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Garth J Lancaster wrote: everytime I think 'ok, Im going to take the plunge and update to Win10' .. I see something like this 
Yeah, it's true.
I've checked fragmentation on my disk. No problems there.
I even ran c:\>chkdsk all good on that front.
I've downloaded Kaspersky virus trial since machine is acting so odd.
Scanning now, but I really don't think that is it either.
Well, unless Win10 _is_ a virus. 
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raddevus wrote: Well, unless Win10 _is_ a virus. |
By now I thought this was established fact or at the minimal for it to be considered malware. 
There are good things about it, several even yet I still hold off on upgrading because I have enough trouble with w10 at work.
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I've been happily using using it without any problems since its release.
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mate, I was going to say 'you're special'  but no, we all know the myriad of hardware, drivers etc that can cause issues like this
- It would be interesting I guess to ascertain what % of people with issues are new installs running on new virgin purpose hardware for example vs upgrades etc
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I'm on hardware made for Windows 7, a Lenovo T520i. Upgrading to Windows 10 was no problem, and Windows 10 upgrades have been no problem. Windows now even has generic drivers for the laptop's features that do a better job than its own.
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ok, then maybe its 'luck'
have a good weekend mate
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You too, thanks. ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
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My problem was with the Anniversary Update, that every day for six months tried to install itself.
Every day it failed and rolled back - a process that took about an hour.
Even worse, it removed my Shutdown and Restart options, replacing them with 'Update and Shutdown' and 'Update and Restart'.
I'm surprised it didn't replace Sleep with 'Update and Sleep'.
So any reboot was taking an hour.
Then, mysteriously, last week when I was on the point of formatting the drive, it succeeded.
The machine started off as Win8, then went Win8Pro -> Win8.1Pro -> Win10Pro, so was probably a more difficult update than most.
Even so, it was a complete PITA, but now seems OK.
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Same here with a certain security update, but it failed after 5 minutes, paused for 5 minutes and tried again. I have disabled some services to prevent auto updates completly. But after reading your post, I guess I will give it a try again.
Wish me luck ... 
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I have happily avoided it without problems since its release.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: I have happily avoided it without problems since its release.
how? You could share your secret
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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That's very simple. I had installed Win7 when the whole updating circus began. It told me that I would get no forced updates unless I activate windows. So I did not activate it.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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You can safely connect it to the Internet; just don't switch it on.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I used Win ME without any trouble whatsoever. Sometimes it happens.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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den2k88 wrote: I used Win ME without any trouble whatsoever
Ah, the memories! My first laptop came with ME. It would blue screen 2 or 3 times a day, especially when working in Visual Studio 6. It taught me to code in short bursts and save frequently! Finally, a friend introduced me to W2K and the nightmares were over. I liked W2K so much that I mostly skipped XP.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I had a worn and old PC, pentium 166 MMX, 64 MB of RAM and a motherboard so old it could support no more than a S3 Virge 3D as video card - but that one died years before and I was stuck with a Trident video card with 1 mb of VRAM.
With Win98 SE it blue-screened about 3/4 times a week while with ME it bluescreened less than 10 times in the months I used it. Win2k was incompatible with many of the games I played and with most of the hardware I had at home (a very ancient Genius scanner which was thought for Win 3.1 and had its 16 bit driver embedded in its own management program).
I found it a little slower than 98 but aestethically more pleasant, easier to use and more stable.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Please allow me to offer you the counter point: While I sympathize with the OP and other people who struggle with Win 10, I have used it from the start, updated it regularly and only use Edge. I have had very few issues in more than a year. I did disable pop-up ads in Edge and I further suppress ads with the Windows HOSTS file. So as far as I am concerned, it is humming along nicely.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: ...I further suppress ads with the Windows HOSTS file.
I have right at 100 mappings in my hosts file. Sure cuts down on the junk being downloaded/displayed in the browser.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I started using it back in January and so far have had no issues. Chrome works great. My only issue would be the inability to turn off, or even configure, Windows Update. On my Windows 7 box, I had it set to "download but not install" so that I could decide if an update was needed. Not a showstopper, but it shouldn't take that control away from me.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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thanks David
I can't find the article/news feed I saw, but apparently they are 'working on' giving people back that ability
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Last night I noticed that Edge was missing.
Then I noticed the Store was missing.
Did all the steps MS says to do to fix things like that....nope. Still missing.
Ah, well, I need to reinstall anyway, since I got a new motherboard with an M.2 drive I'll use for "C:".
But that's not the point.
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I probably would not notice them missing in years.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Last night I noticed that Edge was missing.
Then I noticed the Store was missing.
And that's a bad thing??? 
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GenJerDan wrote: But that's not the point.
Right. We want to know why things change. Who is controlling / effecting our hardware?
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