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Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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@DrStrangelove
That's one more for the list...
http://www.anorak.co.uk/288298/keyposts/the-daily-mails-list-of-things-that-give-you-cancer-from-a-to-z.html/ -
CrispyXUKTurbo wrote:
Yep. Even did the hack to have (mostly) full Ubuntu running natively on the Windows desktop. It's fun.
Anyone tried out the bash shell yet?
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Nice, does it accept all commands? -
Now I remember why I abandoned Edge, no extensions -
Extensions are available now, following the Anniversary Update. -
Has anyone installed the anniversary update and started getting screen tearing in the steam UI and flash videos? Its fine in normal W10 but happens after the update even if I do a complete clean install. I'm using a GTX 1070 all the latest drivers,etc,etc. -
Switch to the beta client. There's a fix for Anniversary Update things in there. -
If it was just steam I might but it was causing tearing in video's in firefox too. I think i'm going to hold off a while. Let a few driver updates come out and programs get updated then try again. -
The update took two hours, and it worryingly refused to let me sign in first, but it worked after restarting. Removed my wallpaper, some of my browser settings are gone, hope there's not much more trouble waiting.
Built-in apps (store, calendar, calc) work again, which is great.
Edge now has extensions, but the mouse gestures have an annoying delay, and generally Edge seems to make a pause of thought whenever I open a new tab/page, which is annoying. Furthermore, when revisiting a Youtube video, Chrome remembers the time signature when I left previously, Edge doesn't seem to do that, pretty annoying.
I think I'll just stick to Chrome. Another little plus is that it syncs with my Android phone concerning updates on pages I've visited and such. -
2 hours! Took about 40 mins for me. -
Depends on your system. My desktop took about 20 minutes, my tablet took about 2 and a half hours. -
Baihu1983 14,378 posts
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Registered 10 years agoGuess it also depends on time (traffic) -
FIFAfan 268 posts
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Registered 6 years agoGremmoo wrote:
Yup. First thing I did was install AdBlock.
Extensions are available now, following the Anniversary Update. -
Rogueywon 12,387 posts
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Registered 16 years agoJust spent 3 hours getting the update installed. That's only 26 minutes for the "successful" update. The rest was failed updates caused by what appears to be a wide-spread incompatibility with the new update on Skylake machines running Avast. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agoDidn't take too long to install for me, maybe 20 minutes. Other than the change to the Start menu (which I really don't like) it seems fine. -
Razz and I were just talking about you Whizzo .gif)
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Spectral wrote:
AND SO IT BEGINS
Has anyone installed the anniversary update and started getting screen tearing in the steam UI and flash videos? Its fine in normal W10 but happens after the update even if I do a complete clean install. I'm using a GTX 1070 all the latest drivers,etc,etc. -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoUncleLou wrote:
Fucksakes, this nonsense again?
AND SO IT BEGINS
It would make absolutely no sense for MS to ditch backward compatibility or support for gaming. If anything, Windows is moving towards being more permissive. It's now got even got linux BASH.
It's like SteamOS all over again. -
Yeah, there's zero chance of them phasing out support for win32 anytime in the next decade. UWP is a consumer level thing, and Microsoft still make a small fortune from business licensing (where legacy software will be a more ongoing requirement). The same thing was said the moment Win8 included a store. "This time next year, Windows will be totally walled-garden, mark my words!". -
frightlever 1,524 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI tried to update to the anniversary edition by going to the website and initiating the update myself but I get an error code "0x80070057", which seems to be unexplained.
Looks like I have the option of doing a clean install, but I'm really not that interested in going down that route just yet. Provided I keep getting security updates on my non-anniversary edition I'll keep using it until I build my new "rig". -
It'll come through windows update shortly... No need to do it through the website unless you're in a rush. -
Sharz 2,121 posts
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Registered 6 years agoHere is a classic example of Microsoft changing stuff and so breaking things.
The other night I fancied some Bejeweled, no idea why but I did. Remembering that years ago I bought Bejeweled Live from the Windows Store using my Surface, so I loaded up the store. Navigated to Library and after some scrolling found it and downloaded it.
The game itself ran but it couldn't connect to Xbox Live and so leader boards, achievements etc wouldn't work. Turns out the underlying system it used in Windows 8 to connect to live is different now. So as a result the game simply directs me to the Xbox website where it says I need to sign in despite already being signed in on both the website and the xbox app.
Oh Microsoft... Guess UWP will one day get the same treatment where it doesn't work with Windows version blargh.
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frightlever wrote:
Cheers - it wasn't the problem, in the end, but thanks anyway.
