Microsoft Gives Windows 10 a Major Performance Boost

[...PACMAN...]

A little side note, but the Edge is not a rebrand, it is new browser.
It is, however, lacking some important things that other browsers have.

I thought it was U2's lead guitarist?

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

It is here to say. People (with people I mean the bulk of avarage users in my vicinity) actually think it's cool.

Anyway bootup times are pretty uninteresting.

I did a poor job saying what I meant. What I meant is that we're getting force fed "it's better because of improvement x," where x is functionally a minor upgrade that doesn't do much. Heck, boot times on 7 can get to 10 seconds and under, just like 10. At that point, 5 seconds versus 10 is is really insignificant, when mechanical drives and XP used to be measured in minutes until boot (and there are actually some systems out there that still feature that config).

I think Windows 10 should stand on its own, rather than the hype. I think it's more competently executed that Vista or 8 (what 7 and 8.1 were actually released as). While I still have issues upgrading myself (personal choice at this juncture), I think it's a worthwhile upgrade for most users. Seeing it still acting as if it needs to be sold, because there's something more than minor issues, is depressing.

 

[[502]]

I've been using W10 since the automatic free upgrade from W7 came out, and I can say that the first week or two I want to go back to W7 badly because of the problems with my sound card drivers, but since it has been taken care of with the newest driver, I don't want to go back to W7 anymore. I can say that W10 is better than W7.

 

[RealNeil]

don't forget windows ME!!

Or Microsoft Bob!

 

[xChoice]

disabling windows.old is a stupid stupid thing todo
you can always run diskclean up or delete it manually if you need the space
i agree with everyone else here you don't seem to have a clue

Well mr ******* thing to do, first I care shit for a recovery option inside a software that should not broke in the first time, and second as i said the thing keeps writing shit to my ssd, and i dont see a way (ehem... symlink?) to move that shit to another drive, so if you are going to gift me an ssd every some time i leave it there, if not, then i want AN OPTION to turn that shit off.

Now i'm clueless as if there is an option or not, and thats why im asking you.

 

[fullinfusion]

I've been happy with Windows 10, and it's been pretty solid on my machines. I've disabled the updates recently in 10 but I'm thinking to let it update now that there's this. Then disable again thereafter if I feel so inclined.

yup I made the switch AGAIN from w7 and I'm liking what I see. Way better then launch day for my rig, they at least got the drivers up to par now and fixed a lot of issues I was having with Edge.

One thing is cpu-z totally reads the core voltage like really low... like 0.60v @ 4.6 lol

W10

 

[rtwjunkie]

Well mr stupid thing to do, first I care shit for a recovery option inside a software that should not broke in the first time, and second as i said the thing keeps writing shit to my ssd, and i dont see a way (ehem... symlink?) to move that shit to another drive, so if you are going to gift me an ssd every some time i leave it there, if not, then i want AN OPTION to turn that shit off.

Now i'm clueless as if there is an option or not, and thats why im asking you.

What is it you don't want writing to your SSD? Your data folders, or paging file? I didn't quite understand your concern. Perhaps we can help?

 

[RejZoR]

The OS has nothing to do with it.
Fastboot requires a fully compatable UEFI GPU and mobo with UEFI boot enabled. U may have a 980 with hybrid bios or the board could be in legacy support mode, which is the default. I don't know...
So don't be snarky.

I've installed Win10 using UEFI mode, because I had to fiddle with the HDD MBR by converting it into GPT, because UEFI refuses to work with MBR.
As for the GTX 980, I don't think there is any way to control UEFI or legacy mode... Can't see how...

 

[ShiBDiB]

Hopefully they fixed cortana flat our refusing to open for me.

 

[RejZoR]

IIRC correctly you have a X99 Sabertooth, right? Same here with the X99-S board. Man am I tired. Very rarely it suspends or hibernates, but most nights it does not and instead of 0 Watts is takes 70 idling...

If the cold boot and energy saving bugs turn out to be related, not to my overclocked mobo, but to Win 10 THEY GONNA HEAR ME IN REDMONT!!

