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Windows 10 on New Computer

Anniecamp — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:00:08 GMT

I just bought a new laptop with Windows 10. Does anybody else hate it as much as I do? It makes no sense to me. I am typing this on my old faithful computer that has Windows 8.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

spent2much — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 01:57:10 GMT

There is a setting in Windows 10 where you can make it look like Windows 8. I have Windows 7, so I don't know how, but if you google it I bet you'd find your answer.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

sandraskates — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:07:42 GMT

I a heckuva lot happier with Windows 10 than I EVER was with 8.1.

Of course I was happiest with XP. They couldn't improve on that interface so they degraded it instead. (IMHO of course!).

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Toppers — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:53:17 GMT

@Anniecamp wrote:
I just bought a new laptop with Windows 10. Does anybody else hate it as much as I do? It makes no sense to me. I am typing this on my old faithful computer that has Windows 8.

I'm sorry, Anniecamp. If you are still willing to give it a try, I would recommend looking at some tutorials that you can find on YouTube for it. That might help make it better for you.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Moonchilde — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 21:22:21 GMT

I literally (just an hour ago) went from Win 7 to Win 10 and am using 10 as I write this. There will be a learning curve (I have a book), but I can at least navigate and function right out of the box, as it were. I wanted no part of 8!

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

apple1964 — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:51:06 GMT

I hated Win10 when I tried to upgrade from my Win 8.1 so many problems with it. I think when you have Win 10 already loaded on a new computer it makes a big difference on so many levels. I was really glad when I was able to go back to Win 8.1 the tiles never bothered me. I can not wait until they stop with the upgrade already [that will happen July29th of 2016] And my computers are [almost] new just did not come with Win10 so I thought this would be a good upgrade for my computers. Oy , did I learn the hard way!

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

LadyAmara — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:14:02 GMT

OMG! Anniecamp, my heart goes out to you. When I got my new 8.1 Windows computer at the beginning of 2014, logging in almost drove me crazy because it automatically took me directly to that darn app screen - what a pain. A few days later, I found out how to change the log-in to automatically go to the desktop and it was uphill from there.

After all that work, I was nowhere near interested in Windows 10 upgrade - so I didn’t accept the offer, but it has tried on several occasions to automatically install on my computer. My 8.1 Windows is practically brand new in my eyes and it serves my purpose. Windows 10 will be my choice somewhere down the road, when I’m ready for a new computer adjustment experience/headache. Until then, I steer clear.

Anniecamp, I hope you can find some help on Youtube as has been suggested by Toppers. Good luck.

LadyA

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

chickenbutt — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:45:16 GMT

I hope you end up getting used to it. I imagine you could probably install Classic Shell (classicshell.net) and make it look like the older operating systems. That's what I did on our Win8.1 computers because I hated the silly tiles and couldn't find anything. Now they can look like previous operating systems where you are used to being able to find stuff.

Just a thought that might help.

I'm really over this new thing with them creating new operating systems every five minutes, though! How about just making improvements on the current ones?

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

terra — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:02:18 GMT

I got a new computer with Windows 10, and I love it. There are some things that are different from Windows 7, which I loved, but I don't feel there is that much difference between the two. It did take me a couple of days to learn where everything was located, but all in all, I am very happy with Windows 10. I don't care much for the Edge, so I got Firefox, which I had on my Windows 7, and use that instead.

Good luck on your new computer, and maybe in time you will learn to like it as much as I like mine.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Moonchilde — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:30:39 GMT

@terra wrote:
I got a new computer with Windows 10, and I love it. There are some things that are different from Windows 7, which I loved, but I don't feel there is that much difference between the two. It did take me a couple of days to learn where everything was located, but all in all, I am very happy with Windows 10. I don't care much for the Edge, so I got Firefox, which I had on my Windows 7, and use that instead.

Good luck on your new computer, and maybe in time you will learn to like it as much as I like mine.

That's been my experience as well. I don't have it all down pat yet, but going from 7 to 10 I can still function okay. I might experiment with Edge at some point, but I'm very attached to Chrome and don't really want to change.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Anniecamp — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:28:12 GMT

Thank you all so much for the good ideas and encouragement! Videos don't work on my computer right now, so I will have to wait on trying that route. I know so little about computers that when they change terms, etc. on me, I get pretty lost.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Moonchilde — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 00:30:31 GMT

@Anniecamp wrote:
Thank you all so much for the good ideas and encouragement! Videos don't work on my computer right now, so I will have to wait on trying that route. I know so little about computers that when they change terms, etc. on me, I get pretty lost.

You might want to think about getting a Windows 10 How-To type book. There should be a few to choose from at this point, either online or in B&N. I have had the Windows 10 for Dummies book since it came out, knowing I would get a new computer within a few months. So when I brought my new laptop home on Sunday, I had a ready reference if I got stuck. The Dummies books walk you logically through everything. I've used them for years.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Toppers — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 23:08:56 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@Anniecamp wrote:
Thank you all so much for the good ideas and encouragement! Videos don't work on my computer right now, so I will have to wait on trying that route. I know so little about computers that when they change terms, etc. on me, I get pretty lost.

You might want to think about getting a Windows 10 How-To type book. There should be a few to choose from at this point, either online or in B&N. I have had the Windows 10 for Dummies book since it came out, knowing I would get a new computer within a few months. So when I brought my new laptop home on Sunday, I had a ready reference if I got stuck. The Dummies books walk you logically through everything. I've used them for years.

Yes, I agree with you. This is a good suggestion, and what I would have suggested next. You might even find one of these types of books at your local library, too.

I like the "Dummies" series of books. They are fun and funny to read, and make something that can be tedious, rather fun to learn.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

apple1964 — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 14:32:25 GMT

I really wish Microsoft would stop reinventing themselves and take that time to fix the glitches and bugs on some of there older software. I too feel bad for anybody who brought a computer or other device with windows 10.. The reviews are not very good and I was very surprised that a computer loaded with the new technology would not work correctly.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

gardenman — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:18:11 GMT

I'd like to see Microsoft go back to a smaller, simpler operating system. My original computer came with MS-DOS, then was upgraded to Windows 95 and that computer only had a 1.2 gigabyte hard drive. A new install of the 64 bit version of Windows 10 requires 20 gigabytes of space.

Computer hardware has gotten faster, memory is faster, so our computing should be faster, but it's not due to the bloated OS. Pare down the OS and keep it minimal. A minimal OS should be easier to upgrade, safeguard, and would take advantage of the speed of modern computer components. When you look at the improvements in computer hardware, you'd assume computers would work like lightning by now. Instead they still putter along at about the same pace as before.

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

Anniecamp — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:47:23 GMT

I gave my laptop to my son to take home to look at it. If he figures it out, maybe he can help me. He hasn't had a chance to look at it yet. The book for "dummies" sounds good. Sounds like that book takes things step by step, which is what I'd need. I do get tired of them improving things just to "improve them". Translation: To make things obsolete to sell us more stuff!

Re: Windows 10 on New Computer

chickenbutt — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:23:07 GMT

Yeah, those '...For Dummies' books are very good. You couldn't get better broken down explanations of stuff. I've had a few of them in the past and was never disappointed.

Unfortunately, that's the ticket - to sell more stuff. They don't care if some of us want to have a computer last 5+ years. The goal is to sell as much stuff as possible so they try to make everything obsolete quickly.

Since I started using only laptops, my computers last a good long time. I didn't have that kind of luck with desktops, which is why I stopped buying desktops. YMMV, of course.