What bothers me about Windows 10 is its frequent updates and the occasional glitches.
What bothers me about Windows 10 is its frequent updates and the occasional glitches.
Decided to revisit Windows 10 because I don’t have an official version of Windows 8.1. Here’s a summary of the challenges I faced with Windows 10 over the past hour. Mostly it’s frustrating bugs and missing features. Yes, some updates are still pending but the focus remains on fixing existing issues. Mostly software-related problems. The newest Nvidia drivers are particularly problematic. I’m unable to turn on SLI, PC restarts occur unexpectedly, 3D Vision isn’t working in the latest drivers, and random reboots happen when I change settings too fast. The start menu doesn’t let me search for programs, and Cortana’s display changes aren’t helpful. Metro apps seem pointless, and the Wi-Fi icon looks confusing. Searching through every folder feels tedious, and the “Recently added” section is outdated. The start menu doesn’t let me resize, and I can’t change Cortana’s settings easily. The file explorer feels clunky, with many folders to scroll through. The “Recently added” and “Frequent” sections are confusing. I can’t adjust the start menu size, and resizing horizontally doesn’t help much. Choosing default programs is slow and requires navigating menus. The “Notifications” option is misleading. I miss the Windows 8.1 Hot corner for quick settings access. Overall, it feels like an incomplete OS, likely because it’s still in beta. I might try to resolve some issues myself, but honestly, I’m not looking forward to Windows 10. I’ll probably stick with 8.1 for now and see how things develop. It does look interesting, though.
I find windows 10 to have quite modern aesthetics, but personally in the build preview that I tried there isn't much in terms of customisation. Compared to Windows 8 and 8.1, the start menu on Win10 is way too blocky. Can't move apps around in groups, and the programs list is a bit too narrow. They should have at least added an option to show programs in the metro menu. As for the icons, they're okay in my opinion but look too much like something I'd see in Habbo Hotel or The Sims Mobile - in particular the My Computer icon. Where Windows is concerned I'm probably going to move back down to Windows 7 or just stay put on 8 until Microsoft gets their priorities straight. I have to admit though that I like the addition of a desktop/tablet mode, the new notification style(as well as the ability to silence them off, R.I.P. low disk space notification!), as well as the big window resize/close buttons for touchscreens. The new animations are kinda cool too.
I can look up programs and the SLI support is linked to Nvidia driver problems, not Windows 10 directly. It seems to be resolved before the official release. I like the old blocky start menu, but it would be nice if it could be resized. I agree with your concerns about the rest, though—I don’t think they’re major issues for me.
I’ll review these points one by one. I removed anything irrelevant or unclear. -No reboot problems have occurred. -Program searches work smoothly. If the software uses a different SSD or HDD, adjust your indexing settings. -I’ve found many useful features in the apps I use, especially Weather and Mail. -This might seem minor, but icons can look too similar to others. -All Apps resembles the old Windows “All Programs” button, just poorly designed. -Functionally it’s the same, though. You can still search. -The Recently Added section has been available in Windows start menu for years. It can be disabled if needed. -Choosing Default Programs feels unchanged from previous versions.
The start menu lacks a search function. The weather app feels unusual to use, and emails often contain excessive spam. RSS feeds appear identical without the trailing dot. Choosing default programs now necessitates navigating settings, which reduces convenience and efficiency.
You don't have to rely on the box. Open the menu and begin typing.
The weather app feels completely natural if you've used one before.
Within two days, you'll recognize your WiFi icon. Do you see an RSS reader in your taskbar or notification area?
I wasn't personally familiar with this, but if it exists, it might be disappointing.
Havent tried just typing, that's a dumb way to search for programs in the start menu with no search section besides the task bar search. Cortana shows news, basic weather and you can't really change that on the home menu of hers. I own a surface pro 2 and the metro apps suck. The recently added category is in a dumb annoying place, before it was kinda just the whole thing with the ability to pin. Now it has a single section for 1 program. I can resize it, but whe you set the metro apps to smal you'll have a huge gap that you cant resize. Yes but before programs would allow you to select a default program without going through those menus. The notifications center has like 12 other features besides notifying and abilities.
That's odd, would really appreciate a search feature instead of random typing—maybe I'll get used to it. The weather app feels strange on a desktop. I don't mind it much, though, since I work with RSS feeds every day. It's just irritating, but I suppose it only happens occasionally.
You could revert to your older Windows 8.1 version since Windows 10 seems less functional.
The SLI issue is tied to nVidia's work, not the operating system—nVidia, right? It hasn't affected me personally. It functions just fine on Windows since XP, in whatever form it takes. I didn't realize that before. It mainly handles notifications, isn't it? Using Windows 10 is optional, and it's still incomplete (which you're aware of). Blaming faulty drivers on an unfinished OS is just... not ideal.