While officially win 10 free updates have stopped there are workarounds on the web until Dec 31.
As a fan of linux i would not normally bother but have purchased a couple of go-pro cameras as gifts.
The software needed to use these things requires win 10 or IOS 10.3 for windows or MAC.
It does not mention this on the box.
EDIT
Originally i purchased a couple of dash cams which were much cheaper, they used wifi rather than bluetooth but had the same problem.
Too late to fix now, prezzies are in the post.
Dashcams did not say this on the box either.
Thanks. I've been putting this off on two computers running Windows 7 but I've been nervous if I wait too long I'll have to buy it.
I bought a new (to me) computer so I need to install Windows on that one and I figure it's better to install the latest while I'm at it so I don't have to do it again for a long time. Also, it came with Windows 10 so that saves me having to buy another copy of 7. Then I need to update the other two because It will be a headache running different versions on my computers. Otherwise I'd be happy to stick with 7. I'm sure I'll hate 10 until I've hacked it into submission.
Myself also.
I have sacrificed a spare drive for occasional win 10 use though for those software packages which need it.
So far they are all AV applications.
My biggest complaint about win 10 so far is the time it takes to install updates. I have searched for a solution and this is apparently an unresolved problem. If an update is installed and you choose restart, the computer may take hours to complete the install. Today, I just had to walk away and let it do its thing...very frustrating.
I have been satisfied with win 7. The new computer required win 10 so i had no choice. Like i said, the time necessary to install updates is an outrage. No competent person would publish such crap thinking it was a job well done.
My biggest complaint about win 10 so far is the time it takes to install updates.
Indeed. Plus my VMs seem to spend a lot of time at 99% cpu utilization (making them nearly useless) "checking for" and/or "downloading" updates (and failing, so they keep trying. (There's a "windows update troubleshooter" that seems to help. Eventually.)) It's especially bothersome because I don't use the W10 systems or VMs very often, so when I DO want to use them, they ALWAYS want to update (and virus scan too. Because it hasn't scanned in the last week that it's been off!) Sigh.
One of the advantages of Windows 10 is the digital licensing and automatic activation. Once W10 has been activated on a PC, you can format the disk and re-install without having to enter the product key; or waste years of your life transposing 25 character codes via the telephone activation line. W10 upgrades can be rolled back to W7 with a couple clicks, provided you do it in the first week or so.
If you wanted to take advantage of the free upgrade window [sic] Microsoft is closing on the 31/12, you could carry out the upgrade and grab the license, roll back to W7 and then re-install W10 when and if you want. Obviously you should back up before starting the upgrade but so far, I haven't had to revert to restoring a backup image yet.
In normal operation Cortana will sap CPU cycles. There are a couple of registry hacks for disabling Cortana and reverting to Windows Search. Windows Search runs a background indexing service, which saps disk i/o but is reasonably unobtrusive once the index has been built. The big updates sap CPU and disk, as the entire PC is audited with the Windows files subjected to a 'dif' operation.
The mandatory, automatic updates are a pain in the proverbial. Only yesterday I rebooted a customer's laptop, to demonstrate it was working after a 15 minute fix, then spent an hour making small talk while we waited for an update that had snuck in.
I think I prefer W10 to W7 but I spend much more time fixing other people's Windows than actually using it myself.
However, two factor authentication and mandatory password changes are the bane of my existence. Honesty, i'd rather be hacked than deal with all these ass pains. I have to change my email password every four months and it can't be a password you used the last 5 times an you have to use capital letters underscores slashes dashes and dots it's impossible.
travis_farmer:
just finished "upgrading" to Win10, out of curiosity. kinda slow, but i will see if i like it, and revert back if i don't.
~Travis
not worth wasting an SSD drive on but worth keeping a disc i think.
Lots of about it is slow bur some recent software will not work with legacy OS.
Working with video is very slow with most OS except with custom professional hardware.
Worth keeping a hard drive with win 10 for future use perhaps.
travis_farmer:
just finished "upgrading" to Win10, out of curiosity. kinda slow,
There are some processes which run in the background after the upfrade completes. Keep clicking on check for updates until it stops finding new ones. The Windows Search index will need to be built and there are optimisation scans for Windows and .net.
Getting Windows ready
Don't turn off your computer
On a blue background...the old blue screen of death.
I woke up this morning to a full disk error. The properties show 0 free on a 1 TB SSD. This is a new computer and the drive was not anywhere near full.
I did not fill it. After receiving the disk full message, i restarted the computer. That's when the blue screen of death appears and just spins and spins for f$#@×*g hours.