beerme1 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hopefully by then they'll have a new OS out that's actually designed for computers again. I loved xp and kept it until I got 7 so I was able to avoid vista. Hopefully I'll be abe to avoid 10 and the next one or one after that will be better. You wont. 10 is it. Updates to it only. Doesn't mean it doesn't radically change over time or time to time but they have said 10 is the final build. Give it a chance and get a touch screen too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 You wont. 10 is it. Updates to it only. Doesn't mean it doesn't radically change over time or time to time but they have said 10 is the final build. Give it a chance and get a touch screen too. No chance. I don't even like having to have a touch screen phone but I've accepted it. I prefer a real start menu with access to my control panel, printer, and a list of all my programs rather than scrolling through countless screens of app icons. From my cold dead hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I get it but an old sales manager sign on his door comes to mind. "Grow Or Die" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 No chance. I don't even like having to have a touch screen phone but I've accepted it. I prefer a real start menu with access to my control panel, printer, and a list of all my programs rather than scrolling through countless screens of app icons. From my cold dead hands! I guess you haven't actually seen 10, then. Windows 10 is far more like 7 than 8. If MS wasn't so slimy with the privacy stuff, I'd have no problem recommending it. As it is, if you disable the most egregious privacy issues Windows 10 is on-par with 7 IMHO, and both of which are a little ahead of XP. Windows is like Star Trek movies, every other one is good. XP, 7, and 10 will be the ones people gravitate to, Vista and the 8s will be footnotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunkard Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I guess you haven't actually seen 10, then. Windows 10 is far more like 7 than 8. If MS wasn't so slimy with the privacy stuff, I'd have no problem recommending it. As it is, if you disable the most egregious privacy issues Windows 10 is on-par with 7 IMHO, and both of which are a little ahead of XP. Windows is like Star Trek movies, every other one is good. XP, 7, and 10 will be the ones people gravitate to, Vista and the 8s will be footnotes. I haven't really messed around with 10 too much. One buddy of mine updated and it didn't work so he had to do a clean install to get it to function at all. It looked like 8 at first glance though and honestly, I just hate the fact that it seems designed more for tablets and phones than actual computers. Maybe I'm just a 34 year old curmudgeon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 I haven't really messed around with 10 too much. One buddy of mine updated and it didn't work so he had to do a clean install to get it to function at all. It looked like 8 at first glance though and honestly, I just hate the fact that it seems designed more for tablets and phones than actual computers. Maybe I'm just a 34 year old curmudgeon though. Other than the tiles on the start menu (which you can get rid of), it looks like 7 to me. Fairly normal start menu, most of the apps use windows and aren't full screen, etc. Granted, it's on my wife's computer so I haven't used to too much other than installing software and some very light web browsing (which I normally use Firefox of Chrome for anyway). The new browser, Edge, looks pretty trim and nice but I haven't tried to too many places. It's a shame MS doesn't/can't do it the "Linux" way and provide LiveCD/USB or trial VMs to play with, but they're not big on try before you buy in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Drunkard, Wait until you are 50+, then you will know what curmudgeon really is. Sounds like you will love it. *From my cold dead hands* is my new Windows 7 motto. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Wait until you are 50+, then you will know what curmudgeon really is. Sounds like you will love it. HEY. I'm 50+. And I totally concur with the above. Curmudgeonliness is next to godliness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Anyone else having issues with Firefox and Chrome ? Both won't let me access internet anymore, apparently this is an issue with Windows 10. Opera and edge are working fine though. The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. This is what i get when i try to come here using firefox or chrome, weird that Opera works :p Edited October 6, 2015 by Huckleberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Anyone else having issues with Firefox and Chrome ? Both won't let me access internet anymore, apparently this is an issue with Windows 10. Opera and edge are working fine though. This is what i get when i try to come here using firefox or chrome, weird that Opera works :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Anyone else having issues with Firefox and Chrome ? Both won't let me access internet anymore, apparently this is an issue with Windows 10. Opera and edge are working fine though. This is what i get when i try to come here using firefox or chrome, weird that Opera works :P fixed it Run CMD as admin type in the command line: netsh winsock reset restart computer firefox and chrome are both working again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 I haven't had that problem and I use both. I have noticed that AdBlock doesn't block near as much as it used to on Chrome. I'd been using Chrome as my primary browser but whenever I watch video highlights on mlb.com, nfl.com, etc., it plays a commercial between each video. It doesn't do that on FF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Tried to use game center tonight and Windows 10 was having none of it. The Dolby audio/Conexant audio drivers kept crashing causing my audio service to stop. Tried to uninstall these extra drivers but stupid Windows 10 kept REINSTALLING them on restart. So I had to figure out how to make Windows 10 stop being stupid, which involved downloading a program from their support that lets you hide updates from Windows Update. Are you kidding me? No idea if this is going to work. Still working through the fixes. I'm annoyed as hell though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Managed to block the audio driver updates which seems to have allowed the audio device to default to basic HD audio drivers. Weird glitch happening with game center's pop out view though. It just closes itself at will. Doing it in Firefox and chrome. No idea why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Firefox and Chrome have been really bad with Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny DangerFace Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Lots and lots of bugs Iv been encountering, some worse than others, but overall I really like Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Firefox and Chrome have been really bad with Windows 10. How so? We run both (more Chrome than FF) and haven't see anything off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 So I finally got around to upgrading my laptop. Zero issues thus far, and overall quite like 10. The only thing that's jacked up is the estimated time remaining on my battery monitor, but I'm assuming the estimate just had to recalibrate. I may even bite the bullet and upgrade my desktop from 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Buffalo Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Yep. Broke my computer. I ended up buying a new one. crashed new asus laptop, microcenter replaced, new one up and running with 10 so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dEnnis the Menace Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 got switched to 10 at work. Not sure how I feel about it yet. Still getting used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 crashed new asus laptop, microcenter replaced, new one up and running with 10 so far... As a follow-up, I "donated" the Win7 box to my son who's studying to get some computer certs to get a better job than the pharmacy tech gig he's got now. Less than two weeks later it's totally dead. I think his actions killed it but I also think it was already in a fragile state (and maybe getting ready to go belly-up even without an attempt to upgrade to Win10). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Windows 10 refuses to let me have sound consistently for video streams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Windows 7 still works fine, just checking in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I hate you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Lots and lots of bugs Iv been encountering, some worse than others, but overall I really like Windows 10. Same here. Had an issue last night with the Wifi adapter not working. Had to disable then re-enable. There's a diagnostic tool to fix the issue that I'm going to try tonight for a "permanent" fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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