1881

It’s not true that the Windows Update method is more risky. They’re functionally the same code running underneath. The primary difference is that the Windows Update method is the most mainstream and widely used method, and when using that method, it will also slipstream most available updates during the upgrade process instead of forcing you to install most updates after finishing the upgrade.

If you have it available, you should actually just start with the Get Windows 10 app. It’s what provides the most information about what’s compatible and if there are any red flags before you should upgrade. And it’ll be the easiest one- or two-click upgrade you can do.

Remember that more than 100 million machines have upgraded, and the vast majority of those are from regular joe schmoes who don’t even know the Media Creation Tool exists. It’s the most well-tested, and for any bugs that come up (which could affect both Windows Update and the MCT), those bugs tend to be fixed first in the Windows Update method.

1882

Well, did the update from the pestering pop-up and I made it back to Quartertothree, so all the important stuff is working! It did keep Cortana on even though I told it to leave her off.

1883

When you update windows 10 it will ask you to create some kind of microsoft account. What are the advantages of doing this? I certainly do not want to give my email to MS unless there is a good reason.

1884

You don’t have to use a MSFT account. But I do and it allows you to save settings across different computers. It’s also good for Office apps for the same reason. They give you a little cloud space on OneDrive to go with it.

1885

Yeah, I use an MS account for those reasons and enjoy it. I certainly don’t mess around with Hotmail or whatever.

1886

Upgraded my final machine yesterday. This is what I consider my “server” even though it’s just running windows 8.1 pro. It just has a crapton of services installed and drive bender and stays on 24/7 and hosts a VM. This was the first upgrade I did through the actual windows update process and it went shockingly smooth. It redetected some hardware but other than that everything seems to be working.

1887

I updated two of my machines yesterday- an ancient Acer nettop thing acting as a media center on my tv, and an Asus 8" tablet. Both were running 8.1 fine- well, mostly. The tablet would lose touch functionality sometimes when recovering from sleep, requiring reboot to get it back (good thing the pen still worked). I’d tried to upgrade them to 10 a couple months ago, but both failed inexplicably. Both got the upgrade icon again after the new service pack, so I tried again. Both failed via standard windows update, but I tried with the media creation tool and they both got through it flawlessly.

10 seems pretty good so far, but some decisions are terrible. The new OneDrive integration sucks- the tablet in particular has very limited storage (32gb) so I really don’t want anything synched unless I need it. Now, I couldn’t even see it if it’s not on the local storage, until I found out about the hack of assigning my OneDrive account as a mapped network drive. That’s a bit slow and doesn’t synch automatically, though. At least I have access.

1888

And as far as I can tell, it doesn’t allow you to have different settings on different computers. So much for the wallpaper I was using on my laptop, it’s windows default or trying to use a 1920x1080 image on a 3440x1440 monitor (or vice versa).

1889

Have you tried fooling with the sync settings? In Win8.1 I had a similar issue where it was grabbing my desktop wallpaper on to my laptop (where I preferred black) and I was able to stop it by flipping off a sync setting. I think Win10 should have something similar.

1890

Turning off theme syncing should fix that, afaik.

Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings

1891

I have a Windows 8.1 work laptop that I haven’t yet upgraded because the hassle of anything going wrong outweighed the perceived benefit, especially when the O/S was brand new. Is now the time to upgrade, or still hold off?

1892

It’s nothing special. There’s no particular reason to upgrade a work laptop, only potential downsides.

1893

o.k., I’ll wait until the last minute of the free upgrade and likely do it then.

My home system is still Win7 and I likely won’t do that until there’s a good reason either, such as a directx12 game I really want to play.

1894

I’ll get to fiddling.

1895

Downgraded my Nvidia drivers to 358.91 by downloading from NVidia and doing a clean install, and it’s been two days now with no BSOD. Crossing my fingers that it stays that way.

1896

Here’s a query; has anyone here experienced anything like this:

I got a new PC with Windows 10. I wanted to put it on the home network with my old Windows 7 PC to more easily copy files between them on the LAN. But the two PCs can’t see or even ping each other let alone file share in any fashion. Meanwhile the other house computers; wireless laptops running 7 or 8; are all visible and can see, ping and fileshare with both of the PCs as well as each other.

In the end I solved my problem by connecting a switch to my wireless router (which previously both PCs were connected to its LAN ports) and then the PCs to the switch. BAM! Problem solved; seeing, pinging and more importantly filesharing now.

I can’t tell if this had to do with the Windows 10 PC or perhaps something unique to my wireless router. It’s a non-descript D-Link several years old that I ‘tomatoed’.

1897

Its rather scary to turn on your PC, and then a blue screen appears, saying “We have updated yours system”…okay? Then another message “All your files are where they used to be”? WHAT? Why wouldn’t they be? What the hell Microsoft?! And then just wait for 5 minutes for…something to happen, and then go back to windows start screen, like nothing happened, no explanation about what the hell that meant, or what was updated, and why it was necessary to scare the bejeezus out of me.

So damn weird to do things like this!

1898

Haha, see my post a few pages back. Least reassuring reassurance message ever.

1899

Haha, okay - that was this? It was damn scary, and I still have no clue what it was all about. But you can be absolutely sure I WILL CHECK ALL MY FILES WHEN I GET OFF FROM WORK, to see if they are where they are supposed to be. So strange to do this!

If anyone from MS is taking notes, I suggest to not let software engineers write the messages to your costumers, but people with communication skills. Nudging is a thing now, you know!

1900

I presume it was the service pack style upgrade that was released a few weeks back. That’s when I got the message.