Windows 10

Rroff · 19 May 2016 at 12:10

I usually leave defender - not the most effective in the world but its impact is pretty low (depending on settings) and you never know when it might be useful.

Skeeter · 19 May 2016 at 21:27

Defender may not be brilliant, but there's nothing wrong with it. Seems like a bit of pointless effort to remove it?

Steampunk · 19 May 2016 at 21:31

Skeeter said:
Defender may not be brilliant, but there's nothing wrong with it. Seems like a bit of pointless effort to remove it?

You generally don't want two virus scanners falling over each other on one system.

Skeeter · 19 May 2016 at 21:46

Any anti virus worth its salt is fully aware and compatible with Defender. Defender isn't designed to be removed.

Lakeland · 19 May 2016 at 21:58

So I very nearly got stung by a stealth windows 10 install a few moments ago. I was merrily working on a data tracking spreadsheet for work and excel crashed losing at least 20 minutes of work - annoying but not as annoying as the next notification that says windows 10 update is installing...

I'm now stuck in windows update as it won't let me remove the update until I have installed it - doh. I removed the install file manually but it's still locked out. Any ideas?

HEADRAT · 20 May 2016 at 05:16

OK I'm baffled, if I use the Edge browser to try and get to www.google.com or www.google.co.uk I get "Can't reach this page", all other browsers work OK and can get to Google

marc2003 · 20 May 2016 at 05:26

I'll just quote myself from another thread.

marc2003 said:
It's pre-alpha software masquerading as a finished product. What do you expect?

Vidar · 22 May 2016 at 16:37

Guys, any idea why file explorer isn't responding?

Grandmaster Fap! · 23 May 2016 at 13:59

Apologies if its been asked ad-infinitum but im planning on updating my mobo/cpu soon, will i be able to activate my win10 pro if i contact MS or are they being heavy handed and making people buy new licenses for new hardware?

Skeeter · 23 May 2016 at 15:10

Depends entirely on if your Windows license is OEM or Retail.

Grandmaster Fap! · 23 May 2016 at 15:18

Skeeter said:
Depends entirely on if your Windows license is OEM or Retail.

I upgraded from a retail 8.1pro.

Skeeter · 23 May 2016 at 15:28

Then you will be fine to transfer to new hardware. It might not work automatically, but should work with the robot activation line. If all fails then MS Support should activate it.

Grandmaster Fap! · 23 May 2016 at 15:33

Great stuff, thanks for the clarification Skeeter

slipd · 23 May 2016 at 22:09

^^ Cool this sort of helps me I think...

Currently using my 7 Ultimate retail licence, which incidentally I paid about £300 for on release (what was I thinking?!) but I'm planning on a full systems overhaul later in the year, thus missing out on the free Windows 10 offer. If I upgrade now, or before July 29th, will I be able to transfer the key to my new build or will I have to fork out for a new licence?

silversurfer · 23 May 2016 at 23:32

The answer is no answer at all apparently

http://www.howtogeek.com/226510/how...10-license-after-changing-your-pc’s-hardware/

Not sure how cheap an upgradable windows key is going for now, is it £15 I saw the other day cant remember but maybe you want to keep that ultimate key I guess

V F · 23 May 2016 at 23:43

slipd said:
^^ Cool this sort of helps me I think...

Currently using my 7 Ultimate retail licence, which incidentally I paid about £300 for on release (what was I thinking?!) but I'm planning on a full systems overhaul later in the year, thus missing out on the free Windows 10 offer. If I upgrade now, or before July 29th, will I be able to transfer the key to my new build or will I have to fork out for a new licence?

7 Ultimate retail was £158 on release.

slipd · 24 May 2016 at 14:02

V F said:
7 Ultimate retail was £158 on release.

I was robbed

slipd · 24 May 2016 at 15:40

On a serious note then, since the free Windows license is not transferable I may as well hold on. At least I should be able to re-use my 7 key on another machine right? It was a retails copy.

I wonder how much the 10 licenses will change once the free period runs out :rolleyes:

Didn't Tesco's do 8/8.1 licenses for about £20 if you pre-ordered, I wonder if anything like that will happen again?

MichaelAwkward · 24 May 2016 at 15:54

I'm contemplating upgrading to 10, again. I tried it when the free upgrade offer first started and didn't like it.

Has it improved at all since then? My main problems were with updating, is there now any way to control them manually? Or if not, can I disable it completely? Also, is there still two control panels? That annoyed me too.

Rroff · 24 May 2016 at 18:47

Still no proper manual control over updates, the UI is still pretty fragmented, there are ways to disable the auto update feature but most have some kind of downside as well unfortunately.