Because I don't think it's coded to recognize WinX yet, and I'm assuming it defaults to 32 if it can't identify the version.
I don't know if this is actually the case, but that's my guess.
--Patrick
So... what's up with this Windows 10 thing?
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I don't know if this is actually the case, but that's my guess.
--Patrick
I think I may have found the problem with my blinky-blink install of WinTen.
I had to run a System File Checker scan to see what exactly was broken, and found there were a couple of files - both with a .json extension - that were unrepairable by SFC.
I do some poking around, and guess what? A Windows Update-issued fix from earlier this year (that was - get this - a Windows Ten PREP file) corrupted the exact same two files, both with the .json extension.
There is a very specific fix that I've found, and (after I save my WinTen install to a USB drive, using Media Creation Tool) I will run it, then do another sfc run to check it.
If it's fixed... I think I'll do another "save" of my system with Macrium, after deleting the old partition, then try the third attempt at installing WinTen - this time from my USB drive.
And THEN... hopefully I will have Windows 10 on this silly machine.
I had to run a System File Checker scan to see what exactly was broken, and found there were a couple of files - both with a .json extension - that were unrepairable by SFC.
I do some poking around, and guess what? A Windows Update-issued fix from earlier this year (that was - get this - a Windows Ten PREP file) corrupted the exact same two files, both with the .json extension.
There is a very specific fix that I've found, and (after I save my WinTen install to a USB drive, using Media Creation Tool) I will run it, then do another sfc run to check it.
If it's fixed... I think I'll do another "save" of my system with Macrium, after deleting the old partition, then try the third attempt at installing WinTen - this time from my USB drive.
And THEN... hopefully I will have Windows 10 on this silly machine.
I'm starting to suspect two things:
1. A lot of these updates went out with these corrupt .JSON files, but MS techs either couldn't notice the problem, or figured they "average user" wouldn't even notice;
2. The conspiracy theorist in me suspects that they did this intentionally to force people to do "clean" installs of their system - which would mean having to reinstall everything, and losing all their saved data.
1. A lot of these updates went out with these corrupt .JSON files, but MS techs either couldn't notice the problem, or figured they "average user" wouldn't even notice;
2. The conspiracy theorist in me suspects that they did this intentionally to force people to do "clean" installs of their system - which would mean having to reinstall everything, and losing all their saved data.
If your saved data is that important, you should probably back it up anyway.
Not to put too fine a point on it, and not to be malicious, but this should always be the first question you should ask yourself before upgrading, before installing. If you haven't made a backup, before you even turn your computer on in the morning, you should be like:
--Patrick
Thank you, already did that. I restored twice from a cloned copy using Maricum.
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My first thoughts - boot up time is a bit slower on my multiple Win 7 and my one Win 8.1 machines, but once I'm in, it overall seems "faster" in response for apps.
Not too keen on the "pin" location for the Start Menu.
Not too keen on the "pin" location for the Start Menu.
Now if she could just not use BingCortana gets it...
Pretty sure it's in her contract.
Ask her about "naked Cortana pics," see what she says.
--Patrick
"Master Chief... is that you?"
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A bit more detail for me: I did 2 laptops (my Win 8.1, my wife's Win 7) and 2 HTPCs (both Win 7) over the weekend. No issues with 3 of them, but I had to wipe the settings on one of the HTPCs after an initial failed attempt at keeping it's settings (going from Win 7 to 10). This worked in my favor as it was having some odd issues anyway. Being a HTPC, there was a lot less to deal with reinstalling - I had most of it ready just in case (ninite.com is your friend!). After reinstalling everything, I finally was able to get it to work in full 1080p with it with Win 10 too - Win 7 wouldn't display it right if I set it to 1080 (p or i).
My wife agrees with me that the boot up time is longer but once you are in, it seems "faster."
I still have to do my son's laptop (once he earns having it back).
My wife agrees with me that the boot up time is longer but once you are in, it seems "faster."
I still have to do my son's laptop (once he earns having it back).
What - that my son needs to earn his laptop back? He'll be 7 next week, so he constantly loses and gains his laptop and iPad depending on how well he listens to us.
I've tried the upgrade from Win7 a few times now; once the machine shuts down and restarts it then hangs (little dot wheel freezes and stops rotating) and only a hard reset fixes. First reset it tries again and hangs, second one it reverts back to win7. Going to do more digging to figure this out.
Just finished the upgrade to 10, no glitches or hitches.
I can't restart my computer at all, I have to completely shut it down and turn it back on or else it just locks up. Weird issue.
Firefox is a bit choppy when scrolling or watching streams. Thinking of going to get a RAM upgrade to this box. Currently just 8GB DDR3-1600 installed. Also noticed that Windows considers "system managed" pagefile size on this system to mean "none". Changed that to 1-3 GB on the HDD (E: drive).
TBH, there were a lot of things I opted out of in the Win10 setup, for privacy reasons. No, I don't want microsoft partners to have my particular "advertising ID". No, I don't want to send stuff to microsoft (my keystrokes, voice commands, etc) to microsoft to help improve cortana. No, Microsoft, you don't need to know my contact and calendar details.
But, Win10 made it clear that there were privacy settings I should look at, and ticking off all of those things was pretty simple during the process.
While investigating the Firefox issue (still only available in 32-bit for Windows users), what extensions do I discover are two of the biggest resource hogs? Adblock Plus and Ghostery. Well, fuck. And it's still not helping the choppy video issue.
(ETA: I think that's got it. Suggested to disable hardware acceleration in either Flash or Firefox itself.)
(ETA: I think that's got it. Suggested to disable hardware acceleration in either Flash or Firefox itself.)
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I uninstalled Ghostery a long time ago due to performance issues. 
Ran into my first Win10 problem this morning when I tried to VPN in to work.
For various reasons, I prefer to use an XP virtual machine with VMWare to VPN from. I've had employers force all network traffic (not just work machine traffic) through the VPN. I've had employers require X amount of keystrokes per minute to keep the VPN active (which is easy to script for, but a pain unless it's in the background somewhere). OPM required a government id card reader which completely screwed up the ability to use the VPN for any other purpose until I did a clean install.
So, I segregate out the machine I'm using to VPN by using a virtual machine. This morning, I was unable to log into work, because VMWare couldn't connect over the NAT bridge to my local machine. Something about the win10 installation messed it up. A reinstall of VMWare fixed the problem.
Ran into my first Win10 problem this morning when I tried to VPN in to work.
For various reasons, I prefer to use an XP virtual machine with VMWare to VPN from. I've had employers force all network traffic (not just work machine traffic) through the VPN. I've had employers require X amount of keystrokes per minute to keep the VPN active (which is easy to script for, but a pain unless it's in the background somewhere). OPM required a government id card reader which completely screwed up the ability to use the VPN for any other purpose until I did a clean install.
So, I segregate out the machine I'm using to VPN by using a virtual machine. This morning, I was unable to log into work, because VMWare couldn't connect over the NAT bridge to my local machine. Something about the win10 installation messed it up. A reinstall of VMWare fixed the problem.
I run into VPN issues if I reboot or shut down with the VPN app active. I have to run the app again to restore network connectivity.
I think I've finally sussed out the choppiness of Firefox. And it's all Flash. Plugincontainer.exe will cause CPU spikes about every 40 seconds or so, and that's where everything tends to hang. Odd that I didn't really notice it in Win7.
I think I've finally sussed out the choppiness of Firefox. And it's all Flash. Plugincontainer.exe will cause CPU spikes about every 40 seconds or so, and that's where everything tends to hang. Odd that I didn't really notice it in Win7.