So, has anyone else updated Windows 10 recently? Of all things it was this update that's finally pushed 'install Linux' to the top of my priorities.
>Too fucking ages to install.
>Mandatory update.
>Makes Edge your default pdf viewer.
>Doesn't tell you what else has changed (anyone got a list?)
Also, Win 10 hate thread.
>>51987639
why'd you install it in the first place?
>windows finally has a first party PDF viewer
>>51987639
kek good thing i disabled updates just 1 week ago.
what build are you on right now anon`?
>>51987639
I know it reinstalled some useless apps I'd gotten rid of (such as Get Skype and Get Office) and undid my key remapping. I don't recall if there was anything other than those and what you mentioned.
i really hate it. i cant do video games on linux though
>>51987665
>why'd you install it in the first place?
Basically, 'install Linux' was low enough on my list of priorities that I never got around to it, also for job reasons, I need actual fucking Excel... and I need to get round to learning V Basic.
>>51987689
>what build are you on right now anon`?
Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.36).
>>51987690
Yeah, it's also started bugging me about Cortana again.
>>51987719
>i really hate it. i cant do video games on linux though
When are we expecting to get Linux working well with games anyway? Valve Time?
>>51987719
dual boot. use windows for games and a OS that YOU control for everything else
I dont quite hate it enough to justify switching to linux, win10 is a spyware nightmare sure, needs at least an hour of post-install to sanitize and lock down, but is otherwise a solid os that fits my requirements.
My job has me learning new os environments every week as it is (ffs someone PLEASE standardize plc programming languages across brands augh), and after a week of switching between SEW and Siemens or Mitsubishi (suuure they all use ladder or STL but all differ juust enough to fuck you over), the cost/benefit slider still sits on the 'windows works well enough' side and i can chill out to a few hours of Elite, or Fallout.
>>51987748
>build 10586
fook i have the same version.
where did you find the .36 though?
>>51987639
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/21/microsoft_windows_10_word_2016_normal_dotm/
>Facepalm time: Windows 10 security patch wipes custom Word autotext
They have to be fucking up random shit on purpose, neo-Microsoft can't be this incompetent.
>>51987763
that is a great idea
>>51987847
how is that a great idea when windows 10 is about to scan your harddrive for illegal games you have downloaded ;°:)
If you really wanna hear a great idea listen out:
1. Get linux
2. Get vmware and install windows on it
3. ???
4. profit
I mean, who doesn't enjoy undocumented forced updates that break shit and change your options without notifying you?
>>51987865
i think i tried that before on windows and it wouldn't work something about my cpu (2500k) not supporting virtualization for a 64 bit os? im not sure
>>51987802
winver
people who use windows for anything but gaming are as fucking thick as two very short planks.
>>51987942
yeah i have the 2500k too. I know that problem, you gotta go into the BIOS and disable it. i dont know what the virtualization shit is for but it made no difference for me, and vmware started working
>>51987763
this. Been rolling like this a while. Almost never boot Windows anymore.
>>51987639
1) install windows 10
2) install steam
3) only play gaymes on windows
windows is only good at one thing and that one thing ignores the majority of what makes windows 10 suck. install gentoo for a superior experience with everything else computers do. unless you're in to video/photo/music production. then get a mac and go away.
>>51987984
well thats a quick and good way to do it..
its also .36 for me
thanks
>>51987748
>games, linux
never will happen, RIP open_gl
>>51987986
Funny, I've always felt that way about the pylons who will happily spend six hours trying to configure a Linux distro and get the WiFi working; but will complain and are completely incapable of spending b twenty minutes to configure Windows through simple GUIs to behave the way they want.
Don't get me wrong, Linux is great for lots of things, and I actively use both Linux and Windows....
... But anyone who shows up on a tech thread or forum complaining about breaking something in Windows or demonstrating a complete lack of ability to configure it is just shouting from the proverbial rooftops that they're an idiot.
>>51988083
who configures linux anymore?
generally, it doesn't suck on fresh install. the most you have to do is install your preferred browser and media player.
>>51988068
>RIP open_gl
Only because we /vulkan/ now
>>51987942
Your CPU can do virtualization fine. It just can't do PCI-E hardware passthough, so no running VMware ESXi.
