Windows 10 Question(s)

[098poi]

I just finished. A pain in the ass but I did it. I kept getting a C1420127 error and it would stop during preparing installation. i Googled and tried a bunch of stuff but I probably had 5 or 6 attempts and each time it starts from the beginning again. When it did finally install on the first reboot the screen went black and the machine was on and it just stayed like that rebooting a few times. I Googled on my phone and others had that issue. I was afraid to force power off and then a screen appeared and it welcomed me to W10. I did custom install and turned off just about everything. So far it looks very familiar so I am pleased. I thought it would be a completely different look. WHEW!!!!!!!!!!!

[098poi]

My Hoyle casino games doesn't work, it wants product key which I have but it says it's wrong. Google says they are aware of this and maybe I can get DVD to install.

[forced89]

I am saved this misery by GWX Control Panel. I will bite the bullet with Windows 10 only when my laptop shoots craps and I have to buy a new one. Thus I won't have to go through the update process and hopefully Windows 10 will be almost 100% debugged by then.

[Longshot6977]

Originally Posted by forced89

.... and hopefully Windows 10 will be almost 100% debugged by then.

LOL, yeah, right. Very funny.

[whodoyoulike]

Only a few more days until July 29 and deciding whether to upgrade or not. Came across this good preview article on what to expect in the next update expected August 2 and you may want to save for reference. I have high hopes for Cortana.

... If you believe that Microsoft is the devil in Redmond, gobbling up your data to pass along to advertisers (or worse), nothing about Cortana’s latest features will change that. (But you’ll be happy to know that the French government agrees with you.) That said, the Cortana digital assistant has steadily improved since the initial release of Windows 10. The Anniversary Update presents a Cortana that’s more aware of you than ever, assuming you allow her access to your life (here’s how to turn her off if you don’t).

Cortana can now speak several languages, sniff your email for flight times and other pertinent data, and more. Two key additions make Cortana especially useful, however: Her hangout on your lock screen, and her ability to remind you of basically anything. ...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/30991...ndows-ink.html

[Parkview_Pirate]

You'll no longer be able to toggle off Cortana with the next upgrade.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/31003...ry-update.html

Total spyware app, IMHO. I have W10 running as a virtual machine on my Linux desktop, and it went into a LONG running three part upgrade last night when I fired up the VM. When I was able to log in, Cortana had magically reappeared and is extremely annoying to turn off. If the same upgrade appears on my in-host version of Windows 10, I'll be ripping it out.

BTW - for those who have suffered an upgrade to Windows 10 from 7 or 8 - the default memory setting is not calculated very well. I found this out when trying to help my uncle get his laptop running with better performance. His laptop only had 2 GB of RAM, and so a larger pagefile was getting defined and being used - slowing everything down. Here's a link on how to adjust/fix a slow running W10 machine after an upgrade. It may help, as my uncle's laptop is running faster now.

http://www.rbrussell.com/2015/02/25/...ing-very-slow/

I'm not sure when his laptop was upgraded, and perhaps more recent upgrades to Windows 10 made the pagefile size more efficient, but in case your system is slow....

[upthecreek]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...e-windows-7-8/