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So how are you liking Win10 so far?

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That's the best way to do it. Rufus is a great tool, but unnecessary in this case.

Older PCI probably doesn't have UEFI. My 2600k system does not.
 
Been using it since the 29th so that's about three weeks. I like it O.K., but this evening I fired up an old PC still running Win 7. It was like "ahhh!". Sort of like taking off a slightly tight fitting pair of shoes. Everything just seems more simple... more intuitive and natural. Windows 10 isn't horrible or anything, Windows 7 is just so much more automatic and less fiddly to use.
 
That's why 3rd party start menu apps like classic shell are so popular because they allow you to have the benefits of a newer os with the familiar 7 look and feel.
 
I can't be sure if Windows 7 had a better desktop UI, or if I am just resistant to change, but so far I haven't added any third party mods to 10 because I need to gain proficiency with the stock UI so helping others with their machines gets easier. That said, I've seen remarkably few problems with 10 outside some wonky behavior by my old T510 that were driver related.
 
ketchup79 said:
Took them long enough, lol.
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What, making that tool available?

It's been available from Day 1. You can't just download a straight ISO file, which is annoying, but you've been able to make a disc or USB installer using that tool. Or just download it and have it run as a straight upgrade without creating any media.
 
destrekor said:
What, making that tool available?

It's been available from Day 1. You can't just download a straight ISO file, which is annoying, but you've been able to make a disc or USB installer using that tool. Or just download it and have it run as a straight upgrade without creating any media.
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I actually meant prior OSs.
 
So my PC told me it is ready to install Windows 10 when I got home this evening. Hmmm should I do it or wait a bit longer I wonder.
 
That has got to be the fastest Windows upgrade that I have ever done. Seriously start to finish was 25 minutes flat. Wow.

So far not a single hitch but I haven't really tried much yet either. What I have tried has been fine so far.
 
Installed 10525 today skipping right past final retail. I don't know if it's related but I got two hard-locks in Google Chrome today forcing me to hold down the power and force my notebook off.
 
CZroe said:
Installed 10525 today skipping right past final retail. I don't know if it's related but I got two hard-locks in Google Chrome today forcing me to hold down the power and force my notebook off.
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make sure you have the latest updates installed for windows 10.....

Today was the first day thsat Google chrome worked correctly for me!!

This morning I ran the last update and everything with chrome works again!!
 
I have 10525 as well. My only objection to it is that this is the first Win10 update that I've done that has destroyed my Linux bootloader (Grub). Gonna have to reinstall it (grr).
 
Create a Win10 boot media (recovery USB, something), then install linux. If grub won't work with win10, reboot into the win10 recovery media and just have it rewrite the bootloader.
 
Linux23 said:
Is grub compatible with win 10? I assume so but I don't want to have to reinstall win 10 if I reinstall Linux.
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I didn't bother trying, I unplugged other drives when upgrading/reinstalling Windows 10, SSD#1 with Linux has the grub boot while SSD#2 has Windows so I boot from #1.
 
Linux23 said:
Is grub compatible with win 10? I assume so but I don't want to have to reinstall win 10 if I reinstall Linux.
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Yes. As long as you install Win10 first and then Linux second, Grub will boot you into either OS, no problem.

SparkyJJO said:
Create a Win10 boot media (recovery USB, something), then install linux. If grub won't work with win10, reboot into the win10 recovery media and just have it rewrite the bootloader.
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That's one way of going about it. You can use a Linux live CD/USB stick to fix it as well, which I'll get around to later today or . . . whenever.
 
SparkyJJO said:
That's the best way to do it. Rufus is a great tool, but unnecessary in this case.

Older PCI probably doesn't have UEFI. My 2600k system does not.
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Speaking of that, since I haven't found a concrete answer from Google, should all installs be using UEFI now if the motherboard supports it?
 
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