Windows 10

PiKe · 1 Jul 2020 at 15:42

Thanks

Edit: wow that was almost too effective!

Dimi · 3 Jul 2020 at 01:41

I'm using the wpd app to remove most of the unwanted garbage in W10. Is there a better tool these days?

Rroff · 3 Jul 2020 at 02:08

Phil2008 said:
You need to disable your automatic updates,, my win10 never reboots, as it never checks for updates unless I say so.

Problem with this a good number of my Windows 10 devices are mid-spec portable devices that I use out and about, etc. I don't want to fully disable updates (for security reasons, etc. especially as MS has dropped the ball on security so often lately and had to rush out fixes) but the amount of times my usage gets interrupted by feature updates, etc. takes the mick. All the options to defer etc. don't really accomplish it and some stuff just seems to come through any way. And 9/10th of those updates I neither want or need and too often actually detract from the experience.

They sorely lack a focussed user model where the end user can focus the OS on what they need for their usage... developers heads are firmly up their own bottoms :s

V F · 3 Jul 2020 at 15:47

Rroff said:
Problem with this a good number of my Windows 10 devices are mid-spec portable devices that I use out and about, etc. I don't want to fully disable updates (for security reasons, etc. especially as MS has dropped the ball on security so often lately and had to rush out fixes) but the amount of times my usage gets interrupted by feature updates, etc. takes the mick. All the options to defer etc. don't really accomplish it and some stuff just seems to come through any way. And 9/10th of those updates I neither want or need and too often actually detract from the experience.

They sorely lack a focussed user model where the end user can focus the OS on what they need for their usage... developers heads are firmly up their own bottoms :s

People used to joke about during the mid 00s. "All your base are belong to us"

Minusorange · 3 Jul 2020 at 16:29

Thoughts on the new Edge ? Is it a FF killer or is it a repacked IE ?

Rroff · 3 Jul 2020 at 16:38

Don't see it as a FF killer personally but there are quite a few differences/improvements over IE.

V F · 3 Jul 2020 at 17:06

I still cannot take to Edge. It still feels like an Internet Explorer reskin after all these decades.

superleeds27 · 3 Jul 2020 at 23:21

V F said:
I still cannot take to Edge. It still feels like an Internet Explorer reskin after all these decades.

It's a rebadged/skinned chrome

V F · 4 Jul 2020 at 00:39

It feels nothing like Chrome.

marc2003 · 4 Jul 2020 at 08:09

V F said:
It feels nothing like Chrome.

Sure you're talking about the new Edge Chromium and not the original Edge? The taskbar button looks like this...

...not a nasty blue E.

LoadsaMoney · 4 Jul 2020 at 10:34

I may be taking the 2004 plunge :eek:

, im all backed up, and getting it down onto a USB flash, just in case it goes boobies up, and i'll have to do a fresh install

It may be saying its ready for me to just down and install, but im taking no chances!

darael · 4 Jul 2020 at 18:34

LoadsaMoney said:
I may be taking the 2004 plunge , im all backed up, and getting it down onto a USB flash, just in case it goes boobies up, and i'll have to do a fresh install

It may be saying its ready for me to just down and install, but im taking no chances!

I'd wait until patch Tuesday spits out the monthly updates before taking the plunge. Unless you're in a rush?

Quartz · 4 Jul 2020 at 18:45

Still no 2004 for me.

I'm seeing a lot of warnings in the event log saying

App manifest validation warning: Declared namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2019/bundle is inapplicable, it will be ignored during manifest processing.

The XML is

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-AppxPackagingOM" Guid="{ba723d81-0d0c-4f1e-80c8-54740f508ddf}" />
<EventID>216</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>4</Task>
<Opcode>11</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-07-04T15:23:34.876976500Z" />
<EventRecordID>58156</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="6404" ThreadID="8456" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-AppxPackaging/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>DESKTOP-1.albertden.local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="namespace">http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2019/bundle</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

LoadsaMoney · 4 Jul 2020 at 19:44

darael said:
I'd wait until patch Tuesday spits out the monthly updates before taking the plunge. Unless you're in a rush?

Don't say that, im already scared!

EDIT:

I bottled, going to wait for a bug fix patch or 2 first, im all backed up, and have it down on USB for if i need to do a fresh, so no hurry, not like theres a lot of new things in it anyway is there, and that HAGS does nowt

pastymuncher · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:28

FFS, updated to 2004 and now my sound is all messed up. Now I will have to mess around with drivers and settings to try and get it back to normal. Thanks a bunch Microsoft!!

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:32

LoadsaMoney said:
Don't say that, im already scared!

EDIT:

I bottled, going to wait for a bug fix patch or 2 first, im all backed up, and have it down on USB for if i need to do a fresh, so no hurry, not like theres a lot of new things in it anyway is there, and that HAGS does nowt

Pussy

V F · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:33

pastymuncher said:
FFS, updated to 2004 and now my sound is all messed up. Now I will have to mess around with drivers and settings to try and get it back to normal. Thanks a bunch Microsoft!!

Onboard sound?

james.miller · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:33

If it's a xonar that's a common issue when upgrading. reinstalling the drivers fixes that.

20161 was released to insiders a few days ago, some people are getting the new start menu and taskbar layouts but MS are being pretty selective about who they are turning the features on for. I havent got either yet

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:35

james.miller said:
If it's a xonar that's a common issue when upgrading. reinstalling the drivers fixes that.

20161 was released to insiders a few days ago, some people are getting the new start menu and taskbar layouts but MS are being pretty selective about who they are turning the features on for. I havent got either yet

What new start menu and taskbar? What? How did I miss this?

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsex...ncing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-20161/

james.miller · 5 Jul 2020 at 15:46

Well, new start menu is perhaps pushing it a bit far

Cleaner looking start menu might be a better description lol