Oh, yes, I forgot about that. Wifisense is retarded even by Microsoft standards, but the problem isn't in wifisense itself, it's with "sharing wifi on networks I select". Don't do that. Ever. If you don't do that, you'll be fine.

Someone should really drown somebody, and also stab them, and set them on fire (yes, even while they're still wet from being drowned. Drown them in petrol, maybe?), for even making that an option, though.

I noticed it did attempt to download twice on one day and once this early morn.

First error was : GWXUX
I think I fixed that

Second error message was: 80240020

Third error message was: 80246010

It seems those are rather standard error codes that many are receiving due to download overload.

And....the bad part is, I have several more laptops to update.

I'm glad I am an Apple person.

Windows 10 in head-on crash with Nvidia drivers as world watches launch
Unstoppable auto-updates? More like auto-borkage

Before RSS was invented, and the only real way to make an announcement was to email everyone - which you can't do if you haven't got their email addresses - I experimented with automatic updates. It was a brilliant, groundbreaking idea, and everyone loved it. Worked perfectly in a dev environment when everyone knew what they were doing.

We rolled it out, broke dozens of sites, and rolled it back within the space of a week.

I don't think Microsoft will keep this particular feature very long either, if only because it will cause as much extra work for them as it will for everyone else.

Something that may be important for some people: If your internet connection is capped or on charged by volume, you may wish to turn off the feature called "Windows Update Delivery Optimization" where your computer may share your updates with other computers, therefore taking up bandwidth without your knowing it.

Here's the pertinent information from Microsoft:

Quote:Windows Update Delivery Optimization lets you get Windows updates and Windows Store apps from sources in addition to Microsoft. This can help you get updates and apps more quickly if you have a limited or unreliable Internet connection. And if you own more than one PC, it can reduce the amount of Internet bandwidth needed to keep all of your PCs up-to-date. Delivery Optimization also sends updates and apps from your PC to other PCs on your local network or PCs on the Internet.

This feature looks somewhat like the peer-to-peer file sharing torrents that we heard are out there. It is useful if you are not burdened financially, i.e. you don't pay for the additional bandwidth (say, using your workplace internet or hitching on an unsuspecting neighbor's passwordless Wi-Fi). But if it hits your own pocket it may be prudent to turn the feature off.

Theoretically this thing should be automatically disabled if Windows detected your connection is "metered" - usually if you use a USB modem with a SIM card. But if you pluggid that modem to a separate Wi-Fi router then Windows will merrily assume it's free unlimited loot and drain your data quick as boiled asparagus

How to Turn It Off

From Start Menu, open "Settings" and then "Update & Security" -> "Windows Update" and click on "Advanced Options." Then click on the "Choose how updates are delivered" option and make sure the switch is OFF for "Updates from more than one place."



Your colors may look differently. I am using an elusive dark theme by adding an item called "AppsUseLightTheme" in the registry path:

Code: Select All

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\Personalize

with a DWORD value of 0:

I finally was able to fix all the errors with the corrupted downloads, and now have
it installed on one laptop.

I'm off to bed but at a glance for now, it appears privacy is out the window....get it?
I didn't bother to agree to Cortana.....if that is the name. I don't even use Siri so not sure
why I would use it anyway.

i got windows 7 home premium,can anyone help that how i will upgrade windows 10,procedure????

rajib9 wrote: i got windows 7 home premium,can anyone help that how i will upgrade windows 10,procedure????

You might try upgrading your windows to windows 8.

It may ask you for a key so I suggest having the key ready.

After you have upgraded to windows 8, you will be able to upgrade to windows 10.

There may be another way, but I don't know for sure. You can try doing a google search....
'free upgrade from windows 7 to windows 10' and see what comes up.

