 How bad is Win 10? |
| pandy |
 Sep 22 2017, 03:42 PM
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My computer has broken down. Yeah, again. I just bought a very slightly used one with a lot better components that I would otherwise afford.
It comes with Win 10 (Pro), I think. The guy hated it himself and recommended me to install 7 or 8 instead. 7 seems the least annoying, but support ends in less than 3 years. 8 seems pretty horrid too. So maybe I should just go with 10? I've read about the murder of the start menu, that updates are forced and that you have no control of what and when. Is it as bad as I've heard? |
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| Christian J |
Oct 14 2017, 04:14 AM
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No that's not normal. Is that one of your old HDDs (from XP?), did it come with the PC or did you buy it and install yourself?
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| pandy |
Oct 14 2017, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE(Christian J @ Oct 14 2017, 11:14 AM)  No that's not normal. Is that one of your old HDDs (from XP?), did it come with the PC or did you buy it and install yourself? It's from my old puter. It was D there too and saving was instant. |
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| Christian J |
Oct 15 2017, 04:41 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Oct 15 2017, 02:02 AM) It's from my old puter. It was D there too and saving was instant. An old HDD like that seems likely to start making read/write errors. This may or may not be the cause of those strange icon glitches as well. Don't know if the delays are a sign it's about to break down, but run chkdsk on it just in case. I'd probably get a new one anyway (and make backups of course). A few other ideas (but I don't know much about this): - File system bugs between WinXP and Win10. - Incompatibility between the new PC and older HDD models. - A loose connector somewhere. - Insufficient cooling. |
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pandy How bad is Win 10? Sep 22 2017, 03:42 PM
pandy Also, I'm on my phone and won't be around ... Sep 22 2017, 03:46 PM Christian J
It comes with Win 10 (Pro), I think.
Consider a ... Sep 22 2017, 04:44 PM pandy I read that a cable connection can't be made m... Sep 22 2017, 04:58 PM
Christian J
I read that a cable connection can't be made ... Sep 22 2017, 06:07 PM pandy You are probably right and I should go with 10. It... Sep 22 2017, 08:49 PM pandy I'm not good at hardware, but I think it's... Sep 22 2017, 08:56 PM Christian J Looks like great specs, even for a gaming PC. Is i... Sep 23 2017, 05:04 AM pandy Forgot to ask about the cooling. Haven't had a... Sep 23 2017, 11:07 AM pandy And why the heck isn't it easy to change the l... Sep 23 2017, 11:10 AM Christian J Thought you meant water cooled when you wrote ... Sep 23 2017, 12:12 PM pandy I don't know what kinds there are.
It looks l... Sep 23 2017, 04:01 PM Christian J That's a CPU air cooler. Just be careful that ... Sep 23 2017, 06:12 PM pandy Plan was the guy would deliver it himself on thurs... Sep 24 2017, 07:51 AM Christian J You could also repair the old PC. I always keep th... Sep 25 2017, 10:31 AM pandy I'll fetch it myself tomorrow. I'll spend ... Sep 25 2017, 05:22 PM pandy I'll fetch it myself tomorrow. I'll spend ... Sep 25 2017, 05:22 PM pandy Oh, I decided on win10. The guy will format and ma... Sep 25 2017, 05:25 PM pandy Well, the computer is fast. :) But the look and ... Sep 27 2017, 06:43 AM pandy Fixed the keyboard. Still sucks. Not even my belov... Sep 27 2017, 06:53 AM pandy Christian, do you have Pro or some other more adva... Sep 27 2017, 09:13 AM Christian J
Christian, do you have Pro or some other more adv... Sep 27 2017, 09:46 AM pandy Thanks. I'll look into the links tomorrow. My ... Sep 27 2017, 06:55 PM pandy BTW, several years ago now I said programs had sta... Sep 27 2017, 07:14 PM Christian J
BTW, several years ago now I said programs had st... Sep 28 2017, 06:56 AM Christian J
But how? :(
That looks like the old Control ... Sep 28 2017, 05:59 AM pandy
It leads to exactly the same page. What am I loo... Sep 28 2017, 06:37 AM Christian J
It leads to exactly the same page. What am I lo... Sep 28 2017, 07:05 AM Christian J
Well, the computer is fast. :) But the look and... Sep 27 2017, 09:33 AM pandy
Not sure if this one's any better: https://ww... Sep 28 2017, 07:23 AM Christian J Did you find the Metered Connection setting? I... Sep 28 2017, 10:52 AM pandy
Yeah, I that's what I meant. It leads to exa... Sep 28 2017, 12:37 PM pandy I don't know why the quotes are missed upp ei... Sep 28 2017, 12:40 PM Christian J
Yeah, I that's what I meant. It leads to exac... Sep 28 2017, 01:18 PM pandy I have rebooted, but not done anything actively. N... Sep 28 2017, 02:54 PM Christian J
Now they have announced a major update, so big th... Sep 28 2017, 03:53 PM pandy RE: How bad is Win 10? Sep 28 2017, 04:03 PM pandy :shades: :shades: :shades: :shades: :shades:
... Sep 28 2017, 04:58 PM pandy :P Sep 28 2017, 05:01 PM Christian J Where did you find it?
You can't choose upda... Sep 28 2017, 04:58 PM pandy
Where did you find it?
