JL Sargent Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I installed it and all good so far. Seems quicker over 7 to me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMcD Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I've muddled through two installs. With eventual success. The solution with 8.1 seems to be to get and install all updates for 8.1 before getting to the Win 10 download, or following an unsuccessful install. So you have to request that and get to the list of important and non-important updates and check the boxes for every single every one. There is some information on Microsoft describing going to "run" and command line entering a command. I did that and there was a brief flash to a text screen which disappeared very quickly. No joy there. So do try making all upgrades first. It worked for me. WMcD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axz Hout Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 H 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Installed on one PC; still Reserved on t'other running Windows 7 Home Premium... And you just keep that the way it is, well done. Minions will be screaming for net access, when bill decides to charge for the perk....... My experience was very NEGATIVE I have 2 PCs with W7 Home Premium SP1, purchaced new. Im like the Old Man in the Pawn Stars reality show - don't fool with my Solitaire Game!!! :angry: just DON'T !! So about 2 hours to downdoad the FREE W- 10, on each PC. Then 3 hours to get my Homegroup to work. Then I find my audio and video files will not play? WTF? Both my laptops have keypad have on-screen keyboard/w usb RF mouse. The W 10 upgrade makes these controls seem dulll/slow acting. I could list about 10 other downsides to W- 10, like WHERE are my games?,, I liked chess titans and solitaire. Like how to play the hundreds of music and video files I have downloaded into my PCs? = Media Player in W- 10 can't see them? WTF? SO - it took only 4 minutes each to revert to back to WINDOWS 7 - sp1. Both PCs work great and Homegroup is connected and working. Well W-10 is still free for a year may be the can fix it?? Mach-1 Nice to hear from you buddy, been a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Hate you are having trouble with the music. I've been listening to my FLAC music files with foobar2000 (its free too) without a hitch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axz Hout Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prerich Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Installed on one PC; still Reserved on t'other running Windows 7 Home Premium...And you just keep that the way it is, well done.Minions will be screaming for net access, when bill decides to charge for the perk....... My experience was very NEGATIVE I have 2 PCs with W7 Home Premium SP1, purchaced new. Im like the Old Man in the Pawn Stars reality show - don't fool with my Solitaire Game!!! :angry: just DON'T !! So about 2 hours to downdoad the FREE W- 10, on each PC. Then 3 hours to get my Homegroup to work. Then I find my audio and video files will not play? WTF? Both my laptops have keypad have on-screen keyboard/w usb RF mouse. The W 10 upgrade makes these controls seem dulll/slow acting. I could list about 10 other downsides to W- 10, like WHERE are my games?,, I liked chess titans and solitaire. Like how to play the hundreds of music and video files I have downloaded into my PCs? = Media Player in W- 10 can't see them? WTF? SO - it took only 4 minutes each to revert to back to WINDOWS 7 - sp1. Both PCs work great and Homegroup is connected and working. Well W-10 is still free for a year may be the can fix it?? Your music files.......did you open Windows media player first? You generally must open it first as it has it's own setup. I've encountered this issue in the educational environment before under Windows 7. I use a third party app for music playback (JRiver) so I never have this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prerich Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 It looks like I will have to re-install my Adobe Creative Suite... PS wanted me to renter the license info/registration, and Acrobat Pro is giving me an error when trying to edit certain parts of PDFs. Of course, the suite is from 2008, so newer editions or the cloud versions would probably work fine. I won't really fault MS for that. Bruce yeah, that's adobe's strict licensing policy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 It looks like I will have to re-install my Adobe Creative Suite... PS wanted me to renter the license info/registration, and Acrobat Pro is giving me an error when trying to edit certain parts of PDFs. Of course, the suite is from 2008, so newer editions or the cloud versions would probably work fine. I won't really fault MS for that. Bruce yeah, that's adobe's strict licensing policy! We have incredible issues when installing the CC versions at our school. The cloud licensing is such a pain. CS4 is working at home, for the most part. It may be the PDFs I'm trying to edit that are the problem. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I have never had great success at upgrading to a whole new OS upgrade, always prefer a OS built from the factory. I did upgrade to Win 10 on a basic Dell laptop from Win 8.1, from Dell brought 2 months ago and the keyboard failed to work. Yes attaching an external keyboard worked and all is well, though pisses me off. Looks fine... I am used to Win 8.1 so will need to address this BS before I consider the rest of my arsenal. I hear that Win 10 won't allow you to defer updates, as in you have no control as long as your on the internets... for my music server kind of a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Everything Adobe sucks. YMMV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Everything Adobe sucks. YMMV +1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) went to a little demo of Win10 yesterday. gee, most of the change looks like pure nonsense. change this color to that, change this word to that, change where this box is, or where that list is, draw new icons, change the color of buttons. I fail to see what the excitement is about, except for people who actually play with all the controls and knobs as a hobby. I didn't see any way that my PROGRAMS would benefit. I don't know how MS continues to get away with this silliness. EDIT: oh, i forgot to say that this is only "MY OPINION" - other wise people get upset. Edited August 14, 2015 by jo56steph74 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv_sum_Horns Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 For the tin foil hat crowd: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/http://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-windows-spying-on-you-go-linux/http://news.softpedia.com/news/linux-never-had-a-better-chance-to-beat-windows-489206.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Bum Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Ugh, I seem to be experiencing the buggy update reboot loop. FFS, microsoft. Should I start messing around in the registry? I'm frankly more comfortable with the deadly voltages in tube amps than getting down and dirty in the guts of a computer. Edited August 15, 2015 by Ski Bum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv_sum_Horns Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Because fixing stuff cuts into profit margins... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Because fixing stuff cuts into profit margins... It's called "externalizing costs." Instead of actually debugging the software at their cost, they let customers do it at their cost. I always wonder how many billions of man hours on earth have been wasted turning little knobs in Miscrosft Windows? And it's JUST an OS! It doesn't even produce anything! Imagine spending hundreds of hours each year rewiring the ignition switch in your car!! Let's make the wires RED now! Let's make the key turn the OTHER WaY~~~ YIPPEEE!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Tech is beginning to kill personal productivity by wasting vast swatches of time on the nuts and bolts holding it together. The number of time sinkholes is growing exponentially with each new 'tie in." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodrewken Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I hear that Win 10 won't allow you to defer updates, as in you have no control as long as your on the internets... I read that if you get the pro version of 10 you'll have more say on what is updated and what have you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv_sum_Horns Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I hear that Win 10 won't allow you to defer updates, as in you have no control as long as your on the internets... I read that if you get the pro version of 10 you'll have more say on what is updated and what have you. Never played that game either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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