First Week In Windows 10

Operating Systems & Open Source Windows
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This is my thoughts on upgrading from 7 to 10, and my first few days using it. I just want to post this so others can see what it's like.

My first thoughts where "I'm never going to leave 7. I skipped vista and 8, I can skip 10. Hell even try to switch to a Linux Distro." I was not into upgrading for the privacy issues that are being brought up from every single; post, video review, blog posts, etc. and everyone telling you not to upgrade, and saying that you will be giving up for privacy for it being "Free Upgrade". Then I started just searching around and turns out that they where going to implement all the invasive backdoor programs into 8 and 7 anyway.

Then I figured it could switch to a linux Distro (Zorin and Ubuntu to be exact), I tried to see if I could use it as a daily driver and if i could run the programs I need. As always when I try any Distro it never runs smoothly and lags and It just doesn't work out of the box like most belive. I just don't have the time to go through all the hoops to get it running, gaming on it is sometimes a nightmare, and finding drivers for nvidia usually never runs, and I don't want to hear about things run in wine or you could run windows in a virtual box, NO. Until programs can run natively I don't think I'll be moving to Linux.

It only seems that the only thing 10 has negative about it is the privacy issues (which if you follow the tuts on this site about 90% of the problems are solved). Then I thought "If they are doing this to the "Free Upgrade" and 7 and 8, why would it be any different if I went out and bought a retail disk?" So I did the upgrade, got my new key then did a clean install took about 2 hours. I haven't had any problems so far with programs not working, no driver problems. It feels vary clean, fast, and a nice refresh from 7. There are some things I'd change in the UI, but a little reg editing won't fix.

Overall I'd say it was worth the "Free Update".

Edit:

I'd like to include more tutorials to further fix the privacy issues and other stuff;

DisableWinTracking (thanks starglider1)

Take Ownership (Works on all versions of windows)
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2814-take-ownership-add-context-menu-windows-8-a.html

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-tweaker-4-windows-10

UltraUXThemePatcher (Required for custom themes)
http://www.syssel.net/hoefs/software_uxtheme.php?lang=en

UxStyle (also required for custom themes)
http://uxstyle.com/

Disable OneDrive
howtogeek.com/225973/how-to-disable-onedrive-and-remove-it-from-file-explorer-on-windows-10/

Remove default Apps from Windows 10


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And if you make your way into "C:\Windows\SystemApps" You can delete the actual folders with the built in apps.

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Powershell works wonders for getting rid of MS bloatware in 10. They are also after your data on 7 and 8 too, but at least there you can uninstall those "updates."

I had a very good out of the box experience on my laptop with Mint 17 running Cinnamon. My laptop is 5 years old with a 1st-gen i3, btw. I got the proprietary (oh, no!) NVIDIA driver installed and games work wonderfully.

Aside from the privacy issues and a settings panel made for idiots, I'd say it was worth the update, too.

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Hmm. that was some nice food for though.
So you you upgraded via the the little toolbar icon, then made a win 10 bootable USB for the clean install? Or did you do it another way?

Keep us posted on any issues or problems you run into.

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I agree with you on the Linux issue, the software does need to be available and not via a VM or Wine. Adobe, nudge nudge.

Windows 10 for me...

  1. Unable to shut down cortana process without corrupting actual files

  2. It wouldn't give me the free upgrade when installing from ISO burned to DVD!

  3. Start menu and program search doesn't work when SSD optimization for cached searches or something is turned on (cant remember precisely which option it is now)

  4. Windows 10 fast boot is mainly because it doesn't load half the libraries, dll's, desktop services and programs till you have logged in

  5. If you fresh install Windows 7 and install no updates, you will find it boots faster than windows 10 after you have installed all your software and drivers (creative suite, rar, zip, 7z, programming tools, games, browsers, visual studio 2013 and 2015 express, wamp, mysql setc)

  6. If you fresh install windows 7 and install no updates you will find it functions faster than windows 10

  7. Locking certain files in windows 10 to prevent data recording and data drip feed of those files send out to various MS urls causes certain programs to not open run https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking and then try opening, spider solitare, it will crash

  8. Modifying hosts to redirect www.bing.com, *.bing.com and the various other urls for phone home to www.google.co.uk doesn't work you now have to do this via your router if possible

  9. Various software installs still don't appear on the start menu after install, you have to go to the task manager end the windows explorer process, wait for it to restart and then you should find it again

  10. Start menu is dynamic from top to bottom but not from left to right with number of columns

  11. Multi screen desktop feature keeps same desktop icons on all desktops

  12. MS Edge runs so fast because it's already partially loaded into RAM even when your not using it, windows 10 is using some of it's components elsewhere

  13. MS Edge process WebGL different from Chrome and FireFox (thanks for that MS! FFS)

  14. New task explorer often fails to even startup when applications crash and often fails to end process trees or processes compared to the older versions that come on win7 and below

  15. File explorer is now well F****UP with a ribbon bar and shot cut keys which I used crazily often are all gone, ALT F N (I now use FreeCommander XE for file browsing and management it's much better)

  16. Various HDs spin up when they are not in use (watching a movie on shitflix cough erm netflix), unable to find out why no scans etc are running

  17. My computer has changed to This PC

  18. Settings menus for tablet users and many text link drill downs to options you never even knew existed

  19. Setting web browser default only sets it for opening web links not html, not htm files and often will ask you which web browser would you like to use when an application tries to execute the web browser thus stuffing Edge in your face with a pair of size 12 Doc Martins with steel toe caps

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When they offered the Media Creation Tool (idk if they still do), I had downloaded a full version of 10 pro 64bit, burned it to disk. Then to do the upgrade you have to run it while your on the 7 desktop let it do its thing while checking keep all files. When finished it will give you a new Key when you are in the "About PC" in settings write it down. Then boot from disk, clean install, skip all the times it asks for a key. Then when installed everything will be finished. Then I did the reg edits, uninstall MS bloatware in powershell, and use the tweak app , and boom done.

People seem to only have problems when they are using MS apps that are built into 10 when they go to disable features (Go figure...) and now what it seems also is that MS is only tracking the actions inside the MS apps only, but everything can be replaced with open source or your paid apps. And in time more people will be coming out with more tweaks and file fixes to combat the pesky privacy issues. And on top of it all I was ready for a update since I went from XP to 7 to 10 now.

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My Computer has been "This PC" since Windows 8.

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Windows 8 Yuk....there is slime on my tongue.

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I'm liking it so far.

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why didn't you like 8/8.1?

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Simply put, Metro. I know I could Mod it but come on, ITS WINDOWS. Give me Windows not Metros!

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just download Start is Back. I did, and i never see metro. you can even have it so the start button doesn't even go to metro/start screen/modern ui/whatever you want to call it.

Plus, Start is Back does something that i have hated since even Vista..... the all programs scrolling. Why would i click all programs, only to be shown NOT ALL OF MY PROGRAMS? Forced to scroll through them? Nope. With stat is back, you can impliment the old 'all programs' list, where it comes out the side and literally shows you everything you have (unless you have SOOO many programs that it overcomes your screen realistate lol..... never experienced that though.)

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Come to think of it, your right I REALLY do miss XP's start menu design with all the menus. I'm just pacitenly waiting right now for someone to come out with a dark theme for 10 I can use with the patched theme files (which have been updated for 10, currently doing trial and error to find one that works)

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Can I just say that your "Fast Boot" theory is maybe a little off the mark.

Fast boot actually uses the UEFI to not load unnecessary cruft and also not poll for legacy devices.