Originally posted by thebox:

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I installed it on my parents computer and reverted back to Win 8.1 after they test drove it for 2 weeks.
Had a hell of a time reverting as it borked the restore files and process.
And I'm also hearing things that Microsoft will be pushing Win 10 regardless of you accepting it or not.
When that day comes, my parents are getting Linux Mint.

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Originally posted by ronhondo:

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100 million PC's with a crappy operating system. Such sheep ! It's the New Windows Millennium !

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Originally posted by zxe45:

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Hang on, its not been out that long, how has it got such a large user base in a few months time, that getting like apple in its popularity

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Originally posted by adre02:

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Originally posted by thebox:

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I installed it on my parents computer and reverted back to Win 8.1 after they test drove it for 2 weeks.
Had a hell of a time reverting as it borked the restore files and process.
And I'm also hearing things that Microsoft will be pushing Win 10 regardless of you accepting it or not.
When that day comes, my parents are getting Linux Mint.

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They reverted back? I would rather use a abacus then W8.1.

I can say that I have been averaging 2 installs a day for W10 and of the business customers, none want 8 back. The only few from my home users that want 8 back are the ones that really didn't need it in the first place.

Originally posted by ronhondo:

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100 million PC's with a crappy operating system. Such sheep ! It's the New Windows Millennium !

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Please post why it is worse than W8?
So because people want to do whatever they want to do, they are sheep?

Nah, where I am from sheep blindly follow. People clearly see that they do not want W8 and with support for W7 dieing eventually, why wait?

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Originally posted by msmithfl:

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I'm one of those who installed Win10. We've got it on 3 of 6 PCs at home, not business. Only 1 of those PCs still uses Win10 as the primary boot OS. All 5 of the rest are using Win7Pro-SP1. I liked W10, but won't put up with the forced upgrades and on 2 of the PCs we still run Media Center. I've tried other PVRs and other OS's ( W8-yuk, W8.1 w classic shell, Linux flavors: Mint, Ubuntu and Xubuntu, even Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi ) but Win 7 is most comfortable and we'll wait to see if MS ever fixes W10 and doesn't continue to demand the auto-updates.

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Originally posted by DXR88:

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Windows 10 is a vast improvement over 8 and 7, As for the Oh noes Windows 10 be spyin on me crowd....don't you worry, they've been doing that since Vista. the only difference is they flat out tell you there doing it with Windows 10.

My only complaint with Windows 10 is Microsoft thinks that they know my hardware compatibility better than the man who built the damned thing,forcing drivers the same way they do updates needs to change.

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Originally posted by ilikefree:

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Originally posted by DXR88:

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Windows 10 is a vast improvement over 8 and 7, As for the Oh noes Windows 10 be spyin on me crowd....don't you worry, they've been doing that since Vista. the only difference is they flat out tell you there doing it with Windows 10.

My only complaint with Windows 10 is Microsoft thinks that they know my hardware compatibility better than the man who built the damned thing,forcing drivers the same way they do updates needs to change.

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Yes maybe,but they didn't use key loggers and turn on your microphone and camera with Vista or 7, or claim all data on your computer as their own.
They think if they make it free they are free to help themselves to whatever you have on it.
Do you really want everything you say in a room to be recorded and stored on a site that will be out of your control?

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Originally posted by ilikefree:

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I think most of the people that got Win 10 got it if they wanted it or not.
Those that kept it probably didn't read the new terms and conditions that came hidden with it.
I think part of what I read was MS owned whatever was on your computer.
Try turning off the "phone home" software included. You have to do a reg edit to get rid of some but you are unable to turn it all off.
Over 13 pages to set, what a joke
http://www.networkworld.com/article/295...-agreement.html



When you acquire, install and use the Program software and services, Microsoft collects information about your use of the software and services as well as about the devices and networks on which they operate. Examples of data we may collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; location, browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; voice, text and writing input; and application usage. For example, when you:

install or use Program software and services, we may collect information about your device and applications and use it for purposes such as determining or improving compatibility (e.g., to help devices and apps work together),

when you use voice input features like speech-to-text, we may collect voice information and use it for purposes such as improving speech processing (e.g., to help the service better translate speech into text),

when you open a file, we may collect information about the file, the application used to open the file, and how long it takes to use it for purposes such as improving performance (e.g., to help retrieve documents more quickly), or

when you input text, handwrite notes, or ink comments, we may collect samples of your input to improve these input features, (e.g., to help improve the accuracy of autocomplete and spellcheck).

Just to "help you" mind not spy on you

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Originally posted by ilikefree:

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Yes a lot of people say they have nothing to hide and don't worry about privacy, but they still have blinds on their house windows so they must think about privacy at some level.
Most of the experts that have looked at Windows 10 are saying you cannot turn it all off only most of it.
Linux Mint never looked as good as it does now.

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Originally posted by adre02:

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Originally posted by ilikefree:

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I think most of the people that got Win 10 got it if they wanted it or not.
Those that kept it probably didn't read the new terms and conditions that came hidden with it.
I think part of what I read was MS owned whatever was on your computer.
Try turning off the "phone home" software included. You have to do a reg edit to get rid of some but you are unable to turn it all off.
Over 13 pages to set, what a joke
http://www.networkworld.com/article/295...-agreement.html



When you acquire, install and use the Program software and services, Microsoft collects information about your use of the software and services as well as about the devices and networks on which they operate. Examples of data we may collect include your name, email address, preferences and interests; location, browsing, search and file history; phone call and SMS data; device configuration and sensor data; voice, text and writing input; and application usage. For example, when you:

install or use Program software and services, we may collect information about your device and applications and use it for purposes such as determining or improving compatibility (e.g., to help devices and apps work together),

when you use voice input features like speech-to-text, we may collect voice information and use it for purposes such as improving speech processing (e.g., to help the service better translate speech into text),

when you open a file, we may collect information about the file, the application used to open the file, and how long it takes to use it for purposes such as improving performance (e.g., to help retrieve documents more quickly), or

when you input text, handwrite notes, or ink comments, we may collect samples of your input to improve these input features, (e.g., to help improve the accuracy of autocomplete and spellcheck).

Just to "help you" mind not spy on you

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You have noy given any reason not to use it on a business machine.

I like breaking whatever just to reverse engineer the problem.

Look, I have 13 machines running in my house and W10 is on 2 machines. Everything is backed up daily, if it crashes the machines so the hell what, ill just reformat the whole thing.

Ive done over 60 installs of which only 20 were the free upgrade, the rest purchased.

Ive been doing this since 1992, I dont give a damn about spying etc etc...ill put my laptop in the bathromm and let them watch my protein enriched turd fall out of my arse.

You do not learn how to counter coverts by avoiding them.

Keep running. Itll get you no where soon.

And this isnt really directed at you but in general.

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