Am I the only one having a really bad time with Windows 10?

[WamWooWam]

I don't like windows 10, I think it is overall rushed and not thought through.

Am I the only one?

[KemoKa]

Both my brother's computers decided their OS was dead. So no, you're not the only one.

I've had to reinstall about 3 times with the Beta. It's not all it's cracked up to be.

The water's fine on Linux, though! Just a few more years before OSX binaries are natively supported and then we can all migrate!

[Delicieuxz]

It's reality that it was rushed, and launched with serious issues and intended features missing. And compared to Windows 7, Windows 10 goes backwards in some ways (such as with its start menu), while most of Windows 10's improvements are things which a casual user is unlikely to frequent. Windows 10 is a platform for future development, and so, at face value, there probably isn't much that appeals to a straight-forward or casual PC user. It's mostly just Windows 7, with a less accommodating start menu.

[SirBobson]

It's not that I particularly don't like windows 10 itself but there's no official drivers for my laptop on windows 10 so that's kinda ruining my experience, but I haven't upgraded yet on my desktop. Also I quite liked the charms bar in windows 8 as my laptop is touchscreen. I personally had no problem with 8, however some people did - I was at a PC World ages ago some guy (not an employee) was giving me a lecture on how I shouldn't get anything with it. Also some people find 10 much easier e.g. my grandpa who found windows 8 really confusing after using xp for years. 

[Syntaxvgm]

Both installs I had stopped working one piece at a time, had to keep re-doing them. Dropped 10 for now. 

[AresKrieger]

The number of people that have had problems is high, so it's not just you, honestly if it wasn't for dx12 I don't think many gamers would have jumped ship so early

[NeatSquidYT]

I have no problems at all. 

[namarino]

I don't like windows 10, I think it is overall rushed and not thought through.

Am I the only one?

I honestly hated it. I reinstalled 7 on my desktop and laptop. It's mostly because of the start menu. I just really like the way that the Windows 7 start menu works.

[Delicieuxz]

I honestly hated it. I reinstalled 7 on my desktop and laptop. It's mostly because of the start menu. I just really like the way that the Windows 7 start menu works.

If you ever go back to Windows 10, check out Startisback. It's the Windows 7 start menu for Windows 8 and 10. Here's a picture of it in my Win 10 installation: http://i.imgur.com/uQNaBO8.jpg

[WamWooWam]

It's kinda funny because i really liked 8 and 8.1 but i find 10 just horrible, it's so buggy and slow even fresh. I think it's time to ring up an old friend, The Windows 8.1 Media Creation Tool

[deviant88]

I don't like windows 10, I think it is overall rushed and not thought through.

Am I the only one?

Yes you are 100% right but the newest build 10586 is gold, it works really well the final version should release this month rumours say on 12 or 15 for threshold 2, wait for that then you wont want to go back to 8 or 7.

Im using 10586 since they launched it and its working great all bugs and problems ive had are now fixed.

[Delicieuxz]

Yes you are 100% right but the newest build 10586 is gold, it works really well the final version should release this month rumours say on 12 or 15 for threshold 2, wait for that then you wont want to go back to 8 or 7.

Im using 10586 since they launched it and its working great all bugs and problems ive had are now fixed.

 

Cool. Does it improve the performance of Win 10's photo viewer, and calculator? Each time I open a picture, or the calculator, there's a couple seconds where the program seems to be loading the interface, and doesn't show the picture, or the calculator buttons (though the app windows is displayed). In Windows 7, they both load instantaneously.

[deviant88]

Cool. Does it improve the performance of Win 10's photo viewer, and calculator? Each time I open a picture, or the calculator, there's a couple seconds where the program seems to be loading the interface, and doesn't show the picture, or the calculator buttons (though the app windows is displayed). In Windows 7, they both load instantaneously.

Yes i had that problem too on 10240, and its notably faster on 10586 both calculator and photoviewer, but keep in mind you should have enabled background apps in privacy settings this makes apps remain in a sleep state when you dont use them so they start much faster, also i have an SSD i dont know the speed before and after on a HDD, it could be very different or just as slow.

[Vozella]

Really? I love W10. I have no problems at all.

[flibberdipper]

I could never get the drivers for my 7950 to install when I wanted to try it out for a bit. Soooooo.... Yeah.

[techguru]

I could never get the drivers for my 7950 to install when I wanted to try it out for a bit. Soooooo.... Yeah.

79xx works fine

just installed one today

[flibberdipper]

79xx works fine

just installed one today

That's nice that it worked for you. Too bad it hates me and wants to rip my spleen out through my anus and put it back in through my nose.