>>51987639
can you torrent on this fucking thing?
I installed it a while back on my new laptop and dunno if i should torrent some stuff or play it safe.
Anyone know if i'd get in trouble for downloading shit like photoshop and a few games?
>>51988295
of course you can torrent it. use microsoft toolkit to crack it (auto kms)
I've used Windows exclusively for years and all bullshit aside no particular version was that bad. I'll be the first to admit though that 10 is really pissing me off. In all honesty the automatic updates don't really bother me but the thing that gets under my skin is what this person: >>51987690 mentioned. Reinstalling and re enabling features is fucking bullshit. I've also noticed that some toggles under privacy are switched on after I manually switched them off. A service pack better fix this shit.
>>51988318
was that supposed to be a joke?
I was being sarcastic about the photoshop part but seriously will i get in trouble or what? how safe am i compared to torrenting with 7
>>51988318
Why? Just upgrade a pirated install of 7 or 8 and then do a clean install of 10 with the serial number it generated.
There, 100% legit windows free of any potential malware that could have been in the KMS activator.
>>51987639
ITT: retards who don't know how to computer.
Fuck that's /g/ most days.
>>51988295
I've downloaded hundreds of gigs worth of shit on 10 and nothing has happened. I use a vpn though.
My windows 7 was unauthorized and it wasn't downloading drivers when you plugged in a new USB so I had to switch because I had a new ducky I couldn't use. I couldn't get the free upgrade so I paid full price off Amazon. It installed pretty quickly and I don't see many problems with it, I've disabled some stuff and downloaded donotspy10. What else do I need to do?
>>51988387
An hiro
>>51988371
is this bait?
>>51988359
youre asking if its less illegal to download 7 than 10?
is.this.bait
>>51988378
what is this computer you speak of?
>>51988380
Yeah i don't have that kind of luxury i just wanna download some weird porno, games, movies, and shit without going to jail
>>51988397
Now, I'm asking how high is the chance of getting caught.
I've been torrenting on 7 for years without getting caught i just needed to know how much the chances of getting caught have increased
>>51988387
>I couldn't get the free upgrade so I paid full price off Amazon.
Fucking hell, why are you even on /g/ man, anyone could have told you how to get 10 without spending money.
>>51988402
>Yeah i don't have that kind of luxury
>~$5 a month
I understand if you're poor but if you can't even afford that then I suggest selling your computer for bill money.
>>51988402
get a seedbox
>>51987639
Mandatory reporting back to Microsoft. If I wanted to be tracked by my own computer, I'd move to North Korea
>>51988426
0%
But then I don't live in murrika, so...
>>51988427
I have business internet I can't torrent, it wouldn't let me upgrade for free for some reason. Because they thought I had a pirated copy when I didn't.
It was really my only option and I was tired of using a broken keyboard that comes unplugged almost everyday if you tapped it.
>>51988446
block them then
>hurr im linux expert
>hurr how to even networkin is private lol ads on ubnutu XD swek
>>51988456
i'm in britbongistan
>>51988469
Could do. Or could just install Linux.
Also, just disabling it in settings doesn't disable all network connections to microsoft, and if all that OS is gonna do is keep trying to sell you out why even bother
>>51988466
You can literally get the Windows .iso-s from Microsoft.
You can get KMSPico or some other activator from the mydigitallife forum and activate your current installation.
You can upgrade to Windows 10 after that and it will be 100% legal as far as anyone's concerned.
>>51988438
just might do that really
>>51988508
>Could do. Or could just install Linux.
>could just take 5 min of your time to block them
>could install the worst possible core for operating systems in existance
>>51988519
cool get it on www.feralhosting.com
That's why you should've pirated it from tpb's user muprhy78 and anyone should download this tpb user's Windows/Microsoft torrents too. Basically all the Windows updates are already baked into your Windows installs if its 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 all the updates pretty much baked right into your Windows. Plus he uploads/covers other Microsoft/Windows updates too. The only thing you really have to do is run portable portable KMSPico after you install and your Windows is activated for life along with MS Office if you choose/want to install install it too.
Man all i wanted to know is if it was safe to torrent shit on windows 10 or not
why is everyone on this board always so hostile
ALSO
>Edge
>Default PDF reader/viewer. Just uninstall Edge and use either Chrome's or Firefox's native PDF reader/viewer. I think I'm done with Sumatra and its shitty dumbed down basic ui even if Sumatra is open source.
>>51988803
>Firefox's native PDF
That's pretty shit, it sometimes gets stuck in loops where it never stops opening the pdf, so you get infinite tabs until you crash.
>>51988795
>is it less illegal downloading torrents on windows 7 than it is on windows 10
>is.this.fookin.bait
>>51987639
>build new pc
>install w7 with extra key, upgrade to w10
>every time I enter windows I get couple of error messages of background stuff being disabled/not working
>reinstall w10
>fixed 99% of my current problems, boot errors
>weeks go by
>starting to like w10
>update to build 1511 comes along
>boot my pc up
>enter windows
>"ERROR: Cant find blablablabla, BLABLA will not run!"
>reboot
>same thing again
JUST
>>51988853
is it less risky to pirate on this version of os or this one*
go away sperg this isn't /b/ where everything is le bait meemee
>people still think pirated win7 installs upgraded to 10 will get caught
lel we are single handedly testing and promoting this shitty bugged OS why would MS care at all. just disable the spyware it's fine.
>>51988884
this post almost became a meme. i refuse to answer you, youre clueless about how computers work
>>51988900
but you still replied to me.
Guess you've proven my point about everyone here being hostile
Bout to build a new pc. How would I go about installing windows? It's been years since I last did this
>>51988951
yes ive replied, but i havent answered your question. thanks for further proving how stupid you are
>>51988963
safe way:
burn it to a dvd and insert it in a dvd drive that is INTERNAL (no usb shit that most likely wont work)
less safe way:
use rufus and put it on a usb
>>51988843
Are you sure?
What was your Firefox version or rather what's your Firefox version?
What/Which file size/file sizes were your PDF files that you tried opening with Firefox's native PDF reader/viewer? I opened a 50 MB+~ PDF in Firefox 43.0.1 without running into your problem.
>>51988963
Windows USB media creation tool, Dazloader for win7, a few key KB updates to qualify for win10, then upgrade for free.
>>51989049
dont listen to this post
>>51989076
>>51989049
Specifically, ignore the last two bits.
>>51989004
k then be that way
>>51989076
>>51989101
O-oh sorry I thought he meant 10
>>51989101
nope.
download 10
get microsoft toolkit and install auto kms
done
>>51989127
whats so good about auto kms and can it be used on 1511?
i plan on switching to linux once nvidia fixes their linux drivers on skylake and broadwell platform. recent nvidia drivers cause segfaults when glibc is built with lock elision support. either have to build glibc without it or downgrade nvidia drivers to releases from 9+ months ago. which for me i can't do since i own a 980 ti along with my 6700k.
nvidia fixed the "bug" but they're waiting till the next driver release to release it.
>>51989102
Literal children here
>>51989127
>"Also you don’t need to worry about Windows updates. Our tool will take care of them."
Elaborate on this?
>>51988861
>Be me
>Install pirate Windows
>Graphic test with OpenGL samples
>System32\OpenGL.dll is not preinstalled >:I
>>51989137
sure
>>51989180
no clue.. probably means that after updates your activation wont be overwritten by microshit
If i upgrade to windows 10 will i be able to use my current windows 8 product key on a new pc?
I'm using dualboot - gentoo as main os and windows ten as secondary, mainly for updating laptop, ssd and phone firmware. I like new minimalistic appearance of w10, after win2k it's the first ms' os which looks great.
Windows 10 makes me so fucking angry. For the past few months Cortana has not even bothered to try to start up when I turn my pc on. Apparently not having Cortana running also has made the built in search bar on the taskbar not work at all, which makes it impossible to find run any programs that I can't find the file location of without using powershell. Thank god I am building a new pc in a few days which I will be dual booting Windows 10 and Antergos on.
>be me
>use 8.1
>install everything except spying and Windows 10 updates
>delete all services/tasks to do with the CEIP
>delete all error reporting services/tasks
>install ClassicShell
Fucking easy, why don't people do this?
