| Last Hussar | 29 Feb 2016 1:20 p.m. PST |
About 6 months ago I went to 10. Next day I rolled back. The issue was that every 30 secs to 2 minutes it seemed to refresh the task bar, closing any folders I had open, and making my active window – A word document for most of the short period – inactive, meaning I had to click in again. Anyone suffering from this? I want to be sure before trying again. |
| Nick Bowler | 29 Feb 2016 3:18 p.m. PST |
Never saw this. When I first updated to Windows 10, all sorts of stuff didn't work properly. I had to wait a few hours for all of the patches to be downloaded. I still think Windows 7 is better than 10, but both are miles better than 8. I find windows 10 OK, in a 'its not to bad' sort of way. |
| 45thdiv | 29 Feb 2016 4:02 p.m. PST |
I had windows 8.1 on my new workstation and switched to 10 around December last year. It's ok. If you have windows 7 don't upgrade until you are forced to. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 29 Feb 2016 4:20 p.m. PST |
One problem I had with Windows 10 is a massive memory leak. It's caused by a program called runtime broker which is supposed to manage resources – it doesn't, it just collects and keeps them! Solution: Control/Alt/Delete, open Task Manager, scroll to Runtime Broker, press End Task. If you keep Task Manager minimised you can repeat if needed later but generally doing it once usually works. |
| Weasel | 29 Feb 2016 7:22 p.m. PST |
It seems to run okay on my wife's laptop. Still has issues with suspend/resume but it had that under win 7 as well. Any complete OS update has a decent chance of something breaking. Just the nature of the beast. Do a clean install if at all possible. |
| freewargamesrules | 01 Mar 2016 7:07 a.m. PST |
My son has it on his laptop, can't say I like it. Mind you Mac OS El Capitan is having lots of trouble too, so think I will stick with Linux. |
| Great War Ace | 01 Mar 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
If I could have bought my new laptop with Windoze 7 I would have done so. But of course only Windoze 10 is available. It is okay. Only minor quirks that have mostly sorted themselves out. |
| Who asked this joker | 01 Mar 2016 5:20 p.m. PST |
I had windows 8.1 on my new workstation and switched to 10 around December last year. It's ok. If you have windows 7 don't upgrade until you are forced to. Anything is a step up from Windows 8.  |
| Zargon | 02 Mar 2016 7:27 a.m. PST |
Welll if Bill Gates is poncing on about some 'magical' fuel source don't hold your breath, I've kept to 7th and am fairly agreeable with its familiarity and its almost stability. Stay away from 10th until they are on to 13th or so. |
| Sergeant Paper | 03 Mar 2016 9:10 a.m. PST |
It is bearable on my new desktop, the tablet rubbish is minimized automagically. Still a few irritations (I HATE stupid UI designers who just have to change stuff that works for new designs that don't work any better but are NEW)… |
| Last Hussar | 03 Mar 2016 6:06 p.m. PST |
If you are having this problem – you will know because open folders (not programmes, but file folders) close every minute or so, it appears to be down to a programme called IDT Audio. You probably don't realise you have it (I think it may be primarily a lap top thing). I upgraded again, same problem , but now the MS forums identify this as the problem (posts Dec 15) I uninstalled it (just disabling it didn't work) and problem solved. |
| Mithmee | 09 Mar 2016 6:52 p.m. PST |
There is a reason why it was free. It Sucks! |