[techguru]

That's nice that it worked for you. Too bad it hates me and wants to rip my spleen out through my anus and put it back in through my nose.

something tells me you were doing something wrong

or only did the upgrade

[flibberdipper]

something tells me you were doing something wrong

or only did the upgrade

No and no. First off, I HATE doing upgrades, and I just wanted to test it in the first place.

 

And I got the latest of the latest, ran everything as admin, actually went in safe mode, all that crap. But oh well. Still hate Windows 10.

[Patrick3D]

Out of 4 machines that have a mix of Intel/AMD/Nvidia chips, I only had problems with one machine that is hooked up to a TV. Doing a clean install of 10 solved all the problems which were due to lingering AMD drivers from a graphics card that had been removed weeks prior to upgrading.

[WamWooWam]

I think one of the main problems for me is the features that were brought back like the Start Menu. Yes the start menu is back from its holiday they called Windows 8 but it doesn't grasp what made It great to start with. Apps are jumbled with folders in alphabetical order, the live tiles are too small to contain anything useful, and things are in the wrong place.

Also, why doesn't the select a colour based on my backgrounfpd just not work now for anything other than blue, black or grey. If you set Windows 8's stock wallpaper (the yellow triangles) as the background it sets the colour to some terrible shade of yellow that literally melts your eyes.

Speaking of eye melting, why is the stock wallpaper so unwelcoming. It's just dark and black and dingy in my opinion.

Some other minor annoyances:

calc.exe redirects to a modern app

Why can you not listen the the default programs I set? I can set them in the new settings app or control panel and it changes nothing, it stil nags me to change. NO

Border colours?

A dark theme?

Transparency?

Personalisation options in general?

Screen saver?

Polish?

Windows 10 annoys me.

[RagnarokDel]

It's reality that it was rushed, and launched with serious issues and intended features missing. And compared to Windows 7, Windows 10 goes backwards in some ways (such as with its start menu), while most of Windows 10's improvements are things which a casual user is unlikely to frequent. Windows 10 is a platform for future development, and so, at face value, there probably isn't much that appeals to a straight-forward or casual PC user. It's mostly just Windows 7, with a less accommodating start menu.

Windows 10's start menu is superior to Windows 7.

 

I think one of the main problems for me is the features that were brought back like the Start Menu. Yes the start menu is back from its holiday they called Windows 8 but it doesn't grasp what made It great to start with. Apps are jumbled with folders in alphabetical order, the live tiles are too small to contain anything useful, and things are in the wrong place.

Also, why doesn't the select a colour based on my backgrounfpd just not work now for anything other than blue, black or grey. If you set Windows 8's stock wallpaper (the yellow triangles) as the background it sets the colour to some terrible shade of yellow that literally melts your eyes.

hugh? 

[Delicieuxz]

Windows 10's start menu is superior to Windows 7.

 

 

That's not true for a lot of users. But what do you like about the Windows 10 start menu?

 

With the Windows 7 start menu, I heavily make use of being able to pin my most used apps to the start menu, which can't be done in Windows 10. Also, I find Windows 10's alphabetized organization of apps not needed, because any time I'm going to search for an not-pinned app, I'll start typing it in to the search box, and retrieve its shortcut instantly. I also find Windows 10's alphabetized shortcut listing slower to navigate than the traditional Windows 7 All Programs expanded presentation.

 

Better than both the Windows 10 and Windows 7 start menus, though, is the 3rd-party start menu software, Startisback - which provides all the (customizable) design and functionality of the Windows 7 start menu, and also alphabetizes the listings in All Programs automatically, and allows for a traditional expanded view for things like All Programs, and Control Panel.

[WamWooWam]

hugh? 

I see a Windows store app and the app you probably actually wanted. Hugh???

[RagnarokDel]

That's not true for a lot of users. But what do you like about the Windows 10 start menu?

 

I heavily make use of being able to pin my most used apps to the start menu, while finding Windows 10's alphabetized organization of apps not needed, because any time I'm going to search for an un-pinned app, I'll start typing it in to the search box, and retrieve its shortcut instantly. I find Windows 10's alphabetized shortcut listing slower to navigate than the traditional Windows 7 All Programs expanded presentation.

As far as I'm concerned, I used the expanding start menu only a few times between the beta of windows 7 and the release of windows 10. I consider the search bar part of the start menu personally. Windows 7 also had it but I needed to perform two actions to use it instead of one. I find it more responsive but maybe it's just me and my minimalist installation. I usually clean my installed apps once a month. Either way everything I use ends up being visible in the start menu whether it's from a tile or in most used.

edit: I can also use cortana to start apps when I'm doing something else with my hands. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)