Scurry scurry............. 

 

UPDATE: The entire Business Software Alliance, representing Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, and others, has now issued a statement clarifying that it does not support CISA.

This is a most valuable thread, thank you very much indeed.

If people new about Isolated User Mode they would jump on Windows 10 in a heartbeat.

 

Regards

jja

If people new about Isolated User Mode they would jump on Windows 10 in a heartbeat.

 

Regards

jja

 

They better start telling that to those who might have use (someday) for that tech, because Windows 10 adaptation, after a healthy burst start (well after all, it is free, begs you to download it, then installs automatically....) has slowed significantly according to most reports.

 

http://www.itproportal.com/2015/10/02/windows-10-interest-wanes-as-september-growth-slows/

 

No idea if that has anything to do with people hesitating over the whole spyware thing, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was a factor.

I have a feeling that that number will grow a bit after the Surface 4 comes out (announcement on Tuesday).  I'll probably get one 14".

 

As far as installs go that number will also swell when business start rolling with WIN 10 - many companies will be forced to using it for compliance issues.  Besides all of that it is a far superior OS to anything out there. 

 

Regards

jja

I have a feeling that that number will grow a bit after the Surface 4 comes out (announcement on Tuesday). I'll probably get one 14".

 

As far as installs go that number will also swell when business start rolling with WIN 10 - many companies will be forced to using it for compliance issues. Besides all of that it is a far superior OS to anything out there.

 

I think they'll only announce a new Surface Pro (4). The Surface non-Pro 3 just came out.

I have a feeling that that number will grow a bit after the Surface 4 comes out (announcement on Tuesday).  I'll probably get one 14".

 

As far as installs go that number will also swell when business start rolling with WIN 10 - many companies will be forced to using it for compliance issues.  Besides all of that it is a far superior OS to anything out there. 

 

Regards

jja

 

I guess we can only wait and see. 

 

As far as windows 10 being better, I suspect that applies mostly to power users and techies..... People who like customizing the system and really digging into things. As far as your average joe who's just checking his facebook messages, doing some light surfing.... and maybe paying a few bills, a lot of "cool" new features will simply be wasted, as all those people want is for the operating system to get the heck out of their way.

 

I've watched the way my cousin and a few others have used their systems since updating (with a little help) and I gather they pretty much could have stayed on Windows 7 for the rest of their lives and been perfectly happy. 

 

But "New" and "Free" are powerful words.

Yep - also Win 10 is run on IoT devices installed on a major number of elevators worldwide.  That may jack the count way up.  

 

Regards

jja

Yep - also Win 10 is run on IoT devices installed on a major number of elevators worldwide.  That may jack the count way up.  

 

Regards

jja

 

All that stuff about ATM's heart monitors, elevators, etc......... Hmmmmmm..... seems more like a long term goal than a reality. One OS to rule them all.....

BTW - the Surface Book looks like it could be an awesome Flight Sim machine.  Especially if you are a roadie.

 

Regards

jja

Windows 10 on a cloned HD for testing purposes.....

 

Some anomalies on the soundcard and on the Video card (in both cases I'm not sure they are working as well as on win 7) 

 

Will fiddle with it a bit.

 

Glad I still have my win7 drive!

BTW - the Surface Book looks like it could be an awesome Flight Sim machine.  Especially if you are a roadie.

 

Regards

jja

It does. It's incredibly well designed... I don't know why any business/educational institute, or even a regular person would ever buy an iPad or an Android tablet at this point... They have a price point for everyone, and a device for everyone.

Nvidia drivers problem. Apparently lots of people having the same issue. Nvidia is aware and is looking at a fix. 34 page thread and growing at the Nvidia site.

 

Error is: Nvidia control panel application, (version number here) has stopped working

 

Research shows a possible issue with long or abstracted names (shortcuts?) so now I will be gaping at process Monitor for possible culprits.

 

Lots of other related issues reported, and maybe this is yet another reason to give windows 10 a pass until the possible mess is straightened out.

 

Some examples: But there are actually Nvidia and win 10 problem threads practically everywhere.

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/879820/geforce-drivers/official-windows-10-355-98-game-ready-display-driver-feedback-thread-9-22-15-/3/

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/856761/geforce-drivers/windows-10-display-driver-feedback-thread-7-16-15-/1/

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/3lxii5/nvidia_35598_whql_drivers/

Really? You truly don't understand why they couldn't call it 9, do you?

 

Any facts to back this up?

 

Feel free to use any other OS out there.

1. Microsoft said themselves they wanted to distance themselves from 8 which is why they called it 10 as they feel it was more then just an updated 8.2

 

2. Have you used a laptop in the last few months? They are much slower due to all these so called updates (telemetry) just look it up, its on Microsofts own website. I will be posting a topic soon on this to help others bring there computers back to life.

 

3. I will continue to use Win7 Thankyou, but that does not mean I won't migrate to 10 at some point as it is better then 8.

OK so maybe saying who's running microsoft is an idiot was a little harsh, but there sure is other things they could be doing to improve there image and not slowing down peoples computers. And maybe I'm still a little upset about them getting rid of ACES and FSX11. THANK YOU LM- PREPAR3D.

1. Microsoft said themselves they wanted to distance themselves from 8 which is why they called it 10 as they feel it was more then just an updated 8.2

 

2. Have you used a laptop in the last few months? They are much slower due to all these so called updates (telemetry) just look it up, its on Microsofts own website. I will be posting a topic soon on this to help others bring there computers back to life.

 

3. I will continue to use Win7 Thankyou, but that does not mean I won't migrate to 10 at some point as it is better then 8.

OK so maybe saying who's running microsoft is an idiot was a little harsh, but there sure is other things they could be doing to improve there image and not slowing down peoples computers. And maybe I'm still a little upset about them getting rid of ACES and FSX11. THANK YOU LM- PREPAR3D.

 

1. Actually no. It wasn't called Windows 9 because MSFT was afraid that some older programs could check for the Windows version on startup/install, and accidentally think the user was running Windows 95/98 or any other 9x series OS. Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191279-why-is-it-called-windows-10-not-windows-9

 

2. ...what?

 

3. Ok let's be honest. W10 is neither better nor worse than W8. W8, to be truthful, was exactly like Windows 7 but with a big performance boost and the infamous "start screen". That's it. Once you installed a classic start menu, W8 was W7 but better. W10 is completely different from Windows 7/8. Icons are different, and so is the general design of the OS.

 

A lot of people who complained about Windows 8's "metro apps" and "metro design" are now extremely happy with Windows 10, which is really ironic considering Windows 10 has MORE "metro" and MORE "modern apps" than Windows 8 did. Hell, even the VOLUME slider in the taskbar is a "modern app". Also, the new "Settings app" which, for whatever reason, will replace the Control Panel is also new. Even the Calculator is now a "modern app" (and it is horrible by the way).