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

[Turtle91]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

That takes way too much screen. I disliked the full-screen start menu of Windows 8.1, why should I like it now in Windows 10?

That was not a full screen menu, that was a cropped down image. However, if you don't like it being wide like that for the time it takes to pick your program... then you are able to adjust it to a more comfortable width by dragging the right border.

It is different than windows 7... IMHO if you use it for a week I think you will get used to seeing it and will come to appreciate the benefits!

Cheers!

edit:
You can also resize the start vertically by dragging the top border.

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

And I don't need those live tiles, I find them too "in your face". I prefer a lean layout.

I thought I could get it in Windows 10, by not putting any live tiles on the start menu. But then you cannot pin anything. And that "All programs" thing is way too bulky. I can see more entries in my leaner version of the start menu in Windows 7.

You can disable the live tile by right-clicking on the tile and selecting "turn live tile off". You can still pin and unpin to the start just fine. You can also resize tiles to your preference by right clicking and selecting resize (small, medium, wide, large).

[theducks]

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

How long did you wait for the disc to be recognised as, if I recall correctly, first time it is run it and a disc loaded it takes a while to set itself up.

I cannot test this myself now as it is loaded on the machines eligible for the free upgrade and run on all of them to ensure working (which it is).

You are referring to a movie DVD, right?

The disc spun back down, I fiddled around waiting for controls to become active (non-grey).

UPDATE
I Launched Autoplay (right click the DRIVE) and selected Play Windows DVD
It started, but the sound was terribly distorted (but not over loud)
Test Disc: Animusic2

[kennyc]

One thing I will add is that my system seems noticeably faster and way less disc thrashing without the Norton/Symantec antivirus krapola going all the time in the background!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kennyc

One thing I will add is that my system seems noticeably faster and way less disc thrashing without the Norton/Symantec antivirus krapola going all the time in the background!

You are surprised

Bloat and security suites seem synonymous .
'We need improvements to sell you a new version every year.

New skins, and GUI, even if we did not make functional changes .
New, New, Buy Now

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by theducks

You are surprised

Bloat and security suites seem synonymous .
'We need improvements to sell you a new version every year.

New skins, and GUI, even if we did not make functional changes .
New, New, Buy Now

Not really suprised, but just hope my trust in MS System Defender is not misplaced!

[theducks]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really suprised, but just home my trust in MS System Defender is not misplaced!

Trust your eyeballs first. If the item (link, unsolicited attachment) looks fishy, you will not need the smell attachment (WD) in the first place.

I always look at the link code (on the status line). Obscured (or hidden by a tinyURL) and I need to think about where the link came from (Just because my sister sent it... She got hacked . I also knew something the scammer did not ) .

Unfortunately, there is now drive by (hover) malicious code, so some protetcion is still needed.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by theducks

Trust your eyeballs first. If the item (link, unsolicited attachment) looks fishy, you will not need the smell attachment (WD) in the first place.

I always look at the link code (on the status line). Obscured (or hidden by a tinyURL) and I need to think about where the link came from (Just because my sister sent it... She got hacked . I also knew something the scammer did not ) .

Unfortunately, there is now drive by (hover) malicious code, so some protetcion is still needed.

Oh yeah, I've been in this business long enough to have no trust.
Always assume the worst and you'll never be disappointed.

(fixed my typo above - home/hope sheesh!)

[DustyDisks]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Not really suprised, but just hope my trust in MS System Defender is not misplaced!

Way back when I did use both Norton/Symantec antivirus but as time went on they both bloated up and slowed my systems down.

So switched to Avast anti virus. But when win7 came out and offered its built in anti virus I decided to try it out and been using Win defender ever since. And so far so good as long as I also run CCleaner and Malwarebytes now and then.

Win defender does now and then need to be run in full scan mode along with current updates. It will be interesting how win 10 keeps things safe along with windows firewall.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DustyDisks

Way back when I did use both Norton/Symantec antivirus but as time went on they both bloated up and slowed my systems down.

So switched to Avast anti virus. But when win7 came out and offered its built in anti virus I decided to try it out and been using Win defender ever since. And so far so good as long as I also run CCleaner and Malwarebytes now and then.

Win defender does now and then need to be run in full scan mode along with current updates. It will be interesting how win 10 keeps things safe along with windows firewall.

Thanks. Malwarebytes gets run at least weekly here. A few years back I got some malware or trojan.....and windows defender was the only thing that would detect and remove it.

[Blossom]

Took the leap of Faith and upgraded to Windows 10 when I got my notification. So far no problems just learning all the new changes that took place. I love having Cortana on my labtop!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Took the leap of Faith and upgraded to Windows 10 when I got my notification. So far no problems just learning all the new changes that took place. I love having Cortana on my labtop!

And MS does too!

[Dulin's Books]

Originally Posted by JoHunt

I've turned off gwx.exe from the task manager, but it keeps coming back. Does anyone know how to permanently disable upgrade attempts until I decide to upgrade?

uninstall the update from windows update history. open windows update look at update history , uninstall update KB3035583 . in the future when doing windows updates make sure to look at the optional updates and uncheck the box for KB3035583 so it doesnt install. as long as that is not installed you wont get the messages back.

[Dulin's Books]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You cannot have groups on Windows 8.
Big difference and so there is no way you can say Windows 8 had all of the functionality of Windows 7.

put your programs(or shortcuts) in a folder, right click on the folder, pin to start

[AnotherCat]

Originally Posted by theducks

You are referring to a movie DVD, right?

The disc spun back down, I fiddled around waiting for controls to become active (non-grey).

UPDATE
I Launched Autoplay (right click the DRIVE) and selected Play Windows DVD
It started, but the sound was terribly distorted (but not over loud)
Test Disc: Animusic2

Yes, definitely movie DVD's.

I did some tests for you on an older PC regarding your sound distortion finding and from those I suspect it will be the audio driver you are using.

I did not test a lot of drivers because I immediately found the following.

On the test machine the movie DVD audio was fine if the standard High Definition Audio driver was used. I then installed the SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio drivers (which I know work fine on this machine under Windows 8.x and earlier) and the movie DVD audio was then distorted. I then tried an Audio CD in the same drive (with Winamp player which I chose because I know it has not been updated for a long time, so pre-Windows 10) with the SoundMAX driver and there was no audio, but again it played fine with the standard High Definition Audio driver.

So it seems there may be some Windows 10 audio driver issues around, not that I have discovered any here during normal use (and I use several DSP applications on PCs for other work), either the drivers themselves or as between the driver and the media playing application used (I think you said that movie DVD sound was ok for you with VLC and Windows 10?).

[theducks]

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

Yes, definitely movie DVD's.

I did some tests for you on an older PC regarding your sound distortion finding and from those I suspect it will be the audio driver you are using.

I did not test a lot of drivers because I immediately found the following.

On the test machine the movie DVD audio was fine if the standard High Definition Audio driver was used. I then installed the SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio drivers (which I know work fine on this machine under Windows 8.x and earlier) and the movie DVD audio was then distorted. I then tried an Audio CD in the same drive (with Winamp player) with the SoundMAX driver and there was no audio, but again it played fine with the standard High Definition Audio driver.

So it seems there may be some Windows 10 audio driver issues around, not that I have discovered any here during normal use (and I use several DSP applications on PCs for other work), either the drivers themselves or as between the driver and the media playing application used (I think you said that movie DVD sound was ok for you with VLC and Windows 10?).

Bingo!
Integrated SoundMax HD driver

BUT VLC played it fine to Default (which is the Same device, since I have yet to install my other sound options)