UncleLou wrote:
Have a look at this to turn off sharing your bandwidth with all and sundry, by untoggling a conveniently located option about four menus in:
Great, the anniversary update last night completely fucked up my PC. Everything on the desktop lags, hovering over something with the mouse (or using a drop down menu) doesn't work anymore, the device manager opens a transparent window at first before it displays anything 20 seconds later, and the task manager is so laggy and slow that it's basically unusable.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955491/windows/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-using-your-pcs-bandwidth-to-update-strangers-systems.html
Might be the problem, might not be.
The problem was indeed the bloody ASUS AI Suite, an ASUS motherboard/fan etc. tool that's actually useful when it works. -
Sharz wrote:
Are you installing your apps on a secondary drive or external drive like an SD card or something? The earlier win 8 live stuff is hard coded to look in the default app location for Live stuff, but 10 gives you the option to save elsewhere.
Here is a classic example of Microsoft changing stuff and so breaking things.
The other night I fancied some Bejeweled, no idea why but I did. Remembering that years ago I bought Bejeweled Live from the Windows Store using my Surface, so I loaded up the store. Navigated to Library and after some scrolling found it and downloaded it.
The game itself ran but it couldn't connect to Xbox Live and so leader boards, achievements etc wouldn't work. Turns out the underlying system it used in Windows 8 to connect to live is different now. So as a result the game simply directs me to the Xbox website where it says I need to sign in despite already being signed in on both the website and the xbox app.
Oh Microsoft... Guess UWP will one day get the same treatment where it doesn't work with Windows version blargh. -
Sharz 2,121 posts
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Registered 6 years agoNope, primary drive -
chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGremmoo wrote:
Yeah. If they ditch Win32 they will lose business/corp completely. It'd be suicide. Even a decade sounds too soon for me. So many companies industries need win32 or even DOS compatibility (!) for some piece of software they are completely reliant on. Compatibility is Windows selling point.
Yeah, there's zero chance of them phasing out support for win32 anytime in the next decade. UWP is a consumer level thing, and Microsoft still make a small fortune from business licensing (where legacy software will be a more ongoing requirement). The same thing was said the moment Win8 included a store. "This time next year, Windows will be totally walled-garden, mark my words!".
Most are still on Windows 7 and I'd guess not move to another version till MS ceases support and forces them, which is currently extended to 2020 and I'd bet 50p they extend it further nearer the time.
MS *do* sometimes break things, admittedly. But it's usually not due to some conspiratorial plan, just plain old incompetence. -
oceanmotion 17,358 posts
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Registered 18 years agochopsen wrote:
Not saying it's going to happen soon but Microsoft is putting in a lot of work to move away from Win32, not abandoning yet but their course is set. It will take time but they're going for it and as for business and enterprise, well what does that matter, they won't dump them but you can probably bet Win32 might be a Business/Enterprise only feature one day which keeps Microsoft in the game but consumers will take whatever pill Microsoft offer and like it.
Gremmoo wrote:
Yeah. If they ditch Win32 they will lose business/corp completely. It'd be suicide. Even a decade sounds too soon for me. So many companies industries need win32 or even DOS compatibility (!) for some piece of software they are completely reliant on. Compatibility is Windows selling point.
Yeah, there's zero chance of them phasing out support for win32 anytime in the next decade. UWP is a consumer level thing, and Microsoft still make a small fortune from business licensing (where legacy software will be a more ongoing requirement). The same thing was said the moment Win8 included a store. "This time next year, Windows will be totally walled-garden, mark my words!".
Most are still on Windows 7 and I'd guess not move to another version till MS ceases support and forces them, which is currently extended to 2020 and I'd bet 50p they extend it further nearer the time.
MS *do* sometimes break things, admittedly. But it's usually not due to some conspiratorial plan, just plain old incompetence.
Edited by oceanmotion at 12:45:42 04-08-2016
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chopsen 21,958 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThe "Home" version of windows is practically a crippleware version. Having no control of the update process and no option to use encryption? Bah. So yeah, I could see the home version being a problem.
Game comparability has always been a problem with windows. Sure DirectX helped a lot, but a lot of older games (especially win9x era stuff or especially DRM systems) just don't work properly. Some other older games needs quirky workarounds.
Obviously at *some* point win32 will become a legacy, but I'm sure that they will keep some kind of comparability solution around. Ok, maybe it won't run all games but I honestly think it's going to be a looooong time time we see that. -
Is there any manual way to download the update?
It's not showing up for me, I just get "Your device is up to date"
Edit: NVM, using the media creation tool thingy.
Edited by challenge_hanukkah at 13:33:07 04-08-2016
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