Windows 10

[DrNomis_44]

Just came across this webpage about Redstone, the next major update for Windows 10, apparently Microsoft are going to start releasing it, starting in July this year:



http://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-re...1-coming-july/

[Dedman]

When a company the size of Windows wants to give me something free, then gets really insistent that I take it I ask "Why?"
On Win 7Pro, I see no reason to change. It works.

[dave.king1]

Redstone, a fancy name for a service pack ( according to a Redmond dude )

[headcaver]

Took ages, but went from 7 to 8.1 then to 10. Wouldnt let me install 10 over 7 cos it said my legit win7 was not legit.. wtf! So, i install a fresh pirate win7, and that comes up clean! Yeah.. Anyway, the old win7-64 drivers work fine with my tascam fw-1884 in Windows 10. Just had to change the firewire card to a legacy driver requiring me to edit the BCD to not check for driver signing at boot. Otherwise, its a long winded effort to restart and choose a special boot option every time!
Installing sonar x3, waves, and other misc vsts has been a chore but i got there. Thank you pirate bay!

[DrNomis_44]

Took ages, but went from 7 to 8.1 then to 10. Wouldnt let me install 10 over 7 cos it said my legit win7 was not legit.. wtf! So, i install a fresh pirate win7, and that comes up clean! Yeah.. Anyway, the old win7-64 drivers work fine with my tascam fw-1884 in Windows 10. Just had to change the firewire card to a legacy driver requiring me to edit the BCD to not check for driver signing at boot. Otherwise, its a long winded effort to restart and choose a special boot option every time!
Installing sonar x3, waves, and other misc vsts has been a chore but i got there. Thank you pirate bay!

Geez, that is odd, my Desktop PC was running a Legit and fully-licensed installation of Windows Home Premium 64Bit, which was installed using a Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit Installation DVD, before I did the upgrade to Windows 10, and I didn't get anything like that, I had practically no issues with the upgrade.


My Desktop PC is running Windows 10 Threshold 2 64Bit, my Laptop was originally running Windows 8.1 but I ended up upgrading it to Windows 10 last year when Microsoft released it in late July, first time I did the upgrade it was straight on top of Windows 8.1 but I had some issues, then I tried a complete clean-install which resolved most of the issues, as soon as I did the upgrade to Threshold 2, the issues were fixed and stayed fixed, it's been quite a few months since I last did a clean-install of Windows 10 on my Laptop and both my computers have worked perfectly ever since.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:


Microsoft have just released a new cumulative update (KB3147458) for windows 10 running on PCs, this update contains the following fixes and updates the OS Build to OS Build No. 10586.218:


* Improved reliability for Internet Explorer 11, .NET Framework, wireless LAN, Microsoft Edge, Windows Update, logon, Bluetooth, network connectivity, map apps, video playback, Cortana, USB, Windows Explorer, and Narrator.

* Fixed issue with connectivity of USB devices until OS restart.

* Improved discoverability of printers when a device resumes from sleep.

* Fixed issues with lock screen.

* Support for visual voicemail on dual SIM phones.

* Fixed issue with audio playback using Groove music and other music apps on a phone.

* Fixed issue with revised daylight savings time.

* Fixed additional issues with shutdown delays, Narrator, Cortana, roaming data usage, buying apps in the Store, video playback, facial recognition, Bluetooth pairing, Microsoft Edge, logon, Internet Explorer 11, Live Tile updates, .NET Framework, and Microsoft Installer (MSI).

* Improved security for CSRSS to address security feature bypass.

* Fixed additional security issues with Security Account Manager Remote Protocol, HTTP.sys, secondary logon, Microsoft Graphics component, .NET Framework, CSRSS, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer 11.

[Dedman]

Something I've learned in the past 15yrs dealing with computers...when something is "free" YOU are the product. Your info is being sold. Now some people may not have an issue with that but when you run a business from a computer it becomes very important. Windows 10 is a huge spyware package, yes you can change all those settings BUT by the time you do that it's too late "no file left behind" Windows 10 already has everything they wanted, why do you think they are set to "on" as default?. Yes Windows 10 is free, but how long before you get a bill for a service pack that must be installed or Windows will cease to operate?
Paranoid? maybe. Experienced? Yes.

