Did anyone get a Windows 10 invite?
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Since I rebuilt my system a couple of weeks back I can now get the insider previews and updates again except now wish I hadn't.
Microsoft released 11082 yesterday and it's borked my start menu and cortana (on my regular account can't even get my start menu to come up, on my admin account I can use the search/cortana).
Probably end up rolling back to the previous version.
Microsoft released 11082 yesterday and it's borked my start menu and cortana (on my regular account can't even get my start menu to come up, on my admin account I can use the search/cortana).
Probably end up rolling back to the previous version.
Is there a way to downgrade back to Windows 7 without losing everything, backing up everything, or doing a hell of a lot of work to prevent from losing files? I've been on Windows 10 since the first big rollout and I don't think I like it anymore. For one, I have to restart my computer a whole lot more than I ever did before. The reason why is for some reason the computer would block me from connecting to the internet (Or it just wouldn't connect despite sitting right under the modem) and it's come to the point where I think the reason why is because they have to "update" stuff. Just what is Windows 10 updating, and why do I need to do this every single day. Hell, a couple days ago I guess there was this massive update and I still don't know what it was for. I wish Microsoft would send you something when you get back into Windows about why they had an update because it's becoming way too much. I never had this problem with Windows 7 and just overall I'm starting to really dislike Windows 10.
Sorry for the tl;dr post, but it's frustrating having to restart the computer every day or having yet another update that I don't know about. I don't think it's virus's because Microsoft wouldn't risk law suits, but I almost feel like the reason it was free was because now you are being held hostage by Microsoft's ineptitude.
I miss Windows 7.
Sorry for the tl;dr post, but it's frustrating having to restart the computer every day or having yet another update that I don't know about. I don't think it's virus's because Microsoft wouldn't risk law suits, but I almost feel like the reason it was free was because now you are being held hostage by Microsoft's ineptitude.
I miss Windows 7.
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Is there a way to downgrade back to Windows 7 without losing everything, backing up everything, or doing a hell of a lot of work to prevent from losing files? I've been on Windows 10 since the first big rollout and I don't think I like it anymore. For one, I have to restart my computer a whole lot more than I ever did before. The reason why is for some reason the computer would block me from connecting to the internet (Or it just wouldn't connect despite sitting right under the modem) and it's come to the point where I think the reason why is because they have to "update" stuff. Just what is Windows 10 updating, and why do I need to do this every single day. Hell, a couple days ago I guess there was this massive update and I still don't know what it was for. I wish Microsoft would send you something when you get back into Windows about why they had an update because it's becoming way too much. I never had this problem with Windows 7 and just overall I'm starting to really dislike Windows 10.
Sorry for the tl;dr post, but it's frustrating having to restart the computer every day or having yet another update that I don't know about. I don't think it's virus's because Microsoft wouldn't risk law suits, but I almost feel like the reason it was free was because now you are being held hostage by Microsoft's ineptitude.
I miss Windows 7.
You get 30 days from the date of installation to rollback to Windows 7. After that, you're stuck. Though you can check by going to Settings > Updates & Security. There would be a rollback option. If it's not there, you won't be able to do it, and you'll have to install Windows 7 from scratch.
Is there a way to downgrade back to Windows 7 without losing everything, backing up everything, or doing a hell of a lot of work to prevent from losing files? I've been on Windows 10 since the first big rollout and I don't think I like it anymore. For one, I have to restart my computer a whole lot more than I ever did before. The reason why is for some reason the computer would block me from connecting to the internet (Or it just wouldn't connect despite sitting right under the modem) and it's come to the point where I think the reason why is because they have to "update" stuff. Just what is Windows 10 updating, and why do I need to do this every single day. Hell, a couple days ago I guess there was this massive update and I still don't know what it was for. I wish Microsoft would send you something when you get back into Windows about why they had an update because it's becoming way too much. I never had this problem with Windows 7 and just overall I'm starting to really dislike Windows 10.
Sorry for the tl;dr post, but it's frustrating having to restart the computer every day or having yet another update that I don't know about. I don't think it's virus's because Microsoft wouldn't risk law suits, but I almost feel like the reason it was free was because now you are being held hostage by Microsoft's ineptitude.
I miss Windows 7.
You get 30 days from the date of installation to rollback to Windows 7. After that, you're stuck. Though you can check by going to Settings > Updates & Security. There would be a rollback option. If it's not there, you won't be able to do it, and you'll have to install Windows 7 from scratch.
I installed it in July so I guess I am stuck. I guess I'll live with it, but man it's not as good as I originally thought.
