Windows 10

[Alphaba]

Turn off hardware acceleration in Firefox.

Thanks, done.

Do you have a link to a webpage documenting this issue?

 

[Darat]

Thanks, done.

Do you have a link to a webpage documenting this issue?

Not uncommon for video drivers to be buggy and for browsers to be buggy. But in the case of Windows 10 release it is pretty much inexcusable since it has been running on millions of PCs for many, many months,

 

[Darat]

Now I know why I decided to wait. You people who have already upgraded can fix these issues and when they are fixed will upgrade. Hopefully that would only be a month or two.

Have you installed it yet?

 

[Rat]

Thanks, done.

Do you have a link to a webpage documenting this issue?

No, it's just the first thing I try (in any application that supports it) if I'm having video issues in a particular application. If it solves the problem, the video drivers are probably the issue.

 

[ComfySlippers]

Wow, Microsoft is by default taking internet bandwidth that customers paid for without asking. I'm sure they put this is tiny print in the unreadable EULA but I still suspect that if there's a class action lawsuit about this they will lose.

After another unnecessary scare story has faded you should contact Microsoft and point this out to them. Perhaps advise that they pay for lawyers... Oh wait...

 

[Alphaba]

Not uncommon for video drivers to be buggy and for browsers to be buggy. But in the case of Windows 10 release it is pretty much inexcusable since it has been running on millions of PCs for many, many months,

["But in the case of Windows 10 release it is pretty much inexcusable..."]

Especially with Microsoft own high-end products...

No, it's just the first thing I try (in any application that supports it) if I'm having video issues in a particular application. If it solves the problem, the video drivers are probably the issue.

OK, it's the no-nonsense default basic measure.

I'll see if it works, but I am really searching for an explanation.

Nothing of the sort happened while running Win 8.1 (99.98% satisfied with it ).

The first BSOD after the upgrade was sound-related, and the two last ones were video-related. But in neither cases were sound or video clearly involved (absolutely no video in the 2 latter cases); something that prompted me to suspect a problem with the Flash plugin in Firefox.

Just looking for more infos to understand and solve this -I hope benign- problem.

 

[ComfySlippers]

Just finished the upgrade. Everything is fine.

I was a bit concerned because I have a dual-boot system and normally run Mint 17.2 as my main OS.

I didn't do any backup, just had to babysit my machine as it went through the upgrade process to make sure it didn't automatically reboot into Mint.

Started the upgrade process at 1:20pm and finished with Win10 completely installed at 2:09pm. Initially the resolution was incorrect, but a reboot resolved that.

No issue with Firefox. In fact it opened to the tabs I had left open when I started the upgrade.

Overall it was a painless process with no apparent glitches.

RayG

Yes. It is painless.
It is designed to be that way. The migration of previous decisions made by the User is pretty damned good. But Microsoft can not be blamed for the User's previous decisions.

I have yet to see any valid 'problem' that upgraders have put forth.
Inn this thread or any other scare thread.

Scaremongering is common but unhelpful.
-WiFiSense
-'stealing my bandwidth'
being two examples.

If a person is upgrading then yes, there could be potentially, easily solved, problems.
But blaming Microsoft for that is childish.

With regard the "I haven't received my 'reserved copy' " nonsense, just go and download it from Microsoft. It's not rocket science.
If anyone is unable to work out such a simple thing.... /shrug.

I'm tempted to start a Skype class on teaching basics.

I say this because the technology of today is a wonderful thing, and useable, but if peeps can't do the basics then I fear for humanity.

/Disclaimer: No offence is aimed at any individual posters on this this thread.
I am addressing an argument that I feel strongly about.

ETA:
This will be formatted for your viewing pleasure soon, as I posted this in Tapatalk.

 

[Alphaba]

If a person is upgrading then yes, there could be potentially, easily solved, problems.
But blaming Microsoft for that is childish.

I do encounter unexpected BSOD problems after having upgraded my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet (which is my current backup computer until I've solved a major cooling issue in my DIY mainframe [i7 5960-X inside]).

Until now those problems are more an annoyance than anything more nefarious, but solving them isn't easy. At all.

And yes, I do -momentarily- blame Microsoft for having being unable to prevent those problems on one of their own high-end product.

 

[Rat]

I do encounter unexpected BSOD problems after having upgraded my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet (which is my current backup computer until I've solved a major cooling issue in my DIY mainframe [i7 5960-X inside]).

