Windows 10
39 replies
Kennine replied on 18/06/2016 21:27
SELL replied on 18/06/2016 23:36
volvoman9 replied on 19/06/2016 12:13
Posted on 19/06/2016 12:13
Went onto windows 10 a while back by accident.The O/H was messing with the pc and downloaded it
.It was fine once i got used to it but then the O/H struck again trying to download pics off her mobile and since then i cant do
a thing with it
somehow the format has completely changed and even my grandson who,s a bit of a wizard cant sort it.He said i should have
stayed with window 8 its less complicated.
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redface replied on 19/06/2016 17:15
N1805 replied on 19/06/2016 21:29
Posted on 19/06/2016 21:29
Hi, I'm the OH & also downloaded windows 10 to laptop by mistake. I am getting used to it but still a lot to get my head round as I have never had anything other than a basic phone & Windows 7 on laptop. Hubby using his tablet all the time now. Am curious as to what personal details is ''harvested'' from customers but wouldn't know how to look for it. On the advice of my grandson I am now using Firefox instead of Explorer & find this OK
volvoman9 replied on 20/06/2016 09:37
Posted on 20/06/2016 09:37
I also use Firefox as my main browser.Like many i,m self taught on the computer but i,m no expert.It can be very frustrateing when something changes on your PC for no apparent reason and you cant rectify it.No matter what windows system your useing it should
not be difficult to alter your settings but alas thats not always the case .
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royandsharont replied on 20/06/2016 15:59
brue replied on 20/06/2016 16:50
Posted on 20/06/2016 16:50
Ours has speeded up our slow broadband, it has taken me a while to get used to it. Regarding "harvesting information" you can opt out of this by changing the optional settings. I use the customise and control tab, top right on the tool bar to clear browsing data, using "more tools."
Grumblewagon replied on 20/06/2016 21:31
Posted on 20/06/2016 21:31
IMO, Win 10 is about the worst operating system that Microsoft have produced. I use the analogy of buying a house with a large overgrown garden. You have to cut hard back, dig, kill the pernicious weeds and get back to the bare ground before you can see what you want to grow.
I've just got a new machine with Win 10 - yeuch! I installed Classic shell to get a proper start button and desktop. I removed all the live tiles, set downloads to 'metered' , stopped peer to peer communications and didn't set up onedrive. It's been well reported that rather than speeding up anything, Win 10 hogs internet resource and slows down anything sharing your internet.
I certainly won't upgrade this laptop - Win 8 is fine, and I'm looking at replacing Win 10 with Ubuntu.
Fisherman