Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8

[howyoudoin]

Originally Posted by danwdoo

The "grouping" he was referring to in Windows 7 was clearly folders, which is nothing like the "grouping" you are referring to in Windows 8. In Windows 7, you could put lesser used programs (or even folders) in parent folders to keep them out of the way of the apps you use more often. Groups in Windows 8 don't offer anything resembling that. Every group you add to the Windows 8 start screen actually makes the start screen use more space, which is the exact opposite of folders in Windows 7.

You can send the lesser used apps and folders to the end on the screen under it's very own grouping.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by howyoudoin

You can send the lesser used apps and folders to the end on the screen under it's very own grouping.

Yes, all in one big pile of applications. Instead of grouped. That travesty of a start menu in Windows 10 I think is worse than the one in Windows 8.1. It almost looks workable, but isn't... (while I find the one in Windows 8.1 not workable either but that one doesn't even look workable).

[HarryT]

My broadband connection, which normally runs with a download speed of about 13Mbps, has been performing at <1Mbps for the last two days. My ISP says that it's because their network has been completely overloaded by Windows 10 update traffic .

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by HarryT

My broadband connection, which normally runs with a download speed of about 13Mbps, has been performing at <1Mbps for the last two days. My ISP says that it's because their network has been completely overloaded by Windows 10 update traffic .

That's better than being due to Kim's butt!

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by kennyc

That's better than being due to Kim's butt!

Sorry, I don't understand your allusion.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Sorry, I don't understand your allusion.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...paper-magazine

Shari

[HarryT]

Thanks. Hadn't seen that one before. I thought it was perhaps a reference to the leader of North Korea .

[shalym]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Thanks. Hadn't seen that one before. I thought it was perhaps a reference to the leader of North Korea .

No...although his butt could conceivably cause Internet issues as well...

Shari

[Turtle91]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Yes, all in one big pile of applications. Instead of grouped. That travesty of a start menu in Windows 10 I think is worse than the one in Windows 8.1. It almost looks workable, but isn't... (while I find the one in Windows 8.1 not workable either but that one doesn't even look workable).

I just add all those unwanted apps to the "unpin from start" group.....

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by DustyDisks

One of the major pain's was I could not at startup get into my BIOS pressing F2, did a web search and tried several things and finally was able to F2 into BIOS.

[...]

Will say again, win10 changes access to BIOS that holds even when cold booting!

That would be Fast Startup, IIRC Windows 8 had it as well. Essentially, your system doesn't really get shut down all the way -- which plays havoc with people trying to dual-boot as well.

Nothing new here...

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by ApK

And/or accept the fact that there is no privacy for data you connect to the Internet, and learn to ditch the paranoia and false sense of entitlement.

News flash, folks: The NSA is not after you.
(And if they are, you know why, and you're not relying on a some company's marketing policies to keep your privacy.)

And, really, forces like MS and Google, and even my arch-nemesis Facebook, are going to do nothing with your information other than try to sell you stuff more effectively. This should be the least of your worries.

The difference i, of course, that MS Windows is somewhat unique in being a desktop OS, where your data is locally stored. People don't expect that data to be uploaded.

(Google Chrome is expected to upload your data, people are aware of that when they buy it. Because no one kids themselves that it is a desktop OS.)

[wodin]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

My two updates continued to update / run background processes for several hours before it had completely finished (As an example when I went to the settings the search didn't work until at least an hour after the install looked completed), so there is a good chance that it is a one off to do with setting up the tablet.

Thanks Mike, that must be it. It seems to have settled in now. Not getting as warm and battery seems to last longer. I haven't run a test on it yet, and if it seems more like normal, I probably won't.

[wodin]

I'm one of those who detest the password requirements for logging on to Windows 8/10, and was able to fumble through the disable password when waking up from sleep in Win8X, but never found out how to disable it on startup.

Then Win10 blew that up and I was forced to take the time during meetings to enter the password every time my surface timed out and went to sleep. What a hassle and not very impressive when the boss is talking to be poking at the on screen keyboard. So a bit of Googling revealed this



Works a treat, and since I'm the only one who use my surface, I don't really need to have multiple accounts so...

[theducks]

Require password on wakeup is an optional Power option
Edit Plan setting: Change advanced setting
Gah! drilling down to some of this stuff is a pain.

BTW I use W10pro in case options vary

[Yolina]

Originally Posted by theducks

Gah! drilling down to some of this stuff is a pain.

BTW I use W10pro in case options vary

Oh come on, finding where they've put stuff *this time* is half the fun