(08-16-2015 10:22 AM)eltigre Wrote:  I wish my upgrade was as smooth as these. Stuck in a loop with start and cortana not running. Now I find a lot of this issue raised in forums with no MS fix yet. I am regretting the upgrade at this point.

if you did an upgrade install you should still be able to roll back to your previous OS.

I will upgrade when they rip Windows 7 out of my cold, dead hands. Microsoft sucks and I don't trust them to fix a light switch, much less get a new operating system right. Windows 7 was a fluke.

(08-16-2015 10:22 AM)eltigre Wrote:  I wish my upgrade was as smooth as these. Stuck in a loop with start and cortana not running. Now I find a lot of this issue raised in forums with no MS fix yet. I am regretting the upgrade at this point.

My parents had the same problem. They ended up calling Dell, they crashed the system and then reloaded everything. It took a day or two.

(08-16-2015 11:36 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-16-2015 10:22 AM)eltigre Wrote:  I wish my upgrade was as smooth as these. Stuck in a loop with start and cortana not running. Now I find a lot of this issue raised in forums with no MS fix yet. I am regretting the upgrade at this point.

My parents had the same problem. They ended up calling Dell, they crashed the system and then reloaded everything. It took a day or two.

After updating....you have a 30 day windows to consider downgrading to your previous operating system. Afterwards...you'd be stuck with Windows 10..and have to do a total reinstall of your previous OS.

(08-17-2015 10:29 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(08-16-2015 11:36 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-16-2015 10:22 AM)eltigre Wrote:  I wish my upgrade was as smooth as these. Stuck in a loop with start and cortana not running. Now I find a lot of this issue raised in forums with no MS fix yet. I am regretting the upgrade at this point.

My parents had the same problem. They ended up calling Dell, they crashed the system and then reloaded everything. It took a day or two.

After updating....you have a 30 day windows to consider downgrading to your previous operating system. Afterwards...you'd be stuck with Windows 10..and have to do a total reinstall of your previous OS.

I think they're good to go, they couldn't stand 8.1

I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

(08-16-2015 10:41 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  I will upgrade when they rip Windows 7 out of my cold, dead hands. Microsoft sucks and I don't trust them to fix a light switch, much less get a new operating system right. Windows 7 was a fluke.

They won't rip it out of your hands but if you ever have a problem and they aren't supporting it anymore...

I liked 7 too. My PC crashed and had to buy a laptop. It came with Windows 8 (which we use at work) and I subscribed to O365 for $9.00 per month, auto updates etc.

I had 7 and upgraded to 10. I had 10 for a few days and it made my system run suuuuuuuuuuper slow. Like, painfully slow. I revereted back to my 7. I was fine with 7 but figured I'd give 10 a try since it was free and all.

(08-18-2015 10:52 AM)Pastnerized Wrote:  I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

Click on the windows 10 icon and act as if you are reserving it again. As soon as I did that it popped up to go ahead and do the install.

(07-23-2015 03:45 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  yakko: Thanks for the information. You answered most of the questions I had about windows ten. My computer runs on a windows 8.1, my wife has vista on her computer. I think we will put both on the windows10.
Mine first so she can check it out. If I put it on hers first and she doesn't like it, I will probably have to get her a new computer.

Vista doesn't get the free upgrade. It's only Windows Seven and above.

I have done a couple upgrades. Both went without a hitch although I had to roll one back since they didn't like it. I have also done a clean install on my tablet which has to be done with a flash drive. That worked fine as well. No issue with any programs not working. Overall it's a hybrid interface between Seven and 8.1. 8.0 was the worst. You don't really get a choice now about installing updates. I like it better than 8.1 and it's newer than Seven which generally means things work better. I haven't upgraded my Surface tablet yet but may do that next week.

Miracast seems to work even better in Windows 10 than in 8,1 also.

(08-22-2015 07:04 AM)mairving Wrote:  

(07-23-2015 03:45 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  yakko: Thanks for the information. You answered most of the questions I had about windows ten. My computer runs on a windows 8.1, my wife has vista on her computer. I think we will put both on the windows10.
Mine first so she can check it out. If I put it on hers first and she doesn't like it, I will probably have to get her a new computer.

Vista doesn't get the free upgrade. It's only Windows Seven and above.

I have done a couple upgrades. Both went without a hitch although I had to roll one back since they didn't like it. I have also done a clean install on my tablet which has to be done with a flash drive. That worked fine as well. No issue with any programs not working. Overall it's a hybrid interface between Seven and 8.1. 8.0 was the worst. You don't really get a choice now about installing updates. I like it better than 8.1 and it's newer than Seven which generally means things work better. I haven't upgraded my Surface tablet yet but may do that next week.

Miracast seems to work even better in Windows 10 than in 8,1 also.

Yikes! Now I know I will wait until the last moment.

(08-21-2015 12:38 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 10:52 AM)Pastnerized Wrote:  I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

Click on the windows 10 icon and act as if you are reserving it again. As soon as I did that it popped up to go ahead and do the install.

Do you or do you not like Win. 10?

