Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8 - Page 120

Josieb1 · 08-26-2015, 02:49 AM

I would upgrade my W7 PC if I knew what caused the blue screen crashes. It was happening on iTunes and that's far too important a program for me not to have it working properly. The last thing I want to do is start playing around with drivers and bugger up my W7 PC when there really isn't any need.

Yolina · 08-26-2015, 03:45 AM

There's now a printable list of all Win 10 keyboard shortcuts available for download from MS here It's in docx format, with a bit of tidying up, it fits nicely on 1 page (I just copied and pasted the table into a new document, made it 2 columns and rearranged the margins

)

Edit: for screenshots, the win key + prnt scrn obviously doesn't work on the SP3 (and I assume all other Surfaces since there's no prnt scrn key on the type cover) - for us, that shortcut is still Fn + Win key + Spacebar

JoHunt · 08-26-2015, 08:57 AM

My laptop runs beautifully with Win 10. My much newer PC crashed at least once a day (bug check reboots, IQRL not less or equal, etc.) which probably are driver related (my Nvidia driver?). Since my PC ran with no crashes with Win 7, I downgraded today (which I think is my 30 day deadline to do so).

I still have a year to upgrade if I decide to. Hopefully MS will fix the driver issues which seem to have plagued my PC running Win 10.

kennyc · 08-26-2015, 06:52 PM

Seventy-Five Million and counting: http://www.informationweek.com/softw...mc=RSS_IWK_EDT

ApK · 08-26-2015, 09:57 PM

75 million minus 1 if I can get the stupid revert feature to work!
I decided to revert to 8.1 on my main machine until 10 matures a bit, but the rollback option ist working.
It SAYS it's going to work, and it restarts my machine, But it just restarts back in 10. Any one have an idea what might be wrong?

ETA: A system restore back a few days fixed that problem. I'm back on 8.1, now facing hours of reinstalling all the stuff I installed in the few days that the system restore set me back.

I'm going to go back through this thread and learn how to remove that stupid Win 10 reminder now!

OK, that's my Windows 10 news.

Blossom · 08-27-2015, 01:38 AM

I've been using Windows 10 now for two weeks with no problems other than the taskbar and menu sometimes not working on left clicks.

A reboot fixes it

fjtorres · 08-27-2015, 10:33 AM

How well is the march to a billion going?
ZDNET looks at a couple of benchmarks:

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows...tag=TRE17cfd61

Quote:

Back in 2012, Microsoft said it sold 40 million Windows licences in the first month that Windows 8 was on sale, and that is had sold four million upgrade licences in the first three days (licences are slightly different to downloads but the best metric we have). In contrast, in 2009 Microsoft sold 60 million Windows 7 licences in the first two months it was on sale.

Obviously you can't directly compare a free product to a paid one. Except in one area: trust.
People are trusting Win10 to be an improvement. Buzz is generally positive.

Quote:

There are other sources of data to draw on. Web analystics company StatCounter has been tracking web traffic coming from Windows 10 devices. According to the company, Windows 10 devices account for about 5.7 percent of all desktops and tablets it's tracking. Looked at another way, it has taken Windows 10 two weeks to overtake Windows 8, and four to catch up with iOS.

StatCounter's data goes way back so that we can compare Windows 10 with some earlier releases of Windows. It tells us that it took Windows 8, which went on sale in October 2012, until June 2013 to get the same market share - that's seven months. In contrast Windows 7 got there much faster - by early December after its October launch.

More at the source.

Yolina · 08-27-2015, 03:44 PM

A few updates KB3081448, KB3081449 and KB3081452 And since MS no longer bother with release notes, no-one knows what they do

kennyc · 08-27-2015, 03:46 PM

They fix stuff....sheesh....

Yolina · 08-27-2015, 03:52 PM

At least they don't appear to have broken anything on my SP3 (yet), I suppose that's always something

Pulpmeister · 08-28-2015, 01:54 AM

I have now uninstalled the nagware / malware update 3 times, and every time MS does an update, it checks to see if that specific update is on my PC, and if not, re-instals it.

What do you have to do to get rid of this for good? Launch a lawsuit??

eschwartz · 08-28-2015, 02:39 AM

Well, you could always uninstall Windows... I haven't gotten the nag.

Other than that, well, I don't think you will have much luck battling MS from within *their* operating system.
Apparently MS has gotten around the "hide updates" feature.

danwdoo · 08-28-2015, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

I have now uninstalled the nagware / malware update 3 times, and every time MS does an update, it checks to see if that specific update is on my PC, and if not, re-instals it.

What do you have to do to get rid of this for good? Launch a lawsuit??

After you uninstall the update, go to Windows update and check for updates. When the Windows 10 update appears, right-click on it and chose 'Hide Update'. It then will not reinstall unless you unhide it.

cvkemp · 08-28-2015, 02:26 PM

All I have to say is that I love windows 10, I have been doing the insider preview, and about every other week I get a new build to play with it just seems to get better and better.

