From the PC Master Race: How has your windows 10 experience been?

[EvilRoy]

For those having issues, did you do a clean install or an "upgrade?"

Because the upgrade ones always seem to have issues, running all the way back to Win 95 upgrade option...

I'd do a clean install and see how that goes.

I tried an upgrade at first, but that went really bad for me. Keyboard and mouse drivers failed at the login screen so I had to force boot to bios and strip back the update from there. A clean install largely worked the first time with the above noted issues.

 

[2HF]

I've been playing Skyrim, played a bit of Splinter Cell (the first one), some Dirt, and a few others here and there. It's a new laptop, haven't gotten into it hardcore yet but no issues so far. Also both Portals.

 

[shrekfan246]

I've been using Windows 10 on my new computer for about two months now, haven't had much issue that I think would be specific to Windows 10. A few games have given me quite a bit of trouble running at 1920x1080x60Hz (the laptop I used to play on only went up to 1600x900), and Windows Update did ruin my graphics driver once by auto-installing a borked Nvidia driver, so I had to remove that, reinstall my actual driver, and then tell Windows not to download driver updates which was a bit of a hassle in itself. But, once I switched off as much of the Windows 10 crap as I could (honestly, the major reason I even have it is just because finding Windows 7 anymore can be a nightmare) it's been running about as well as 7 ever did for me. A few games even were easier to get running than on my Windows 7 laptop.

 

[MysticSlayer]

I've been using Windows 10 since November. I've had issues with bad ports, and all my Windows 10 gaming has been on a laptop, so there's obvious hardware issues there. But beyond those issues, I've been able to run most games without any problem.

Well, for the most part, that is. Windows 10 seems to have an issue right now where booting from Shut Down causes framerate problems in all games until I hit "Restart". I know how to fix it, though, but it would cause my boot time to be slower, and frankly I don't mind hitting "Restart" while I walk away to do something.

Overall, despite that one issue, it's been solid. I wouldn't say that it is better than Windows 7 for gaming (though I prefer Windows 10 as an OS overall), but it certainly isn't worse.

 

[Evil Moo]

I've used Windows 10 at work a bit and as far as I can see it is mostly just a slightly more annoying Windows 8.1. This is of course without having to deal with daily use and maintenance, so there may be more annoying things to deal with that I haven't personally encountered.

I'll probably update my home PC to 10 in the next month or so. I'll probably regret it, but it's something to do I guess.

 

[Level 7 Dragon]

Mixed.

I bought this laptop with windows 8 installed and it was a nightmare. First, the computer locked itself and had to be send to the repairman to be unlocked. Then the drivers that were included with the computer didn't work on Windows 8 until it got an update. That and horrible performance issues.

So, I decided to bite the bullet and get 10. So far, it has been great for gaming, my performance jumped 10-15 fps upwards and I finally became able to play games on this toaster. On the other hand, older games started acquiring new issues. Also, I'm worried about the microsoft powered spyware and constant updates.

Eh, I'm undecided.

 

[Mcgeezaks]

I was in the middle of playing Skyrim a few weeks ago, only for my laptop go update to 10 without my goddamn permission.

So far, it's been "tolerable". On one hand, it's not any worse than 8.1. On the other hand, sometimes when I un-hibernate, the wifi if all screwed up and I have to do a hard reboot to fix it.

I'm also pretty sure that it's fucked up my resolution a bit, but that's just my speculation. My games generally run the same as they did on 8.1, most newer stuff runs fine, my old Unreal tournament games are still kinda broken, and that's basically it.

Put me down on team "Meh".

I don't understand why some people have this problem, I've been using W10 since launch and the only time it restarts my PC to update is when I leave my PC on over the night. So it only restarts my PC when I'm not using it.

 

[CaitSeith]

None. Not upgrading until Microsoft gives up on Universal Windows Platform (aka GFWL 360) or Windows 7 support (whatever happens first).

 

[Fox12]

I know it's not going to be free for that much longer but I have absolutely no desire to upgrade. Fuck Microsoft for making DX12 exclusive to Win10.

I've avoided it like the plague this far, though lord knows Microsoft has tried. This NSA style stuff freaks me the heck out.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Did a clean install, works like a charm. No issues at all and I'm perfectly happy with it. All my games run and no driver faults. I even managed to get the memory usage down by manually setting the page file and putting it on a different drive than my system drive. I've had memory issues but that's because of my BIOS being dumb and not because of windows, which I've fixed.
I've had some games crash but then after a patch they work fine. Nothing so far has been Win10's fault and I get better performance overall than Win7 or 8.1.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I know it's not going to be free for that much longer but I have absolutely no desire to upgrade. Fuck Microsoft for making DX12 exclusive to Win10.