[DrNomis_44]

Something I've learned in the past 15yrs dealing with computers...when something is "free" YOU are the product. Your info is being sold. Now some people may not have an issue with that but when you run a business from a computer it becomes very important. Windows 10 is a huge spyware package, yes you can change all those settings BUT by the time you do that it's too late "no file left behind" Windows 10 already has everything they wanted, why do you think they are set to "on" as default?. Yes Windows 10 is free, but how long before you get a bill for a service pack that must be installed or Windows will cease to operate?
Paranoid? maybe. Experienced? Yes.

That's actually not much of an issue for me because technically, I'm not using my computers to run a business, I use them for running my music making software, running my games software, browsing the internet, or watching movies, I remember paying $260.00 for my Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium Installation DVDs, so getting Windows 10 free was a bonus for me, my Dell Inspiron 15 Laptop came with Windows 8.1 pre-installed on it, but I had to pay about $807.00 for the Laptop itself, so technically Windows 8.1 cost me about $807.00, having being used to Windows 7, I didn't like Windows 8.1 much, my biggest issue was the Metro User interface taking up the whole screen on bootup, to get to the desktop I had to look through all the Metro icons and find the small desktop icon, now, with Windows 10 it boots straight to the desktop, and I am actually liking the new start menu, I'm finding Windows 10 a lot more intuitive than 8.1 was.

Having said that, my attitude is basically "Each to their own", not everyone is going to like Windows 10 and they should just continue using what works for them, after all, it'd be a very boring world to live in if everyone used the exact same things in their day to day lives, wouldn't it?


For sure, and I agree, Microsoft shouldn't be aggressively forcing people to install their latest operating system on their computers, people have a basic right as humans to use whatever operating system they like, in whatever way they see fit, and I think Microsoft are forgetting that, considering that each User has paid their hard-earned money for their computer hardware and are technically the owners of the hardware.

[kimball492]

I think any operating system these days collects data regarding purchases, be it movies, music viewing data. And in truth Apple are by far the worse. I use both macs and pcs I dislike how much control Apple has over what I watch and listen too. And dislike iTunes immensely. It's a big brutish piece of software that's outdated and clumsy. I actually find win 10 faster cleaner and recording with it much better. Apples El Capitan is clunky and slow.. I Love my iPad and iPhone but dislike Apples clunky computer operating system.

[DrNomis_44]

I'd love to see a day where both Microsoft and Apple start respecting the basic human rights of all their customers who buy and use their software, yeah I know...a pipe dream.


I also use, and run Apple software on my old Dual 500Mhz CPU Macintosh G4 Power PC, so I'm not just a PC User.


Sure, I could change over to running a Linux OS on my Desktop PC, Laptop, and my G4 Mac, but, I have had lots of issues with the Linux Distros I have tried on my hardware, giving me some major headaches, some Linux Distros installed okay, but ended up running a bit unstable, some installed but refused to boot even though my hardware was compatible, some wouldn't even install at all, some installed fine but needed a device driver so that I could get online to download the needed drivers for my USB wireless modem so I could get online....think about that one for a sec, I basically had no internet access so that I couldn't get online to download the necessary third-party drivers for my USB modem, which was the only modem I had, it worked fine in Windows though, just not in Linux, talk about a major stymie.

Since I experienced no such issues with Windows, I decided to stick with it.


I do happen to have another spare Mac G4 Power PC, which I might try running a Linux OS on later on some time, now that I'm connected to the NBN, might see if I can get the G4 to connect to my Wireless Router because both my G4 Macs have a a wireless modem built in, don't know if they can connect to the Wireless Router though, worth a try anyway just to find out.


My Mac G4 with the Dual-500Mhz CPU is running OS X Panther which is the only one that's compatible with my copy of ProTools LE 6.4, yes, I know it's a very outdated version of ProTools, but it's all I have at the moment because I just don't have the money to upgrade to the latest version, so I have to work with what I've got, my old Digi001 Audio Interface is incompatible with the latest versions of ProTools.