Microsoft: Windows 10 News and Discussion Thread
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No luck with Photorec--found lots of files from prior to Nov. 1, but none between 11/1 and 11/19.
Now I have to delete about 200 recup_dir.* files.
Oh, NOW you tell me?!
Yeah, I figured that was probably the case when the directories and files got wiped out of the .old directory by the update.
So the data is now in real sub-directories under "user," and maybe I'll back up every week instead of every month.
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Wife's W7 upgraded to W10 was acting funny (dropbox not syncing, wifi acting weird) so I rebooted it, error on boot, can't start. Can't restore to any of the restore points. Can't boot to Safe Mode.
Looks like I am doing a complete refresh. Hope it works...
Looks like I am doing a complete refresh. Hope it works...
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I have a laptop that I use just with my bike trainer -- it ran fine with W7, but kept bugging me to update to W10.
W10 sucks. Really slow compared to W7 running and to start up (only 4GB RAM) -- I thought it was nice and small comparatively? Too many stupid apps that can't be removed. Too many changes seemingly for the sake of change, and my Windows Server 2012 can't back it up. So I will be restoring it back to W7.
W10 sucks. Really slow compared to W7 running and to start up (only 4GB RAM) -- I thought it was nice and small comparatively? Too many stupid apps that can't be removed. Too many changes seemingly for the sake of change, and my Windows Server 2012 can't back it up. So I will be restoring it back to W7.
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Now effing Dell superfish....
Dell does a Superfish, ships PCs with easily cloneable root certificates | Ars Technica
Dell does a Superfish, ships PCs with easily cloneable root certificates | Ars Technica
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I have a laptop that I use just with my bike trainer -- it ran fine with W7, but kept bugging me to update to W10.
W10 sucks. Really slow compared to W7 running and to start up (only 4GB RAM) -- I thought it was nice and small comparatively? Too many stupid apps that can't be removed. Too many changes seemingly for the sake of change, and my Windows Server 2012 can't back it up. So I will be restoring it back to W7.
W10 sucks. Really slow compared to W7 running and to start up (only 4GB RAM) -- I thought it was nice and small comparatively? Too many stupid apps that can't be removed. Too many changes seemingly for the sake of change, and my Windows Server 2012 can't back it up. So I will be restoring it back to W7.
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Win 10 seems to be running fine on my laptop with 8GB RAM.
What annoys me though is how much info it wants to collect and send to MSFT. I had to go through every privacy setting and turn almost everything off.
I still prefer the simplicity and noninvasiveness of Win 7 though so I think I'll stick with that for now or maybe until it's no longer supported.
What annoys me though is how much info it wants to collect and send to MSFT. I had to go through every privacy setting and turn almost everything off.
I still prefer the simplicity and noninvasiveness of Win 7 though so I think I'll stick with that for now or maybe until it's no longer supported.
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Beware, latest Windows 10 Update may remove programs automatically - gHacks Tech News
Beware, latest Windows 10 Update may remove programs automatically
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system may uninstall programs -- desktop programs that is -- from the computer after installation of the big Fall update that the company released earlier this month.
I noticed the issue on one PC that I upgraded to Windows 10 Version 1511 but not on other machines. The affected PC had Speccy, a hardware information program, installed and Windows 10 notified me after the upgrade that the software had been removed from the system because of incompatibilities.
There was no indication beforehand that something like this would happen, and what made this rather puzzling was the fact that a newly downloaded copy of Speccy would install and run fine on the upgraded system.
According to reports on the Internet, Speccy is not the only program affected by this. Others report that programs like CPU-Z, AMD Catalyst Control Center or CPUID were removed as well during the upgrade.
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system may uninstall programs -- desktop programs that is -- from the computer after installation of the big Fall update that the company released earlier this month.
I noticed the issue on one PC that I upgraded to Windows 10 Version 1511 but not on other machines. The affected PC had Speccy, a hardware information program, installed and Windows 10 notified me after the upgrade that the software had been removed from the system because of incompatibilities.
There was no indication beforehand that something like this would happen, and what made this rather puzzling was the fact that a newly downloaded copy of Speccy would install and run fine on the upgraded system.
According to reports on the Internet, Speccy is not the only program affected by this. Others report that programs like CPU-Z, AMD Catalyst Control Center or CPUID were removed as well during the upgrade.
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Reminds me of one of my fav tweets from a moronic climate denier
https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/st...24734651781120
https://twitter.com/SteveSGoddard/st...24734651781120
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The update removed my Epson scanning program, but not the printer or fax software; there was no incompatibility warning or message.
I had to reinstall the Epson software suite, which works fine on Win 10.
I'm fairly happy with window 10 on my laptop. My main PC still has Win7 just because stability is paramount since I use it for work, as a Plex server, etc.
I have 3 other Media Centers that unfortunately are stuck on Win7 until Silicon Dust comes up with a solution for DRM channels. I'm disappointed that MS didn't keep Media Center in Windows 10, though not ultimately surprised.
I have 3 other Media Centers that unfortunately are stuck on Win7 until Silicon Dust comes up with a solution for DRM channels. I'm disappointed that MS didn't keep Media Center in Windows 10, though not ultimately surprised.
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Update W7 desktop (quad core AMD w 8GB), took two tries but W10 works OK. Liking it so far. Upgraded my home notebook W7 (AMD dual core w 4GB) to W10 this morning. See how it is tonight.
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My kid managed to do that to his PC. Start button wouldn't work and he had the display flipped too 
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I couldn't figure out all the changes that he made. I ended up creating a new account for him.
.I couldn't figure out all the changes that he made. I ended up creating a new account for him.
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My kid totally jacked up the Windows 10 machine that I let him fool around with. I walk into the room and he has system restore going.
Well not much worked after that. Office and Firefox wouldn't start. I performed a Windows reset and that worked perfectly. So I'll be giving him a non-admin account going forward.
The reset is a useful tool even though I had to reinstall the couple of apps that were previously installed.
Well not much worked after that. Office and Firefox wouldn't start. I performed a Windows reset and that worked perfectly. So I'll be giving him a non-admin account going forward.
The reset is a useful tool even though I had to reinstall the couple of apps that were previously installed.
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Microsoft is adding the Linux command line to Windows 10 | The Verge
Microsoft is reaching out to Linux developers in a way that the company never has before. "The Bash shell is coming to Windows. Yes, the real Bash is coming to Windows," said Microsoft's Kevin Gallo on stage at today's Build 2016 keynote. The announcement received an uproarious applause from the crowd. The new functionality will be enabled as part of this summer's Anniversary Update to Windows 10.