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Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 8365
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | 1
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Long story, but if you have an nVidia video card, don't install the update. Seems Microsoft doesn't care about nVidia owners, as the update severely screws up drivers and they can't be fixed or re-installed at the moment.
I couldn't change my resolution and it listed default drivers being used, so I did a web search and found out the issue is due to Microsoft. Seems they made Windows updates automatic now and they conflict with nVidia's drivers somehow.
*edit* I forgot to mention that after updating to 10, my computer wouldn't even acknowledge nVidia Experience (nVidia's control panel/driver updater) being on my computer and wouldn't let me install it at all. I downgraded back to 8.1 soon after due to the resolution I was stuck with giving me a royal headache. (I couldn't change the resolution at all, and was stuck with one that made everthing too wide)
Edited by Brian Floyd on 29 July 2015 at 12:53pm
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Bob Simko Byrne Robotics Security
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Joined: 16 April 2004 Posts: 5982
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | 2
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I've been hearing some horror stories about W10. Really glad I made the move to Mac.
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Paul Reis Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 919
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 3:00pm | IP Logged | 3
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not as severe as your problem: i have lost the use of my SD card reader. probably not a problem for many people, but i gave up on USB sticks as my "portable" medium and moved to SD Cards. other minor-ish problems here and there, too (can't minimize some screens)
i'm NOT impressed with windows 10 (start button - hardly!) - i just cannot understand how it got good reviews.
anyways, i hope there's a solution to the SD card issue soon or the "baby" Acer is moving back to XP. (i haven't done anything to the "daddy" Acer, and probably won't for a while.
[btw - this is being typed on my chromebook]
Edited by Paul Reis on 29 July 2015 at 3:01pm
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Dan Marcoux Byrne Robotics Member
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Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1433
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | 4
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My wife's laptop upgraded without a glitch. Worked perfect after the final reboot and she signed in.
My backup desktop PC (I've gone mostly Mac in the last two years, but keep a PC around just because) was a bit more difficult. I shouldn't have been surprised, I had a heck of a time getting Win 8 running on it. Installing the AMD catalyst drivers directly from the AMD website resolved most of those issues.
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15817
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 4:49pm | IP Logged | 5
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The reviews I read have warned that this first-release is a bit buggy. I'll probably upgrade in a few months once they've had a change to put in a few more bug fixes.
That said, I kinda like the maligned and little-adopted Windows 8.1.
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Brian Floyd Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 8365
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 5:23pm | IP Logged | 6
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Nevermind.
Edited by Brian Floyd on 29 July 2015 at 6:01pm
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Steve Adelson Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 May 2009 Location: United States Posts: 1204
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | 7
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Nvidia released new drivers a few hours ago, and MSFT updated their update program. I just updated by main desktop, and it went smoother than any other update I've had.
I believe the free update is for a year. After that, you'll still get Windows updates.
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Wilson Mui Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4526
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Posted: 29 July 2015 at 9:05pm | IP Logged | 8
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Finally got it to work after installing the Windows updates.
Thanks for the heads up re Nvidia.
Edited by Wilson Mui on 29 July 2015 at 10:25pm
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Jesus Garcia Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 10 April 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2414
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Posted: 30 July 2015 at 6:25am | IP Logged | 9
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Thanks for the warning.
This is not by way of a judgement but it always surprises me that people install new software on the day it becomes available. My policy has always been to let others be the "enthusiastic guinea pigs" and be guided by their experiences.
This attitude extends to cars, telephones, television shows, etc.
I loather, loathe, loathe, wasting my time -- especially when due to incompetence that borders on malfeasance. I can well imagine the frustration you experienced.
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Trevor Smith Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3521
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Posted: 30 July 2015 at 9:56am | IP Logged | 10
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I'm quite liking it thus far, with the only hiccough being having to uninstall/re-install Asus Smart Gesture.
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Jeff Patterson Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 14 January 2006 Location: United States Posts: 225
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Posted: 30 July 2015 at 10:19am | IP Logged | 11
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My wife wrote a piece about Win10's wifi scariness http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/windows-10-automatically -grants-home-wi-fi-network-access-to-your-outlook-and-skype- contacts-072915.html
Also, Classic Shell makes the start menu much more customization.
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Petter Myhr Ness Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 July 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 3829
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Posted: 30 July 2015 at 1:09pm | IP Logged | 12
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I took the plunge. But then I had Windows 8.1, which I loathe, so my thinking was: "Can't be worse".
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