Will you be upgrading to Windows 10?

[the_randomizer]

Yes, downloading right now as we speak

Lol, I see what you did there XD

 

[CannonFoddr]

I'd rather wait.. In the past newly released OS's ALWAYS have bugs to start of with..
I'd rather wait until at least the first 'update' before thinking about it on my main (only) PC...
..
Although I have a 'cheap' LINX 7 Win 8.1 tablet.. so I've opted to reserve/update that to Win 10 instead so that I can get a feel for it first... but currently waiting for the 'Ready to update' message I'm suppose to be getting

 

[Boy12]

Lol, I see what you did there XD

Heh, I don't feel like spending money

 

[DjoeN]

Upgraded my desktop pc and all was smooth, except it didn't recognize my nvidea 260gtx anymore, had to download latest drivers to fix that, also no sound, but fixed with upgrading to latest drivers.
Bought a new laptop (Lenovo) for my mother in law with windows 8.1 and upgraded to 10 after setup, worked flawless

Everything so far runs smooth and without problems, just as it did in windows 8.1 before. So i'm happy (till now )

Still have to do 4 laptops at home , hope everything goes as smooth as with my desktop.

 

[Boy12]

Well, got it installed now!
At first it wouldn't recognize my second monitor, and the resolution was all messed up, but after reinstalling my drivers, I was good to go!
Must say, I'm pretty satisfied with Windows 10! Way faster then 7

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I upgraded my laptop a couple days ago, I was worried the GPU drivers would cause tons of BSODs because AMD/Intel switchable graphics are the spawn of Satan and I've had BSOD loops every time I've tried to update the drivers. So far I've only had BSODs caused by Project64 but that seems to be a compatibility issue as it works fine when set to Windows 7 compatibility mode.

It definitely solved some of the unexplained stuttering I've experienced, I think it needed a Windows reinstall pretty badly.

Also, another plus is that now the manufacturer's software is no longer needed for stuff like brightness control, it just works, and it lets me set the brightness a lot lower than I used to be able to on Win7 which is nice when I'm watching TV with the laptop next to me.

Everything seemed to work fine out of the box, all the correct drivers were installed, only the touchpad driver was missing but I installed the Win8 one from the Synaptics website and it worked fine.

 

[spotanjo3]

Nah, I will wait for a Clean installs only. No upgrade need for me at all. Yes, it will be used for my Macbook Pro with a retina as a dual boot through BootCamp or whatever.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Nah, I will wait for a Clean installs only. No upgrade need for me at all. Yes, it will be used for my Macbook Pro with a retina as a dual boot through BootCamp or whatever.

Upgrade works wonders it doesn't remove anything but the folder "Windows.old" is better to leave intact because last time I removed it some aspects of my Windows 10 became nonfunctional (Start Menu, Calculator).

 

[spotanjo3]

Upgrade works wonders it doesn't remove anything but the folder "Windows.old" is better to leave intact because last time I removed it some aspects of my Windows 10 became nonfunctional (Start Menu, Calculator).

SMILE! I already know about that but I do not liked Upgrade from my experienced due to Vista to Windows 7 upgrade at all. The clean installs suited me the best. The upgrade is good for people who want to keep their backup files in it. Not for me since I transfer them to an external hard drive all the time. Therefore, I am not noob about it. I am not in a hurry, thought.

 

[RevPokemon]

I'm probably going to use vista until support ends I'm 2017

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I'm probably going to use vista until support ends I'm 2017

So there are people that still use Vista. Wow.

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SMILE! I already know about that but I do not liked Upgrade from my experienced due to Vista to Windows 7 upgrade at all. The clean installs suited me the best. The upgrade is good for people who want to keep their backup files in it. Not for me since I transfer them to an external hard drive all the time. Therefore, I am not noob about it. I am not in a hurry, thought.

Windows 10 works a lot better with the notebook that I'm using than Windows 7 (it originally came with Windows 8 but downgraded to 7) and the Windows.old folder isn't really an issue at all.

 

[RevPokemon]

So there are people that still use Vista. Wow.

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Windows 10 works a lot better with the notebook that I'm using than Windows 7 (it originally came with Windows 8 but downgraded to 7) and the Windows.old folder isn't really an issue at all.

It's not a choice its because my laptop is so old and its a family PC so my mom won't let me update to windows 7 because "I'll lose all my stuff and you will have no clue how to use it".

 

[WiiCube_2013]

It's not a choice its because my laptop is so old and its a family PC so my mom won't let me update to windows 7 because "I'll lose all my stuff and you will have no clue how to use it".

Normally a machine that uses Vista can also withstand Windows 7.

I've got a Dell GX280 P4 which works somewhat fine with Windows 7 so I'm curious to see if it'd do any better with Windows 10... Probably not. It's too damn old.

 

[RevPokemon]

Normally a machine that uses Vista can also withstand Windows 7.

I've got a Dell GX280 P4 which works somewhat fine with Windows 7 so I'm curious to see if it'd do any better with Windows 10... Probably not. It's too damn old.

I know but its really my mom or else I would have probably used Linux or 7

 

[VinsCool]

Normally a machine that uses Vista can also withstand Windows 7.

I've got a Dell GX280 P4 which works somewhat fine with Windows 7 so I'm curious to see if it'd do any better with Windows 10... Probably not. It's too damn old.

I confirm, I used windows 7 on a p4 until it dies last year

 

[driverdis]

Upgrade works wonders it doesn't remove anything but the folder "Windows.old" is better to leave intact because last time I removed it some aspects of my Windows 10 became nonfunctional (Start Menu, Calculator).

Strange, I always remove "Windows.old" to free up space after upgrades, first via disk cleanup then via manual deletion of the "Windows.old" folder itself. I have had no problems with doing so as that folder only contains a copy of the previous Windows version and nothing loads from that folder.
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It's not a choice its because my laptop is so old and its a family PC so my mom won't let me update to windows 7 because "I'll lose all my stuff and you will have no clue how to use it".

Since Windows 7 works the same, upgrade it anyway and ungroup programs in the taskbar along with using smaller icons on the taskbar. This will make it just like Vista. "It's better to ask for forgiveness than for permission" is how I handle computer upgrades and/or maintenence on family and friend's computers.

 

[jonthedit]

Sorry if this is a bad place to post this,
But if I have modified my EFI partition [my windows 8.1 is UEFI boot] and upgrade to Windows 10- will it modify my EFI partition [and OSX + Linux partitions for that matter]?
Further will programs stay installed or will I have to reinstall them? [do registry settings also carry over?]

How about "Refreshing Windows" or whatever they call it on 8 (not the settings wipe, the clean wipe everything gone). Would that mess with my EFI and other partitions?

 

[darren42]

I just recently upgraded my main computer to Windows 10 and then did a clean install, it was due for one for a while now but never got around to it.

Only encountered a problem with my Creative X-Fi sound card, which showed up as installed and working but no sound would come out of the speakers. Sometimes after restarting the audio service or re-installing the latest driver it would work for a short time. It turns out to be a driver issue that creative is working on at the moment, so I currently have my speakers hooked up to my motherboard's integrated sound card.

I will be playing around with the new OS for a while before I go ahead and upgrade the rest of my computers from Windows 7.

 

[irvinscastle]

dat spyware

 

[jonthedit]

dat spyware

Turn off telemetry [via regedit] and cortana and all is good