Windows 10 visual tour: The good, the bad, and the missing

It ain’t all goodness and light.

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Don’t shoot me, but….

I just upgraded my production Windows 8.1 machine – the one I’ve been using for years – to Windows 10. I’ve probably done 50 Win10 upgrades over the past ten months, and this upgrade was just as slick as could be. I waited for the notification, went over to Windows Update, clicked to install Windows 10, clicked again to give my OK, and went to grab a few cups of coffee.

Absolutely no problems. Clear sailing.

For those of you suffering with Windows 8/8.1, I heartily recommend the upgrade. Wait for it to come to you, and you’ll have fewer problems. 

If you’re using Win7 on your main machine, wait. There are still many difficulties yet to be solved.

Yes, I know I gave in to Automatic Updates – assimilated into the Botched Borg. No, I don’t use OneDrive very much. Yes, I’m 100% mouse on this machine.

My main machine is a Dr. Frank-N-Furter that I assembled myself several years ago from NewEgg pieces, all standard components, nothing fancy. Remember, I’m cheap. As for peripherals and their drivers, there’s the DAS keyboard (highly recommended) and Logitech Performance MX mouse. A big honking Dell screen that I schlepped by hand from Hong Kong to Phuket six years ago, then shipped to Nashville when I  moved last year. Cheap Logitech 5.1 sound. HP OfficeJet 8600 wireless. Blue Snowball mike, which Cortana seems to appreciate. Still no camera, but that’ll change as soon as the “Windows Hello” cameras start shipping in a couple of months.

If you’ve made the upgrade, chime in here in the comments. If you’ve hit any problems, let me know about those, too!

Windows 10 upgrades roll out — 14 million and counting

Here’s how to get yours.

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10 reasons you should upgrade to Windows 10

I’m NOT saying you should upgrade right now. But there are compelling reasons — some not obvious at all — why you should consider it.

Next week, I’ll have ten good reasons to NOT upgrade to Windows 10.

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You don’t need the Windows 10 free copy icon anymore

Microsoft has a utility that’ll run the Windows 10 update for you, without the icon in the system tray.

Related item…. care to guess the #1 most-visited article I’ve ever posted?

It’s the one that discusses how to remove (or add) that Windows 10 nagware icon — and by the reaction, almost all of the people looking there are trying to put it on their systems.

So much for my fuddy-duddy rants about Microsoft sticking a piece of advertising on Win7 and Win8 machines. The vast majority of people who go looking want it!

Windows 10 Review: Hold off if you use Windows 7

Lots and lots of good and bad points. Be sure to read this before you (try to) install.

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By the way, those of you in the Insider Program who are running build 10240… you already have the “final” version of Windows 10.

Windows 10 patch KB 3074683 fixes Explorer crash caused by KB 3074681

See it for yourself – cut ‘n paste security documentation.

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Windows 10 Fact vs fiction

As the bug approaches the windshield… here’s what you need to keep in mind.

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On the road to Windows 10: Botched Nvidia driver tests the KB 3073930 patch blocker

It’s not as easy as the bloggers would have you believe. Try it on real data.

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On the road to Windows 10: Rollout plans and rumors

It’s complicated.

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Windows 10 patch KB 3074681 crashes Explorer

Oh boy. Another bad forced update.

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Windows 10 gets two more patches overnight: KB 3074679 and KB 3074686

For a change, they’re reasonably well documented. 

Except, er, for the parts that aren’t documented.

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