Ripplinger · 08-28-2015, 03:54 PM

Has anyone upgraded a smaller 10" screen netbook to Windows 10 where you had to force the screen resolution to something higher since Windows 10 won't install if screen resolution is below 1024x768. My netbook is 1024x600 and I can force the update if I do the hack to force a higher screen res, but I don't want to live with it that way forever.

After you update to Windows 10, are you able to then set the screen resolution back down to the original for the small screen?

08-26-2015, 03:45 AM	#1787
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	There's now a printable list of all Win 10 keyboard shortcuts available for download from MS here It's in docx format, with a bit of tidying up, it fits nicely on 1 page (I just copied and pasted the table into a new document, made it 2 columns and rearranged the margins ) Edit: for screenshots, the win key + prnt scrn obviously doesn't work on the SP3 (and I assume all other Surfaces since there's no prnt scrn key on the type cover) - for us, that shortcut is still Fn + Win key + Spacebar Last edited by Yolina; 08-26-2015 at 04:17 AM.

08-26-2015, 09:57 PM	#1790
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,390 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	75 million minus 1 if I can get the stupid revert feature to work! I decided to revert to 8.1 on my main machine until 10 matures a bit, but the rollback option ist working. It SAYS it's going to work, and it restarts my machine, But it just restarts back in 10. Any one have an idea what might be wrong? ETA: A system restore back a few days fixed that problem. I'm back on 8.1, now facing hours of reinstalling all the stuff I installed in the few days that the system restore set me back. I'm going to go back through this thread and learn how to remove that stupid Win 10 reminder now! OK, that's my Windows 10 news. Last edited by ApK; 08-26-2015 at 11:51 PM.

08-27-2015, 03:44 PM	#1793
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	A few updates KB3081448, KB3081449 and KB3081452 And since MS no longer bother with release notes, no-one knows what they do Last edited by Yolina; 08-27-2015 at 03:47 PM.

08-28-2015, 02:39 AM	#1797
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Well, you could always uninstall Windows... I haven't gotten the nag. Other than that, well, I don't think you will have much luck battling MS from within *their* operating system. Apparently MS has gotten around the "hide updates" feature. Last edited by eschwartz; 08-28-2015 at 03:16 AM.

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08-26-2015, 02:49 AM	#1786
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,090 Karma: 18051062 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kindle Scribe, Coloursoft, PW SE, Kindle 6, Kobo Libra 2, Clara BW	I would upgrade my W7 PC if I knew what caused the blue screen crashes. It was happening on iTunes and that's far too important a program for me not to have it working properly. The last thing I want to do is start playing around with drivers and bugger up my W7 PC when there really isn't any need.

08-26-2015, 08:57 AM	#1788
JoHunt I am what I am Posts: 6,625 Karma: 62235665 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPad3, Voyage	My laptop runs beautifully with Win 10. My much newer PC crashed at least once a day (bug check reboots, IQRL not less or equal, etc.) which probably are driver related (my Nvidia driver?). Since my PC ran with no crashes with Win 7, I downgraded today (which I think is my 30 day deadline to do so). I still have a year to upgrade if I decide to. Hopefully MS will fix the driver issues which seem to have plagued my PC running Win 10.

08-26-2015, 06:52 PM	#1789
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Seventy-Five Million and counting: http://www.informationweek.com/softw...mc=RSS_IWK_EDT

08-27-2015, 01:38 AM	#1791
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I've been using Windows 10 now for two weeks with no problems other than the taskbar and menu sometimes not working on left clicks. A reboot fixes it

08-27-2015, 03:46 PM	#1794
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	They fix stuff....sheesh....

08-27-2015, 03:52 PM	#1795
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	At least they don't appear to have broken anything on my SP3 (yet), I suppose that's always something

08-28-2015, 01:54 AM	#1796
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,835 Karma: 29145056 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	I have now uninstalled the nagware / malware update 3 times, and every time MS does an update, it checks to see if that specific update is on my PC, and if not, re-instals it. What do you have to do to get rid of this for good? Launch a lawsuit??

08-28-2015, 02:26 PM	#1799
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,430 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	All I have to say is that I love windows 10, I have been doing the insider preview, and about every other week I get a new build to play with it just seems to get better and better.

08-28-2015, 03:54 PM	#1800
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Has anyone upgraded a smaller 10" screen netbook to Windows 10 where you had to force the screen resolution to something higher since Windows 10 won't install if screen resolution is below 1024x768. My netbook is 1024x600 and I can force the update if I do the hack to force a higher screen res, but I don't want to live with it that way forever. After you update to Windows 10, are you able to then set the screen resolution back down to the original for the small screen?