Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google Chrom

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Ruler2112

I'd check for a proxy server setting in Chrome.

I defeated Win10

GaryG in MD

I like Win7 and will not switch. They tried their goon squad, stick it down my throat against my will routine to force me to 10. They had already hidden 6GB of their crap on my machine. I was lucky to catch them in the act of counting me down (13 minutes to go). I found GWX Control Panel, freeware, and, with it, gave them the finger. Win10 will not appear on my machines.

For anybody who wants to avoid 10, GWX Control Panel is the real deal. You can find it on the the "ultimateoutsider" web site. No more hassles and secret, middle of the night attacks by the Devil Gates. ...GG

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

robo hippy

Windows 10 tried to load itself onto my computer after giving me one of the 'it will start to load in 30 second notices' which I X'd out, then it tried again a few minutes later. I couldn't get it to stop so turned off the computer. Next morning there was a 'Windows 10 could not load do to an unforseen error'.... I am not happy with them...... "you keep a you hands off, or you lose a you hand!!!!'

robo hippy

Re: I defeated Win10

Mike Brazeau

Wish I had seen this last Friday morning. I thought I had X'd out every message about upgrading. Was working at the desk where my six year old Lenovo laptop usually is last Friday afternoon and all of a sudden the download started. I was getting ready to head for the cottage for our May long weekend and did not need that hasstle. I continued loading the car and it finished its dastardly deed and I have to admit is the smoothest Windows upgrade I have ever experienced. Everything seems to be working. Have not explored anything Windows 10 is supposed to offer. I am using Chrome and have not had any problems. Usually visit here with the iPad. Will check later and see how it goes at WC.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Roger Chandler

I just recently upgraded my OS from WindowsXP PRO, to Windows 7 pro. Of course there is a constant attempt by MS to get you to go to the windows 10, popups etc. I read yesterday that they have made the X that normally closes the window to be an active download to your computer and that you have to go to the small print [wherever that is] and click on no thanks or some such.

I actually did download Windows 10 myself, and then one of my sons told me about all the behind the curtain data mining they put in that OS, so I reverted back to the Windows 7 pro. MS is still trying to get me to go to 10, but I am sticking with 7!

I purchased Windows 7 from Amazon.com and they upgrade to 10 for free for a time, but I am sticking with 7, because my computer whiz sons, who both are in the tech field tell me that is the way to go!

I used the GWX Control to eliminate the update to windows 10...........much appreciation to Gary for posting this info!!!

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Bill Turpin in WNC mountains

I recently upgraded from 8.1 to 10. Ten days later we purchased wife a new Toshiba laptop with 10. A week later my sister purchased a Dell laptop with 10. All three systems have some serious differences!. Mine will suddenly change website without any input to change. No mouse, no keyboard! Mine is hard cabled to the router, no atmospheric cosmic particles to blame. Getting the home page to be something other than an obscure Microsoft page requires registry tweaks that I do not feel comfortable with. Treat TEN like the black plague! Microsoft Edge sucks and Cortana is useless! Cortana answers the question that it thinks you wanted to ask, not the one you actually asked. I have Internet Explorer but it won't take me anywhere that I want to go to! Most of 8.1 was included in 10, but the switch from 7 to 10 is brutal for the user. Get a FLU shot before you make the switch. Different names for the same function. Control panel vs settings. Different versions of control panels. One with a full list of programs that can be uninstalled, one without a list. I feel that Bill Gates lost his breakfast and it landed on me!

WC fine with Chrome on Win 10

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Roger Chandler

I use Firefox as my defaul browser, not anything from Microsoft. Windows 10 is full of data mining programming, and then takes that information to all sorts of affiliated entities............you would be well to limit their access to your information.

That is why I reverted back to windows 7pro. Not sure how many more years they will support it, but most networks in the universities around here still use 7 because of its stability and being able to control information/data that exists in their systems.

Re: Data Mining

Stuart Johnson

Windows 10 is full of data mining programming

What data is being mined? Is stuff like log in id's and passwords still or at least reasonably secure?

