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6 quirky features of Windows 10

Discussion in 'Windows 10 Information and Alerts' started by allheart55 (Cindy E), Sep 21, 2015.

  1. allheart55 (Cindy E)

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    Here are 6 issues with some of its new features.

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    Issues with new features

    By most measures, Windows 10 is a huge improvement over Windows 8 and 8.1, and it’s a very worthwhile upgrade from Windows 7. But, of course, no new OS is perfect upon launch. Here are 6 issues with some of its new features.

    Many of these could be considered minor infractions (and can be adjusted by the user), so we rank them from “this is not that big of a deal” to “OK, this could be bad.”


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    The Start Menu, Part 1: It’s still too simplified.

    The new Start Menu is a welcome return to the classic Windows user interface after the fiasco that was the Start Screen of Windows 8 and 8.1. The left half of Windows 10’s Start Menu works about the same as the one in Windows 7 -- and this may be disappointing to those who hoped to see a return to the way it worked in Windows XP.

    This simpler UI function isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and may be preferable or unimportant to many users, but it’d be nice if, in a future Windows 10 update, Microsoft put in the option to have a folder in the Start Menu branch out when it’s clicked or when you move the pointer over it.


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    The Start Menu, Part 2: The tiles panel cannot be easily removed.

    The Start Menu’s right half is where you can pin Windows apps (or desktop applications) as tiles. What if you don’t want to use this panel at all, and would like to get rid of it? To do this, you have to unpin all programs from it.

    This leaves you with a blank panel. You’ll then have to resize the Start Menu by clicking on its right border and dragging it to the left to stow this blank panel away. (You can't do this when there are tiles on the panel.) Instead of going through all these steps, we’d like Microsoft to put in a switch that will let you simply deactivate the tiles panel half from the Start Menu.


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    Settings for default web browser and other apps of your choice are reset.

    If you upgrade from Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 to Windows 10 (i.e., preserving your already installed programs, personal files, and system settings), what you had assigned as your default web browser is reset to Microsoft’s new web browser, Edge.

    Changing the settings so that Windows 10 launches another browser as your preferred default takes a number of steps: You summon the Action Center panel, click “All settings,” then “System” and “Default apps,” and finally you scroll down to “Web browser.” This “Default apps” page is where you can also set the other default programs that Windows 10 will launch when you double-click on an image, music or video file.


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    By default, Windows 10 shares your bandwidth with the Internet.

    Windows 10 uses your system to help distribute updates to other Windows 10 devices that are connected to the Internet. (In turn, your system may receive updates for Windows 10 in this manner.) The intent is to distribute these updates quickly. Concern has been raised that this is “stealing” your bandwidth:

    Though this feature isn’t supposed to use a metered Internet connection (such as, mobile data from a cellphone carrier), it's unclear whether this peer-to-peer sharing could slow your connection, or be a problem if your monthly plan with your Internet service provider has a maximum data usage cutoff.

    Regardless, you can switch this feature off by evoking the Action Center panel, clicking “All settings,” “Update & security,” “Advanced options” and “Choose how updates are delivered.” Keep in mind that this could slow down how soon your Windows 10 system automatically gets the latest updates.

    Many of the default Windows apps cannot be removed.

    We understand the rationale for why you’re not allowed to uninstall Edge, and maybe the Store app. However, there are several other Windows apps that you also can’t remove. You can’t uninstall either the Calendar or Mail apps that come with Windows 10.

    The same goes for the Groove, Movies & TV, OneNote and People apps. And even if you don’t care about gaming or own an Xbox One, Microsoft locks the Xbox app onto Windows 10.

    Obviously, Microsoft did this to “encourage” you to use these apps, so that you wind up buying into their services. This is a practice brought over from Android and iOS, but it’s something we’re also not comfortable with seeing implemented by Microsoft into their desktop OS.



    You cannot refuse updates -- though you may be able to delay them.

    OS Updates are automatic and mandatory. They download in the background, supposedly only when your Windows 10 computer or device is on a non-metered Internet connection. In theory, this should keep most Windows 10 systems updated with the latest features and security patches.

    With the Pro, Enterprise and Education versions, you can “defer upgrades” but security updates are exempt from this. We are already hearing about problems: There were reports of an automatic update disabling devices that ran a certain graphics chipset

    This was due to a driver that was pushed through the update, but which didn’t work correctly on these computers. Microsoft released a tool to stop such problematic drivers from re-installing themselves.