I've avoided it like the plague this far, though lord knows Microsoft has tried. This NSA style stuff freaks me the heck out.

I object on a more base level really. I don't appreciate what feels like being bullied into adopting an OS I don't want. I don't think the interface looks nearly as good as 7 and all I've really heard about it and experience through other people's PCs is that MS just made everything harder to navigate and to find the settings you want just to make the interface prettier and more Mac-esqu. I don't fucking want that.

 

[cathou]

For those having issues, did you do a clean install or an "upgrade?"

Because the upgrade ones always seem to have issues, running all the way back to Win 95 upgrade option...

I'd do a clean install and see how that goes.

i never upgrade windows. Clean install is always a better option. i've installed windows 10 8 months ago, and everything work very fine, i never get crashes, my games are running smootly and i'm very satisfied with it

for the record, i have a i7 920, 12 gb of ram, a GTX660TI and i'm running on a samsung SSD. the computer goes from off to windows fully operational in 35 seconds

 

[Wrex Brogan]

It's... alright. Not the most indepth with OS's, I'll admit, so it feels a lot like a slightly flashier Windows 7.

Biggest problem I have with it though is that it really... doesn't tell you when something is wrong. Any error messages/Blue Screens are super vague and unhelpful. There's been a couple moments where it's just rebooted without warning, telling me after 'Oh, something went wrong!' and it's just, 'yes, WHAT went wrong? How can I fix this problem? Did you fix the problem already, hence the reboot? Give me something to work with here!'.

 

[Oinodaemon]

I can't get Fallout 3 to work even after fiddling with settings for a couple hours. So far, that's my only complaint.

 

[Mcgeezaks]

I can't get Fallout 3 to work even after fiddling with settings for a couple hours. So far, that's my only complaint.

From my understanding Fallout 3 doesn't work well on any OS newer than Vista.

 

[Joccaren]

I was in the middle of playing Skyrim a few weeks ago, only for my laptop go update to 10 without my goddamn permission.

So far, it's been "tolerable". On one hand, it's not any worse than 8.1. On the other hand, sometimes when I un-hibernate, the wifi if all screwed up and I have to do a hard reboot to fix it.

I'm also pretty sure that it's fucked up my resolution a bit, but that's just my speculation. My games generally run the same as they did on 8.1, most newer stuff runs fine, my old Unreal tournament games are still kinda broken, and that's basically it.

Put me down on team "Meh".

I don't understand why some people have this problem, I've been using W10 since launch and the only time it restarts my PC to update is when I leave my PC on over the night. So it only restarts my PC when I'm not using it.

Well, for me, I'm never not using my PC. If its on overnight, its because I'm using it. If I'm not, I've passed out at the PC, and don't want it to close all my documents without saving. Auto-update is just shit. Its annoying, and I always disable it. Someone please tell me that is still possible for Windows 10, though I've heard it isn't -.-

 

[Mcgeezaks]

I was in the middle of playing Skyrim a few weeks ago, only for my laptop go update to 10 without my goddamn permission.

So far, it's been "tolerable". On one hand, it's not any worse than 8.1. On the other hand, sometimes when I un-hibernate, the wifi if all screwed up and I have to do a hard reboot to fix it.

I'm also pretty sure that it's fucked up my resolution a bit, but that's just my speculation. My games generally run the same as they did on 8.1, most newer stuff runs fine, my old Unreal tournament games are still kinda broken, and that's basically it.

Put me down on team "Meh".

I don't understand why some people have this problem, I've been using W10 since launch and the only time it restarts my PC to update is when I leave my PC on over the night. So it only restarts my PC when I'm not using it.

Well, for me, I'm never not using my PC. If its on overnight, its because I'm using it. If I'm not, I've passed out at the PC, and don't want it to close all my documents without saving. Auto-update is just shit. Its annoying, and I always disable it. Someone please tell me that is still possible for Windows 10, though I've heard it isn't -.-

This is what it says:

''We'll restart your device automatically when you're not using it.''