Maybe it's because I have pagefile entirely disabled. But pagefile is separate from hibernation file. Both eating almost 64GB together is a huge waste of space. Yeah, the other magic of having 32GB RAM XD

 

[Jhelms]

I was one of the last hold-outs in the house converting my business machine to 10. Let the kids and wife all be the beta testers for me

I can say, I am VERY happy with 10. I did run into a few small bugs with my old / dated external DAC and also with WD utilities software, but other than that, I do feel it is a significant improvement over 7 once you figure out where they hid everything and how to access things.

 

[xChoice]

What is it you don't want writing to your SSD? Your data folders, or paging file? I didn't quite understand your concern. Perhaps we can help?

The windows recovery, that creates windows.old as a means to do a refresh, Apologies if its not recovery the one generating it, and if this is the case, can anyone explain me how Recovery/Refresh works on win10?¿


I already moved user folders, as for pagefile... i dont know what to do with it, so far i just keep it enabled, on the ssd, with a min/max 200mb/1gb, that was how samsung magician software set it, after selecting maximum reliability. I did read somewhere that disabling it is not a good idea, even if you have more than enough ram (i have 8gb) because of how windows works, and its best to keep it enabled even if with very low capacity..... I dont think that with the use i make of the pc with 8gb of ram windows needs to swap, so i was thinking in disabling it... but idk

 

[Ahhzz]

I...... I did run into a few small bugs with my old / dated external DAC and also with WD utilities software, but other than that, I do feel it is a significant improvement over 7 once you figure out where they hid everything and how to access things.

This sums up my thoughts about 10.... "old/dated".... was it working before? Was it serving a useful purpose in your computing life, and working? Then it's not on me to replace it. If it's working, I see no need to replace it. That's different when I choose to. My car gets old, as long as it doesn't get totaled, like 2 out of my last 3, then it's my choice to replace it, or not. That's on me. But a piece of hardware/software that works just fine in its current incarnation? I don't want to be forced to replace it by a new OS.
As for finding everything, I can manage that ok, but it seems to me that with 8 and 10, they just moved things just to show that it was "different" from 7. Why do I need to waste time retraining clients where to find their printers? What was the benefit to them? Nothing? Then Leave it the Fuck Alone!
Change for improvement is good. Change for change's sake is a waste of my time and money.

 

[KainXS]

has anyone with pro received the update yet, on 3 of my pc's I see nothing

 

[erixx]

TIP:
Download 1st the latest Media Creation Tool, it will download the ISO from inside and does not let you make a pendrive with another ISO!

OR use an ISO file and the older "Make USB/ISO tool".

 

[EarthDog]

has anyone with pro received the update yet, on 3 of my pc's I see nothing

Yep, last night.

 

[fullinfusion]

^
oops posted before I read your post @EarthDog and thanks.

So when is this update rolling out because I still don't see it in my updates, pretty much all I've been getting lately is windows defender definition updates

 

[Uplink10]

Microsoft, you gotta wonder what their play is, first they remove features from Windows 7 like GUI for editing WiFi profiles and disable detection of ad-hoc networks in Windows 8 (so you have to add a profile manually) and then they remove option to change color of a title bar in Windows 10.

And now what, they are bringing back the features they already removed like coloured title bar? I am not gonna fall for this marketing BS. Remove, re-add, market what you removed/re-added?

 

[R-T-B]

And now what, they are bringing back the features they already removed like coloured title bar? I am not gonna fall for this marketing BS. Remove, re-add, market what you removed/re-added?

The whole windows 10 ad campaign seems to center around babies and touch screens and how they will group knowing computers can be touched.

Not once have I seen an ad for a title bar color. I doubt marketing even care about that, honestly.

 

[AlwaysHope]

Ain't in no rush to update OS.. but glad to see W10 getting decent updates so soon after official release.. maybe next year it will be mature enough to actually use.

