Windows 10 Pro "Update"

[Chalenge]

If I had these issues when I first started using computers I probably would have become a field surveyor.

[Skuzzy]

If I had these issues when I first started using computers I probably would have become a field surveyor.

lol!

[715]

If you go there and are running any other operating system than Windows 10, it will prompt you at the bottom of the page that you are not running Windows 10 and are going to die bald headed if you do not upgrade!

Well,...I might have exaggerated than last bit.

Are you sure that message doesn't only appear if you are reading on a version of Windows that is upgradable (ie Win 7, 8, or 8.1)?  When I go there via Ubuntu it doesn't try to get me to get Windows 10.

[Chalenge]

I have Windows 10, and it tells me that my free upgrade will be arriving soon.

[Molsman]

If I had these issues when I first started using computers I probably would have become a field surveyor.

Thats why I became a Paramedic I hate it when computers don't work my way

But after reading this I am wondering if I want to upgrade to 10 or wait til they fix the bugs I just reserved mine today

[Chalenge]

I think if you want it for free you must update in the first 30 days.

The biggest problem I have with W10, is that Microsoft has changed the audio stack again.

EDIT: As of yesterday the Update path broke the ZxR Windows 8 fix, and Creative also released new drivers for the "Z," and "Zx". So, I will let you know. . .

[Bino]

Here is the Win 10 FAQ:  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-faq

[Nwbie]

how long does a neophyte like me, have to wait before I should go ahead with the install? As in the past with other upgrades I have relied on the wisdom and outright chest thumping available on this board to decide when to stick my toes in the water too. As I have been reading so far, wait is the definitive answer... is this looking like a long term wait or is there an event horizon that can be seen?
Am I correct in my reading so far... there will be problems for the word processor ability crowd? Guess where I fall in that category list....

Sitting back in the shadows and using the crap out of the computer savvy crowd...

NwBie

[AKQwik]

I think if you want it for free you must update in the first 30 days.

I read the free upgrade is available for 12 months.

[Bizman]

I read the free upgrade is available for 12 months.

I have been in that belief, too.

[Chalenge]

That is indeed correct, but once you install you have 30 days to decide if you want to keep W10 or return to your previous OS (according to the FAQ Bino linked to).

[Bizman]

how long does a neophyte like me, have to wait before I should go ahead with the install? --

It depends. If you have Windows 7, it will be supported until January 2020. Windows 8 until Jan 2023. If you're happy with either, there's no necessity to change. And although Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, I bet your current computer won't last that long. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

[Chalenge]

It depends. If you have Windows 7, it will be supported until January 2020. Windows 8 until Jan 2023. If you're happy with either, there's no necessity to change. And although Windows 10 will be supported until 2025, I bet your current computer won't last that long. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle

Fixed. 

[Bizman]

Fixed. 

Thanks

[Chalenge]

I opened up 3DS Max and opened a race track scene that uses more than 16GB of memory. Windows 10 did not handle it well. It started off okay, but then W10 lost the program file-type associations, the Start Menu lost its appearance settings, and the rendering process slowed to about 10% of the initial speed. The system has 32GB, so this is a problem.