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Title: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: mchain on August 21, 2015, 06:20:43 AM
I've had issues with this system since upgrading from Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 a few days ago.  No system or app crashes, just several random things either not working or stop responding every user session.  One or two third-party programs do not work properly after upgrade, but that is to be expected.

Issues appear to be with Windows itself.

See attached:
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: schmidthouse on August 21, 2015, 06:41:27 AM
Yes also nothing serious here but am seeing similar critical events with one or two 3rd. party software.
If it wasn't for the 'Reliability Monitor' I would not be aware of some of them.
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: mchain on August 21, 2015, 07:44:23 AM
Agreed.

Question is, would a clean install address these niggling issues?  How does my system compare to other users running an upgrade from Win 7 or 8?

Or, will Microsoft address these issues over time?  What has been the usual experience with this?  For example, if I click the Start button and select 'Shut down' or 'Restart' it always reports 'Windows was not properly shut down' in RM, but if I use 'Windows + X' and perform the same operation, no error is reported.  Is it a bug or an actual critical error?
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: schmidthouse on August 21, 2015, 04:58:41 PM
Quote from: mchain on August 21, 2015, 07:44:23 AM
Agreed.

Question is, would a clean install address these niggling issues?  How does my system compare to other users running an upgrade from Win 7 or 8?

Or, will Microsoft address these issues over time?  What has been the usual experience with this?  For example, if I click the Start button and select 'Shut down' or 'Restart' it always reports 'Windows was not properly shut down' in RM, but if I use 'Windows + X' and perform the same operation, no error is reported.  Is it a bug or an actual critical error?

All good questions.
I upgraded via Upgrade channel (MS Updates) from W8.1 64 Bit to W10 and immediately found my boot up time doubled.
I'm thinking/hoping things will square up as the idea of a wipe and Clean install of W10 doesn't excite me. :-\
In any case I won't/don't worry as the major upgrade is coming and I'll see where things stand after that. :)
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: CraigB on August 21, 2015, 05:34:21 PM
mchain, are all your system drivers Win10 compatible? anything noticeable in Device Manager?
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: bob3160 on August 21, 2015, 11:57:15 PM
@ schmidthouse,
This may answer your your question:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=156141.msg1245715#msg1245715 (https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=156141.msg1245715#msg1245715)
Title: Re: Feedback on Windows 10 Home (Off Topic)
Post by: mchain on August 22, 2015, 12:06:51 AM
Quote from: CraigB on August 21, 2015, 05:34:21 PM
mchain, are all your system drivers Win10 compatible? anything noticeable in Device Manager?
CraigB,

All looks fine inside there.  No errors or unknown drivers found.  System currently running is a former enterprise model:  http://h20566.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?taskId=135&prodNameId=3352968&sp4ts.oid=3352968&ac.admitted=1440194620811.1123376534.199480143&swEnvOID=1093&action=listDriver&swLang=13&prodSeriesId=3352967&cc=us (http://h20566.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?taskId=135&prodNameId=3352968&sp4ts.oid=3352968&ac.admitted=1440194620811.1123376534.199480143&swEnvOID=1093&action=listDriver&swLang=13&prodSeriesId=3352967&cc=us)

It's old, but Win 7 would report, on average, one critical error a month.  Same system, different operating system, but this is an upgrade, not a clean install as Win 7 was.