Windows 10 is Great, Except for the Parts That Are Terrible

[TechLady]

• It Uses Your Upload Bandwidth Without Even Telling You
• Few Options for Automatic Updates Hurt People on Limited Internet Connections
• People Are Upset About Privacy, and Microsoft Isn’t Communicating Well
• Microsoft Won’t Give You Patch Notes; Deal With It
• The Start Menu is Flashy and Missing Basic Functionality
• Metro Apps Are Still Practically Unusable
• Mandatory Driver Updates Can Break Some Systems

From: http://goo.gl/LKLVgK

 

[cypress]

Good article I read this morning. posting it on my facebook page.

 

[katz]

• It Uses Your Upload Bandwidth Without Even Telling You

• Few Options for Automatic Updates Hurt People on Limited Internet Connections

• People Are Upset About Privacy, and Microsoft Isn’t Communicating Well

• Microsoft Won’t Give You Patch Notes; Deal With It

• The Start Menu is Flashy and Missing Basic Functionality

• Metro Apps Are Still Practically Unusable

• Mandatory Driver Updates Can Break Some Systems

LOL -

So what you're saying is that it is based on the Android OS. Everything you listed there sounds exactly like my smartphone!

 

[Eagle21]

Windows is malware.
http://www.networkworld.com/article...t/richard-stallman-windows-os-is-malware.html

 

[TechLady]

Windows is malware.
http://www.networkworld.com/article...t/richard-stallman-windows-os-is-malware.html

Sent that to my Orwellian Kindle™ for reading later.

 

[frase]

I find it good - though some customers don't. Some have had issues with slowness on boot [ I resolved this with BIOS Update] others are just plain confused after coming from Win7 and try a restore previous O/S and fails.

 

[TechLady]

I find it good - though some customers don't. Some have had issues with slowness on boot [ I resolved this with BIOS Update] others are just plain confused after coming from Win7 and try a restore previous O/S and fails.

Seems to me the biggest hurdle is the stupid freaking menu; MS still couldn't quite let go of their dumb Win 8 tiles for 10. Nobody liked them but they did it anyway. Install Startisback and I bet you'll be hearing less complaints. People are usually willing to learn if there's at least a little familiar territory...

 

[FremontPC]

MS still couldn't quite let go of their dumb Win 8 tiles for 10

Ya load 16 apps and whaddaya get?
Another day older and deeper in (subscription) debt,
St. William don't ya call me, cause I can't go!
I owe my bandwith to the Microsoft Store.

 

[katz]

Ya load 16 apps and whaddaya get?
Another day older and deeper in (subscription) debt,
St. William don't ya call me, cause I can't go!
I owe my bandwith to the Microsoft Store.

Nice...

 

[frase]

I personally like how I can pin all the Admin apps to startbar
Disable apps wanting info from store..simples

 

[glricht]

Ya load 16 apps and whaddaya get?
Another day older and deeper in (subscription) debt,
St. William don't ya call me, cause I can't go!
I owe my bandwith to the Microsoft Store.

... with apologies to Tennessee Ernie Ford

(nicely done!)

 

[ohio_grad_06]

1 & 2, points taken, but you can turn off updates going from your system to others to help curb some of that.

3-Point taken but these features are being rolled back to Windows 7 and 8.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2978...dows-7-8-amidst-windows-10-privacy-storm.html

4-What's wrong with the start menu? I use it and find I kind of like it. If I unpin all the microsoft junk and pin all the office apps, pin the this pc app, and control panel app, as well as google chrome, etc, it becomes very functional I think.

5-Not a huge fan of metro apps, but they seem to be getting better now that you can do windowed mode.

6-Driver updates I can definitely agree with. Hopefully there's a way to turn those off, I know exactly what you are meaning.

 

[DunhamComputers]

A lot of my customers have taken the Windows 10 plunge. Most of them panic about the change from IE to Edge but like most other changes. That's the biggest complaint I get. When I set up a computer with Windows 10 for resale, I go ahead and set IE as the default browser and add shortcuts to the desktop and taskbar. I leave Edge available too so they can familiarize themselves. As long as getting to the internet and their bookmarks is easy, they are good.

My opinion is that it's easier to navigate than 8.1. It's heavy on resources. I don't care for Edge either. I've found several sites that unresponsive with it. All in all, I was expecting the rollout to be much worse. Still has a way to go, but not as horrible as Vista or 8.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

I've been moving my clients to chrome and install an adblocker. Most of them seem to like it pretty well.

 

[HCHTech]

Ya load 16 apps and whaddaya get?
Another day older and deeper in (subscription) debt,
St. William don't ya call me, cause I can't go!
I owe my bandwith to the Microsoft Store.

Awesome.

 

[MichaelBits]

I actually like the new start menu.... you can completely customize as it is. Plus, just like win 8, right click it and you have most control panel needs quick.

 

[frase]

Yea I removed most and added admin tools - easy access

 

[g8kepr]

I totally agree about the Automatic Updates sucking up bandwidth without the user's permission. I've had clients who are satellite customers who have been receiving large bills from their ISP. First, they get slammed with the initial download of Windows 10, then they are sharing the updates with other people. I'm glad that the setting can be turned off, by why in the world is it set as the default?

Windows 10 has been great for business. I don't know what Microsoft was thinking by putting an operating system upgrade in the hands of people who have no business doing it. I've seen it break antivirus, cause email not to work, seen issues with printer and graphics drivers. Last week I fixed a computer because the upgrade rendered the computer un-bootable. Of course, people don't know to back up their system beforehand, like we do.

 

[ohio_grad_06]

Most Windows 10 upgrades I've seen went fairly smoothly. Maybe they figured that some things would break but that overall it was worth the risk to get the OS out.

 

[Altster]

Has anyone used WSUSOffline update for Windows 10 as of yet? I had a horrible time getting it to work with 8 / 8.1 and just finally gave up on using it with the "8" series of Mickey$oft $oftware. It works great with Win Vista (all flavors) and with Win 7 (again, all flavors.)