Windows 10 free upgrade offer

[The Moan Ranger]

Another one yesterday, that basically took all day.

Now, a quick disk cleanup shows I can delete the previous Windows installations...29.8GB...

[Barman]

Another one yesterday, that basically took all day.

Now, a quick disk cleanup shows I can delete the previous Windows installations...29.8GB...

I'm picking up a second-hand Asus Laptop this morning to use as a backup.

The seller is going to 'Factory Reset' it which presumably means I'll be downloading updates until June before I can use it...

[Steve]

Another update I didn't want overnight Thursday.  All the files I was working on saved as weird named autorecovered files

And then another one last night did it again.  I go into the settings to find that for reasons known only to Microshit they have decided this PC is Mrs K's and not mine.   FFS 
 
Think I've sorted it

[The Moan Ranger]

Since the latest update, startup times increased considerably and Firefox takes ages to initially load too 

[The Moan Ranger]

Another irritating thing is Cortana - easy enough to take it out of the startup programs, but it will fire up if you use the search function from the start button.  A quick bit of regeditry kills it off for good.

[Steve]

Another irritating thing is Cortana - easy enough to take it out of the startup programs, but it will fire up if you use the search function from the start button.  A quick bit of regeditry kills it off for good.

  never noticed that but what a sneaky bit of Microsoftery

[Barman]

Another irritating thing is Cortana - easy enough to take it out of the startup programs, but it will fire up if you use the search function from the start button.  A quick bit of regeditry kills it off for good.

Never noticed it... 

[The Moan Ranger]

Another irritating thing is Cortana - easy enough to take it out of the startup programs, but it will fire up if you use the search function from the start button.  A quick bit of regeditry kills it off for good.

Never noticed it... 

Only since the latest update - prior to that you could just turn it off via a pill switch or Speech, inking, & typing, and click "Stop getting to know me."

Now it seems, regedit or gpedit.msc.

[Steve]

Another irritating thing is Cortana - easy enough to take it out of the startup programs, but it will fire up if you use the search function from the start button.  A quick bit of regeditry kills it off for good.

Never noticed it... 

Only since the latest update - prior to that you could just turn it off via a pill switch or Speech, inking, & typing, and click "Stop getting to know me."

Now it seems, regedit or gpedit.msc.

Didn't that organisation I best not name (but rhymes with Bee You) get really tough with them for doing stuff like that?

[The Moan Ranger]

Another one...fired up the PC at about 08:30 - "Preparing PC, do not turn off"...still nothing happening 6 hours later...turned it off and on again and all seems fine 

[Barman]

Another one...fired up the PC at about 08:30 - "Preparing PC, do not turn off"...still nothing happening 6 hours later...turned it off and on again and all seems fine 

 

[Grumpmeister]

I seem to remember Microshaft telling us that this would be the final version of Windows... 

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-drops-windows-10-support-2025

[Barman]

I seem to remember Microshaft telling us that this would be the final version of Windows... 

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-drops-windows-10-support-2025

I know...

Had a huge update today too...

[Steve]

So what new features would we like to see in Windows 11?

A file download timer that actually works?

A decent in built email App - like they had in Windows 7

No naggings about how Edge and Bing are better than Chrome and Google - no one believes them

Other than that I'm thinking don't fix what ain't broke

[Barman]

So what new features would we like to see in Windows 11?

A file download timer that actually works?

A decent in built email App - like they had in Windows 7

No naggings about how Edge and Bing are better than Chrome and Google - no one believes them

Other than that I'm thinking don't fix what ain't broke