For the past few days I’ve been busy recovering from an upgrade to Windows 10.<\/p>\n
Out of the box, my desktop computer came with Windows 7 installed. I hated it, and upgraded to Windows 8.1 as soon as it was available. That was stable, familiar, and very fast; if Microsoft had never touched Windows again, I would have been happy.<\/p>\n
But, no. Along came Windows 10 (for some reason, Microsoft skipped Windows 9). Windows 10 looks<\/i> a lot like Windows 8.1, but has a different memory architecture. Naturally, all my applications started upgrading to be compatible with Windows 10, and started running poorly.<\/p>\n
So, I upgraded, laying Windows 10 on top of Windows 8.1 on top of Windows 7. BIG<\/i> mistake. The computer became wildly unstable, gobbling memory and prone to hanging. I fixed things by backing-up all my data and resetting the computer to OEM out-of-the-box status (a clean machine with Windows 7), and then<\/i> upgrading to Windows 10. The computer runs very smoothly now, is fast and, so far, quite stable.<\/p>\n
There is one weird thing going on, and I haven’t been able to correct it: The computer won’t connect to the router wi-fi. All our phones and tablets continue connecting to the wi-fi just fine, but my desktop computer<\/i> won’t connect to the wi-fi. Here is where self-indulgence pays off: We have a large-ish house on a large lot, and the router is at one end. I installed a wi-fi repeater at the other end of the house a while ago, because I like to sit on the back deck sometimes with my laptop and work while the dogs play in the back yard — and my desktop will<\/i> connect to the repeater.<\/p>\n
Go figure. My advice is to put off the upgrade as long as your can, and then upgrade a clean system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the past few days I’ve been busy recovering from an upgrade to Windows 10. Out of the box, my desktop computer came with Windows 7 installed. I hated it, and upgraded to Windows 8.1 as soon as it was … Continue reading