I run it without a Microsoft Account (although I do have one). I prefer a local account. Ads? No ads. I'm not looking back. I'm satisfied with it.
I have done nearly 50 installs of it so far. The issues I have run into - one old brother printer that doesn't support scanning under Windows 10, One refused to upgrade until I expanded the recovery partition as it didn't have enough space which required using an external utility to do so. Quickbooks license information needs to be deleted after upgrade (one file in the Program Data\Intuit\etc...). Mapping to a NAS drive didn't function after reboot and had to be re-linked.
No other issues to speak of but finding some of the features (Show hidden files, etc) have been moved and took me a little while to figure out. Have I found it to be awe-inspiring? No, but a few subtle tweaks and enhancements I have appreciated but nothing so memorable that I have bragged about.
The new browser has a few things I don't like about it. No way to choose where to download to.....at least, I haven't found it. So what used to take one click now takes 3 or 4. No java support......there is a link to go to IE. For instance, if you get far enough into Dell's support site....I get a message this browser doesn't support java.... I've been told there's problems with the cisco vpn client which I use a lot. I have several specialized legacy apps that I still need to load and test.
I'm running it without a microsoft account...and cloned windows 7 to another vm....then upgraded it to 10......several issues with getting the upgrade....it nagged about vmware workstation video driver..... I wound up doing a registry hack to get it to install.
Like all the other Microsoft products, it'll be a lot better after service pack 1.
Post by swimswithtrout on Aug 12, 2015 19:32:19 GMT -8
It took forever, but it's up and running, and this is posted from the "new" Win10 desktop. It is quite a bit different in appearance than my Win 7, but so far, nothing that I won't be able to figure out with a bit of poking and prodding.
I was a bit unnerved when FF wouldn't display my home page correctly, but that settled down when I shutdown/restarted FF.
The only reason I upgraded, besides the fact it's "free", was all of the glowing reports from my astrophotography forums. They're tech geeks to the max and all of them have said there's been no issues using the "plethora" of open source software, legacy software devices, etc., so far, that it takes to drive our telescopes and cameras.
Y'know, despite all the gnashing of teeth over Windows 8, I have it on my new laptop (just a couple months old) and haven't really had issues with it. Granted, the lack of a Start Menu (and the replacement Win-8 screen everyone hates) took a bit of getting used to, but once I figured out where things were I was looking for, it's not so different. It works sufficiently well with the touchscreen when I use it (which admittedly isn't often, old habits die hard with the mousepad).
I was tempted to jump on the upgrade to Win10, and I s'pose I might yet if I get sufficiently tempted, but so far Win8 is working for me without much complaint. "If it ain't broke", and all that jazz. We'll see. Maybe when the sufficient bugs and security concerns are settled out a bit more I will take the jump, who knows.
- Mike
Wealth needs more. Happiness needs less. Simplify.
I do not find it significantly advantageous over Windows 10. If it weren't for the fact that I have to stay ahead of the curve, I would not upgrade from Windows 7 myself. There are few subtle tweaks and security enhancements that make Windows 10 more secure and the auto-update feature that some find to be "offensive", I find to be a great enhancement.