Now Win10 is out have you gone back to 8 or older?

vega22 · Sep 5, 2015

Just interested to hear how many people have gone back to their older windows version because of win 10 reasons?

Seen a few people say they have and wondered what the figures are.

theonedub · Sep 5, 2015

I honestly was about to go back to Windows 8.1, but decided to stick it out. Nuked my upgrade install and did a fresh install- some issues disappeared, others persist. Just going to hope MS can get their act together soon.

rtwjunkie · Sep 5, 2015

I have a sacrificial system that I upgraded to 10 as a test subject. It's not been the smoothest transition by any means, but I've decided to keep 10 on the machine just the same and figure out all it's quirks.

Kursah · Sep 5, 2015

theonedub said:
I honestly was about to go back to Windows 8.1, but decided to stick it out. Nuked my upgrade install and did a fresh install- some issues disappeared, others persist. Just going to hope MS can get their act together soon.

Honestly I just did a fresh install because I did have a couple of oddities that I feel were more the new NV GFX drivers (issues weren't there prior) than the OS, plus this PC started with Win 7, then upgraded to 8, then upgraded to 8.1 then upgraded to 10, made it through college, kids, me, etc.

Fresh install was painless, super fast. I have Win10 on a USB stick and decided to get rid of the dual boot with Ubuntu and go straight Win10 + Drivers + Elite Dangerous + Star Citizen on my 120GB SSD until I can afford to replace it with a larger capacity SSD. I've been debating doing a fresh install on this system, and really it was more out of want than need. I've had an overall great experience with Windows 10, sure a few hiccups along the way but nothing like I've seen others report thankfully. I would still recommend folks do it, obviously performing a backup first...I simply created a Macrium image for access to my data and folder structure from before when I need it as I usually do and off I go.

Now I can go back to finalizing the setup on my EdgeRouter Lite to replace my Asus AC66R on my network that this little project is completed. :toast:

P4-630 · Sep 5, 2015

I have tried to upgrade 2 times on my old laptop (from win 7SP1) , first time it would not activate windows 10, I rolled back to windows 7.
Second time it did activate but it would intermittently freeze up during windows startup or within windows, the HDD just stopped spinning.
I went back to windows 7 and the HDD was just fine.
No more windows 10 for me now, also not on my new windows 8.1 laptop.
Windows 8.1 support will end in 2024, by then I already have a new PC/laptop with possibly a new windows version.

manofthem · Sep 5, 2015

I've done the jump on 2 pcs and they're still rocking 10. I haven't had too many issues so it's good enough for me.

I do like @theonedub's approach with the clean install, and if I encounter issues, that'll be the next step. I don't really feel like going backwards either to an old OS particularly since I liked 8.

Luka KLLP · Sep 5, 2015

Honestly, I haven't had a single problem yet... Maybe I'm less picky, less observant or just lucky, but I have no reasons to go back right now

JunkBear · Sep 5, 2015

I have maany computers laying around so I could make test but can anyone tell me the real minimum system requirement?

Jaffakeik · Sep 5, 2015

I really dont see a problem with windows10 some game issues exist, but its not a big deal coz win8.1 wasnt perfect as well.

AlienIsGOD · Sep 5, 2015

all 4 of my machines are running 10, smooth sailing cept for the main pc, which wont stream my xbox one..... i get audio but no video

horik · Sep 5, 2015

Upgraded form win7 few days ago and will continue using win10, i havo no isues.
But on my wifes laptop i had to roll back to win7, she likes the old OS more, not because of isues.

Blue-Knight · Sep 5, 2015

Now Win10 is out have you gone back to 8 or older?

Actually, I moved to newer. I moved to "Linux".

Actually, I moved to newer. I moved to "Linux". A real operating system.