>>51989434
How hard is Gentoo to install?
>>51989344
For another win8 install?
>>51989600
they don't call it gentle Gentoo for nothin homie
>>51989583
Isn't easier to just install Windows 7? What is in 8.1 that worth the upgrade for you, anon?
>>51989832
doesn't it have dx11.1
but really that is pointless with win10 having dx12
>>51987639
i have windows 10 and its really not that bad if youre not a retard
my install only took about 10-15 minutes and anything else you can just customize and change the settings around for default programs and apps
>>51988861
sfc /scannow
>>51989975
>search sfc in windows
>run as admin
>windows security windows pops up "do you allow this action etc"
>nothing happens
what now?
>>51989832
>Isn't easier to just install Windows 7?
No it's not. You'd have to install Start8 and apply various tweaks and changes to 8/8.1 just to set it right or to your liking/preference.
Should automatic driver updates be on or off?
I thought this could be useful to have on but I just noticed windows 10 downgraded my gpu drivers
>>51988427
Still better than this
>people are actually using Linux as their main OS right now
didn't do that shit for me faggot
maybe enterprise master race I dunno
I use ant spy shit as well
>>51987639
so why haven't you switched to linux?
>>51990537
go into command prompt and run sfc /scannow
you have to boot into safe mode with command prompt if you can't get into gui
>>51987639
POO IN THE LOO
>>51987639
what a meme anon!
>it's upgrading your OS, you expected it to be fast?
>good, if it weren't mandatory you'd sit there and let your comp get security vulnerabilities out the ass
>change it back faggot
>what is microsofts support site
there's literally a huge link that says WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST UPDATE
shill your VM tier OS elsewhere faggot
>half a year of warnings about Windows 8
>people still install it
>half a year of warnings about Windows 8.1
>people still install it
>half a year of warnings about Windows 10
>people still install it
Why is this board so retarded?
>>51987763
i do this, but dual booting is such a pain in the ass.
is there a way to mount actual installations of linux in virtual machine?
>>51987639
>using "too" like its the age of time
>>51987639
I don't care, I trust Microsoft and I'm happy that they push updates for free on my computer. But the day that they disable my pirated video games I'm done and will switch to gnu/linux full time.
>>51991130
DL your gpu drivers directly from the vender, then let MS update your other stuff.
>>51993018
You are the problem
>>51987639
Photos (or whatever it's called), the shitty photo-viewing Metro app grinds your hard drive like mad. You can't tell what's causing it because all resource usage of *all* Metro apps is under the "Runtime Broker" executable. What. The. Fuck.
Couldn't figure out why my D drive was pegged constantly. Kept killing the Runtime Broker process (I never use any Metro apps, aside from the calculator, and I like the old one better). Eventually found some forum post, went into the Photos app (which I'd never opened before, ever), and removed my picture folders from the "Library" setting.
>>51993106
Did you remove all the photo locations that it loads from? It basically searches your entire storage by default and isn't very intuitive to use.
>>51993141
Yep.
>>51987639
>ate that's finally pushed 'install Linux' to the top of my priorities.
>>Too fucking ages to install.
>>Mandatory update.
>>Makes Edge your default pdf viewer.
>>Doesn't tell you what else has changed (anyone got a list?)
What a shitty fucking list, is that all you have to complain about? pretty much which all are you just being nit picking faggot.
I've had windows 10 for about four months now and i haven't had any problems, and i torrent games a lot
>>51993177
>I am 15 years old and I support Windows 10
>>51992911
This.
why didn't they just stop at windows 7? There's literally nowhere to go but down.
I use openSUSE LEAP on my laptop. Works perfectly, suits all of my needs, and pretty much all of the games I care about are playable on Linux. Very user-friendly.
Getting a new SSD this holiday season for my desktop, going to install openSUSE on it and if I can get matching or better performance than windows I have no reason to use it again.
>>51987763
I would but ffs it is annoying. It is kind of nice if you can have two pcs, set up in a dual monitor arrangement, or a quad monitor arrangement
I'm now dual-booting, spending most of my day in Linux. I also have a Windows 8.1 VM for Visual Studio.
