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Off Topic => Computer Help => Topic started by: MIN on August 04, 2015, 06:16:23 PM
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Any body yet took advantage of this and is it straight forward to do. I keep clicking on my icon but it just tells me to wait.I
lose patience get cross after 15 mins of waiting
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I've been advised by our IT guy at work to wait a couple of months until the bugs are worked out before upgrading ;)
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I have been considering this too but have been putting it off as these things can often turn out to be a flippin' nightmare. >:( I too thought I would wait until it had been around a while before I upgrade anyway ;)
Does anyone know if it is better/very different/easy to get used to?
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need to make a note of the date, offer expires in 12 months. think I will wait a while, nothing I do like this is ever straight forward and i end up in a flaming temper tantrum
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I'm waiting for a couple of months or so to see how it pans out, waiting to see how the Techies receive it.
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I'm a Mac user so can't comment really....but this did make me laugh. :shades: ph34r
http://trendingcurrentevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Bill-Gates-Count-to-10-Windows-Meme.jpg
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Another one here waiting to see how things go, I was reading on the BT users forum that it is not as easy to download and get started as they would like to make you think, and quite a lot of folks have gone back to their original platforms, having once installed it. There are also issues trying to download it.
I use Windows 7 and I am quite happy using it - so not sure even with the threat of support running out, all be it long into the future, that I will change up anytime soon.
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I'm using Windows 8.1, with the start button that gives me all the usual features I'm used to. Moved up from Vista when I changed computers. 8.1 is working fine for me.
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My granddaughter (who is a bit of a "whiz" at these things) advised me to wait a while too, so that's what I shall do, wait until she says to go ahead, in the meantime I have registered for it.
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I'm using it. Upgrade was incredibly easy and I've had no issues at all. All my old programs are working just fine :) I really like it! I avoided Windows 8 like the plague, but 10 is much, much better.
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Yes laptop and main PC done so much better than 8.1 which I was not a fan off. You can force this down you do not have to wait for MS to offer it by downloading the Microsoft media creation tool.
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Windows 10 now installed, only issue is that my email will not send, but still receives emails. Wee tweak to the settings I think!
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Has anyone upgraded to windows 10 yet, I've been holding on to let the wrinkles be ironed out.
If you have upgraded are you happy. :shades:
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Has anyone upgraded to windows 10 yet, I've been holding on to let the wrinkles be ironed out.
If you have upgraded are you happy. :shades:
Nope not done it yet - as I am happy with what I have (Windows 7) I have not really felt the need.
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Has anyone upgraded to windows 10 yet, I've been holding on to let the wrinkles be ironed out.
If you have upgraded are you happy. :shades:
Have merged your thread with the one from a couple of weeks ago about Windows 10 ;)
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I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 but didn’t like it so went back to Windows 7. Then I thought I shouldn’t stay in the past so I upgraded my desktop, keeping my original Windows 7 on a separate hard drive though so I can go back to 7 at anytime if problems arise.
Must say that I am really getting to like it now, although it is not so different from the previous version and easy to get used to.
Just done the laptop again too.
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I've been advised by our IT guy at work to wait a couple of months until the bugs are worked out before upgrading ;)
Sony have advised NOT to upgrade as it's not compatible with their hardware yet.
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My son is an IT engineer and upgraded one of his machines to windows 10 but is not happy with it. I got a new laptop earlier this year which has windows 8.1 which I like and my son has advised not to upgrade to windows 10 at the moment although I've to be careful to avoid agreeing to the upgrade with the popup that seems to appear almost daily.
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I upgraded a few weeks back and I quite liked it, although it takes a bit of getting used to where everything is.
However, it kept freezing my laptop and the screen would go black. It got very annoying >:D You can easily go back to your old version within the first month, so that is what I did with no problems.
Will probably upgrade again when they have ironed out all the blips :-\
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If I try to upgrade I keep getting Please wait message. as I have no Patience after 3 mins I cancel . Can not see myself upgrading unless it starts immediately :003:
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The last Windoze system I used was 3.1 as an upgrade to the disaster that was Windoze 3.0 :005:
Got so fed up waiting for the 3.11 bug fix (Nothing new there then :shades:) that I moved to Mac and have been there ever since ;)
Bob.
