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Last Windows 10 update kills my computer and Microsoft dont care

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Yes, Microsoft hasn't said "Your company is too old for W10," while Dell has said for some of my OLD computers, we haven't tested and don't recommend.
 
Tom-C said:
Franglais91 said:
I was intrigued by the "Windows 10 killed my system" bit so I looked up your components. All first half of 2008. That's almost 8 years old!

Technology moves on. I figure a portable phone lasts two years, a portable computer lasts four years, a desktop lasts eight years. Servers are getting virtualised out of existence..
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Sure he has old hardware. If Microsoft didn't intend to support hardware of his vintage, it should not have allowed Windows 10 to install (upgrade?) to it in the first place.

But it did install and was running apparently OK. And then one day Microsoft sent updates that he has no way to refuse that killed his computer.

So what did he do wrong here?

Try to install Windows 10 on old hardware? Microsoft thought that was just fine and let him do it. Allow a system update to install that was no longer compatible with his hardware? With Windows 10 the user has no choice. And even if he did I suspect the description of that update didn't mention that was going to break some systems.

What did Microsoft do wrong?

The big oops here is that their update dropped or broke support for some hardware. I doubt that was intentional. More likely they goofed. See the very informative posts about the hardware support earlier in this thread. But that is little consolation to those people affected by the change.
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Unfortunately, goofs seem to be occurring much more with people transitioning to Windows 10 than the transition from XP or Vista to Windows 7. Or do I have a poor memory and it was equally treacherous back then?
 
GodSpeaks said:
Your computer runs XP, so it should be able to run Windows 7 x64.

Windows 10 has too many issues for me, but Win 7 Pro x64 runs like a charm. It will give you the 64 bit OS you need for DXO, plus better performance and compatability than XP and without the issues of Win10.

Plus you can turn OFF windows updates, should you so desire.
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I would be very much interested in finding out what application forced someone to migrate from 64-bit Windows 7 to any of the subsequent OS versions (8, 10) because it by design did not run under 7?

Max
 
skookum8 said:
Tom-C said:
Franglais91 said:
I was intrigued by the "Windows 10 killed my system" bit so I looked up your components. All first half of 2008. That's almost 8 years old!

Technology moves on. I figure a portable phone lasts two years, a portable computer lasts four years, a desktop lasts eight years. Servers are getting virtualised out of existence..
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Sure he has old hardware. If Microsoft didn't intend to support hardware of his vintage, it should not have allowed Windows 10 to install (upgrade?) to it in the first place.

But it did install and was running apparently OK. And then one day Microsoft sent updates that he has no way to refuse that killed his computer.

So what did he do wrong here?

Try to install Windows 10 on old hardware? Microsoft thought that was just fine and let him do it. Allow a system update to install that was no longer compatible with his hardware? With Windows 10 the user has no choice. And even if he did I suspect the description of that update didn't mention that was going to break some systems.

What did Microsoft do wrong?

The big oops here is that their update dropped or broke support for some hardware. I doubt that was intentional. More likely they goofed. See the very informative posts about the hardware support earlier in this thread. But that is little consolation to those people affected by the change.
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Unfortunately, goofs seem to be occurring much more with people transitioning to Windows 10 than the transition from XP or Vista to Windows 7. Or do I have a poor memory and it was equally treacherous back then?
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there were the same complaints and issues back then, just that it was so long ago we have forgotten what it was like - plus people did not advertise their own mistakes publically on the internet in those days - they just fixed the problems themselves :)

TBH, I think an awful lot of peoples problems are caused by fora such as this, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing and people either panic and over exaggerate issues from what is actually happening and then they take the advice from people that they will never meet and have no knowledge of the veracity of the advice being given.

Add people who think they know a lot more than they actually do and then you have lots and lots of problems.

I guess it is good for Amazon though as those problems pull people here, they get advertising revenue and people buy new kit to replace stuff that aint broken.

Hey ho, I guess that is life now, but not as we knew it :)
 
fzrTom said:
But some component where not compatible with Windows 10 so I have upgraded my computer.

So the upgrade costed 600E !
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I know it's not the solution you're looking for, but have you thought about upgrading your computer to make it Windows 10 compatible?

You swapped out components that weren't necessary for Windows 10 compatibility (HDDs) but stayed with a rather aged motherboard.

So I present you with several options:

1) Use Windows 7. I believe from what you've said, that will work and it looks like drivers are available.

2) Replace your mobo+CPU with a recent quad core i5. You'll get a kick in performance and ditch any compatibility issues.

3) You could try looking for a basic SATA expansion card that is windows 10 compatible. If your mobo SATA ports aren't happy with windows 10, then use a card that gives you working ports. I don't know if a solution for your mobo exists, but I'd look if I was you.

Something like this 'may' work: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCIE-PCI-...372520?hash=item27ea1b26e8:g:o7wAAOSw7NNT-D8O

What I wouldn't do is stick with Windows XP. It's insane to not use something a bit more up to date and secure.
 
skookum8 said:
Unfortunately, goofs seem to be occurring much more with people transitioning to Windows 10 than the transition from XP or Vista to Windows 7. Or do I have a poor memory and it was equally treacherous back then?
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If it happened to you, you would probably remember.

In the early days of Windows 7 64, Windows updated my system with a video driver that didn't work at all with my then new NVidia card. I never have online updates set to automatic so that I can review what updates are available. That Microsoft video card update seemed OK. I was wrong.

I don't remember just how I got out of that one, but I've only used video driver updates directly from NVidia's web site since then. I still don't use Windows updates without reviewing them first.
 
Let go of your current PC and get a new one with the W10,period.

No amount of fretting and fuming and anguish on our part is going to make for peace in our life.

Sad but true, I have been there, seen it all.
 
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