O. M. Z.!!!!!!!1 Just installed Windows 10 (on the second try) & it seems to be fine!1

[UTUSN]

Tried installing a few days ago and it stayed stuck at the opening/pause. Today the pop-up saying it was ready for installation again happened, and it moved along lickety split (spit?!1). It seems to have kept my mail and other things, but haven't found my Favorites exactly. The big "e" for IE responds as "Microsoft Edge" instead and I haven't found the menu toolbar for the usual actions. Whoa, just imported "Favorites" from IE. Whoa, just found out how to enlarge the view/font to my normal 125%!1 Whoa whoa whoa!

[drm604]

1. You installed it on an existing installation?

Did it keep all of your apps?

[UTUSN]

2. Yes!1 My laptop is 5 yrs old with Windows 7. A couple of months ago there was

a Notification offering to reserve a free Windows 10. I delayed from trepidation for a month, then Reserved. So a couple of weeks ago a Notification said my slot/copy was ready to be installed. I tried it, but an opening screen that was supposed to last ten seconds just went on and on so I cancelled. Today the "ready" Notification popped up again and this time it all went through the installation apace.

It looks crisp and clean in design and my old stuff/mail/software all seems to be there. I just haven't found things yet!1

[steve2470]

3. this link might help you

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/support

[UTUSN]

4. Thanks!1 n/t

[UTUSN]

5. O.K., so far so good. Now: It says "Firefox/install." What's Firefox. Do I want this?!1 n/t

[blogslut]

6. Firefox is a web browser.

Like IE is a web browser. I love Firefox. Many more people love the Google Chrome browser, as it is the most used browser at the moment.

[UTUSN]

11. OK I'm going to go there soon(install one or the other)but which?!1Based on your & my DU siblinghood

I would go-Firefox just because you-word-is-gold to me. Otoh, "most used" means another opportunity for me to sell out to corporate interests. I've stuck with IE all these many years despite the occasional disdain from device connoisseurs. Right now, with Windows 10 I'm on Microsoft Edge? And I just got an e-mail from the Google phantom saying somebody had logged into my Google accounts from Microsoft Edge & was it me?!1 Yes, it was I. So this means I'm already irretrievably tangled in the Google nets like a whale, such that I might as well go Chrome?

Esteemed blogslut: Have you used both for comparison? Stop me, but I fear 'tis too late, am going it now.

[trof]

16. About Firefox on W-10:

I'd used Firefox with W-XP.
Liked it.
Tried it with W-10 and things didn't work so well.
Went back to Edge.

[PosterChild]

17. Go ahead and install it...

... and chrome. Doesn't hurt. Use it and the others, and eventually you will settle on one or the other .

[UTUSN]

15. O.K., Firefox it now/officially *is*!1 Weighted: blogslut's recommendation = 85%

PC World's comparison of Firefox, Chrome, and IE:

* FF uses less memory, is more secure with user info = 10%


From FF's website: FF is non-profit = 5%



Just barely trying it now, I was able to find my Favorites in a single click/list instead of what Microsoft Edge was doing (whatever *that* was).

Thanks, blogslut!

[blogslut]

19. Here's why I prefer Firefox

Firefox comes from Mozilla. Mozilla is the non-profit arm of Netscape that literally rose from the ashes after having suffered practical extinction thanks to a buyout by AOL and the dominance of IE.

I like Firefox because it has numerous add-ons that allow me to block ads but mostly, to block scripts, which are supposed to be useful but often do nothing but slow websites to a crawl. I like Firefox because it is W3C compliant. I like Firefox because I can control it much easier than IE or Chrome.

However, when it comes to Win 10, the one thing that I think makes Win 10 cool is Cortana - or rather, the promise of what Cortana can do in the future. At the moment, all it can really do (by voice command) is give me the weather, a summary of the news and set reminders. My hope is that, in the future, Cortana will be more of a true virtual assistant and for it to do that, I will have to allow Microsoft Edge be my default browser because I seriously doubt Cortana will work in conjunction with Chrome or Firefox in an efficient way.

I have a tablet device running Windows 10. I have Windows 7 on my laptop.

[UTUSN]

21. "I will have to allow Microsoft Edge be my default browser"

[blogslut]

22. Well, I mean default as in

...the browser that is set to open when I click a link in a tweet or an email or ask Cortana for an address. When I say "default" I mean a computer setting, not a personal preference.

[ailsagirl]

7. Just getting used to Windows 7 and all its eccentricities

Is there any reason to switch??

[UTUSN]

12. Well, 7 for me has been simple and great, & I liked XP before. What eccentricities do you find?

I can't give any tech reasons to switch, am an extremely low tech specimen. My basic reason for myself is to try the thing that is the next thing (in its own bubble). Perhaps it would be rid of whatever the eccentricities you found in 7?

So far it's been fairly intuitive at my level, have been able to wade into it.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. I've been using it for awhile now.

Seems to be stable.

[Tom Kitten]

9. I just installed it too

Like you I had to do it twice, the first time it wasn't going anywhere after a few hours, so I quit & rebooted, tried again, worked fine.

It's taken a few days to get used to the changes but I like what I see so far...plus my computer seems to run a lot smoother now!

[UTUSN]

10. Same here, everything you said. n/t

[UTUSN]

14. My quibbles so far are:

While the design/look is crisp and clean, in a Soviet Union era sort of way, the thin border on the window and the thin line graphics on the icons look like a kid's stick figure drawing. And the scroll column is way slimmer and harder to hold the cursor, and the scrolling tends to skid past fast.

I haven't found how to get my tool bar that has cut/paste/copy and Favorites. And while the vaunted "Start" feature is back from the 8, its icons-design for it is less appealing to me than 7's little list way. So far I've got to go to a Menu to get to all of my Docs/Pics/Favs.

Sounds like, despite liking it, I *don't* like it all that much?!1 Haha.

[SteveG]

23. Try Classic Shell

It makes Win 8, 8.1 and 10 look and behave like Win 7 or XP.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I'm glad it's working for you, my dear UTUSN!

I have Windows 7 on both my laptop and desktop, and I plan to keep it until Microsoft no longer supports it. I love my Win 7 and see no reason to switch!

[PosterChild]

18. Went through win 8, 8+, now on10...

.... like it's just fine. Much better than the 8's, no much different from 7.

[Gloria]

20. A Best Buy tech told me the other day to wait until January

as they've been getting a lot of calls with install issues. By January, hoping most of bugs will be addressed.

Be sure to to search about the things to turn off so you have some privacy...