Windows 10

shamus21 · 25 May 2016 at 07:05

can you still buy a windows 7 licence. Thinking about replacing the windows os on a new desk based computer with windows 10 pre installed.

MichaelAwkward · 25 May 2016 at 09:54

Rroff said:
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.

Disappointing, but at the moment there's just no reason for me to move from 7.

Trifid · 25 May 2016 at 11:28

Rroff said:
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.

You can control them with the pro version?

linktoinsanity · 25 May 2016 at 11:56

Lakeland said:
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?

Try installing GWX Control Panel and deactivating it from there.

http://ultimateoutsider.com/downloads/

Trifid said:
You can control them with the pro version?

Not fully no, you can just defer so that it updates later.

Rroff · 25 May 2016 at 15:18

Trifid said:
You can control them with the pro version?

Depends what your level of requirement is - if you like to be fully hands on then no.

Its a shame Windows 10 has many potentially great features shackled by some exceedingly limited perspective in the implementation.

darael · 25 May 2016 at 17:11

Skeeter said:
Why do you take defender off?

I've only just noticed your reply. I take defender off because I use ESET Smart Security. Therefore normally one of the first things I do when installing 8.1 or 10 is to disable Windows Defender.

linktoinsanity · 25 May 2016 at 17:28

darael said:
I've only just noticed your reply. I take defender off because I use ESET Smart Security. Therefore normally one of the first things I do when installing 8.1 or 10 is to disable Windows Defender.

Does that not disable it itself when it installs?

V F · 25 May 2016 at 17:58

Rroff said:
Depends what your level of requirement is - if you like to be fully hands on then no.

Its a shame Windows 10 has many potentially great features shackled by some exceedingly limited perspective in the implementation.

Yet installs drivers when you don't want them.

darael · 25 May 2016 at 19:46

linktoinsanity said:
Does that not disable it itself when it installs?

It does, but MSMG Toolkit physically removes it from the Windows installer.

slipd · 26 May 2016 at 19:19

A new one me:

Just imaged a 2tb drive from a new machine with Macrium and copied back to an ssd and apart from Macrium telling me it had shrunk the partition (the ssd was only 250gb) everything went smooth. However, as soon as I boot with ssd and the old image I get the windows 10 splash screen and then the 'we need to restart your pc' message. Any ideas?

I've gone into re-install without keeping settings/data etc but I left that after about 20 minutes on 1% :eek:

I'm guessing something's up...

bledd · 27 May 2016 at 08:46

LACP / Teaming still broken :/

https://communities.intel.com/thread/77934?start=105&tstart=0

This is a shambles.

foster grant · 27 May 2016 at 09:36

Does this OS support SLI ?........I'm thinking in terms of 2 x780 Lightnings ...or is it not worth it over a single 980 ?

Rroff · 27 May 2016 at 11:09

I wouldn't go from a single 980 to SLI 780s - might be fair bit faster in some stuff but less VRAM for the scenarios that are more likely to use that power and unless you have one of the better clocking 780s a fair step back when SLI isn't working.

foster grant · 27 May 2016 at 11:50

Yeah....I think you're right Rroff

NooBish AbbZ · 1 Jun 2016 at 13:56

I can't find anything that sorts my exact problem on the interwebs, so, OcUK, can you help me

When i turn my pc on, it goes to a log-in screen, one profile 'Ryan' to which i apparently don't know the password, and the other is to my microsoft account, to which i do know my password. Firstly, i don't want to have to input a password for either account... Secondly, this 'Ryan' account doesn't show up in my 'user accounts' so i can't edit it.

Problem to sort. Either remember my password to my Microsoft account and log in automatically, or just log in to either account automatically.

Again, I have googled this, and the 'require password on startup' box is definitely UNchecked.

Edward78 · 1 Jun 2016 at 15:44

Click
Sounds abit fishy to me, like MS getting desperate...

Rroff · 1 Jun 2016 at 15:49

Edward78 said:
Click
Sounds abit fishy to me, like MS getting desperate...

They absolutely should be rolling out security fixes for 7 and 8 for that given how prevalent those OSes and licensing deals, etc. are in business use alone.

linktoinsanity · 1 Jun 2016 at 15:54

Rroff said:
They absolutely should be rolling out security fixes for 7 and 8 for that given how prevalent those OSes and licensing deals, etc. are in business use alone.

This.

It will be terrible for businesses and users who have not upgraded if they do not.

shamus21 · 2 Jun 2016 at 09:27

I would not be surprised if Microsoft have knock up this ransomware to get peeps to upgrade to windows 10 and to use that crap browser.

Tute · 2 Jun 2016 at 09:32

Problem is, i'd rather stick to Windows 7 and take my chances.