[Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?

[Arthur Flexser]

The machine came with Windows 8, and become Win8.1 via updates.

I want to be able to run the desktop version of IE, not the app version.  I
can click on iexplore.exe, but I get the app version and no bookmarks.

Art

On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Art, it sounds like a horror movie.  Something went terribly wrong.  Have
> you tried to call Microsoft yet?
>
> In summary, it took my upgrade from 8.1 to 10 three hours.  One hour of
> downloading before the first reboot.  Then two more hours and several
> reboots.  My Win 10 home screen came up exactly like it was on Win 8.1 (all
> application icons were there and in the exact same locations), except for
> two items.  IE was no longer there (searched for it and pinned it to the
> task bar), and the addition of some search engine called Cortana.  I think
> if I had a mic attached to my PC, then Cortana would listen to my verbal
> commands, but I don't.  Bottom line, everything worked great.  I can't
> imagine what got screwed up for your installation.
>
> Was the timing similar for you?  Did you see any warnings along the way?
> Did you need to interact at all until the installation was complete?  I
> think there is a reverse function to restore your PC just like it was
> before the upgrade.  You might want to look into that, because something
> horribly wrong happened for you.  In fact, most of the people I talked to
> seem to think MS had solved almost all of the terrible installs.  A few
> months ago, one friend saw one of his computers start an infinite looping
> of reboots. He said that was fixed a few weeks later with his second
> computer.
>
> Makes me think that there is something oddly unique about your PC that the
> Windows upgrade didn't anticipate.  Maybe a brief power failure?  How new
> is it?  Was Win 8.1 native, or had it been upgraded from an earlier
> Windows? I'm just throwing out some ideas, but I don't know how to solve
> the problem if any of these happened.  But maybe MS would know what
> happened.
>
> Yikes!!  Look into that uninstall option, and give MS a call.
>
> Let me know what happens.
>
> --- Steve ---
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Flexser
> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 8:43 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?
>
> OMG, I just did the installation, and everything is f**ked up!!!
>
> Steve, how did you get IE to work?
>
> Why have exe files turned into folders?
>
> Why does my Opera browser want me to upgrade to a version I don't want?
>
> Where have half my desktop icons gone?
>
> Arghhhh!
>
> Art
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> Both Chrome and IE work just fine on my Win10 installation, but I did the
>> conversion only about a week ago, so maybe the problems were totally
>> fixed.
>> Not so sure about the use of Cortana yet.  Google is my home page, so
>> Cortana seems a bit unneeded.  I don't have a mic, so I guess I don't see
>> any advantages of Cortana over Google searches.
>>
>> --- Steve ---
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Chester Patterson
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 7:12 PM
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OT: Upgrade to WIndows 10?
>>
>> Win10
>> Difficult if not impossible to find things.  Control Panel is buried, once
>> you find it, put it on your desktop or in your START menu permanent.
>> Windows Explorer takes forever to do things.  Also, even though I have
>> administrator privileges, W10 doesn't let me move or delete a lot of files
>> and folders that I used to all the time. "Pictures" folder is an example.
>> Outlook is behaving oddly, often drags, and I've been having to repair the
>> .ost and .pst files a few times.  Make sure you turn off all the MS spying
>> switches.  I suppose they put them there in order to see how folks use the
>> things, what bugs to fix first, whatever.  I do not like a big fat spy
>> window on my rig.  Apparently several big fat spy windows.  Google it and
>> turn the switches off.   Chrome did not like W10 at all.  Apparently
>> that's
>> been kinda sorta fixed. Kinda Sorta.  Unable to install a Blue Tooth mouse
>> after several tries, even changed the USB BT dongle 3 times (my tablet
>> nabbed it in seconds).
>>
>> Unfortunately I figured out I did not want the W10 "upgrade" too late
>> (over
>> a month) after the install.  So I am stuck with it.  I sure hope they
>> start
>> fixing stuff soon.
>>
>> Chester
>> Costa Rica
>>
>> ===========================================
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 03:23:45 -0500
>> Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> So, any impressions from people here who are Windows 10 users?
>>
>>>
>>> Art
>>>
>>>
>>
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