Windows 10: Ready for Primetime?

Need to block Epson printer updates - they block the usage of third party cartridges so that you have to buy theirs at 3 to 4 times the price.

It updated my girlfriends computer which came with Windows 10. But mine, which I upgraded from 7 to 10 a couple of months ago, will not update. I tried the regular update method and the media creation tool. But both failed. The regular update method failed during restart. The media creation tool update failed during the install.

My question is:If I upgrade to 10 what happens to all my favorites I have bookmarked and my desktop icons? My email server? Do I have to do it all over again?
I've been tempted to give 10 a try although I don't know why. I'm using 7 pro at the time and am really quiet pleased with it. It even plays a European dvd that none of my other computers will play.

Thanks for the info Bob. I'm still not in a hurry, but nice to know one can do a clean install. However, with ms, igo w/if it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Guess what folks? - Windows 10 is still in the "development phase", and all who have installed it are the one's doing the testing/development for Microsoft, plus giving up TONS of personal information too, - have fun, it might be civilized in a couple years, or a relic - LOL

I turned off Auto Updates July 28th on all my W7 computers, and nuked all the spy KBs too, and haven't had to deal with any screwball problems at all!

MICROSOFT???
i do not understand those idiot every time they had a new window always problem are they professional or a bunch of kids changing the system every morning i did try all the window for many years only XP was the best but for commercial reason they did stopped or they should be sue for it now i am with window 7 and very scare to go on window 10 when it will be finished and work very very efficient doing business on 7 or not to happy with they window or can become very sluggish at time .also in a year time with all the update with window 10 we will become again very slow until they will put another window on the market has usual they do control the market and exploited us in a very bad way.

I have upgraded to Win 10, twice!!! I still do not like it and probably, never will.

The second time I upgraded, I was having trouble trying to do something and used the Search in Help. It took me to the MS Support page, for the solution. When I started reading what to do, I noticed that the solutions were for Win XP, Vista and Win 7 -- NOTHING for Win 10! To me, this is very bad news. As someone already said, those who have upgraded to Win 10 are nothing more than Beta Testers.

I doubt that I will upgrade to Win 10. I am extremely happy with Win 7 Pro and how my PC runs. Win 10 is very problematic, for me. First time I upgraded -- I lost ALL of my Causal Games. I had to re-install all of them, when I went back to Win 7 Pro. Believe me, I was NOT a happy camper, over that one!!!

I am in failure to understand mode. All the complaints about this and that. I have been using 10 since first available to insiders. Would never go back Yesterday I updated my Surface 2. Took about 40 minutes over my slow wifi. Loaded a couple cad programs on it, and they function as they are supposed to.

I tell all my friends to upgrade. they all love it. I Have 2 desktops, 1 laptop and 1 tablet which were upgraded flawlessly. From power on to using on my desktop and Surface is less than 20 seconds.

From what I have been reading, I wonder if I am the only one that's happy.

Sick and tired of deleting the prompt for 10 from my taskbar. Just upgraded to 7 about a year ago and so have no need to go to 10. MS is using its market heft badly. Just begging for the Justice Department to do something about its size and market dominance.

I am running Win10 on 3 of my 10 PCs and it has been nothing but trouble. My pewrsonal computer was running Win7 and I immediately upgraded to Win 10. I purchased 2 new PCs with Win10 already installed. Biggest issues have been printer drivers and internet access. I am not upgrading any of the 7 PC running Win7 and Win8,1 until I have to do so.
I tried to revert my personal PC back to Win7 15 days after the upgrade. MS said they hac already erased the Win7 files.

I am surprised anyone switched to Win 10 last August. This happens every time MS issues a new product. It flips, it flops, it confounds, it confuses and then MS makes some changes and issues an updated version. Why would anyone need Win 10 so badly that they would even stick their toe in the water? I may wait until month 11 and give it a try.

I think Windows 10 will be a flop just like Windows 98 (MS had to release Windows 98 SE aka Second Edition due to bugs many users had installing or upgrading to Windows 98), Windows ME (Millennium Edition), and Windows Vista. I do wonder if marketing information is still shared with Microsoft even if you disable the default enabled settings. This can be a big issue for people and companies who require confidentiality. For example a doctors office or hospital are required to comply with patient confidentiality laws and the IT persons who install Windows 10 on their systems may not understand all the privacy settings that are enabled by default resulting in a hospital or doctors office unknowingly violating patient confidentiality laws. These settings could also revert to their default enabled settings after an update. From my understanding you are unable to disable automatic updates in Windows 10 which is also a deal breaker for me. I had to disable automatic updates on one of my computers because a Windows 7 update from March of this year kept repeatedly trying to install and fail in an endless loop and to this day still hasn't been resolved by Microsoft.

