Anybody Download Windows 10 Yet?

[Lepplady]

Windows 10 users, HEADS UP!
System restore isn't active in Winows 10. You've got to go turn it on (search restore point and go turn it on from there).
Also...

Windows 10 has F8 turned off by default. I didn't know that until today. That's important. It's F8 that lets you restart in safe mode if anything happens to your computer. Without those 2 options, you're pretty sunk.

It's not hopeless. You can still buy or burn a boot drive and get into safe mode that way, but it's a real pain in the ass for you.

So.

Windows 10 peeps, go turn on System restore.
Create a restore point.
Go turn your F8 on.
Spare yourselves some heartbreak later.

 

[Arcadevere]

My new laptop was in Windows 10

Still a good window, except sometimes it was slow and bug because i opened too much window tabs (even i'm in a double window style)

The good thing is, windows 10 was majestic, and i like it better than to my uncle's windows 8 laptop (which looked like trash)

 

[Mr Nobody]

I don't download malware.
I even bought myself a Mac mini to get away from WinBorg 10-doze. (And to stop myself playing games when I really should be working. )
Edit: Though I do still have my PC. It's just offlined forever now.

 

[not_nadine]

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[not_nadine]

arrgh. Windows 10 installed. I don't have the option to restore the computer to and earlier date.

Excuse me while I go curse somewhere at something.

 

[Mr Nobody]

Sorry n_n, you're doomed.
Here's who really runs Microsoft.

 

[Ebdim9th]

Last night, while watching a DVD of the second series of Doctor Who on my laptop (so appropriately the two-parter Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel: "Every citizen will receive a free upgrade, you will become like us." "What if I don't want it?" "It is compulsory" "What if I refuse?" "You will be deleted.") a lightning storm came up so I unplugged my DSL just to be safe. Then I turned off the DVD player on the computer. I found Windows 10 had failed in it's installation because I unplugged the line. Apparently it came in and installed itself through the Windows updates. I don't know how much of it downloaded but I turned off updates, and because there's been a lot of rain in the area, I haven't plugged back in yet to find out if anything else will happen with that.

 

[Neesy]

Last night, while watching a DVD of the second series of Doctor Who on my laptop (so appropriately the two-parter Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel: "Every citizen will receive a free upgrade, you will become like us." "What if I don't want it?" "It is compulsory" "What if I refuse?" "You will be deleted.") a lightning storm came up so I unplugged my DSL just to be safe. Then I turned off the DVD player on the computer. I found Windows 10 had failed in it's installation because I unplugged the line. Apparently it came in and installed itself through the Windows updates. I don't know how much of it downloaded but I turned off updates, and because there's been a lot of rain in the area, I haven't plugged back in yet to find out if anything else will happen with that.

I kept having that happen - Windows 10 starting to download without being asked - how impertinent of it!

There is a way to prevent it but you have to go in and delete certain files (it is a bit tricky).

Just Google it - there should be something about how to go about it, step by step. Good luck

 

[not_nadine]

Just got rid of Windows 10. Yess.

How to remove Windows 10 from your computer - BT

 

[Ebdim9th]

As far as I can tell, I stopped the download in time. I still have Windows 7 whenever I boot up ....

 

[pegasus216]

I have not had any problems with Windows 10. I don't use it for anything really important any way.

 

[OldDarth]

Very happy, early Windows 10 adopter - best version of the OS to date IMO.

 

[mcpon14]

I have Windows 10. I wouldn't recommend it. It slows down my computer.

 

[Walter Oobleck]

What are the symptoms? Is there a way to know if you have Windows 10? I clicked on yeah okay let's download Windows 10 back in...October maybe...November. The tower began to make those weird noises...cue the camera on the hand, fingers bulging, nails growing, black hairs sprouting. Or maybe it was raining outside and what I was hearing was the rain dripping off the eaves? Don't recall exactly how long it took but the process completed and it was now time to install Windows 10. I click on the thing to make that happen. More noises. Then, I get a window pops up says we have failure to communicate. Isn't that the way they say it goes? I get some number, code or such. Don't recall specifics. I think I search-ginned help. Probably the same people who write for the IRS write for these guys. If you're 65 and older, blind in one eye (the "and" is implied), or if you walk with a cane. So forth so on. Well, I fiddled with it for a time and then I let it pass. Moved on. So I don't think I have Windows 10. There's still that icon bottom right desk-top move the mouse over it and I read "Get Windows 10".

 

[HollyGolightly]

arrgh. Windows 10 installed. I don't have the option to restore the computer to and earlier date.

Excuse me while I go curse somewhere at something.

This is what started the whole mess Friday. Everyone in our office keeps asking me what they should do about the update. I say: DON'T DO IT! My new laptop has Windows 10 and I hate it. Plus I'm not sure all of our office programs can handle the update. Just don't, for the love of God, please don't.

Well, someone did it.

I'm in charge of all things that go wrong. And in the course of restoring - she lost the internet. So I unplugged the modem to reboot. Didn't fix it. Then I unplugged the router. Didn't fix it. Then I unplugged both for some minutes and now nothing works. That's what I have to look forward to tomorrow. A Monday morning where no one has internet and I have to fix it. ISP says the modem is dead. I'll start there. Kill me please.

 

[Lepplady]

I have not had any problems with Windows 10. I don't use it for anything really important any way.

Very happy, early Windows 10 adopter - best version of the OS to date IMO.

I'm pretty happy with it too, now that I've got some of the bugs beaten out of it.

New Win 10 users, there's a list of things you should go opt out of. That'll speed up your computer because it's not busy backing itself up to some "cloud" every time you st art it, and it'll stop all the snooping Win is trying to do on you. HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS. Including turning off Cortana.

Also, even if you're happy with it, remember that System Restore is turned off by default. You've got to go turn it on. Search 'restore point' and click on that. It'll take you to a spot where you can turn System Restore on.

And got turn your F8 button on, too, so that you can restart your computer in safe mode if it ever gets a bug. System Restore and F8 are necessities for keeping a computer healthy. I don't know why they turned 'em off, but you can turn them back on.

 

[Lepplady]

How to get windows 10.

 

[morgan]

Last night, while watching a DVD of the second series of Doctor Who on my laptop (so appropriately the two-parter Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel: "Every citizen will receive a free upgrade, you will become like us." "What if I don't want it?" "It is compulsory" "What if I refuse?" "You will be deleted.") a lightning storm came up so I unplugged my DSL just to be safe. Then I turned off the DVD player on the computer. I found Windows 10 had failed in it's installation because I unplugged the line. Apparently it came in and installed itself through the Windows updates. I don't know how much of it downloaded but I turned off updates, and because there's been a lot of rain in the area, I haven't plugged back in yet to find out if anything else will happen with that.

I kept having that happen - Windows 10 starting to download without being asked - how impertinent of it!

There is a way to prevent it but you have to go in and delete certain files (it is a bit tricky).

Just Google it - there should be something about how to go about it, step by step. Good luck

This happened to me as well - twice!! I turned on my laptop and found Windows 10 automatically installed (and I don't want it!). I unplugged it in terror the first time. The second time, I declined all the "accept" stuff. Got a message that old Windows would be restored but it would take a while. Computer went black for quite some time and I feared I was truly effed. It eventually restored older version and everything has been working okay so far (knock on wood!).

 

[aussie12]

Windows 10 has been trying to download on my computer twice as well. The first time I stopped it I also thought that I'd stuffed my computer up but luckily didn't. It's not right that it just starts downloading when you don't want it. There was even a letter in the paper the other day about how this man was upset and that Microsoft had no right to do it which I agree.