Windows 10 upgrade notification
Discussion
grumbledoak said:
Trying not to single anyone out, but could people mention what they are comparing it with, please?
'cos I'm on 8.1, see, and I like it. And it already does boot in sub 8 seconds, etc.
I have come from 8.1 on a Lenovo Yoga laptop. It boots quicker, the fan doesn't run as much and battery saving mode gives me a reported extra couple of hours so, all in all, I am happy with the upgrade.'cos I'm on 8.1, see, and I like it. And it already does boot in sub 8 seconds, etc.
This may be simple (hopefully), but does anyone have any idea why I can't make my laptop sleep?
When I click the sleep button the screen goes dark but it continues to run completely normally apart from that. Compaq Presario CQ56
ETA: I've found it goes to sleep completely normally when running on battery, but on charge the screen just goes black. Maybe it's deliberate and somewhere in the settings?
When I click the sleep button the screen goes dark but it continues to run completely normally apart from that. Compaq Presario CQ56
ETA: I've found it goes to sleep completely normally when running on battery, but on charge the screen just goes black. Maybe it's deliberate and somewhere in the settings?
Edited by RobinBanks on Sunday 2nd August 22:10
Funk said:
Why not just use something different to play music? You're the second person I've seen talking about junking the entire OS because of a trivial application. Utterly absurd; just use something else for audio...
Calm down 
I should have explained in more detail. I wasn't thinking about reverting because of groovy music, that was just a minor annoyance & my biggest problem was/is resolution & screen displays. For some reason 10 couldn't recognise my 22 inch screen so would load on the tv through an HDMI lead so I would have to go into that to select different settings to get my usual screen to turn on.
To cut a long story short I have overcome that problem although my resolution is not as small as I would like or small as it was with 7 & no matter what I try I can not get it how I want it, 10 just doesn't seem to be as fine tunerable as 7 was.
Overall I like 10 but I still have a few niggling little problems with it which I will try & overcome.
snuffy said:
Here's another one I've just found and fixed (by searching):
Outlook 2103 will not send email, but windows mail will. If you get this, you need to open a cmd prompt as admin and type sfc /scannow and wait a few minutes. When it's finished it will report a couple of files has been fixed. Then restart Outlook and it works.
Thank you, virtual beer for you.Outlook 2103 will not send email, but windows mail will. If you get this, you need to open a cmd prompt as admin and type sfc /scannow and wait a few minutes. When it's finished it will report a couple of files has been fixed. Then restart Outlook and it works.
I upgraded my work machine on Friday and couldn't for the life of me work out why Outlook stopped sending mail, even with some googling. Fortunately checked this thread before trying to sort it this morning and voila!
Wow its slow.
Took a full 5 minutes after clicking on the start menu for it to open.
Lots of apps take ages to open as well now.
What's Cortana? I can't see it anywhere.
The install also removed Skype which is a b
d as its blocked out here so have to d/l it via VPN (which it also kindly removed during the upgrade).
And what's with the US spelling..? - changed all the language settings to UK English but still the stty American spellings in the menu.
Will give it a week and if I am still having issues, will roll it back to 8.1
Claire
Took a full 5 minutes after clicking on the start menu for it to open.
Lots of apps take ages to open as well now.
What's Cortana? I can't see it anywhere.
The install also removed Skype which is a b
d as its blocked out here so have to d/l it via VPN (which it also kindly removed during the upgrade).And what's with the US spelling..? - changed all the language settings to UK English but still the s
tty American spellings in the menu.Will give it a week and if I am still having issues, will roll it back to 8.1
Claire
Gaffer said:
Wow its slow.
Took a full 5 minutes after clicking on the start menu for it to open.
Lots of apps take ages to open as well now.
What's Cortana? I can't see it anywhere.
The install also removed Skype which is a bd as its blocked out here so have to d/l it via VPN (which it also kindly removed during the upgrade).
And what's with the US spelling..? - changed all the language settings to UK English but still the stty American spellings in the menu.
Will give it a week and if I am still having issues, will roll it back to 8.1
Claire
Cortana is MS's go at Siri. Took a full 5 minutes after clicking on the start menu for it to open.
Lots of apps take ages to open as well now.
What's Cortana? I can't see it anywhere.
The install also removed Skype which is a b
d as its blocked out here so have to d/l it via VPN (which it also kindly removed during the upgrade).And what's with the US spelling..? - changed all the language settings to UK English but still the s
tty American spellings in the menu.Will give it a week and if I am still having issues, will roll it back to 8.1
Claire
Small circular icon on the toolbar, should be in the tiles as well. Can be voice activated too.
Nicest thing about it so far I've found is you can highlight text in the browser and click on 'Ask Cortana' and it brings up a wiki type pane of info. Saves googling stuff in a new window. Even less excuse for PHers to claim they've never heard of soaps or footballers...
I had no issues with any apps, but I think it reinstalled a number of mine from the web after the upgrade and configured to my settings, so if Skype is blocked it may not have been able to refresh.
I'm finding it way, way, quicker than 8.1.
Justayellowbadge said:
Updated my little HP Stream 7 from 8.1 today.
Painless install.
Liked 8.1, 10, at first glance, is an improvement. Like the tablet mode toggle, desktop access and proper Start menu. Usable battery indicator at last!
Runs surprisingly well on this little 1 gig tab as well.
I forgot that I can do that on my Stream. Must get it upgraded. Painless install.
Liked 8.1, 10, at first glance, is an improvement. Like the tablet mode toggle, desktop access and proper Start menu. Usable battery indicator at last!
Runs surprisingly well on this little 1 gig tab as well.
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