Until now those problems are more an annoyance than anything more nefarious, but solving them isn't easy. At all.

And yes, I do -momentarily- blame Microsoft for having being unable to prevent those problems on one of their own high-end product.

It doesn't really get us anywhere to say this, but my boss runs a Surface Pro 3, and had no problems upgrading to 10. He doesn't use Firefox, though. I do use Firefox and had no problems, but I'm not using a Surface.

 

[ComfySlippers]

I do encounter unexpected BSOD problems after having upgraded my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet (which is my current backup computer until I've solved a major cooling issue in my DIY mainframe [i7 5960-X inside]).



Until now those problems are more an annoyance than anything more nefarious, but solving them isn't easy. At all.



And yes, I do -momentarily- blame Microsoft for having being unable to prevent those problems on one of their own high-end product.

The Surface is another issue. Admittedly I haven't fiddled with mine enough to comment but I see no issues at my side atm.

 

[SezMe]

I must be, 'cause I don't understand the correction. Does "memory" now just mean RAM?

Put simplistically, I take "memory" to be volatile storage and "disk" to be non-volative. If the installation to 20 gigs of "memory" (read: volatile) for back up, that back up would be lost upon turning off the PC. Which would be useless.

Anyway, I was just pulling your chain a bit. No big deal.

 

[marplots]

Put simplistically, I take "memory" to be volatile storage and "disk" to be non-volative. If the installation to 20 gigs of "memory" (read: volatile) for back up, that back up would be lost upon turning off the PC. Which would be useless.

Anyway, I was just pulling your chain a bit. No big deal.

I think you must be right on usage though. My wife just handed me a SanDisk Cruzer Blade, 16GB flash drive. Doesn't say "memory" anywhere on the package at all.

 

[SezMe]

I was running 7 and I got the go-ahead the same day as the rollout. I preregistered for the upgrade, and it must have been downloading in the background without me realizing it.

See if your hard drive has a hidden folder named C:\$windows.~BT

It does! Implication?

ETA:When I click on the Win10 icon a window pops up saying:

We're validating Windows 10 for your PC. We recommend that you upgrade after you get your notification that Windows 10 is ready for your specific PC.

When I click on the button with the text "OK, notfiy me" the window disappears.

 

[Alphaba]

It doesn't really get us anywhere to say this, but my boss runs a Surface Pro 3, and had no problems upgrading to 10. He doesn't use Firefox, though. I do use Firefox and had no problems, but I'm not using a Surface.

The upgrade went like a charm in 24 minutes (via Windows Update). No hiccup, everything quick and smooth. Problems started after. And Firefox is not negotiable (heck, I bought a smartphone only when a FirefoxOS one became available over here ).

The Surface is another issue. Admittedly I haven't fiddled with mine enough to comment but I see no issues at my side atm.

Wish you will encounter none (issues).

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Nerdvana.

 

[Alphaba]

Nerdvana.

Allmöst.

 

[kennyc]

Nerdvana.

Oh, there you are.

 

[kennyc]

Upgraded my laptop on Friday, no issues, upgraded my main desktop yesterday only issue was a video resolution problem as some have mentioned. I had it search/reinstall drivers and all was good. All my applications seem to be working fine. This was easily the most painless Windows upgrade I've done in my 30 years of doing them...

 

[Sciwoman]

Has anyone else seen anything about the issue with Firefox opening blank tabs at the rate of two or more a second? I tried some of the fixes I found online - there was no way to try any of the ones that required opening another tab in Firefox since it would disappear in the plethora of blank tabs. None of my virus or malware scans found anything. Other than that, I've not had any issues since upgrading to Windows 10.

 

[uvar]

You are essentially correct, but I don't see the need to copy a Windows image.

<sninp>>

I figure I'll be ok.

We should probably take this elsewhere if it keeps going, but that's not really what I was talking about - it's more the cases where something goes wrong that isn't major enough to be immediately obvious. File save corruption messing up a few sectors in an important but ignored document that gets synced automatically, leaving you with only the broken copy; realising weeks later that you deleted the original version of a photo instead of the photoshopped copy... trying to retrieve license details from a computer I just wiped ... that sort of thing. Dropbox and Google Drive both have histories and recycle bins, but unless you're paying, your backups are limited to a month or so. On the upside, by having something outside your house you're far ahead of most!

And about RAM/memory, the first thing that came to my mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdREEcfaihg