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preemptive Windows 10 thread

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
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Because, if past Windows releases are any indication, I'll have a steady stream of both praise and complaints the moment I start using it as my primary operating system.
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  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    edited 2015-07-20 17:55:47
    kill living beings
    Pros
    • Minecraft replaces Minesweeper
    • Nearly perfect Windows Jeff compatibility
    • Internet Explorer is now just Opera
    • Microsoft Security Essentials now transparently replaces that thing you downloaded from http://www.5z8.info/racist_h1f7vq_gain-inches with an actual copy of Photoshop
    • No longer crashes on startup
    • Comes with free application to fill gaping hole in your soul created by late capitalism's obsession with corporate gadgetry

    Cons

    • Minecraft replaces Start Menu
    • Certain Windows Jeff applications, such as Steam and Microsoft Office, sometimes delete random files from the hard drive if the moon is full
    • Book of Mozilla 7:15 confirmed canon, mortal armies ineffective
    • Microsoft Security Essentials's election plagued by irregularities; international observers claim it restricts free speech, pornography
    • Crashes if left on for more than 49.7 days
    • Probably not as good as Red Star OS
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I'm liking it so far! The new Start menu isn't quite as nice as the Windows 7 one, but it is something I feel like I can actually navigate efficiently, unlike Windows 8's "All Apps" screen where I usually just resorted to searching for what I was looking for.

    Only two major issues I've encountered so far:
    • The Windows installer replaced the driver for my Synaptics trackpad with a Lenovo-branded one, which didn't support multitouch properly on this Asus laptop. Downloading the correct driver from Asus's website seems to have fixed that, thankfully.
    • I was getting shitty battery life last night because something called "Runtime Broker" (which evidently has to do with Metro apps) was keeping the CPU running at like 90%. Killing it seemed to fix that with no ill effects, but it's something to keep an eye on.
    Also the database that underlies the new Start menu apparently maxes out at 512 entries, which is...kinda short-sighted on Microsoft's part. I haven't come near that limit myself, but it doesn't surprise me that others have.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Klinotaxis said:

    Pros

    • Minecraft replaces Minesweeper
    • Nearly perfect Windows Jeff compatibility
    • Internet Explorer is now just Opera
    • Microsoft Security Essentials now transparently replaces that thing you downloaded from http://www.5z8.info/racist_h1f7vq_gain-inches with an actual copy of Photoshop
    • No longer crashes on startup
    • Comes with free application to fill gaping hole in your soul created by late capitalism's obsession with corporate gadgetry

    Cons

    • Minecraft replaces Start Menu
    • Certain Windows Jeff applications, such as Steam and Microsoft Office, sometimes delete random files from the hard drive if the moon is full
    • Book of Mozilla 7:15 confirmed canon, mortal armies ineffective
    • Microsoft Security Essentials's election plagued by irregularities; international observers claim it restricts free speech, pornography
    • Crashes if left on for more than 49.7 days
    • Probably not as good as Red Star OS
    this post is win
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    yeah, that was a good one
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    does it support MagicScreen drivers
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    @ Central Avenue:

    1. How easy is it to get to whatever it is that is used to navigate one's files and folders?

    2. How good is the Task Manager?

    3. Are there any annoying visual quirks you've seen so far?

    4. Are there ways to disable silly animations of workspace environment features?  I practically presume there exist such.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    internet explorer was actually removed ig uess, so now i odn't know how to feel (other than joyful)
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Klinotaxis said:

    internet explorer was actually removed ig uess, so now i odn't know how to feel (other than joyful)

    Not quite...it's still there, it's just not used by default. (That honor goes to Edge.)
    glennmagusharvey said:

    @ Central Avenue:

    1. How easy is it to get to whatever it is that is used to navigate one's files and folders?

    2. How good is the Task Manager?

    3. Are there any annoying visual quirks you've seen so far?

    4. Are there ways to disable silly animations of workspace environment features?  I practically presume there exist such.

    1 and 2: File Explorer and Task Manager are more or less unchanged from 8.

    3: I'm not sure what you'd consider an "annoying visual quirk". I've been mostly satisfied with the look, though the new window theme took some getting used to at first.

    4: Not that I know of? But I haven't looked, becuase animations don't bother me.
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    Is there actually a good reason Edge isn't IE12?
  • CalicaCalica
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    (other than the IE #brand being pretty awful I guess)
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I can think of two reasons.

    The first one, as you've noted, is marketing. If it was called Internet Explorer 12 everyone would just go "ugh, more of the same", and honestly, I probably wouldn't even have bothered to open it.

    The second is that they want to be able to break compatibility with the various corporate intranet sites and crap that rely on quirks of the old, broken IE releases, and having a new browser lets them do that while still keeping IE around for the sake of compatibility.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    killing default IE is pretty much the same as the second goal for me, hence joy
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    my brother got Windows 10 but now his computer can't tell that we have a wireless connection

    anyone know why that might be?  i've been trying my best but i'm not computer smart
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    it's because he got windows 10
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    probably driver crap
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Klinotaxis said:

    probably driver crap


  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2015-08-02 22:13:05
    Can I use Windows 10 without a Microsoft Live/Outlook/whateverotherMSfeature account?

    Can I set up a Windows 10 computer without connecting to the internet at all?
  • TachyonTachyon
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    . . . are there particular sites which are reliable/not reliable when downloading driver software?  i'm very new to this
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    . . . are there particular sites which are reliable/not reliable when downloading driver software?  i'm very new to this

    The best approach, generally, is to get drivers from either your computer manufaturer's website, or the component (in this case, the wireless card) manufacturer's website.

    Or, if you can get it connected to a wired network, you could try Windows Update, though that's pretty hit-or-miss wrt drivers.
  • TachyonTachyon
    edited 2015-08-03 01:16:22
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    well it's a Ralink card so i guess that'd be MediaTek, then

    thanks

    (this is a PC my brother's friend assembled for him and we don't know what all of the components are)
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    So apparently there's a thing with Windows having default apps that take up internet connection bandwidth.

    And also some accusations describing Win10 as a "botnet".

    http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/12/541907867755574621/
  • TachyonTachyon
    edited 2015-08-03 15:18:56
    imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    the driver isn't Windows 10 compatible >_<

    e: but troubleshooting compatibility fixed it, yay
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I get that Cortana is heavily integrated with Bing. Whatever.

    But why is it that when I turn off Cortana and just have "Search the web and Windows" I don't get to choose what search engine I want to use?

    Like, having a search box in an easily accessible place on my screen 24/7 is a neat idea...but naturally, if I'm going to have that, I'm going to want it to be Google. A constant Bing search box is of no use to me.

    So I do the next best thing, which is turning off web searches entirely and just leaving it as "Search Windows"...
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