W10 and Chrome and others work fine on WC

Re: Data Mining

Bill Howatt

No, sites you visit especially related to products you are interested in. If this bothers you, you'd better not use Google, Bing or a lot of other stuff.

There were reports of key-logging in W10 but that was only included in the pre-release beta versions so MS could analyze reported problems with the beta versions which were released for the very purpose of user-testing.

Bill

Re: I defeated Win10

Jim Breeden

Thank you GaryG for the info ! I tried W10 - didn't like it. Tried to uninstall, and got screwed. My desktop and laptop both shut down, screens went black, and would not restart. Took them to my favorite geeks - they couldn't figure it out either. Called Microsoft, "That shouldn't have happened, and we can't fix it". Result - two new laptops - WITHOUT W10 installed.

very sorry to hear that, Jim

GaryG in MD

That was my fear, too.

I was just lucky to catch them in the act.

Re: Data Mining

Ruler2112

If you guys really want a better OS, check out Ubuntu Linux and install LXDE. The laptop I bought a couple years back had Windoze 8 installed on it and I *HATED* it. Spent more time trying to figure out how they expected me to do something than I did actually doing it! (And I'm a programmer and remove viruses all the time.) After about half an hour, I got so mad at the OS that I wiped it and installed Linux. I wouldn't trade it for the world. Rock solid stable (go for over a year without rebooting), fast, and I can even play windoze games on it through WINE.

Somebody at work had W10 install itself; mission critical applications quit working. Reverting didn't work and trashed her partition table - she lost everything and was not happy, but I had an image & was able to put it back relatively quick.

FYI, in addition to data mining, M$ has built in peer-to-peer file sharing to Windoze 10. It's intended to distribute updates faster. (Read: M$ is sick of paying for bandwidth for everybody to download 1,497 updates to fix the problems they find every week and so are shifting that onto the user.) I'm sure you can easily see where this could pose potential problems if somebody malicious knows what they're doing and sneaks a rogue program in with the updates they're redistributing... Sorry - no more M$ products for me!

In fact, every machine in my house except 2 are now exclusively Linux; keep one windoze box and my server runs BSD unix.

Re: very sorry to hear that, Jim

Jim Breeden

Gary, I am also now free to give them the hi-birdie salute. Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

juergen

The previous Chrome update created the problem. Install Version 51.0.2704.63 of Chrome and it will fix your problem.

There is a lot of smoke being blown about window.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Bill Blasic

I have 10 on all my computers and they run just fine. I think it is the best operating system they have ever come out with.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Roger Chandler

Bill, there is just so much cloud based stuff on 10. I prefer to keep what I do on my own storage, which you can with 10, but have to specifically set preferences, but they do follow all the websites, and share data, flood with ads, etc.

Each person has to decide for themselves. The closest I get to social media is my interaction on the wood turning forums.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Doug Wolf

I have Windows 10 on all 4 of my computers and even got rid of my Android smartphones and bought 4 Windows 8 smartphones and upgraded to Windows 10 on them. They are all networked together and I've had very few problems with them. (Basically, it was a learning curve.)

I did change some privacy settings, but like the continuity between all of the devices.

Re: Data Mining

Bill Howatt

My peer networking of updates is off by default - I didn't turn it off. I can turn it on so it only shares the updates over my private LAN and I see this as a worthwhile feature to reduce WAN downloads which is a good thing if you don't have a real fast connection or are on a metered connection

No need to turn on "the upload to the world feature".

Bill

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

dick hines

I bought a new computer last winter because the old one was so slow I could eat lunch after hitting the enter key. I got a Dell with windows 10. My old system was running vista.

If it had not been for my grandson the damn thing would still be in the box it came. in. He spent a couple of house setting up the new system. So far it is doing great.

I am an old woodturning biker. I don't understand how any of this stuff works.

I am very happy with mu Windows 10. With any luck it will last me for years.

THANK YOU, Gary!

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Jim Evans

My problem with Windows 10 is I don't want anything of mine in the clouds, no processing or storage. Win 7 Ultimate works just fine for me.

Re: Anyone having issues with Windows 10+ Google C

Bill Blasic

You do not have to store anything on the cloud.