Windows 10

I thought I'd post this information here for anybody that is now using Windows 10. One of the things I noticed when I upgraded last year was the ability to be able to cast virtually any video to my smart tv just so long that it is also connected. For files which are FLV, to date this still isn't an option, however there is an easy way to do this and that's by converting it to an mp4 file and also you won't lose the quality of the original file either as it'll be a straight forward duplicate copy.

The easiest way to do this is by playing the file back in VLC player and simply doing the following:

Shift R - Start Recording
Shift R - End Recording

You will now find your recording copied in the video files which will be now listed as MP4. I hope some members find this post to be of some use

brudgon wrote:done because my upgrade come from the store but for five time in a row the same thing....error

open the cmd prompt with admin privs and run sfc /scannow.
it will fix any missing or corrupt windows component files.
then try the update.

brudgon wrote:done because my upgrade come from the store but for five time in a row the same thing....error

when using google search it gives tons of answers.

maybe this helps:
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done because my upgrade come from the store but for five time in a row the same thing....error

check your windows store there should be a service pack available that will turn it into 8.1
it was a free upgrade about 6 months ago and i think its still available.
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read this if you get stuck.

i have windows 8 and i can't to install 8.1 for to have windows10
it says me "error to install 8.1";(

glad your happy with it dirk. i know i aint. even when disabled win 10 is sending search data back to home. lots of claims of its not compromising your privacy. but every time you do a search whether its just local or through your chosen browser its still dialing to bing among others.
ive done all the tweeks. hosts file, group policy edits. reg edits and so on. guess what. every time i get an update of which there have been a few. my setting have reverted back to enabled.
its still sending searches and tilemitry data all of which is marked with a user identifiable hashkey.

i would say if your happy then great but if you like your privacy and a lot of us still do then win 10 isnt something you want to upgrade to...

oh your sticking with win 8.1 i hear some of you say... thats great (sarcasm) m.s just sent you an update that contains all the telemetry tweaks that windows 10 has so its now dialing home just as often with just as much info as win 10 does.
so not only is win 10 spying but windows 8.1 is now as well... the sneeksy fucks sent it as an essential update so most people would install it without thinking and wont even know its there.
fact is m.s have just polished a turd with win 10 and the turd is about to make a big mess in the eu as privacy groups get up on the fact that even if you opt out of the data mining its still gathering and sending it home.

anyways if you want to see for yourself im not bullshitting.
just open your fav network sniffer. set it to your default ethernet and press windows key+q then type services. by the time you get to the v in services you will see bing ips (of which there are about half a dozen) pop up on your sniffing tool.
theres also something happening at boot time. i log on, start curports befor windows has even finished loading and boom theres a dial out to an ibm big data server.
i blocked it via hosts and then went surfing. everything seemed fine till i tried facebook.
google came back with a message saying it cant access the website.
i unblocked it restarted my machine, the ip dialed out and facebook became accessible.

i looks like this is a primary identifier to your machine specifically and if facebook cant look you up on the ibm big data server you cant have access.
fact is this is a bit odd. at boot time i shouldnt be ringing out anywhere. there was no browser open but some how certain well known data mining sites wont allow you access if you block this...
nsa? gchq? zuckerburg? fuck knows but its very big brother.

Done my 3rd and last main desktop PC. Amazing how quickly you get used to the tweaks needed to make it 'right' - turn off background Store Apps, privacy, change settings in registry to alter the stupid window border and title, etc.
Ultimately they are just tweaks. The majority is left stock and 10 is the right level of evolution from 8 to 8.1 to 10.
True there are some things that I wish they'd retained, notably in respect of quicker ways to get to some of the settings without having to use the new settings application.
But truth be told, it's been rather painless. Mind you, I've not ventured into any of the new speech stuff, nor the search (outside normal local search).
I've not had issues outside the original one around installation media.
All my 'file history' settings have been retained, my content on OneDrive syncs fine across machines. Applications worked as before and settings fully retained through the upgrade.

I've ignored IE and Edge as I never used them anyway, so nothing worrying me about web and email as I'll continue with Firefox or Chrome, and Thunderbird.

An OS is the layer between you and your applications/data. It should serve up the hardware and the services, such that you can just get on with work. And that is something 8.1 did quite well, and 10 has improved.

I give Microsoft a for Windows 10. Time (and history) will determine whether it's the success it needs to be to ensure their continued survival at the OS layer for consumers. But it's not the desktop OS war they have to win, they have to make a dent in the mobile market and that will be much harder to achieve.

Well I don't wish to tempt fate here but ever since the upgrade to Windows 10 my laptop hasn't crashed once whereas on 8.1 if I tried to do too much at the same time I used to occasionally run into problems. With regards to the new edge browser I don't like it as it doesn't appear to have a homepage option.

