Windows 10

[toprob]

This is rolling out at the moment, although even if you've reserved yours, it looks like some of us might have to wait for a while -- maybe days.

I guess that most of us will be waiting for some sort of assurance that our sims will keep on working before we take the plunge, but I thought I'd set up this thread for anyone who wants to be a guinea-pig, or who wants clarification on anything related to Win 10.

I won't be in any hurry to upgrade my development desktop, but I am pretty confident that the simulator will work ok -- I'm just not too sure about all the little tools which I've collected over the years. On the other hand, I can't wait to have it on my tablet, and I have also 'reserved' it on my old machine, which may or may not really annoy my flatmate -- on the one hand, she would benefit from a newer OS, on the other hand she might not like the changes from Win 7...

Personally I've loved Windows 8, the most reliable OS I've ever used, and I have no doubts about Win 10, apart from the points I've made about compatibility. I did join the 'insider' prog for the 10 Technical Preview, but it didn't install on my tablet. I didn't even get the 'invite' on the tablet until a few days ago, so obviously they have solved the wimboot issues. Initially, too, the old PC reported that it couldn't be upgraded -- incompatible processor -- but today it decided it was Win10-compatible, so I've pressed the 'go' button. Just a matter of waiting my turn, which as I said, might take a while.

If anyone does get to upgrade, not counting the TP version, let us know how you get on here. Try to keep the negative stuff to a minimum, I've heard too many people telling me things like 'FSX didn't like Windows 8' etc, which I think are just hearsay, 'someone told me that someone told them...'

However if anything does go wrong, or doesn't work as intended, then let us all know asap!

[Ian Warren]

I think I'm quite happy to chug along with Win7 , and even this machine an XP is really doing well tho not used for Flightsim or anything like graphics and artwork ... bitta simple scanning and superb communications machine , I was told by a PC-tec guy year or so back even this machine is holding is own compared to many others with XP .

[omitchell]

I'm waiting to see the size of Service Pack 1 before I decide to upgrade or not lol

[toprob]

I'm waiting to see the size of Service Pack 1 before I decide to upgrade or not lol

You mean this?

[Fozzer]

I've got my Windows 8.1 to display all my lovely bits and bobs in; "Classic Windows '98/XP" mode...

...including the Task Bar!... http://www.classicshell.net/

I'm wondering if Windows 10 can be installed on my 7 inch Android Tablet....and displaying in Classic Win '98/XP mode... ...!

Paul...mostly familiar with Sinclair BASIC!.... ...!

[omitchell]

You mean this?

Nope, I mean the real service pack lol

[NZ255]

You mean this?

Nope, I mean the real service pack lol

There won't be one.....?

[omitchell]

There won't be one.....?

And I'm winning Lotto this week

[toprob]

Best comment I've read on the update was on Stuff:

I heard you can't use the letter 'g' with windows 10 I don't want to download until someone can confirm????

[GlennAV8R]

Just downloading now..... There is an official Windows 10 download site now so you don't have to wait. Found a bug already, if your download hangs and you get the error message "somethings happened", try changing your locale to US English from NZ English or whatever you have it set as. Unbelievable! Took me an hour to sort this out, quite a common problem by the looks of it.

Glenn

[toprob]

I'm happy to wait, although since I wasn't able to reserve it until the last couple of days on either of the machines I hope to upgrade, I might be waiting a while... Yesterday I used about 4GB more than my normal daily useage, so something is happening.

Owen -- glad to hear about your upcoming Lotto win, I won last week, so I think that's my luck for the month. Well, when I say 'won' I don't mean first division. Or second. Or third, fourth, fifth... division 6 it was, without Powerball.

I just fired up the Mylotto site, to check how many divisions there were, and even though I wan't logged in, it flashed up 'congratulations on your win' for a split second, so it might know something about next week's draw...

[Ian Warren]

Well , Ive just done a count , I have exactly 10 Windows in my man cave "G' zzzz !

[toprob]

I've always been a big fan of windows, without them a home is just a box. I like the fact that they allow light in, so much so that I named my website after them. And I do have a thing about anything window-related -- one of my favourite words is 'defenestration'.

[Ian Warren]

one of my favourite words is 'defenestration'.

Had to check the Dic .. dic .. Oh bloody hell ! - 'book of words' to know what that means, all that to say "throw someone out the window"

[toprob]

To class up the joint, here's one of my favourite poems.

Defenestration; R P Lister

And the computer activist Richard Stallman said:

Now of course people who want freedom shouldn't use Windows at all, you've got to defenestrate your computer, which mean either you throw Windows out of the computer, or you throw the computer out the window.

[emfrat]

if your download hangs and you get the error message "somethings happened", try changing your locale to US English from NZ English or whatever you have it set as. Unbelievable! Took me an hour to sort this out, quite a common problem by the looks of it.Glenn

Yeah - and this is from the people who want me to let them into my home network so they can reset it to meet their requirements...they create a huge variety of "Englishes" but write an installer that only works for the US variety. That sort of thing is a fundamental check for any software release
I hope the 'Team Leader' who let that one through is now on his way to the guillotine.

[omitchell]

[Ian Warren]

What dose win10 have to offer that win7 dose fine

[emfrat]

Nice one, Owen

[toprob]

What dose win10 have to offer that win7 dose fine

I guess if you need to ask, then you probably don't need to upgrade. At least not until support for Win 7 ceases. But you are talking six year's development and improvements in security etc, since Windows 7 was released.