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No different to any other fanboys to be honest...
Windows 10 Technical Preview Feedback
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No different to any other fanboys to be honest...
I used the inbuilt feedback in Vista/7/8, the issues remain.
This is what I'm interested in. I heard good things about Windows 8.1 with regards to gaming, so if Windows 10 is even better then it's upgrade time for me!
So far I've only come across a couple of bugs. One - the top of the window in Thunderbird has the colour messed up:
Not seen that in any other program so far.
The other one might not actually be a bug. "Search everywhere" on the new start menu only appears to search for programs, apps and settings rather than all files on the computer. If it's meant to search for files as well, then it's broken here. If it's not meant to, then it's working fine but not mega useful
Not seen that in any other program so far.
The other one might not actually be a bug. "Search everywhere" on the new start menu only appears to search for programs, apps and settings rather than all files on the computer. If it's meant to search for files as well, then it's broken here. If it's not meant to, then it's working fine but not mega useful
Update: tried again and got near end of installation "Whea_uncorrectable error" so did another clean install of Linux Ubuntu which had no issues since I'm typing this post on Ubuntu.
Think I'll wait for a more polished version on Win10,it's just not worth the time to troubleshoot an early build of Win10.
Btw I even tried a different DVD with clean install ,this one just said unknown error during install just before first boot after complete install.
Think I'll wait for a more polished version on Win10,it's just not worth the time to troubleshoot an early build of Win10.
Btw I even tried a different DVD with clean install ,this one just said unknown error during install just before first boot after complete install.
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same as 8 really.
Not played around too much. my main gripe with the scaling is having a 4k and 2k monitor and its hard to strike a happy medium between the two.
That makes it a little annoying then for me as I have a 1920x1200 monitor and the 4k, it's a real pain so for the time being I have the 4k running at 2560x1440 to alleviate the discrepancy.
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I forget that i am running new windows to be honest and that is how it should be.
I have not been bothered with anything touch based.
I've stuck it on a laptop at work, attached it to the domain, installed Office 2013 and everything seems to be running just peachy 
My one main gripe at the moment is with the tiles on the Start Menu. I can't stack them in a single column if I only want a few small size tiles. I can handily resize the height of the Start Menu, but not the width.
I'm looking forward to playing with it some more though
My one main gripe at the moment is with the tiles on the Start Menu. I can't stack them in a single column if I only want a few small size tiles. I can handily resize the height of the Start Menu, but not the width.
I'm looking forward to playing with it some more though
Well I'm thinking if I install it i'll just nuke my Windows 7 install and use it as my daily, otherwise it just won't get used if it's not my main.
I just wondered if it's in a good enough state to be used for such a purpose, I don't want to be "that guy" that comes on here whinging about bugs and gets told it's not good enough for a main rig.
Well I'm thinking if I install it i'll just nuke my Windows 7 install and use it as my daily, otherwise it just won't get used if it's not my main.
I just wondered if it's in a good enough state to be used for such a purpose, I don't want to be "that guy" that comes on here whinging about bugs and gets told it's not good enough for a main rig.
Too early to tell yet, but I wouldn't use it as your main op sys - even Microsoft advise against using it for your main system - suppose you could image your present win7, and then you can easily revert if need be.
I was very impressed with how quick the install was on a 240Gb intel ssd - took about 7 minutes in total.
As always ymmv
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I'm holding out for a Win7 style activation system.
Damn the place holder keys to hell!
I'm a little confused here guys. You say there is no activation, yet I am being asked to activate. I used the ISO file to install it on my HTPC. First couple of days was OK, but now now the Activation page keeps popping up every 45 minutes or so. My internet has been down for a couple of weeks, but is back up and running. So, I click to activate "online", but just keep getting a message telling me to try again later. It does'nt even give me the option to insert the product key.
I have also noticed, that since the activation warnings, my wireless kb/mouse is acting a bit funny. Every time I scroll to an item I need to click on, the cursor seems to be pushed a way, making it it difficult to click on anything.
Any ideas?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
I have also noticed, that since the activation warnings, my wireless kb/mouse is acting a bit funny. Every time I scroll to an item I need to click on, the cursor seems to be pushed a way, making it it difficult to click on anything.
Any ideas?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
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I used the upgrade path via Windows Update (from Win 7) and have not been asked to activate
edit - did this last night so might not have kicked in yet? Usually you'd be asked immediately (in previous versions).
I'll take a look when I get in
edit - did this last night so might not have kicked in yet? Usually you'd be asked immediately (in previous versions).
I'll take a look when I get in
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Also, there appears to be two threads going at once - I'll keep my bughunting in this one from now on.
From the other thread:
Add to those:
- Slow to restart. Presumably updating since the option is called 'Update and Restart', but I don't get given info on how the updates are going, just 'Restarting'
- Explorer crashes in a strange way if Aquasuite launches on boot. This is probably related to the other issue with AS itself but the desktop hangs, I can't CTRL+ALT+DEL or launch task manager from taskbar. I can right-click, but the options pop-up then fade to 50%. Hopefully won't see this one again as I had to hard reset.
From the other thread:
So far, not working for me:
- Aquasuite (when I click on any fan it crashes. also doesn't pull through values from RivaTuner, though that could be a separate issue with RT itself)
- ToastyX pixel clock patcher (Full for SLI - can't push past 61hz I also installed new driver version so could be that. It doesn't find second SLI limit) << Turns out this was the unsigned driver for the monitor - what a faff!
- Aquasuite (when I click on any fan it crashes. also doesn't pull through values from RivaTuner, though that could be a separate issue with RT itself)
- ToastyX pixel clock patcher (Full for SLI - can't push past 61hz I also installed new driver version so could be that. It doesn't find second SLI limit) << Turns out this was the unsigned driver for the monitor - what a faff!
- Slow to restart. Presumably updating since the option is called 'Update and Restart', but I don't get given info on how the updates are going, just 'Restarting'
- Explorer crashes in a strange way if Aquasuite launches on boot. This is probably related to the other issue with AS itself but the desktop hangs, I can't CTRL+ALT+DEL or launch task manager from taskbar. I can right-click, but the options pop-up then fade to 50%. Hopefully won't see this one again as I had to hard reset.