You know I possess serio... Sep 28 2017, 05:06 PM pandy Better! :D
Can you explain to me how I can... Sep 28 2017, 05:17 PM Christian J
Talking about uninstalling, if I get rid of the s... Sep 28 2017, 05:27 PM pandy Dunno. I found and installed that one right off. H... Sep 28 2017, 05:35 PM pandy At least one of them is probably from the menu. Bu... Sep 28 2017, 05:39 PM Christian J I almost never use the Start menu myself, so it... Sep 29 2017, 06:49 AM pandy
Didn't understand the code you posted, where ... Sep 30 2017, 06:04 AM Christian J
Just the content of the ini files.
I got curious... Sep 30 2017, 09:43 AM pandy I don't fully understand what solved that guys... Oct 1 2017, 08:19 AM pandy This is what I mean when I say everything is white... Oct 1 2017, 09:27 AM Christian J
This is what I mean when I say everything is whit... Oct 1 2017, 10:09 AM pandy No, all programs are like that. I don't see wh... Oct 1 2017, 07:53 PM Christian J
Must google how much free space Win10 needs. It a... Oct 1 2017, 10:07 AM Christian J Seems you're right about Notepad's menu ba... Oct 2 2017, 05:19 AM jokerrules
I hear you, man. I feel like every version of Wi... Oct 4 2017, 03:49 AM CharlesEF I came across this https://www.tenforums.com/custo... Oct 4 2017, 01:56 PM pandy Ah! Wonderful! I'm prepared to do some... Oct 4 2017, 04:54 PM pandy Oh, I think they are talking about rightclicking a... Oct 4 2017, 05:17 PM pandy OK, I've set the options both on the shortcut ... Oct 4 2017, 05:27 PM Christian J
I've already found that the Program Files (x8... Oct 4 2017, 06:08 PM pandy
Probably you already know this, but I think the P... Oct 4 2017, 08:05 PM Christian J
That didn't help, you see. But moving the pro... Oct 5 2017, 04:49 AM pandy
Can't you use file type then?
Point was that ... Oct 5 2017, 09:42 AM pandy There are totatally idiotic answers at Windows Sup... Oct 5 2017, 09:45 AM pandy Another thing. I remember you can't see the im... Oct 5 2017, 09:47 AM Christian J
I'm beginning to think there's more to it... Oct 5 2017, 10:15 AM pandy Oh, OK. Then we both will see it soon maybe. :P
... Oct 5 2017, 07:49 PM Christian J
Seems the whole site is down. I don't even re... Oct 5 2017, 08:00 PM pandy Sorry, I think I wrote in your post. Lucky I quote... Oct 8 2017, 12:48 PM Christian J
Sorry, I think I wrote in your post. Lycky I quot... Oct 8 2017, 02:21 PM pandy
[quote name='pandy' post='135059' date='Oct 8 201... Oct 8 2017, 07:21 PM Christian J
I don't think I've ever used this much ti... Oct 9 2017, 06:07 AM pandy
For me it was relatively painless, but maybe I ha... Oct 9 2017, 05:38 PM Christian J
But shouldn't screen drivers come with Window... Oct 10 2017, 01:32 PM pandy
You mean it didn't happen because of an updat... Oct 13 2017, 01:05 AM Christian J
I don't know. I haven't been notified abo... Oct 13 2017, 04:45 AM Christian J Regarding the opacity, can you see the desktop wal... Oct 12 2017, 03:22 PM pandy
Regarding the opacity, can you see the desktop wa... Oct 13 2017, 01:06 AM Christian J
I can't see any icons through it. Should I?
... Oct 13 2017, 04:46 AM pandy I don't. I may have set it to not be transpare... Oct 13 2017, 05:28 AM pandy You also have HDD drives, don't you? I have Wi... Oct 14 2017, 12:49 AM CharlesEF I think that delay in saving files is because Win1... Oct 14 2017, 11:55 AM pandy
I think that delay in saving files is because Win... Oct 14 2017, 07:03 PM pandy Beep should be another word for *beep*. :shades: ... Oct 14 2017, 07:05 PM pandy s*h*i*t :ninja: Oct 14 2017, 07:06 PM CharlesEF
[quote name='CharlesEF' post='135101' date='Oct 1... Oct 14 2017, 08:09 PM pandy I meant to read it tomorrow. But I read it now. I... Oct 14 2017, 08:44 PM Christian J
[quote name='CharlesEF' post='135101' date='Oct 1... Oct 15 2017, 04:45 AM CharlesEF Well, maybe that is not your problem after all. J... Oct 15 2017, 11:26 AM pandy It can happen on E as well, it's just that I h... Oct 15 2017, 05:52 PM CharlesEF Is there a chance the 2 drives have spun down (pow... Oct 15 2017, 10:20 PM pandy
Is there a chance the 2 drives have spun down (po... Oct 16 2017, 05:13 AM Christian J
Is there a setting for that, for individual drive... Oct 16 2017, 10:11 AM Christian J Also pandy mentioned one of the disks were Read On... Oct 16 2017, 04:28 AM pandy
Also pandy mentioned one of the disks were Read O... Oct 16 2017, 05:18 AM pandy Talking about that, Win10 still doesn't let me... Oct 16 2017, 05:21 AM pandy Imagine I actually hated XP too at first. I was so... Oct 16 2017, 05:27 AM |
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