Windows 10

JQL · 5 Aug 2015, 17:38

I just installed 10 coming from 8.1

I love the fact that the second desktop is gone and my new black startmenu bar, but apart from that I see nothing really new that pushes me toward it.

When I transitioned it uninstalled my nvidia drivers but all is fine since I downloaded and installed the new version win10 ready.

caronte01 · 5 Aug 2015, 18:25

I sus had issues with NVIDIA drivers. The latest ones I'm running work fine. I'll check as soon as I have one of my machines running. The ones installed by ms did not work. I also got bsod with those.

kaas · 5 Aug 2015, 20:59

Question: I have 1 pc running win7x64 home premium and 1 pc running win7x64pro. First one will upgrade to win10home and the other to win10pro. Can they still connect / share files over the network if both are upgraded? I expect not (no domain function available in win10home) but maybe someone knows?

numerobis · 6 Aug 2015, 12:10

I think it should work like with win 7 pro/home. Home comes without some networking and group policy features, but thats the same for win 7 home.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/Compare (Business Experiences)

The big change from Win7 Home to Win 10 Home is that you can't disable automatic updates!

caronte01 · 6 Aug 2015, 14:31

I'm currently running version 353.62 of nvidia drivers, without issues. Some previous version had problems. You may need to manually download these from nvidia, and replace the ones that ms installs from windows update. Maybe by this time, the ones available on windows update are current with the ones from nvidia.

numerobis · 7 Aug 2015, 07:42

Microsoft Services Agreement

(www.microsoft.com)

kaas · 7 Aug 2015, 07:50

@numerobis said:

I think it should work like with win 7 pro/home. Home comes without some networking and group policy features, but thats the same for win 7 home.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/Compare (Business Experiences)

The big change from Win7 Home to Win 10 Home is that you can't disable automatic updates!

Thanks for the reply. They changed a few things from 7 to 10 so it's no guarantee it will work in 10 again. Your link clearly states - no domain join for win10home. Still hesitating to upgrade if I'm not 100% sure it will work.

numerobis · 7 Aug 2015, 09:03

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement/default.aspx

This is the reason why Win 10 is "free". The new No.1 spyware in the world... nothing comes for free!

I will not update any of my Win 7 licenses until it`s safe to say that you can disable everything of these data collectors.

numerobis · 7 Aug 2015, 09:04

@kaas said:

no domain join for win10home.

As far as i know this was the same for Win 7 and XP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart

srx · 12 Aug 2015, 09:01

This reminds me of the two way screens in Orwell's "1984" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen ...Windows became Android. With no alternative. Maybe Linux will stay the only one way operating system?

Mike Amos · 17 Aug 2015, 02:13

I bit the bullet and switched, the initial setup was a fail but a second attempt went OK. Apart from not being able to find stuff it seems usefully quicker than win 7 but I am still finding my way around.

numerobis · 17 Aug 2015, 08:35

I don't know if it disables everything and if it is safe to use, but it is at least a beginning...
http://onhax.net/how-to-stop-windows-10-spying-on-you-guide/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GESOYAWJ7b0

utiler · 17 Aug 2015, 23:29

Cheers Mike, I was going to switch on the weekend but time beat me.

srx · 18 Aug 2015, 06:44

Big Data is the next Big Thing: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/windows-10-microsofts-big-data-grabbing-spying-os-bernard-marr
Windows 7 will be gone in 4 years. SketchUP for Linux?

juju · 18 Aug 2015, 08:34

@srx said:

Big Data is the next Big Thing: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/windows-10-microsofts-big-data-grabbing-spying-os-bernard-marr
Windows 7 will be gone in 4 years. SketchUP for Linux?

IIRC there is an emulator called WINE for running windows apps on Linux.

kaas · 18 Aug 2015, 10:27

@juju said:

...there is an emulator called WINE for running windows apps on Linux.

Google-ing for 'SketchUp Layout Linux' results in quite some posts where people only can start SketchUp with ruby disabled AND Layout doesn't work at all etc... Would be nice if Trimble would release a Linux version some day.

juju · 18 Aug 2015, 11:26

@kaas said:

Would be nice if Trimble would release a Linux version some day.

that would be first prize!

numerobis · 19 Aug 2015, 18:01

Just to inform you...

it seems that these Win 7 updates add some of the Win 10 spy functionality to Win 7 and 8
KB3068708
KB3044374
KB3035583
KB3022345
KB3021917
KB2990214
KB2952664

especially KB3068708

To avoid this, do not install them. Or you can remove them if they are already installed.

http://1techlife.blogspot.de/2015/08/windows-7881-might-get-telemetry.html
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-updates-in-windows-7-and-8/

srx · 20 Aug 2015, 07:57

Thak you.

juju · 20 Aug 2015, 08:38

@numerobis said:

Just to inform you...

it seems that these Win 7 updates add some of the Win 10 spy functionality to Win 7 and 8
KB3068708
KB3044374
KB3035583
KB3022345
KB3021917
KB2990214
KB2952664

especially KB3068708

To avoid this, do not install them. Or you can remove them if they are already installed.

http://1techlife.blogspot.de/2015/08/windows-7881-might-get-telemetry.html
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/17/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-updates-in-windows-7-and-8/

thank you

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