I have installed Windows 10 on 4 machines and have had no problems Chap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sent from my iPad Leon Chapman [email protected] ⛳ > On Nov 8, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Stan <[email protected]> wrote: > > My experience of Windows 10 was that it was generally better until..... > > I did an update from 8.1 to Win 10 on my notebook in the first week it > became available Silly me. > Apart from it automatically updating taking up to 15 minutes a throw > without prior warming more than once a day initially , then down to once > or twice a week all went fairly well. The updating never occurred till the > computer had been idle for 15 minutes or more, but invariably it happened > just before I wanted to use it causing delays. The HP driver for the SD card > didn't work in windows 10 but no bugs were found in other programs during the > short period I used it. I would leave the notebook on overnight hoping the > automatic updates would occur while I was asleep and they generally did. > > After about 30 days the previous windows 8 system went and I was on Windows > 10 without a backwards path. I had wondered how to make Win 10 recovery boot > disks at that stage but didn’t progress it as I should have. > > After about 6 weeks when the notebook was left on overnight the charging > plug was somehow dislodged one night. By Murphy's law a new update started > and presumably the battery went flat while the upgrade proceeded with the > result that win10 files were corrupted. The notebook would not boot at all > in Win 10 and obviously it would not do a system restore from the Win 8 cds > I had. > > Data off the hard drive had to be retrieved on to another computer after the > drive was removed , then the drive reformatted before I could reinstall the > original Windows 8 then upgrade to 8.1 then set up all programs etc again. > The local computer shop reported several similar cases that they had worked > on over that week where drives had to be reformatted and earlier operating > systems installed. > > Windows 10 was faster, more logical and user friendly than Windows 8.1 in my > opinion. Legacy functioned perfectly on it but I will leave it another year > until Win 10 is more stable before I venture near it again. For those that > have upgraded, just ensure you have a backup that the PC can boot from if not > full system restore ability to Win 10 > Cheers > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Boswell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015 3:33 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] LFT under Linux? > > I know your message was intended for someone else, but I thought I'd let you > know about issues I had with Windows 10 and a big caution before you upgrade. > > Just because Windows 10 says your system and software are compatible, > sometimes it may not be. Prior to upgrading, the upgrade assistant said all > of my software was compatible. That wasn't true. > > I upgraded when it first came out and discovered that one program (Symantec > System Recovery) which I use all the time for backing up all my drives did > not work with Windows 10. Symantec issued a notice that an update would be > available in a few months and we could use the software in trial mode since > the software wouldn't accept our serial numbers. Unfortunately the trial was > only good for two months and today there is still no update. You'd think > they would have updated long before the release of Win10. > > If I had checked the websites for all software on my system I would have > discovered this so you might want to make sure you are running software that > will work with Windows 10. > > Windows 10 was also a lot slower for me and crashed many times. Graphics > programs that ran fine in 8.1 had a lot of issues in 10 so I would say they > weren't compatible either (3D software and Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Pro CS6 > versions). > > Don't rely on Windows 10 giving you the option of restoring your system. I > did and discovered it deleted all of my restore files. At the Microsoft > website forums they mentioned we needed enough space for the backup. I had > more than enough space (enough for several operating systems) and it still > deleted my restore files. It's like MS doesn't want us to go back to older > versions. > > Fortunately I was able to restore my system back to Win8.1 by forcing it > several times until it finally worked. Since then I've had numerous issues > with my 8.1 that are probably the cause of restoring my system and leftover > junk hidden in my system. Windows 10 changed the partitions on my hard drive > so restoring from a backup was problematic. I still have problems with the > system being much slower and crashes that I never had before. I'll probably > end up having to do a full reformat and install of all software to get rid of > Windows 10 garbage left behind. I still get messages to upgrade to Windows > 10. > > Legacy did run on Win10 for me. It was one of the few programs that I didn't > have trouble with. I didn't have Win10 long before I got rid of it maybe a > week later. I realized early it was garbage and had to go. > > Bill Boswell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Hayes [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 11:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] LFT under Linux? > >> On 6 Nov 2015 at 22:57, I Macaulay wrote: >> >> I ran with XP and did not like 7 . When 8 came out I tried it and saw >> some potential. I now run only one Linux box, 1XP Just in case and >> the rest all run 10. Its not as bad as it seems. The biggest blow >> was the loss of a lot of older programs that just won't run on 10, but >> they don't run on Linux either. > > Could you reply to me privately (not really appropriate for the list as we've > heard that Legacy will run on 10) and let me know which older programs won't > run on Windows 10, but that do run on 7? > > That's my biggest concern about 10. I suppose I could back up 7 and restore > if my stuff won't run, but that's a schlep. > > > -- > Steve Hayes > E-mail: [email protected] > Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com > Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm > Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 > Fax: 086-548-2525 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). 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