For the time being I'll be sticking with internet explorer and Opera which actually appear to run smoother ever since the upgrade, before the update the advice given was to back up the files, I completely forget but thankfully it didn't become an issue. With regards to Windows 7 everybody seems to conventionally forget that it was constantly needing to do hundreds of updates which used to take hours.

One of the minor issues of the Windows 10 update is with regards to your privacy settings. Thankfully this can be manually adjusted.

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I'm confused on how Windows 10 is sorting out license/product keys.

Before upgrading two of my machines, I checked what Windows 8.1 Pro key I'd used to make sure I knew what was what. Both fully licensed and working, with valid hardware IDs according to slmgr. Fully activated with no problems or expiration.

After upgrading, both my machines have exactly the same Windows 10 Pro key, and it appears to be the 'generic' one for x64 edition. They still have valid hardware IDs and are fully activated. But I've 'lost' the linkage to the original Windows 8 product key I bought.

I know hardware IDs will allow me to re-install on the same machine, and I won't need a product key to do this as it will match what Microsoft have stored on their side, so it will auto-reactivate after installation.
But my challenge is how do I prove my license for Windows 10. If I am ever asked to provide evidence of entitlement, I don't have anything as the product keys are all the same.

Looking elsewhere on internet it seems a lot have noticed this. So if you're running Windows 10 Pro x64 and your product key now ends with 3V66T then its likely you have same outcome of the upgrade...

Don't think it 'matters' in terms of using your machine.

On my 2nd PC upgrade, it took me about 30 mins to upgrade but then a further 2 hours to fix things to my satisfaction. Plenty of use of internet search to find out how to get things like active window colour back, how to adjust action area, fix driver issues with my Logitech webcam, etc. All done, but I did notice it buggered up my remaining Windows 8.1 PC as the sync of settings/themes from 10 back to 8.1 made a right mess of 8.1 so I had to disable OneDrive settings sync on the 8.1 PC.

The good news is that you can revert back to Windows 7 so long as you've not run disk clean-up wizard and removed old OS files.

Going from Windows 7 might be a challenge not so much for the actual user interface, but with hardware and drivers as you've experienced. They'll be a fair few things that just won't work, and I guess that's sort of to be expected. Windows 7 is after all already well over 5 years old, and out of mainstream support (now in extended support until 2020).
Commodity hardware like printers and mice are throw away items, so manufacturers are not so interested in maintaining drivers for longer term support.

One option is to be use device manager showing hidden entries, then delete anything not working including driver files themselves, then reboot, then see what Windows 10 can do via it's built-in driver set.

billyboy1963 wrote:I also decided to upgrade on an old laptop using Windows 7.

It looks okay but I have had several issues.

Loads of niggles and I am beginning to wonder if it was worth upgrading

I also decided to upgrade on an old laptop useing Windows 7.

It looks okay but I have had several issues.

My printer will not work as I cannot download the latest driver due to WIndows 10 not recognising it.

My mouse wheel will now not scroll and I cannot get it to work at all no matter what I try.

When Windows 10 first loaded I also had no audio as it stated that the files were missing but I managed to download the drivers and get it working.

Loads of niggles and I am beggining to wonder if it was worth upgrading

Took the plunge on one of my less critical desktop PCs and upgraded. Was a faff as there are clearly issues with how language sets and region settings on installed Windows 8.1 and how Windows 10 determines these correctly. In the end had to convert my machine to US English and use a US English ISO to get the upgrade to work. Then put it all back to UK English afterwards.

Spent about an hour then tweaking things to turn off some things I don't like in respect of how much information it freely shares back to Microsoft and others, and also to fix some horrible settings for icons, windows metrics, colours, and taskbar.

But the output of all that is a stable and working machine, and certainly as responsive as Windows 8.1 Haven't seen the stated improvements in performance, but I'm sure they're there - just not necessarily in day-to-day user experience.

Anyway, a worthy update. Microsoft have spent most of a year getting to this point, and the quality of the release shows.

I will hold off updating any more machines until I've had some time to settle into Windows 10 and get used to any quirks.

Anyone on Windows 8 or 8.1 will have no issue in using Windows 10, hence it's a no brainer upgrade, especially as it's free.
I'm not convinced those on Windows 7 will see this as such an obvious move, and perhaps they might be a bit more careful about deciding to upgrade or not.

Luckily I have Windows 10 Pro licenses, so I am not seeing a few of the issues users with Windows 10 Home will see.

also have to agree with you, Scottishbloke

Funny that Windows 10 is what Windows 8 / 8.1 should have been.

I was lucky or unlucky to be part of the insider project The system is way quicker than most, this includes Apple Mavericks

I have used it for the past two months and, yep, completely surprised me. Even the Beta side was quick I hope this continues.

The downside for some was that you had to boot in through safe mode, I hope this was not the case for normal users