    Source : http://www.computerworld.com/articl...s/6-quirky-features-of-windows-10.html#slide2
     
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    I have gone back to Windows7 SP1 on all computers except this one. This computer I will keep W10 on.
    I don't need colourful tiles.
    Windows 7 does everything I want. I like control over my computers.
    Good M$ is giving W10 away as I wouldn't have it if I had to buy.
     
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    Funny. Gots agree.
     
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    It's funny but I think if you haven't gotten used to Windows 8.1, you probably won't like Windows 10.
    That being said, I have only been using Windows 10 to learn the OS. I'm no longer so gung ho about it.
     
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    I'm using W10 on my "evening" machine. It's the one in the family room that I lean to in between commercials. It does seem a bit more friendly than W8.1, but I don't see a major improvement in the user interface. Glad to see that it didn't slow down this laptop which originally came with W7. Waiting for when I have to do some repairs on W10.
     
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    I like Windows 10. I don't care for the tiles or the apps that one cannot uninstall, but my games run slightly better, and the OS itself runs very well, and I know how to tame it. It's really important that I use it and know it because I am already servicing customers that have it. Lots of them.
     
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    I needed to do a system restore just now in Windows10
    Look at the steps here for a simple System restore. Pathetic.

    http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4588-system-restore-windows-10-a.html

    I don't need the agro with something that was so simple in Windows7.
    By the way, Cindy I had Windows8 then Windows 8.1 and know how to tweak OS's
    I am certainly not a stranger to W8.1 and now using W10 since it was released.
    W10 should have been a complete new OS not a revamp of W8.1

    I am using W10 as my default OS and I know the normal tweaks.
    Doesn't mean I am in raptures with W10
    After all the Media " who ha" I expected a more user friendly OS.
    Millions ended up with a black screen just trying to upgrade to Windows10 via updates which failed mostly.
    Most important things like the upgrade M$ got that one wrong.
    As usual with M$ it's one step forward, two steps back.
    The slight benefits you get with W10 for the normal stay at home Mum and Dad W10 is a knightmare
     
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    I have no clients to worry about and don't feel particularly obligated to assist with W10 on the web. I like 7 and have decided to stay with it. Everything you need and nothing you don't.
     
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    Dougie doing a system restore in Windows 10 does not take all those steps. It's the same 3 click process in 10 as it was in 7.
     
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    I think Microsoft should have came out with a 10 for desktop/Laptop with a real start menu and then the tiles version for touchscreens. I'm sure they've alienated allot of the older folks who just learned Windows that had a proper start menu and desktop. Then push the tiles on these folks is only going to confuse and frustrate many users.
     
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    The more I see about Windows 10, the more I am glad that my desktop can't run it. The negative points are very off putting and as far as any positive points that could be useful, I already have them in Windows 7.

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    I'm not as enthralled with Windows 10 as I once was.
    I don't care for the privacy issues, for one.

    I am only using it enough to get use to the operating system because I need to know it.
    Other than that, I am sticking with Windows 7 and 8.1.
     
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    You can do away with the whole menu by just installing Classic Start or Start10 (Stardock). That is the first thing I did.
     
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    I just have it on one pc, that is all I need and I agree I would never pay for it. So much for every other OS being great. The string stops here!
     
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    I have the control that I had with Windows 7. Yes it needs to be tweaked to have that, but it's easily done.
     
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    I already knew that no thanks. I want to know the OS as it really is. It's very easy if you know what you are doing.
     
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    Yeah you told me that before. Rich you may want to spend some time learning how to tweak 10 it's really easy. If you need the help you know where I am.
     
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    I realize you can empty the right side of that menu and do what you like with it as I was doing that in beta version, but it is way too big imho and why do all that when Stardock gives me everything I want with one click.
    I have always failed to understand why it is preferable to spends hours tweaking the OS to something different than it was inteneded rather than use the easy quick fix that was designed to
    do exactly what I want to see using Windows. I love change, but not change that adds work to do what I do. My changes I like make things quicker and easier for all functions rather than adding steps to complete the same task. I used to spend all kinds of time doing things like that when I had the time, but today I don't and I finally decided I don't really enjoy doing all that anyway.
     
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    It's easy to resize that using your mouse, Rich. It only takes a second to do it.
     
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    It isn't just that though, there are a few other things I hear about that require various tweaks and in some cases delving into the registry to sort them out. Fine for the technically minded, certainly not fine and a real headache for the technically challenged. add to that, most ordinary folk who have upgraded don't know about the invasion of privacy going on which in most cases they would never have upgraded if they had known the full implications. The ordinary person just wants a system that works as they want it to, so why couldn't Microsoft provide it like that without putting in all the different hoops to jump through, just to do something that was a click or at most two clicks in earlier operating systems?
     

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