I bought a refurbished desktop in early October when my longtime Win7 Pro machine died. Three days later, I upgraded to Win10 and have never looked back. Initially, I was disappointed that there was no support for external memory card readers, but T2 fixed that. Even before the upgrade, I noticed my desktop booted much faster, perhaps due in part to the faster CPU and SATA3 hard drive, but my seldom used old laptop also boots faster on Win10. On several occasions, my desktop has frozen, prompting a reboot, but I don't know if it's a Windows issue or the application that was running. I suspect Windows, but I can live with that happening once every three or four weeks.

I upped from Windows 7 to 10 on my desktop about 10 days after it came out. Worked fine (I liked it a lot) for a couple of weeks then my machine froze and would not let me back in. No back-up point, Safe mode, nothing. Finally had to use my back-up discs for a reinstall and lost anything that had been added to the hard drive that week. I am now really leery about trying again.

The only thing I found that might have had a bearing on the problem was that I have an nVidia card, but no solution to the issue was available at that time.

@RobertRoberts to get rid of the taskbar Windows 10 stuff you can use the free GWX Control Panel program http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html works great.

A new “Find My Device” feature can help you locate a lost or stolen laptop, phone, or tablet. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Find My Device and click “Save my device’s location periodically” to enable i
I went as directed in the above sentence and there is no find my device. Did I do it wrong? Thanks

Bob, can you (or someone else) please publish a guide that tells people how to disable things that users are likely to want to disable in W10?
I read so much of stuff that W10 brings into your computer and sometimes a method to get rid of one thing.
Most of us don't know all the questionable stuff W10 brings in so we have no handle on what we would want to disable if we did know.
It could be organized in subject classifications. Like, a section on dealing with all the privacy-invading stuff and how to disable each if you don't want it.
What about it?
Also, are there instructions somewhere on line for how to "downgrade" your W8.1 into W7? I'd rather have another W7 machine than a W10.

Windows 10 is a great upgrade from Windows 8. It's easier to use and stops the annoying and confusing switch between screens seen in 8. However, it does have more in common with Windows 8 than Windows 7. If your using 7, and you like it, there's no real need to upgrade unless you just want to try the new os. I have seen a few problems with the upgrade process. It's a good idea to make sure your system is working normally before upgrading. Existing issues can carry over. It you have a problem with say windows updates, you may still have it after upgrading to 10.(Unless you do a clean install as per above.) Another issue I've seen is that sometimes the wrong sound driver is set and the sound does not work unless you go in and select the correct one. The upgrade can also fail and leave you unable to boot to either os. Windows 10 does have multiple privacy settings that can be changed so it doesn't send information to Microsoft. There is a program called oddly enough Shutup 10 that can adjust these settings for you.

Windows 10 is a great upgrade from Windows 8. It's easier to use and stops the annoying and confusing switch between screens seen in 8. However, it does have more in common with Windows 8 than Windows 7. If your using 7, and you like it, there's no real need to upgrade unless you just want to try the new os. I have seen a few problems with the upgrade process. It's a good idea to make sure your system is working normally before upgrading. Existing issues can carry over. It you have a problem with say windows updates, you may still have it after upgrading to 10.(Unless you do a clean install as per above.) Another issue I've seen is that sometimes the wrong sound driver is set and the sound does not work unless you go in and select the correct one. The upgrade can also fail and leave you unable to boot to either os. Windows 10 does have multiple privacy settings that can be changed so it doesn't send information to Microsoft. There is a program called oddly enough Shutup 10 that can adjust these settings for you.

I installed win 10 in October and rolled it back 2 days later. It didn't seem to get java right.
Msoft kept inviting me to install ad nauseum. I then saw, somewhere that they came up with their first "patch" and i decided to try it again.
I rolled it back about 2 hours later.
Again it was having problems with java.
Since I'm 68 yrs and don't do much except play a particular rpg and email and surf and listen to youtube music and I hear they are going to support win 7 and 8 I'm keeping my laptop with win 7. My wife is keeping her win 8.whatever and when she's ready for a new one it will be a Mac.
I was and mcse for a few years before retirement and Msoft continues to disapoint.