Windows 10 Announced - Released 29-Jul-2015

Hmmm... but I'm not currently running 8, so I'd need an ISO to do a clean install. Maybe that will come a few months later....

 

Per that article...

 

Oh, didn't see that. Thanks...

 

Yes, we've both seen that. Anyhow, I'm done playing with it as it still is, after all, a work in progress needing a lot of work. Kudos to all those running the TP and helping to get the work done. For me, I've found that under the hood it's still... NT6. (Yes, a simplification of a nonetheless legitimate study.)

I no longer have interest in 10 until my next desktop in late 2016 by which time there'll be no choice in the matter. If I have to refresh this system, it'll be Win7 (which is what I re-installed on my test-rig). That, of course, assumes that a chip (or two or three) doesn't release all its smoke in the meantime.

However, I did find that Bitdefender's Windows 8 Security is a quantum leap ahead of IS 2015 in user friendliness - a much easier UI with all the settings laid out logically, unlike the helter-skelter mess of IS. And none of the tools and useless bloat. Functionally, the core processes, libraries and drivers are for all intents and purposes identical. And it whacked everything I opened in phishtank, malc0de and VX Vault.

I tried to install Win8Sec in Win7. Big no no popup. Those rapscallions!

Cheers.

 

@ FOXP2 (and others)

Can you perhaps check if it's possible to change tool-tip colors on Win 10?

 

@ Rasheed187
Sorry, I'm not running W10 anymore; see my post #354.

I forgot to mention there that the final straw was when the BitDefender AVC HC System Device went "yellow-!" in Device Manger.

I didn't know the tooltip color could be changed. I thought the tool-tip color was just fine. I'm thinking of having all my undershorts dyed that color.

Have fun.

 

Windows 10 is running is very well for me now, after having some issues a few days ago. Memory usage was too high for my liking, but has dropped quite a bit now. Maybe this was due to an update installed. I've got Windows Update disabled as the Windows Update service was constantly running and using CPU time. Also, I'm running no antivirus at the moment.

Currently with TheWorld browser running with 20 tabs open (less than I usually have open), memory usage is at just 56% out of my 3GB, and disk usage is staying at around 0 to 1 percent. When I was having issues with high memory usage, I switched to Firefox. But, now I can use the WorldAgain without memory usage being excessive.

I will enable Windows Update from time to time so I can install updates, but my computer is running better with it disabled.

 

Windows 10 Includes a Linux-Style Package Manager Named “OneGet”

Related: Chocolatey: software package manager for Windows with over 2,000 unique packages (free).

 

Wow, that is great news. I wonder if Chocolatey will also get it's database updated by Microsoft (though I bet they're about to be consumed). Might actually use it myself, if not for the adware problem on Windows.

 

This has been a standard feature since Win XP, but I think the developers forgot about it in Win 8, quite embarrassing if you ask me.

Can you perhaps check out post #35?

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-10-announced.368734/page-15#post-2440758

 

I agree.

 

Actually, this is the real reason:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/02/windows-10-name-likely-due-to-20-year-old-software-code

 

I have no idea how to change the toolip colour.

 

It should be in: Control Panel ---> Personalization ---> Color and Appearance

And can you perhaps also check if you can turn off the "focus rectangle" in Win 10, this would be reason enough for me to upgrade.

http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/51016-how-get-rid-focus-rectangle-windows-8-1-64-bit.html
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-remove-the-annoying-focus-rectangle-in-windows/

 

Microsoft is building a new browser as part of its Windows 10 push
By Mary Jo Foley | December 29, 2014
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-building-a-new-browser-as-part-of-its-windows-10-push/

 

The so-called "Trident fork" Browser aka IE 12 is being aggressively pushed by MS and will ship with Windows 10 -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/29/ie12_trident_fork/

For those socially inclined - you may follow or point your Browser at IE Dev Chat.
https://twitter.com/iedevchat

 

Holy crap, I have tested IE 11 on Win 8, and I'm amazed by the speed, it outperforms Opera 12 and Firefox, WITHOUT any script-blockers. Just imagine how fast it would be with extensions like NoScript and Ghostery.

Of course usability is a big problem, and sadly enough Maxthon and Avant (who use the Trident engine) have also gone downhill. But nice to see that the IE/Trident developers definitively got some skills.

 

I can't speak for Avant, but I haven't noticed any downhill motion with Maxthon, if anything it is going uphill and approaching escape velocity with an ever increasing rapidity. It is the best browser I have ever used on Android. Unfortunately, it's unusable rubbish on Ubuntu.

 

@ Daveski17

As a geek I'm extremely sensitive about certain details, and the new GUI is getting my nerves. So that's what I mean with "downhill", instead of improving stuff they tried to do it differently. If they bring back the standard GUI and IE 12 will get extensions support, it might become a serious option for me again. Of course it should also stop with the "phoning home" stuff. BTW, I still don't see any options to put tabs on bottom.

 

Sorry, no time to read all the posts here , which is the last news about the date of Windows 10 release ? I would like to change my pc, but I prefer to wait for 10. (then I'll have to wait a bit to see 10's compatibility with my security softwares... )

 

There isn't a definite date yet, but Microsoft is talking about 3rd quarter 2015.

 

Thank you ! So I knew, but I hoped some good new.

 

Microsoft Spartan: First look at the new browser
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-spartan-first-look-at-the-new-browser

 

Windows 10 could be on a monthly subscription...

http://www.extremetech.com/computin...soft-could-move-to-a-subscription-based-model