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Upgraded my laptop the other day, easy enough although it took quite a while over the slooow internet here in rural France (and my laptop is quite old). The only real difference to Windows 7 that I have noticed is that Internet explorer disappeared and was replaced by Microsoft Edge (easily reversed), bootup from cold takes longer but recovery from sleep is very quick. All settings and favourites were correctly preserved. As a retired IT Manager I'm comfortable with Windows.
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well, have took advantage of free upgrade. So far have found everything how I left it , just slight differences mainly the graphics.
Will say though, it took 8 or nine hours so set it going before bedtime and leave it to do its thing while you are sleeping. It needs no input from us to do its thing ;)
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I ended up reverting back to Windows 7 because after several days I noticed that the USB ports on my HP laptop weren't working.
I couldn't find an updated usb driver at the time to fix the problem but maybe there is now.
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Y'all need Linux Mint :D
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I ended up reverting back to Windows 7 because after several days I noticed that the USB ports on my HP laptop weren't working.
I couldn't find an updated usb driver at the time to fix the problem but maybe there is now.
How did you get back to windows 7 ? My hubby hates windows 10 & would love to go back.
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Just trying to remember back, I think it was just normal system restore back to before the upgrade (I'm sure Windows 10 saves the restore point).
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For those who do not want to upgrade to windows 10 be warned. There is a plan to make it an automatic upgrade by Microsoft which will be part of a normal update download. The best way of stopping this is to download a program called "never 10" it is a freeware program and takes 30 seconds and does not stop normal updates just the windows 10 one.
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For those who do not want to upgrade to windows 10 be warned. There is a plan to make it an automatic upgrade by Microsoft which will be part of a normal update download. The best way of stopping this is to download a program called "never 10" it is a freeware program and takes 30 seconds and does not stop normal updates just the windows 10 one.
I had a message saying an automatic upgrade would occur July 29th ish (can remember exact date)
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Well my new laptop came with Windows 10 so have grinned and beared it!
Don't care for it much.
As for the automatic Window 10 update, found this interesting, because it was on the news today that Microsoft
have paid out $10,000 for an unwanted upgrade from 7 to 10 which caused problems for person in US.
Hope link works!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36640464
Seems stupid to to upgrades with this payout hanging over them
Julie
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I see Microsoft are doing their best to get people to change even using sneaky means
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For those who do not want to upgrade to windows 10 be warned. There is a plan to make it an automatic upgrade by Microsoft which will be part of a normal update download. The best way of stopping this is to download a program called "never 10" it is a freeware program and takes 30 seconds and does not stop normal updates just the windows 10 one.
Thanks for this - I have just installed it on my laptop and the little box that keeps nagging me to upgrade to 10 has disappeared. In my humble opinion everything went wrong after XP, and that wasn't perfect, Vista was a nightmare, so I never went further. When our desktop died we got a mac, and though it was expensive, there is no antivirus software to buy (which also screws up Windows), and the vast savings of money going into the swear box more than compensates :loll:. I have an ipad, which is great. My laptop is still Windows, can't afford a macbook at the mo, but I hardly use it. Microsoft are not kind to its customers, so it;s nice to be able to beat it :011: :011:
lesley and Dylan
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For those who do not want to upgrade to windows 10 be warned. There is a plan to make it an automatic upgrade by Microsoft which will be part of a normal update download. The best way of stopping this is to download a program called "never 10" it is a freeware program and takes 30 seconds and does not stop normal updates just the windows 10 one.
Thanks for this - I have just installed it on my laptop and the little box that keeps nagging me to upgrade to 10 has disappeared. In my humble opinion everything went wrong after XP, and that wasn't perfect, Vista was a nightmare, so I never went further. When our desktop died we got a mac, and though it was expensive, there is no antivirus software to buy (which also screws up Windows), and the vast savings of money going into the swear box more than compensates :loll:. I have an ipad, which is great. My laptop is still Windows, can't afford a macbook at the mo, but I hardly use it. Microsoft are not kind to its customers, so it;s nice to be able to beat it :011: :011:
lesley and Dylan
Thanks from me too Mark, have just done the deed. :D