so who is sticking with their current O/S and why?
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That's literally the only part of desktop mode which is a bit tablet-esque and even that's at a push. Eventually I can see them removing the old Control Panel altogether. The new Settings has most of the options that people are going to use on a day to day basis.
How is the new Start Menu awful? It's basically the same as in 7. You can get rid of the pinned apps part...
The new privacy settings apply to Windows 7 and 8/8.1 too since MS has rolled out updates recently... it's just easier to turn them off in 10. The personalised ads aren't part of Windows either. That website link has existed since Bing launched and it's no different to Google Ads tracking you via a personalised ID.
I use to say same thing about Dos 6.22 ,ie just works ,same for Win95,98,2k,XP,Vista,8,8.1 and now 10 so nothing has changed
.I feel sorry for Win7 users when Win7 comes to EOL,they won't know what to do except bitch and moan lol.
Btw Nvidia issues are not the fault of the OS ,as always down to manufacturer in question,as to two Control Panel I think you slightly exaggerated there,does not take a few minutes to organize your stuff and use the default Start Menu,settings wise only takes a few minutes to disable things,again moaning for the sake of it,I wonder how you guys would handle DOS,on second thoughts you probably could not lol...
I could also say as an early adopter to Win10 you have to give it some slack,also remember even Win7 had service pack and got where it is over time,it was not perfect on day one and still far from it.
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I like 10 but has always you get different opinions,only one matters and that is yours ,so really only you can answer that question.
My brother upgraded from 7 ultimate to 10 and had no issues,he says it is ok.
I did two 8.1 upgrades to 10 with no issues,gaming is what I use Windows for and so far all my games run fine on 10.
Cheers I'll check it out, I still don't like the icons though and the chuckiness of the windows etc. I tried start shell classic which improved things no end, on a side note has anyone noticed certain writing on application install screens is very blurry compared to 7 at your monitors native res even with clear type on?
eg:
Win7
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Im sticking with my Win 7, no hurry to go 10, lots of people having problems with it, installing etc..., and besides, no Dx12 games yet, so its pretty pointless at the minute. 
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Cheers I'll check it out, I still don't like the icons though and the chuckiness of the windows etc. I tried start shell classic which improved things no end, on a side note has anyone noticed certain writing on application install screens is very blurry compared to 7 at your monitors native res even with clear type on?
eg:
Win7
Win10
Looks fine here.
Yeah I think I sussed it, on a clean install of 10 it keeps insisting on switching the text scaling to 150% when using my 1080p plasma, whereas on 7 it leaves the scaling alone. It's really bugging me now because it keeps switching itself back to 150% no matter how much I change it and I also keep getting a notification that I'm not at the optimal resolution, for some reason 10 thinks my panels native res is 2560 x 1440, that's with the latest nvidia drivers.
I've gone back to 7, as others have said the icons look like they were designed by someone not right in the head, in fact it's whole appearance has a lego'y squareness to it. Why so square ms?!! Also what's the deal with the multitude of snooping and why do they insist on burying the control panel but have the quite frankly pointless settings menu, why not just encompass all of one into the other and save the confusion. Maybe it's just me who keeps hitting settings expecting to see control panel
Also I don't want all the bloat crap it comes with yet no option to remove....
Control panel is easy to find like Win8/8.1,ie right click in left bottom corner and you get the Win+X menu,now that was really hard to find NOT.
Also plenty of third party including free Start menu's for Win10 if you don't like the default one.A lot of stuff like privacy in settings you can change.
As to bloat that is relative,all Windows is bloated compared to DOS 6.22 which came on a few floppies,but I guess some people have to find something to moan about.
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Pretty sure you can just pin control panel to the start menu as well if you're that hung up on it. I have no issues getting it from the right click on the start button.
I use Windows 10 on my main PC and various flavours of Linux on my laptop and netbook. Got to admit I quite like Windows 10, although I didn't think 8 was bad either as I just ignored the full screen gui they pushed on it from day one and did a good old windows key + D the instant I logged in.
I use windows 7 at work all day, go home to Windows 10 and honestly don't have any problems with it. There are some nice touches in 10 but not enough to convince me to install it on an old laptop, partly due to needing a new license when I bin that laptop rather than being able to move W10 to replacement.
I use windows 7 at work all day, go home to Windows 10 and honestly don't have any problems with it. There are some nice touches in 10 but not enough to convince me to install it on an old laptop, partly due to needing a new license when I bin that laptop rather than being able to move W10 to replacement.
Windows 8.1 - because I haven't been given my upgrade yetnot going to do this manually so I can wait.
I did not wait on either of my 8.1 PCs,all upgraded to 10 fine,my brother was waiting ages and gave up so he borrowed my download I made on USB from Microsoft ie Win10 Media Creation tool,you better off using that then waiting for the upgrade to appear.
His 7 to 10 went smooth as well.
Link is here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
Thanks
I found it weird I haven't yet received the upgrade. I requested mine long before I helped someone else request on their laptop. They got upgraded pretty much straight away! How unfair!
Did you try reading the rest of the thread? NO, that was hard wasn't it? If you had you'd see I already tried classic shell. It's called personal preference, we get you like 10, I don't have to.
I did, fact is most and that is about 98% of the issues are really unwarranted moans,I can agree it's a preference thing but some of the statements about issues are unfounded and most have nothing to do with how you use 10.
As to me liking Win10,I never really hated any OS in general unless you count WinME(only exception due to being so buggy).
Always Linux if you don't game which is good and yes I like and use Linux to.
Btw as to Classic Shell I suggest you try StartisBack menu ,that is better and closer to Win7 Start Menu on 10,good luck after Win7 EOL ,you are going to need it.
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Nobody is saying you have to. It's just that your reasons for disliking it (apart from not liking the appearance and the fact that MS haven't got around to completely merging Control Panel into Settings) can all be easily changed with a few clicks.