NdMk2o1o · Sep 5, 2015

I did the windows update upgrade to my 6 month old win7 build but ended up buying an SSD for the PC so done a clean install from USB, no issues with the clean or upgrade but I'd always chose clean install over upgrade, as an FYI on that point once you have done the upgrade from Win7/8 it activates against the hardware so you don't need a key to do a clean install after that as it should again activate once installed and connected to the net

Aquinus · Sep 5, 2015

Well, out of nowhere Farcry 4 stopped working. I figured a clean install would do the machine some good and it's been smooth sailing since. Got a 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive for the occasion and it was nice and quick for the clean install. I didn't realize how much junk had accumulated on my SSDs that I couldn't easily clean out. I also took the opportunity to switch from 4k stripes to 32k to find a better balance between random and sequential reads. Next upgrade is probably going to be a bigger SSD or pair of SSDs.

Drone · Sep 6, 2015

No. All my C++ and Delphi coding works perfectly under Windows 10. I'm not gonna give away this free upgrade just because some haters say "omfg win10 sukz"

rtwjunkie · Sep 6, 2015

Drone said:
No. All my C++ and Delphi coding works perfectly under Windows 10. I'm not gonna give away this free upgrade just because some haters say "omfg win10 sukz"

I'm pretty sure that's not why people go back. I'm pretty sure they go back because of problems, not because "haters" as you call then influence them.

I'm glad it's worked well for you though!

Drone · Sep 6, 2015

rtwjunkie said:
I'm pretty sure that's not why people go back. I'm pretty sure they go back because of problems, not because "haters" as you call then influence them.

I'm glad it's worked well for you though!

I've seen many times how a good software/book/film duh you name it got bad rep because some people on the internet were pouring dirt on it. You know there's a lot of average joes who are ready to downgrade to 7 or xp just because of paranoia and hysteria.

Thanks, it really does work for me. Of course it has flaws (same old registry and dlls) and Edge succumbs to memory leak but then again there's firefox or chrome.

Blue-Knight · Sep 6, 2015

Drone said:
I've seen many times how a good software/book/film duh you name it got bad rep because some people on the internet were pouring dirt on it.

"Linux" as an example. If you do not believe, just ask what an uninformed Windows user have to say about it.

rtwjunkie · Sep 6, 2015

Blue-Knight said:
"Linux" as an example. If you do not believe, just ask what an uninformed Windows user have to say about it.

Stuff like "it's voodoo", or "black magic" or "only for nerds" is pretty much is what I hear.

Drone · Sep 6, 2015

Blue-Knight said:
"Linux" as an example. If you do not believe, just ask what an uninformed Windows user have to say about it.

You're right. All those "omg Linux is so complicated" or "you can't play games in Linux, it sucks" could easily scare away unversed people. You can do anything in Linux, and I don't really play pc games in the first place anyway.

I use both Linux and Windows and frankly I love them both. Both have pros and cons.

Aquinus · Sep 6, 2015

You know, the upgrade might have been shaky but, after a clean installation it has been incredibly smooth sailing which makes me conclude that even though the upgrade process is a little better, it still sucks. Surprise!

At least in Win 10, unlike 7, I can properly use 5760x1080 wallpapers with the center display being primary. Honestly, I hardly notice the difference.

Blue-Knight said:
Actually, I moved to newer. I moved to "Linux".

It has a time and a place. It's why I dual boot and have VMs handy.

newtekie1 · Sep 6, 2015

Nope, slowly upgrading my fleet to Windows 10 as the time comes to reformat each machine.

Blue-Knight said:
Actually, I moved to newer. I moved to "Linux".

Assuming you are talking about Mint 17 you list in your specs, that isn't newer, that's still older than Win10.

xkm1948 · Sep 6, 2015

Now my boot BSOD loop is finally fixed, I am very happy with Windows 10.

P4-630 · Sep 6, 2015

How about those windows and driver updates that will download and install automatically?
I'm not using windows 10 now, but I would not be happy with it doing those updates automatically.

rtwjunkie · Sep 6, 2015

On the one system I updated, it still sometimes gets to the desktop, but doesn't finish loading startup programs, and I have to restart. Other than that, I think it's finally sorted out most of those issues it had earlier.

I'd like to get it working perfectly, so I can hand it off to my adult son, and he is not a good candidate to guinea pig it, lol!. It's better that I do it.

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