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Is there a way to downgrade back to Windows 7 without losing everything, backing up everything, or doing a hell of a lot of work to prevent from losing files? I've been on Windows 10 since the first big rollout and I don't think I like it anymore. For one, I have to restart my computer a whole lot more than I ever did before. The reason why is for some reason the computer would block me from connecting to the internet (Or it just wouldn't connect despite sitting right under the modem) and it's come to the point where I think the reason why is because they have to "update" stuff. Just what is Windows 10 updating, and why do I need to do this every single day. Hell, a couple days ago I guess there was this massive update and I still don't know what it was for. I wish Microsoft would send you something when you get back into Windows about why they had an update because it's becoming way too much. I never had this problem with Windows 7 and just overall I'm starting to really dislike Windows 10.
Sorry for the tl;dr post, but it's frustrating having to restart the computer every day or having yet another update that I don't know about. I don't think it's virus's because Microsoft wouldn't risk law suits, but I almost feel like the reason it was free was because now you are being held hostage by Microsoft's ineptitude.
I miss Windows 7.
You get 30 days from the date of installation to rollback to Windows 7. After that, you're stuck. Though you can check by going to Settings > Updates & Security. There would be a rollback option. If it's not there, you won't be able to do it, and you'll have to install Windows 7 from scratch.
I installed it in July so I guess I am stuck. I guess I'll live with it, but man it's not as good as I originally thought.
Same. Somewhere between the beta and the final release there were significant changes (of course) that made me like it a bit less. I love Windows 7, and Windows 10 is okay, but if I had my choice I'd go back to 7. You guys remember, I was all for it. I was excited! Yet it didn't turn out like I had hoped.
I don't even use Cortana because of all the data collection that goes on. I mean, for Cortana it is massive! So I keep her disabled, and the Inking/Typing/Speech option is turned off. That saves on processing power, but I don't get to use one of the very features that had initially drawn me to 10 in the first place. The only thing I really like about Windows 10 is the fast boot up. Quite honestly, my hardware's too old to enjoy Windows 10's optimizations for new hardware, and I don't have the money for new hardware, so that's moot.
Technically, I could install 7 as I still have it, but yeesh, after 3 re-installs of 10 in the past two months, there's no damned way I'm going through all of that again. Hours and hours of data transfers, installs, and so on. Nope nope nope. I'll just stick with 10. *sigh*
J, reinstall and then use drive snapshot which makes flawless images of your machine.
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/
You'll never have to reinstall a machine again.
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/
You'll never have to reinstall a machine again.
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I needed this! I've been using a backup program, but it's a bit limited (since it's free), and has a number of significant drawbacks. It's also slower than a donkey cart. Now I wonder why I've never heard of this program?
Thank you, Santaman!
What's the procedure to restore a drive say if you are installing a brand new blank drive? This sounds perfect for me too. I tried Macrium and just didn't like it..
From the top of my head it was like, select image, create partition with the program, it will IIRC ask for the size etc so it will create a partition of the right size and properties then restore the image into that partition, been a while since I've used it to put an image to a new drive.
Stupid upgrade problem that had me baffled for a bit. If you try to upgrade to 10 and you have a separate VPN client installed, say to your work network, you have no network connections available after updating. After much cussing and looking at various forums the solution winds up being to roll back to Win 7, uninstall the VPN, re-update to 10, and reinstall your VPN. So I rolled back and suffered through some domain issues, got that sorted, said to hell with it, and left it on Win 7! At least it works.
Thanks for this by the way.
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You're welcome! I like freeware, and I like to spread the ideology of freeware wherever I go.
Freeware is the best thing. Free of grubby corporate meddling (for the most part)
I have a question about updates on Windows 10... is there any way to make it so it doesn't use the Bittorrent like style for updates? Not everyone has an abundance of bandwidth, so it would suck if I were to run out of it due to Windows continuing to leech off of it (that's how I view it any way).
Scratch that... found out how to do it... and I'll have to set up another connection. I HATE this. I'll have to set it up as a metered connection. Joy. I get around 250gb a month. It's more than enough, but it's a pain to set up a new connection. So pissed off at Microsoft right now. What a joke.
Scratch that... found out how to do it... and I'll have to set up another connection. I HATE this. I'll have to set it up as a metered connection. Joy. I get around 250gb a month. It's more than enough, but it's a pain to set up a new connection. So pissed off at Microsoft right now. What a joke.
I thought that till the December all who has been invited to Win 10 will update their versions, but actually..Hm..Still not)
Is there away to remove it and go back to windows 7?
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If you've had it less than 30 days, there is a rollback option in the Settings menu. If after that, then you'll have to reinstall 7.
Crap,
My burner stopped working when I installed it, didn't know until recently, any way to fix it?
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