I've never had my PC just restart itself to update while I'm using it. And yes, there's a defer upgrades option which will prevent your PC from downloading any windows updates.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I was in the middle of playing Skyrim a few weeks ago, only for my laptop go update to 10 without my goddamn permission.

So far, it's been "tolerable". On one hand, it's not any worse than 8.1. On the other hand, sometimes when I un-hibernate, the wifi if all screwed up and I have to do a hard reboot to fix it.

I'm also pretty sure that it's fucked up my resolution a bit, but that's just my speculation. My games generally run the same as they did on 8.1, most newer stuff runs fine, my old Unreal tournament games are still kinda broken, and that's basically it.

Put me down on team "Meh".

I don't understand why some people have this problem, I've been using W10 since launch and the only time it restarts my PC to update is when I leave my PC on over the night. So it only restarts my PC when I'm not using it.

Well, for me, I'm never not using my PC. If its on overnight, its because I'm using it. If I'm not, I've passed out at the PC, and don't want it to close all my documents without saving. Auto-update is just shit. Its annoying, and I always disable it. Someone please tell me that is still possible for Windows 10, though I've heard it isn't -.-

What you've heard is wrong. I have mine set to update when I tell it. It'll download and check automatically but it won't restart without my sayso.

 

[Joccaren]

I was in the middle of playing Skyrim a few weeks ago, only for my laptop go update to 10 without my goddamn permission.

So far, it's been "tolerable". On one hand, it's not any worse than 8.1. On the other hand, sometimes when I un-hibernate, the wifi if all screwed up and I have to do a hard reboot to fix it.

I'm also pretty sure that it's fucked up my resolution a bit, but that's just my speculation. My games generally run the same as they did on 8.1, most newer stuff runs fine, my old Unreal tournament games are still kinda broken, and that's basically it.

Put me down on team "Meh".

I don't understand why some people have this problem, I've been using W10 since launch and the only time it restarts my PC to update is when I leave my PC on over the night. So it only restarts my PC when I'm not using it.

Well, for me, I'm never not using my PC. If its on overnight, its because I'm using it. If I'm not, I've passed out at the PC, and don't want it to close all my documents without saving. Auto-update is just shit. Its annoying, and I always disable it. Someone please tell me that is still possible for Windows 10, though I've heard it isn't -.-

This is what it says:


''We'll restart your device automatically when you're not using it.''

I've never had my PC just restart itself to update while I'm using it. And yes, there's a defer upgrades option which will prevent your PC from downloading any windows updates.

How does it determine that you're not using it?
Does it check for there to be no processes other than Windows running [Acceptable, but it'll never happen]?
Does it check for no input from the user for half an hour? [So if I go to get dinner, it'll restart itself while I'm gone. No thanks].
Does it send a popup message asking if you want to update, that automatically says yes after 30 seconds but that you're able to postpone for a maximum of 4 hours? [Fucking worst of everything. Can't indefinitely postpone, it pops up and interrupts whatever you're doing, and if you've gone for a piss you miss it and it restarts, losing everything you were working on].

How does it define "Not in use", because that's a very important question. What it sees as not being used, I may very well see as using it. Judging by some people in this thread saying it'll wake itself up from hibernation to do this... I don't really have my hopes high, since I hibernate because I AM still using programs, but don't want to waste the power whilst I'm busy with other things.

Otherwise, its good to hear that you don't have to auto-update, like you apparently had to early on, though 'defer' still sounds somewhat fishy. I don't want to defer it, I just don't want to do it. But, if its functionally the same, that's what matters.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

I haven't had too many of the issues listed here so far. Only time I had crashes was when playing Fallout 4, and to be honest, that's *after* I modded the game all ways to high heaven. After taking many of the mods off, it ran better. Heck, it even ran Arkham Knight perfectly, literally 4 stutters in the entire time it took me to finish it and complete a number of AR challenges.

It even starts my computer up faster. So far I've only done the free upgrade from 7, it's not a clean install, and it took forever on 7. Yes, I do all the normal things (defrag, malware, paging file partition), not running an SSD, and seems to get up and running a lot quicker. Haven't tried anything from the Windows Store because screw that place. But for gaming and simple stuff, it's been more stress-free than I hoped.

One SERIOUS issue though: the Task Manager doesn't automatically come to the front. So Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't always get you out of shit. So a word of advice, if you do a new install, open up that Task Manager, and set it to Always in Front, or else you're in for a bad time if things ever go sideways (could be anything, not necessarily OS related, heck even a bad CD read).