Windows 10 free upgrade anyone taken up the offer?

[Codger49]

I have just updated from Win 7 to Win 10, all went smoothly.

As Stratman said in post #18, I was surprised at the amount of reporting back to Microsoft that happens unless you choose the 'custom' install and turn off the various options.

Do not forget to create a new recovery disk and/or usb drive.

 

[dpw864]

I updated from 7 to 10. All ok and now all of a sudden, the start menu and search bar wont work! Tried restarting and nothing. Anyone know if i'm stuck forever? Thanks in advance.

 

[AMGeed]

I updated from 7 to 10. All ok and now all of a sudden, the start menu and search bar wont work! Tried restarting and nothing. Anyone know if i'm stuck forever? Thanks in advance.

Had the same last week. Start menu and search bar gone.
Both came back with a big update that is always released on a Tuesday.
You may be OK tomorrow.

 

[moonloops]

Had the same last week. Start menu and search bar gone.
Both came back with a big update that is always released on a Tuesday.
You may be OK tomorrow.

Yep lots of people reporting start menu and search box failures, hopefully the updates will fix - and yes it's called MS update Tuesday

 

[Codger49]

One thing I have just discovered is that the Win 10 upgrade sets System Restore to off as the default. You have to turn it on manually through Control Panel/Recovery/Configure System Recovery for each of your disks.

I have just done this as System Restore has been very useful to me in the past.

 

[wongl]

My Lenovo x230 i7 laptop was running really well on Windows 8.1 64 bits using a 240GB SSD drive with 8GB RAM. No complaints about boot-up or anything apart from the crappy start menu.

Upgraded to Windows 10 and it takes much longer to boot up and chrome keeps freezing up after a few hours. Tried deleting Chrome and reinstalling but still freezes after a few hours of use. I regretted upgrading. A few weeks later, my X230 wouldn't boot-up at all. Probably a hardware issue and nothing to do with Windows 10. Will be going back to Lenovo this weekend as it is still under warranty.

 

[John]

Why do Microsoft bring out latest editions that do not allow your existing hardware to run properly unless you know the way out?

Just simply to make money and also try to keep you a prisoner like iPhones and iPods do.

I have Samsung and are free to do what i want with my phone.

I use WIN 7 64bit with Google Chrome and it does all i want it to quickly including starting and shut down! This is mainly to do with what you have running in the background that you don`t know about.

I looked at what WIN 10 can offer but why just click in a different place for the same thing?....plus some hardware won`t work unless you upgrade?

I think this is a no brainer.

Me too - but for the opposite reason...

It is free for the upgrade for the first year after the release date. So if you like Windows, you get a free operating system for the next 10 years potentially, which otherwise you would have to buy.

Anything that ran Windows 7 should be able to run 10 although no one can say no hardware will have no issues after.

Most manufacturers are releasing driver updates for 10 it seems.

You've only got 4 years of shelf life left of Windows 7 now.

Do not forget to create a new recovery disk and/or usb drive.

You can download the ISO images for modern versions of Windows including 10.

Unless you are running on very new hardware, you can probably get away with installing from the 10 ISO and not need any drivers initially, which can then be added by Windows Update.

Worse-case you still have to download 10 drivers for something that didn't install.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I've been using it without any issues from the day it was released although that wasn't intentional.

I don't understand why you wouldn't want the most up to date technology, some people just cannot accept change (or always know better - IKE according to someone recently) I suppose.

It's a definite improvement on Windows 8.

 

[Dryce]

I don't understand why you wouldn't want the most up to date technology, some people just cannot accept change .

I don't really see any major benefits since XP became good. So if they were on say XP service pack 10 by now I'd be no less happy (possibly more happy).

I don't live in the OS - I live in applications. So I do care about upgrading those if there is any benefit but I'd rather the OS just stayed out of sight.

This isn't just a Windows problem. Plenty of users of say Office or (non payroll) accounts packages or different programming systems become quite reluctant to move because the perceived benefit of each new increment is usually smaller than the last.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I'm no teccy expert but do believe in moving with the times.

I hear you around the concept of moving on prematurely, I use an application daily and the provider advised against upgrading to Windows 10 until MS had ironed out the bugs, this was a bit late for me and can report no issues thankfully.

 

[Dryce]

I'm no teccy expert but do believe in moving with the times.

I see no purpose in 'moving with the times' simply because a vendor chooses to bring out a new product.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I see no purpose in 'moving with the times' simply because a vendor chooses to bring out a new product.

Of course you wouldn't.

 

[Dryce]

Of course you wouldn't.

And you can be reassured that if there is a tangible benefit or advantage that is determined as making it worthwhile at some point I'll re-consider my position.

 

[AMGeed]

And you can be reassured that if there is a tangible benefit or advantage that is determined as making it worthwhile at some point I'll re-consider my position.

You do realise that if you have Windows updates turned on and are running any O/S from 7 upwards, Microsoft have already sent a 6GB file to your C//Program Files folder ready for your inevitable upgrade to Win10? You cannot even opt out of it.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

And you can be reassured that if there is a tangible benefit or advantage that is determined as making it worthwhile at some point I'll re-consider my position.

I feel reassured, thank you.

 

[John]

I'd never jump straight on to a new Windows platform until I know all my peripherals will work.

Once I am happy with that and the new OS itself, no problem.

Windows 8 and 8.1 were a crock - so I never moved.

Support for Windows 7 will drop in 4 years - and this is no difference to car manufacturers not making parts for older models after a period of time.

Modern operating systems get faster, as does the hardware, and consumers expect more from it fueling the cycle.

Like with anything, like a car, if it still suits and does what you need it to, there probably isn't much point in upgrading (unless the OS is not supported, then it becomes a liability very quickly).

I am still running on 8 year old hardware, and will do so until it dies or support for Windows 10 drops.

Personal choice at the end of the day.

 

[John]

You do realise that if you have Windows updates turned on and are running any O/S from 7 upwards, Microsoft have already sent a 6GB file to your C//Program Files folder ready for your inevitable upgrade to Win10? You cannot even opt out of it.

You can if you remove update KB3035583 or never apply it in the first place.

Although this will change - it will become a "Give me recommended updates the same way I get important updates" so make sure that is unticked as well.

You can then scrape it off.

 

[Dryce]

You do realise that if you have Windows updates turned on and are running any O/S from 7 upwards, Microsoft have already sent a 6GB file to your C//Program Files folder ready for your inevitable upgrade to Win10? You cannot even opt out of it.

Yes.

I removed the nag popup. But the dreaded update that allegedly does the download was on my system already. There's been no sign of the update actually being downloaded.

My guess is that this is because I run a fairly tight C drive with limited room and keep all my data and work stuff on a separate USB 3.0 drive.

If they check before they do the download they may be looking for a minimum amount of free space. In which case it's possible that my Win7 system doesn't meet the installation pre-requisites as regards available space..