Windows... 10?!?

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Robin
I look forward to seeing the Microsoft Corporation being sold for a dollar then! :lol:
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Robin
Microsoft never learn do they...

They have gone from being legally forced to show users a web browser choice screen a decade ago to now overriding the set default choice and switching it to Edge! :lol:

www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3028692/microsoft-is-trying-to-bolster-edge-in-windows-10-by-overriding-defaults
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Not something I'd be affected by because I access my email like a normal person by using my preferred browser instead of a dedicated app...but still, my reaction when hearing this:

 
JakeMR2
You can in the older version of Windows, but I think 10 forced it on no matter what.
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No, you can still disable updates in 10. Home edition users can do it via the registry, while Pro/Enterprise users can do it via the Group Policy Editor.

Disabling automatic updates (for most people, at least) probably isn't the brightest idea, anyway...I can understand wanting to disable the "Feature" updates, but having security updates install automatically isn't necessarily a bad thing.
 
MS has totally forgotten is business productivity roots, Windows used to be about work and now its trying to be a like a spammy website full of the latest bloat delivered monthly!

If I'm working on an important project for a couple of months I do not want ANY updates installing or fiddling with things because I need a stable working system. Often updates will fail to go through and leave the computer in an unusable state. I never liked OS updates, avoided them like the plague back in the day and would wait till they were combined in a service pack.
 
The latest update 1803 has stuffed up my laptop. Standby doesn't work anymore (it just shuts down). Fast shutdown also isn't fast anymore. Normal shutdown is the only thing that works, but booting up again takes ages (way longer than restart usually is). I find that clearing the hiberfil via cmd works to enable standby, but this is a one time only deal. If you power off the system and standby next time it doesn't work again (unless you clear hiberfil again). As a result I just went back to the previous version (1709) and everything is back to normal now. 🤬 M$, seriously.

With regards to security updates, I assume I won't be getting any until the next feature update comes around in 6 months time? Windows update has not detected any new updates since I reverted last week...
 
LeGeNd-1
The latest update 1803 has stuffed up my laptop. Standby doesn't work anymore (it just shuts down). Fast shutdown also isn't fast anymore. Normal shutdown is the only thing that works, but booting up again takes ages (way longer than restart usually is). I find that clearing the hiberfil via cmd works to enable standby, but this is a one time only deal. If you power off the system and standby next time it doesn't work again (unless you clear hiberfil again). As a result I just went back to the previous version (1709) and everything is back to normal now. 🤬 M$, seriously.
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And this surprises you?

Microsoft no longer tests updates, you're the tester, got a problem?
Revert or reinstall is the answer mircosoft will give you.
 
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Grayfox
And this surprises you?

Microsoft no longer tests updates, you're the tester, go a problem revert or reinstall is the answer mircosoft will give you.
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Well my machine was originally W8.1, upgraded to W10. I'm aware each update brings its fair share of troubles, but so far until the last update everything has been smooth sailing. That was the surprise to me. Seems like my luck has ran out however.

Anyone else able to chip in with the security patches question? I read that it gets released monthly, so I guess we'll see at the end of this month if I still get them despite being on an older version.
 
LeGeNd-1
Well my machine was originally W8.1, upgraded to W10. I'm aware each update brings its fair share of troubles, but so far until the last update everything has been smooth sailing. That was the surprise to me. Seems like my luck has ran out however.

Anyone else able to chip in with the security patches question? I read that it gets released monthly, so I guess we'll see at the end of this month if I still get them despite being on an older version.
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I run 1803 on my laptop but I am not fully using it as a daily.
It is a test bed to see how many apps I can remove till windows chucks a fit.

