My terrible time using Windows 10 I had a really bad experience with Windows 10.
My terrible time using Windows 10 I had a really bad experience with Windows 10.
I know that some of you guys already have windows 10, which is probably the majority of the entire forum, and it probably runs just as good as expected, maybe even better! Good for you! However, I'm not part of the majority. I'm one of the few people who are running into problems with Windows 10, and I would like to share my story with you guys. Keep in mind that I am not looking for solutions or any workarounds to make Windows 10 work on my computer (even though I want it so badly). By the time I'm done typing this post out, I've already reverted my os to Windows 7. Also I hope you like reading text. A lot of text (like, probably a fraction of an EULA, but I'm just speculating). First of, some of my pc specs (not really important, but the gpu's kind of important later on) CPU: AMD Athlon XII N640 dual core @ 2.6ghz (used to be 2.9ghz, but my laptop starts to blue screen when I play warframe or something CPU dependent for a while) GPU: AMD mobility radeon HD 5470 and HD 4250 Ram: 6GB This is an hp-pavilion dv7-4177nr So it was the 29th of July, launch day (ish) of Windows 10. I did reserve my free upgrade (just like what everyone should've done), but after I heard that getting my upgrade was gonna take a while, I decided to skip the line and download the os from Microsoft instead. As my pc started upgrading to Windows 10 (skipped to the last step of installing), my pc literally turned itself off. I'm not sure why it did that (cpu probably overheated), but I ignored it and started over again. This time, my laptop didn't go on fire and finally installed the os, but things started going wrong from here. First off, my computer started up in 1024x768 instead of 1600x900. I figured that I'll just let that slide since this is launch day, so I changed my resolution. When I got to the menu to change my resolution, I only had two options: 1600x900 and 1024x768. I should have more options than that. Getting even more worried, I decided to go install Google Chrome and get a video driver (should've gave Microsoft edge a chance). While I was downloading the driver, I decided to check out the start menu. There was a delay between me pressing the windows button and getting the start menu to pop up. I'm fact, everything was slow for me. Moving any of my browser windows was slow, like there was some weight to it, and the framerate seemed slower than usual as well, judging from me moving my cursor and the os animations. I had a couple of games installed on my steam, so I launched Tera to see if it could run. It never loaded. I tried Mount and Blade: Warband as well to double check if I could even load up the game. Well I did get into the main menu, but I never even got to the gameplay at all. I thought that it could be that my video driver wasn't working correctly or that my driver isn't really up for Windows 10, so I did a gpu benchmark with passmark to check if my score was worse than last time. My last score was about 260 with my mobility radeon HD 5470, which is really bad for a laptop I use to play Tera, but at least it runs. My new score was 0.80 (it literally said that) And apparently my computer wasn't running on my GPU or my apu. It was running on Microsoft's basic render driver (I think that's what it said) So apparently my GPU can't handle Windows 10 due to its driver, so once I finally got my driver that I was downloading, I installed it. It never worked. Actually, I should've seen that coming. The thing is, my gpu-apu combo on my laptop requires a driver for AMD switchable graphics. However, I don't think they even support it anymore because the latest driver on the hp website is 3 YEARS OLD. And they don't even work at all. So I'm using custom drivers. So I was pretty much out of options, and here I am reverting my os to Windows 7 (Thank god I don't need my CD to do that. Thanks Microsoft!). I'm not hating or anything like that by typing my experience on a brand new os since it's basically my fault for thinking that I could just download a new os and be done with it. I'm also not hating on AMD either since they're not doing well. Again, I'm running on OLD hardware. So if you're reading this and you have a computer with some old hardware and you're thinking of upgrading to Windows 10, I suggest maybe wait for your reserve instead. If not, then good luck, I guess. I would like to hear your guys' experience with Windows 10, good or bad. Maybe your experience was even worse than mine. I'm just hoping that I'm not alone in this ;_;.
Besides the inability to log in using my Windows ID (such as Cortana or the Windows Store), I haven’t encountered many issues that seem like early-stage problems.
I put Windows 10 on my PC, but it would crash every time I restarted. I performed a full reset (press F10 when you restart the PC). It now works properly. It turns out it was a corrupted drive, which doesn<|pad|> to work with Windows 10.
Wait for the notification window to appear. The operating system won’t display it until it’s confident your device is compatible.
I've made changes to three desktops and one laptop—none of these are critical devices. Everything has gone well so far without any issues. One of the desktops is quite old with a Core 2 Quad, while the other three are newer. The only manual task was deleting the Windows 8 AMD driver and upgrading to Windows 10 on that machine. Unfortunately, the update didn’t remove the wrong driver; it also erased any remaining NVIDIA drivers, so I had to install new ones. The Core 2 Quad has a GTX660 chip, and after the update, no trace of NVIDIA drivers remained. I also needed to download Windows 10 drivers for NVIDIA afterward. So far, nothing unusual has occurred except occasional problems with the start menu not unpinning tiles until I rebooted a few times, which is now resolved.
We'll wait until you've secured your Windows 10 license through the Get Windows 10 service. After reserving and during the July 28/29 window, it will inform you whether you're prepared, not ready yet, or if your system is already Windows 10 compatible. Microsoft is collaborating with partners to resolve compatibility issues, as drivers aren't fully available yet. If you've completed the update and installed drivers, proceed with caution. If not, allow a week for updates. Should you need time, wait 1-2 weeks. If the process feels smoother, Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 isn't yet fully ready for Windows 10. Wireless connectivity and Intel graphics sometimes struggle with driver installation, causing disconnections or requiring reboots. I personally reverted to Windows 8.1 after encountering similar problems with a Surface Pro 2 in Insider Preview. Always verify the latest drivers before upgrading, especially if your system hasn't been properly maintained.
optimal method to enhance ... transition from version 7 or 8 to 10... when Windows indicates activation, it will boot a Windows 10 ISO from a USB drive. Perform a fresh installation using the Windows 10240 CD key when prompted, and proceed with the setup. Since MS is handling activation caching, completing the upgrade first ensures proper activation. Keep the hardware unchanged; it will activate as many times as required.