Define "safer".
Elite Dangerous and Windows 10 Discussion thread.
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Let us assume you are right and you can disable all the spyware stuff by turning of some or most of the new features. What would then remain of Win 10 to justify the effort of installing it? Just that it is "no worse" does not appear like a compelling reason.
Boots quite a bit faster, smoother transition between pages. Just over all a nicer experience.
No worse in the privacy sense, it's still a nicer OS to use (IMHO).
Really??
Edit: perhaps that eludes to some sort of fix, because I'd expect it's simply the fresh install of everything that makes the difference no?
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Win 7 does a real cold boot in less than 7 secs on my rig. Why use "pseudo-boot" (resume from special sleep states) on Win 8+ to shave off another second?
And nicer? UI in W10 is bf-ugly in my opinion - and quite inconsistent.
I like the UI, but that's personal preference. I upgraded from 7 Pro to 10 pro and the boot time is silly fast compared to 7.
ED on Win 10 works well for me; a bit of googling as to why my bandwidth was getting trashed and turned off the "update from other peoples computers" and all was fine, there are some other odd settings I'm sure will make things a bit less big-brotherly. First windows in a while I'm actually pleasantly surprised by.
Try doing a search for the picture title in the Search box. i.e. "Screenshot_200"
That might find them. That's bizarre though.
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Anyone else using ReadyBoost to extend their RAM? I only have 4G on board, so I also use a 4G usb stick for ReadyBoost. I also turn off SpeedStep in my BIOS. Not sure if that helps or not however, I just thought if the CPU is running full out all the time it would.
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Win + Alt + PrtScr is the Win10 screen capture.
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Except that Win 8 and later do not perform a true cold boot, google it. Lots of possible problems with that. And as mentioned, on a powerful PC Win 7 cold-boots in less than 7 seconds...
I have one point to speculate on the screenshots, but haven't done testing nor am I able to for a few days. Did you install ED before Win10? I found I had problems when Win10 was installed after and it seems to mess up some file permissions. No problems when I installed ED after Win10. My workaround was to make ED run as administrator by right clicking the shortcut and changing it under advanced options. So that might be worth a try. Maybe a clean reinstall of ED as last resort.
I believe if you hold shift while selecting Shutdown that will force a cold boot. I've never had a problem nor needed to do that meself.
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I didn't know that. Cheers. I always restart and turn off before the machine reboots.
I had no issues updating to Win 10, and of course ED was the first thing I tried. If you're "stuck" with the concept that Windows 7 is somehow better, or that upgrading is selling yourself, then a few things to think about:
1) Windows 7 will be EOL in less than 5 years. Probably April 2020 from what Microsoft have said. The reason is that they discontinued Windows 7 in the Windows 8.1 era, so it's been out of retail sale for a couple of years now, no matter how "new" we consider it.
2) Windows 10 is only free up until June 2016. Then it will cost around £100 depending on the version (although they haven't given concrete pricing, as it's free for that 12 month period)
3) Windows 10 will be the de facto version for upgrades and support from now on. They "gave it away" for a reason
4) Windows 10 has a superb kernel, DX12, and the overall performance compared to the "Vista-a-like" Windows 7 kernel is astounding, especially on SSD systems, but on my 5 year-old, old school gaming PC, moving from Windows 7 to Windows 10 felt like building it from new, and upgrading some components on the way. It used to take around 70 seconds to boot to desktop from the BIOS, and now is closer to half that time. ED launches more cleanly.
But really it's up to you of course. Windows 7 is, unfortunately, on borrowed time now. The fact they never went beyond SP1, which is now over 4 years old, proves that beyond a doubt. I'm typing on my work (Windows 7 Enterprise) machine right now and I love it. But the points above are coming from an IT Professional, not from someone saying "me likely. me likely." Upgrade, and get past the quasi-emotional attachment to a 7 year-old OS. Maybe not this week if it makes you twitchy, but in a month or so once the core issues are resolved with the first patches.
This ^^^
Even when the upgrade becomes available for me I will be waiting until it all steadies out or I am forced to upgrade. I only upgraded to 7 when I wanted to play the new XCOM when it was released. I only upgraded to 8 because I got a new PC and am in no hurry to upgrade again, I am one of the few people that don't have a problem using 8.
What? The old UFO, Terror from the deep, XCOM - Interceptor & the one in the city (can't remember its name).
That takes me back to the 90's.... i played them to death!
I upgraded as soon as it was available (and always have) and haven't had any problems, with any software or hardware.
Elite runs more smoothly. External audio interface latency and buffer performance is improved ootb over Win 7 & 8, if you happen to be into that sort of thing. Hassle free, performance improving upgrade over here.
Sorry it didn't work for the OP, but hardly warrants a new thread. OP could easily have added his experience to the existing Win10 threads.
Elite runs more smoothly. External audio interface latency and buffer performance is improved ootb over Win 7 & 8, if you happen to be into that sort of thing. Hassle free, performance improving upgrade over here.
Sorry it didn't work for the OP, but hardly warrants a new thread. OP could easily have added his experience to the existing Win10 threads.
Seems to be a reoccuring theme from quite a few, stutter reduced. Interesting, one would have thought it would be the other way around at first being a new OS with bugs, but perhaps Microsoft have been busy getting things optimized and ED has benefited. Was reluctant to go to win10 for obvious reasons but it's good to hear a few people noticing improvements.