 

[fullinfusion]

I don't know if this has been posted but here:

If your on build #10240 and want the new November 10586.3 and it doesn't show up in windows update then,

Your like me and haven't done the 31 day plan . I upgraded W10 off and on for a few months now and always went back to W7

Ok seriously, I have all my programs, games, and windows just as I like it... I was kind of shocked to see that for me Id have to do a wipe and re-load using windows media tool to get the November build.

Here's the thing, I DIDNT!! I ran the creation tool and just selected UPGRADE this computer and didn't bother with the USB, or ISO part and wouldn't ya know it, it worked

To check what version you have hit the Windows key + r and type ... winver..... then click ok and the version will revel itself.

Just do the upgrade and all your files and such don't change, except all the new updates and the speed... yeah the speed is insane

 

[jboydgolfer]

"Microsoft released its first major update to Windows 10, with its centerpiece being a performance boost specific to the OS. Redmond claims that with this update, Windows 10 will be up to 30 percent quicker to start-up than Windows 7, and will have higher "performance in everyday tasks"

is there an emoticon for "leans to one side and farts"?

 

[trog100]

mine hasnt arrived yet.. i just clicked on the mediacreationtool.exe.. selected update this pc now and its busy doing it..

i will report back.. he he

trog

ps.. well it seemed to behave just as if i was upgrading from an earlier operating system.. i expected it to tell me i already had win 10 or some such message.. it didnt.. it downloaded the full version then went though a hefty "getting updates" session and then proceeded to do a full win 10 install..

the end result was something exactly the same as i had before.. it still reports version 1024.. he he

still it could be worse at least it dosnt appear to have buggered anything up..

ps 2.. i spoke too soon.. it had buggered up my 3D grafix.. sooner than mess about trying to fix it i did a C drive system image restore from an image i made yesterday.. at least that bit works.. he he..

i will now sit back and patiently wait until MS decides to give me what it thinks i should have.. when it thinks i should have it..

i deliberately keep my C drive system on a small 128 SSD so as i can make smallish disk images.. mine are around 40 gig and quite quick to make or restore.. a full restore takes about five minutes..

ps 3.. okay i didnt have to wait long.. a couple of hours later MS has decided its time for me to be officially "upgraded".. it then downloads over 3.5 gig of data and proceeds to go through what seems to be a full install of the uprated windows 10..

pretty much exactly as it did before but this time i ended up with the later 10586 version..

and yep believe it or not its buggered up my 3D grafix in exactly the same way.. this time i will have to fix it.. he he

it also removed my not quite latest version of CPU-Z and installed the latest version..

what else its done i dont know.. i will now attempt to fix the 3D grafix f-ck up.. its gone all blurry and fuzzy.. i will try an nvidia driver re-install..

i think this is supposed to happen while folks are fast asleep in bed.. but it sure aint a small update.. we are talking a full re-install of the new windows 10.. for folks with slow connections it could take a long time and it sure aint something that you can miss.. unless you are fast asleep in bed.. then you wake up in the morning to a new version of windows.. which in my case (grafix f-ck ups apart) looks exactly like the old one..

 

[Roel]

This might have been nice if I didn't have to waste a lot of startup time with a stuck updated at 32% and having to revert. Of course I need to blame my drivers instead of M$ but I can't be bothered to troubleshoot this right now...

 

[trog100]

it is pretty much a complete new windows install.. it even saves the "old windows" on the C drive.. an nvidia driver re-install fixed the fuzzy grafix.. but if its broke that it might well have broke something else i havnt noticed yet..

the pic is after the 3.5 gig download.. a restart involves several reboots and a fair time while it installs the "new" windows..

its worth noting that during what it calls the installing new drivers process this is after what it calls downloading.. it does seem to hang for quite a while looking like its crashed.. mine did it at 27% but its actually downloading loads more data.. with a slow connection this could take a long time and definitely make make people thing the process has crashed..

i could see the new lot of data coming and my connection isnt that slow so i knew what was happening.. but i can see why some folks will abort the process thinking the thing has crashed..

trog