11-08-2015, 11:13 AM
Think carefully before you change from 7 to 10. Two computers in our house, both now running Win 10, both having a range of problems. I installed the upgrade on my wife's laptop (Win 7 to Win 10). Took most of a day. Several times the whole thing crashed totally, and I had to reboot manually. Finally got it working. Last night she had more trouble with it, no internet. Sorted that out by several reboots!
This morning, my computer running Win 10 (no download problems when installing) decided not to allow me to open Windows Live Mail. Web worked OK. After searches for a solution proved useless (a hour or more wasted) I rebooted only to find that now there was no internet access either.
Opened Glary utilities and checked the register. Glary suggested about 50 register problems. I let it fix them, then rebooted. Working OK now but took an AGE to load up (a good 10 minutes). Worth noting that there's no 'recovery' as such for Win 10, unlike the facility in Win 7. Just a reinstall of Win 10, when you lose all your downloaded programme material such as Acrobat Reader.
Win 10 seems to me to be a bit flaky, to say the least, unless I've just been unlucky. I don't do anything 'special' on the computer - no downloads from dodgy sites, for example - and neither does my wife. I mainly use Acrobat, Photoshop and Word. Never a moment's trouble with Win 7, so I'm considering returning to it. I'll give 10 a few more days but if I get further problems I will get rid of it.
Tony
This morning, my computer running Win 10 (no download problems when installing) decided not to allow me to open Windows Live Mail. Web worked OK. After searches for a solution proved useless (a hour or more wasted) I rebooted only to find that now there was no internet access either.
Opened Glary utilities and checked the register. Glary suggested about 50 register problems. I let it fix them, then rebooted. Working OK now but took an AGE to load up (a good 10 minutes). Worth noting that there's no 'recovery' as such for Win 10, unlike the facility in Win 7. Just a reinstall of Win 10, when you lose all your downloaded programme material such as Acrobat Reader.
Win 10 seems to me to be a bit flaky, to say the least, unless I've just been unlucky. I don't do anything 'special' on the computer - no downloads from dodgy sites, for example - and neither does my wife. I mainly use Acrobat, Photoshop and Word. Never a moment's trouble with Win 7, so I'm considering returning to it. I'll give 10 a few more days but if I get further problems I will get rid of it.
Tony