(08-16-2015 10:41 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  I will upgrade when they rip Windows 7 out of my cold, dead hands. Microsoft sucks and I don't trust them to fix a light switch, much less get a new operating system right. Windows 7 was a fluke.

I tend to agree with you. Nothing good from them in a while.

(08-22-2015 11:47 AM)tigertom Wrote:  

(08-21-2015 12:38 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 10:52 AM)Pastnerized Wrote:  I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

Click on the windows 10 icon and act as if you are reserving it again. As soon as I did that it popped up to go ahead and do the install.

Do you or do you not like Win. 10?

I didn't hang around enough to find out. It slowed my system down so I went back to 7.

(08-24-2015 02:58 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-22-2015 11:47 AM)tigertom Wrote:  

(08-21-2015 12:38 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 10:52 AM)Pastnerized Wrote:  I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

Click on the windows 10 icon and act as if you are reserving it again. As soon as I did that it popped up to go ahead and do the install.

Do you or do you not like Win. 10?

I didn't hang around enough to find out. It slowed my system down so I went back to 7.

Smart. But be very careful with updates.

(07-22-2015 09:31 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:23 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  Anyone who has downloaded windows ten please give us your opinion?

I'm using windows 8 and considering downloading ten.

I use 7 and am thinking of going back to 2000 Pro. But a review of 10 would be helpful.

I'm using 7 pro and thinking I wish they'd never gone beyond XP! 7 Pro is much better than 8 though.

(08-24-2015 02:58 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-22-2015 11:47 AM)tigertom Wrote:  

(08-21-2015 12:38 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(08-18-2015 10:52 AM)Pastnerized Wrote:  I haven't received any notification of upgrade-yet.
I reserved months ago, yet nothing so far.
I have my windows 10 icon in lower right-yet still pending(I guess)
Anyone know what gives?

Click on the windows 10 icon and act as if you are reserving it again. As soon as I did that it popped up to go ahead and do the install.

Do you or do you not like Win. 10?

I didn't hang around enough to find out. It slowed my system down so I went back to 7.

Updates sometimes do that...a better experience is usually achieved through a new install. I did the update...and thus far I really haven't noticed a speed bump either way or a speed hit either (but I upgraded from 8.1).
Of course my desktop is an octo-core with 16gb of memory...so I would not expect many problems.

(08-25-2015 05:09 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:31 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:23 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  Anyone who has downloaded windows ten please give us your opinion?

I'm using windows 8 and considering downloading ten.

I use 7 and am thinking of going back to 2000 Pro. But a review of 10 would be helpful.

I'm using 7 pro and thinking I wish they'd never gone beyond XP! 7 Pro is much better than 8 though.

I never had XP, I stuck with 2000 Pro until I switched to 7 Pro. I have some really, really antique programs that somehow I got to work with 7 but I know won't work with later versions. I hate Microsoft.

(08-25-2015 09:13 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 05:09 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:31 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:23 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  Anyone who has downloaded windows ten please give us your opinion?

I'm using windows 8 and considering downloading ten.

I use 7 and am thinking of going back to 2000 Pro. But a review of 10 would be helpful.

I'm using 7 pro and thinking I wish they'd never gone beyond XP! 7 Pro is much better than 8 though.

I never had XP, I stuck with 2000 Pro until I switched to 7 Pro. I have some really, really antique programs that somehow I got to work with 7 but I know won't work with later versions. I hate Microsoft.

because your old programs won't work with a newer OS? Then also hate Apple and Linux. Newer version of operating systems always risk that, and Microsoft has been very good at supporting older applications. The biggest compatiblity break came when they switched to 64 bit. They killed off the support for old 16-bit programs, but even Windows 10 has a 32-bit version that still supports them.

If you used Macs then you'd be in a worse boat. They kill off support for older operating systems pretty frequently.

(08-25-2015 09:24 AM)yakko Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 09:13 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(08-25-2015 05:09 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:31 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:23 PM)mt-tigerfan Wrote:  Anyone who has downloaded windows ten please give us your opinion?

I'm using windows 8 and considering downloading ten.

I use 7 and am thinking of going back to 2000 Pro. But a review of 10 would be helpful.

I'm using 7 pro and thinking I wish they'd never gone beyond XP! 7 Pro is much better than 8 though.

I never had XP, I stuck with 2000 Pro until I switched to 7 Pro. I have some really, really antique programs that somehow I got to work with 7 but I know won't work with later versions. I hate Microsoft.

because your old programs won't work with a newer OS? Then also hate Apple and Linux. Newer version of operating systems always risk that, and Microsoft has been very good at supporting older applications. The biggest compatiblity break came when they switched to 64 bit. They killed off the support for old 16-bit programs, but even Windows 10 has a 32-bit version that still supports them.

If you used Macs then you'd be in a worse boat. They kill off support for older operating systems pretty frequently.

Don't get me wrong, I hate Apple far more than Microsoft. But no, that's not why I won't upgrade until the last minute. It's because everything Microsoft touches sucks. Did you read what I wrote about last week's update? No notice, no warning, everything wiped out. I was able to restore, yes, but only because I didn't panic. Others could have lost EVERY FILE ON THEIR COMPUTER THAT WASN'T A PROGRAM. Microsoft sucks.