There are two problems with Linux so far:
1) Gaming. That's why I dual boot. I don't want to run a separate video card to do gaming in a VM.
2) PDF support. Nothing can come close to Acrobat Reader, unfortunately, from what I've seen. Chromium's built-in PDF editing gives me impressively bizarre formatting.
>>51993361
>I'm a 25 years fat neackbeard with a tinfoil hat
will this save me?
Fuck all yall NEET windows bashers if you know what the fuck needed to be done - Hware/Sware/config, win7 is the best os ever created - you know I aint lying, what ever you wanted it to do it did.
>>51993493
>objective observed facts
>tinfoil
>>51993493
What if I told you I'm not, and that privacy wasn't even one of the reasons I uninstalled Windows 10?
>>51992229
will try later when I wake up, thanks!
>>51993535
In fact I don't care if you don't use Windows 10, anyways my morning coffee is finished so I'll leave you to your little ganoo/loonix windows bashing circlejerk and I'll head to the gym.
>Poo in loos defending W10
>>51993564
>tries to insult opponent with "ganoo loonix window bashing circlejerk"
>is a part of said circlejerk
Okay, friend. Nobody is impressed by your utterly mundane life.
Enjoy shitting your pants during your squats, btw.
>>51987639
>Makes Edge your default pdf viewer.
good news everyone
should be fixed by redston
>>51987748
>I need actual fucking Excel... and I need to get round to learning V Basic.
what the holy fuck
>>51988337
Apparently that was a fuck up on their part, it wasn't supposed to do that. Basically that update installs as a new OS and uses the profile migration process to move your stuff over and tailor the new OS, only it didn't entirely because they fucked it up.
>>51987865
If your media trove isn't on backup offline, you deserve your loss.
>>51994080
>Redston.
What's that? And as I said in my post way earlier today, it's not that hard to set or use Chrome to view your PDF files.
>>51987763
>implying windows 10 won't spy on your other partitions
>>51988951
Mostly people here are just children who don't know the answer so they veil themselves in hostility to cover it up.
>>51994418
YOU LAZY FUCK
>>51988795
They can't get gfs
>>51987639
My boot section was completely bricked, and I had to wipe the HDD after installing updates.
I have no idea what the heck happened.
>>51994143
VB macros are probably heavily used in his office, and the kind that need actual Excel on actual Windows system, not something that can run in Wine. (Not Wine's fault, VB macros are hideous abomination from the bottom to the top.)
I'm not going to blame him for decisions he didn't make, fάm.
It has shitty font rendering
Data collection every fucking where, too many fucking services
However, it works nicely. Better than older versions. If I were to compare it to W7 or 8 without SP1 this looks much better and more stable, so if that redstone update is important enough, it shall bring even greater results.
>>51989014
>Are you sure?
>What was your Firefox version or rather what's your Firefox version?
It's been around since like version 4, if not earlier. If memory serves there's some types of pdf that Firefox can't handle, so if you set Firefox as the default pdf viewer, it'll fuck up. Apparently the issue isn't even unique to pdfs.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167320
>>51992620
>there's literally a huge link that says WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST UPDATE
Where? I've not seen it.
>>51996280
OP here, yep, it's this.
Every windows 10 thread I see just convinces me more and more to never install windows 10
I bet all windows 7 and 8 users will soon feel their PC's becoming slower and slower when MS decides to make bullshitting updates with the intention to mess up their systems as a way to make them install Windows 10.
>>51996900
You know that you can deactivate Windows Update, and download updates manually, right?
>>51996949
Sure. But fatal security updates can still contain bogus code. Theres really no way to know before you install it.
>>51987842
MS fired most of their QA-team in mid-2014
late-2014 the first bunch of update-issues started to happen
nowadays the devs are also their own QA (derp)
don't be surprised.
>>51996740
they are nconveniences but overall its better than windows 7
>>51997104
I've been using Win7 for years now and never had any intention to change it since it just werked.
But now seeing all the bullshit microsoft is pulling with their fucking spyware and general incompetence it actually pushed me far enough that I decided to stop being a total pleb.
I think I'll just build a new pc from scratch with a nice GNU/Linux distribution while only keeping the old one for my japanese porn games.
