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One thing to be aware of is that Win10 has feature that can store all the WiFI SSIDs and keys saved on your machine online. Supposedly it’s so you can share them with your friends to save them the effort of typing a bit when they come visit, but it also makes all of your wireless security reliant on the security of Microsoft’s own servers.
One thing to be aware of is that Win10 has feature that can store all the WiFI SSIDs and keys saved on your machine online. Supposedly it’s so you can share them with your friends to save them the effort of typing a bit when they come visit, but it also makes all of your wireless security reliant on the security of Microsoft’s own servers.
yes windows phone also has that feature which i promptly turned off, iOS and OS x also have a similar feature which is why i have a guest network at home that i change the password on occasionally because you don’t know who else has that turned on and who ends up with your passwords
I think Microsoft nailed it with Win 10. I couldn’t upgrade my two computers from 8.1 to 10 fast enough. 10 is what 8 was supposed to be.
One other idea that’s a little bit more radical, check with the mfg for a firmware upgrade to the WiFi.
On my Dell, besides the windows driver update check, Winzip System Utilities has driver update check, both didn’t find anything.
I upgraded mine and the only thing I find better is that the start tab is back. When this laptop dies I think it will be my last Windows system.
The upgrade to 10 on my HP notebook was completely painless. Upgrading a turnkey system like my home theater rig can be fun. After waiting 3 months for MS to “validate” Windows 10 for it, I used their media creation tool and did the upgrade manually. The install was uneventful, but now the box forgets how to use the sound about once a week and has to be rebooted. Win 10 also killed off Media Center, so if you’re one of the few people like me who used it you’ll have to look at alternatives like XBMC/Kodi. And as others have mentioned, be sure to plug up the privacy holes.
Another point – you can’t stop automatic updates. I left my laptop with some work open while I went off to a lecture, came back and it was in the middle of rebooting.
This morning I got tired of the network issue I’ve been having, so I was doing to revert back to 8.1. Turns out I deleted the files I needed without knowing it.
I could use the image I created, but I probably won’t
Everybody I know that uses windows 10 on a machine that can handle it has enjoyed it. However the friends who have done the free upgrade on machines that could barely handle windows 7 have found that it screwed up their computers. I’m not going to be using the free upgrade solely based on the latter reason, since the laptop I use was an XP machine that can barely support 7.
Other than that, it seems like the average reaction among those I know is windows 10 is an improvement over 8/8.1 like 7 was an improvement over Vista.
These are the instructions given by my school’s IT department:
Via Control Panel > Administrative Tools, you can access Services. In the Services window, scroll down to Windows Update and turn off the service. To turn it off, right-click on the service, click on Properties, and next to Startup type: choose Disabled.
That will keep Windows Updates from being installed on your machine from that point on. Just reverse the process (and choose Automatic instead of Disabled) to re-enable.
It is not the most user-friendly, but it is apparently possible (haven’t tried it myself, as I’m still on 8.1). Seems like you could leave them off and let it update once a week/month/whatever or something.
When you install, make sure you do the advanced set up and read ALL of the options, some options are not desirable, as collecting your information for marketing purposes, you can uncheck those boxes
We have three PCs in the house, a Dell laptop, Microsoft Surface Pro, and a desktop Acer with an i5 Core processor. The laptop was upgraded from Win 7, the Acer and Surface Pro upgraded from Win 8.1. No problems with any of the computers since the upgrades. Our printers automatically updated drivers and all the software installed works as expected.
My wife and I have both noticed the computers appear to respond more quickly. Boot times, while we have no way to accurately measure these times, appear faster.
IMHO, Windows 10 might be Microsoft’s best OS to date!
My PC updates automatically but always asks before rebooting. One of my biggest annoyances with XP-8.1 was that automatic updates would result in random reboots, even when I was using the machine (unless you had a “pro” or better version). Now I love Windows 10
Sooo – I work for an unnamed tech company.
1. Windows 10 has a 30 day rollback option. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. With every rollback that failed, we had to re-install the base OS.
2. The post about the magic jellybean and ISO is a great one. A clean install is always better than the hybrid mishmash.
3. You can uninstall the 3 or 2 updates that are tied to the Windows 10 update, then hide them to keep Windows from re-installing.
4. I’m not giving up 7 until they pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
5. Windows 10 still does away with the external safe mode of 7, so be prepared to re-install the OS if you get caught in a boot loop.
6. Back up your data regularly because there isn’t a lot of repairing you can do without Windows 10 install media. And even with the install media.
7. Make sure you have your Office product keys, as well as any other install keys before you start – it well and truly sucks to discover you don’t have them afterwards.
8. If you are using specialty software, make *sure* it’s Windows 10 compatible before you upgrade.Fun times.
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