Windows 10 Anniversary Update - first impressions?

[Bryn]

Now that this big update (1607) is coming through, what do those having it imposed on them think? On this laptop the procedure was painless enough, but oh so long-winded. It made an iTunes update seem like the essence of brevity. Now to sort out what to dispose of from among the new offerings.

[Cockney Sparrow]

Now to sort out what to dispose of from among the new offerings.

I'm a W10 refusenik, fully expecting to have to grapple with Linux when Win 7 security updates cease. To me,it seems using Win10 is giving a lot of data from and control of my PC to Microsoft. If you delete some of the imports from the update, do you think you will find it re-installed at a later date? I didn't realise there were any optional aspects to Win10 updates, unless it is a purchased copy of the Win 10 professional edition.

[Pulcinella]

Which? doesn't think much to the original release, according to this report I spotted today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37431343

[Bryn]

I'm a W10 refusenik, fully expecting to have to grapple with Linux when Win 7 security updates cease. To me,it seems using Win10 is giving a lot of data from and control of my PC to Microsoft. If you delete some of the imports from the update, do you think you will find it re-installed at a later date? I didn't realise there were any optional aspects to Win10 updates, unless it is a purchased copy of the Win 10 professional edition.

Various useful guides to slimming Windows 10 are to be found on the Internet.

I had to laugh at the bug that stops webcams working. I will, however, keep the opaque tape over mine.

[DracoM]

Made a bigger mess of my work than any othre system I have ever used, and is so stupidly and irrelevantly fussy - features that are just screen pictures.
Gah!

[ChrisBennell]

I didn't wait for the Anniversary Update to come through, but went and got it manually. I had a few minor problems - HP printer had to be reinstalled - occasionally no logon screen when starting up from cold. I don't use Edge but stick with IE11 - Edge did have numerous problems in the first week or so, but I hear these are now largely fixed. The webcam issues are well documented. There have been about 3 very significant stability/bug fix updates since it came out in August. All in all, it seems to draw into question Microsoft's quality of testing. At this point it seems to be stable, and I don't have any current problems. It was probably a good idea to wait for a more stable release.

[subcontrabass]

All in all, it seems to draw into question Microsoft's quality of testing.

There was a joke going the rounds in the software development arena some years ago:

Question: What is the purpose of software testing at Microsoft?

Answer: To find out what the software does.

(explanation for those who need it: much of the development at Microsoft was exploratory (to find out what could be done) rather than focussed on developing to meet a given specification of requirements.)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My laptop is updating Windows 10 at this very moment.

Very, very slowly. After nearly an hour, it's on 32%. . .

However, I'm not exactly surprised. My 21-year old Acorn computer (with a 45 Mg processor) continues to run faster than any Windows PC I've had.

[johnb]

I never saw any benefits in "upgrading" my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10 so I'm free of these travails.

Having said that I'm probably going to have to opt for Windows 10 on my next laptop because Microsoft seem reluctant to provide critical update support to Windows 7 on new Intel Processors. Microsoft originally only intended to provide Windows 7 support on last year's Intel Skylake (6th generation) processor up to 2017 but eventually caved in and extended the support to 2020.

Well it's one way of forcing businesses onto Windows 10 I suppose.

[gurnemanz]

I hadn't had any problems with Window 10 until earlier today when I idly clicked out of curiosity on "check for updates" on Settings and it started to download 1607 (the anniversary update) without asking me. (Moral: Leave well alone!). I got a blue screen IRQL (?) error message at about 40% download and the system crashed. The laptop restarted and it crashed again. Next time I did a full shut down hoping to abort the whole ghastly mess and when it restarted this seems to have worked. When I went to update history, 1607 was listed as "failed to install". This is OK by me and I seem to be back to normal and will be steering clear of this update for as long as I can.

[DracoM]

Anyone had any probs with W10 and Excel interface? W10 let me out and failed to remind me I had unsaved stuff on Excel - it was lost for a long bit. Grrr!

[Richard Tarleton]

Just installed new computer with Windows 10 today (with expert help) - so far so seemingly straightforward....goodbye Windows Vista.....

[Bryn]

Just installed new computer with Windows 10 today (with expert help) - so far so seemingly straightforward....goodbye Windows Vista.....

Not really a fair comparison. Let's face it, Vista was even worse than Windows 8. I quite like Windows 10, though the Anniversary edition is too big an update for my little Acer A01 unless I do a clean install. Think I might convert it to Linux instead.

[BBMmk2]

Windows 10 anniversary edition?

[DracoM]

Rather it was a RIP.
Shambles.