it seemed to help somewhat as I managed to immediately watch a couple YouTube video all the way through in 144p, but when I woke up today it worked like that for about 5 minutes before flatlining on me again.
 
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Will_White said:
That's not really a windows 10 thing, so much as a windows problem with windows thinking that it's more important then anything else, any time you upgrade your windows OS it overwrites the bootloader, when I did a fresh install of windows 8 on my main computer it totally overwrote my Linux partition, luckily I made a full system backup on another drive and was able to get everything setback up from it.
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Windows will destroy your partitions unless you tell it not to, but you can tell it not to. My partitions were as they were before, except for the bootloader. I reinstalled grub off a live cd. No need to do a full system restore.

In my case, when Windows 10 booted up after the upgrade it said 'it left things as they were'. That's an outright lie.
 
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