Guess I'm late to share my two-cents, but better late than never

I didn't install Win10, and for a good part -- the EULA

Remember the download page that offered the Win10 ISO? Before one gets to click the "I AGREE" button, the EULA is up there, though I'm not sure if anyone would care read the entire agreement; when I got to read the last few paragraphs of that contract, that's when the voices in my head started screaming, and I thank whatever higher power that be, they were right -- I didn't accept, and I didn't continue with the download

Fast-forward now: after keeping tabs from time to time with other tech blogs and forums, threads appear from users having issues; very slow downloading speeds ( it's because MS uses a torrent-like service for the ISO update, so whoever is in your ISP provider, the number of people at the time, affects the downloading speed ), difficulty in installation ( among that Win10 creates another partition alongside your existing OS partition, it tends to replicate itself after a botched installation ) and a host of issues, along in regards to privacy ( what the user can or can't do, which includes control over Windows behavior )

Outlining a few entries from the GHacks Tech Blog:
Questions Microsoft needs to answer before the Windows 10 launch - gHacks Tech News
Windows 10 and Privacy - gHacks Tech News
What is Wi-Fi Sense and should you be using it? - gHacks Tech News
Confirmed: Windows 10 Home users to receive forced updates - gHacks Tech News

If that wasn't enough, now there are Forum threads from users that are having issues of downgrading back; some can't use their previous OS ( once updated to Win10, the user's Authorization Key gets replaced, so even with a factory reset can be a resorted move as what laptops or desktops offer -- reverting back won't be as easy as it was ) or even worse, their gear are reduced to 'paperweights with no OS' -- Remember: you only have less than a month to downgrade back to your previous OS, or risk losing it, keys and legitimate use of your previous OS, completely ( that means, from the very moment you started installing Win10, the timer begins )

As of late, I got to read that M$ has changed it's EULA ( remember that you clicked on the "I AGREE" button? ), and now states it that, as seen at Microsoft reserves right to block counterfeit games and disable unauthorized hardware - gHacks Tech News -- so, think that's not right? Well, you did click on the "I AGREE" button, so that means you agreed to any changes to the EULA

Well, guess I offered a huge wall of text to read; so to make my post a TLDR ( "Too Long Didn't Read" ) quote: Nope, I didn't update, and never will because it ( Win10 ) was too good to be true

And by now you should had listened to that small voice in your heads: If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is

I like the os 10, altho I must admit I don't use those laptops much.

One thing I didn't do in regards to os 10, I didn't agree to the 'cortana'.
I rarely use 'syri' and apple products is what I use 90% of the time.

Valerie, I guess this would be the best time to review your Win10 control settings again; among the many 'fixes' ( a term that's now loosely used ) to disable Cortana is done from a step-to-step guide from the PCWorld Tech article, as seen at: How to disable Cortana in Windows 10

But you're not going to like this ( "Dun-dun-duunn..." ) -- Here's the catch: whether or not a user has opted-out services/apps from Win10 ( Cortana, being one of them ), Win10 still transmits data back to the M$ servers -- this is what the Telemetry security updates do

It has been documented from the Arstechnica Tech Blog, as seen at: Even when told not to, Windows 10 just can’t stop talking to Microsoft | Ars Technica

Guess it's time to either keep Win10 from being on the Web too long, or invest on a pretty big sledgehammer

Does it matter?

Your encryption is broken, your communication is all being stored, and read, and kept forever anyway. All your data is stored on servers operated by somebody else which can and will be hacked because the payoff is so high - one site, millions, or billions of users data. Attempts of decentralisation have all failed - the present is the future. Oh, except the so called internet of things means your bloody fridge is going to be spying on you too.

Does it really matter if Microsoft can see something already in the public domain?

As an aside, I think I might be burning out.

BouldRake wrote: As an aside, I think I might be burning out.

Well, it comes with age -- Me? I got an excuse to spend more quality time with an old battery-powered transistor radio ( unless M$ figured out a way to place Telemetry on that too )

Y'all so funny!

windows 7 will always be the best os to use for any knowldege you may have on os'es

Pfft, FreeBSD will always be the best OS.

Slackware or Gentoo will always be the best OS if you have a chipset BSD doesn't like.

Also, Windows 7 and 8 do exactly the same as 10.

Is it any good?

Windows 95/98 are the best OS. All my old games worked on them. Now none worked since Windows Vista.

They'll still work on Linux...

The thing is, will all support to any other MS OS be discontinued sometime down the road? After reading here, I'm even more happy with 7, but what happens if we're forced to go 10? And when would that happen?

Other thing, hubby says he'd rather change sooner than later due to how much it would eventually cost.

I say...I hate to be forced into anything. pffffffffttttttttt