Successfully removed cortana and edge and everything seems to be running fine.
 
shoemaker
Iam getting windows defender antivirus updates nearly everyday now. Annoying.
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Go to the registry editor.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Add the following Dword and set its value to 1
"DisableAntiSpyware"

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Add a folder called "Real-Time Protection"

Enter that folder(so now your in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection)
Add the following Dwords and set their values to 1
"DisableBehaviorMonitoring"
"DisableOnAccessProtection"
"DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable"
 
Interesting to see all this to laptops going wrong. If anything, this update fixed a lot of issues I used to have, one particular being the right click/task bar issue.
 
Grayfox
Go to the registry editor.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender

Add the following Dword and set its value to 1
"DisableAntiSpyware"

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
Add a folder called "Real-Time Protection"

Enter that folder(so now your in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection)
Add the following Dwords and set their values to 1
"DisableBehaviorMonitoring"
"DisableOnAccessProtection"
"DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable"
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Ok, but what exactly is that doing, disabling my anti spy ware ?
 
I need some help.

I have a pc here that has a crashed hdd. It was upgraded to Win 10. How do I reinstall this pc with the new hdd? Directly with a Windows 10 iso and it will reactivate or do I need to reinstall Windows 7 and do the upgrade then?
 
Dennisch
I need some help.

I have a pc here that has a crashed hdd. It was upgraded to Win 10. How do I reinstall this pc with the new hdd? Directly with a Windows 10 iso and it will reactivate or do I need to reinstall Windows 7 and do the upgrade then?
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The way I understand it is when people upgraded to Windows 10 they gained a full Windows 10 license. You shouldn't need to reinstall Windows 7 and upgrade again. Just install Windows 10 with an ISO and activate.
 
Robin
The way I understand it is when people upgraded to Windows 10 they gained a full Windows 10 license. You shouldn't need to reinstall Windows 7 and upgrade again. Just install Windows 10 with an ISO and activate.
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He already has 10 installed, presumably activated. I had same issue, I re installed win 10, won’t let you activate as the key was already wasin use. I contacted Microsoft online support, they took remote control of my pc and they entered the registery, un armed the license key then told me reactiveate it with my existing win 10 key. Job done.
 
Dennisch
I need some help.

I have a pc here that has a crashed hdd. It was upgraded to Win 10. How do I reinstall this pc with the new hdd? Directly with a Windows 10 iso and it will reactivate or do I need to reinstall Windows 7 and do the upgrade then?
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Win10 ties the license to the hardware config, just replace the HDD and install from the windows 10 iso.
Passed my previous system to a friend and installed new HDD's in it for him, installed windows 10 from iso on bootable usb and it was activated.
This license was on a previously upgraded system.
 
Flex0r
Win10 ties the license to the hardware config, just replace the HDD and install from the windows 10 iso.
Passed my previous system to a friend and installed new HDD's in it for him, installed windows 10 from iso on bootable usb and it was activated.
This license was on a previously upgraded system.
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Correct, however it didn’t work for me for some reason, that’s why I contacted Microsoft. Either way, it was done pretty fast.
 
shoemaker
He already has 10 installed, presumably activated. I had same issue, I re installed win 10, won’t let you activate as the key was already wasin use. I contacted Microsoft online support, they took remote control of my pc and they entered the registery, un armed the license key then told me reactiveate it with my existing win 10 key. Job done.
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That shouldnt have happened, as long as the hardware hasn't changed (which the license is tied to) it should go through fine.

In the past upgrade editions of Windows meant you needed to follow the same upgrade path if you wanted to reinstall but Windows 10's "upgrade" wasn't really an upgrade at all, it was a full copy with a license generated from the old Windows one. I think it might even be the same key but I'm not sure.
 
Windows sucks but all my stuff works here. If my iTunes, Musicbee and video encoding programs all worked in Linux Mint, that's what I'd be on.
 
stonesfan129
Windows sucks but all my stuff works here. If my iTunes, Musicbee and video encoding programs all worked in Linux Mint, that's what I'd be on.
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Think there are clones of iTunes, worst case use Wine.
For video editing try Kdenlive
 

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