Windows 10 problems

What browser are you using? My Chrome behaves exactly as it did with W7.

FIRE UP wrote:
But, here's where it becomes a pain. With Windows 8, if I wanted to go back to the list of threads, to pick another one to read about or, comment on, all I did was right click on the BACK ARROW in the upper left corner. That would reveal a drop down list of the choices I have. One of them was the original list of threads in that forum.

So, I'd simply click on that list and, I would be right back at the beginning to look for another thread.

But, with W10, if I right click on the left upper BACK arrow, all I get is, NOTHING! Now, I have to keep clicking on the back arrow for a few pages, to get back to the original list of threads to choose another one.

Is there a way to "speed back" and by-pass all the pages (me making a comment and possibly signing in and more)? I hope I've explained my request aptly.
Scott

It's the browser, not the OS. Microsoft Edge is the new default browser in Windows 10. Edge does not support the quick history feature that you describe, for some bizarre reason.

If you use Internet Explorer (which is also installed on Windows 10, just type it in the search box to find it), Firefox or Chrome they all support this feature.

Ok Gang,
You great computer wizards helped me before with a couple of issues of my W10 and, I'm in need of one more bit of help. I try and figure things out for myself but, as of yet, I'm stuck on this issue. Here goes.
When I, like all of you, look at a forum, any forum, you pick a thread that you'd like to either read about or, make a comment on. You click on it and, that opens up that particular thread so you can read the OPs comment/question, whatever. Now, if I want to make a comment, I click on "reply". No biggie yet. I make the reply and, hit "submit".

But, here's where it becomes a pain. With Windows 8, if I wanted to go back to the list of threads, to pick another one to read about or, comment on, all I did was right click on the BACK ARROW in the upper left corner. That would reveal a drop down list of the choices I have. One of them was the original list of threads in that forum.

So, I'd simply click on that list and, I would be right back at the beginning to look for another thread.

But, with W10, if I right click on the left upper BACK arrow, all I get is, NOTHING! Now, I have to keep clicking on the back arrow for a few pages, to get back to the original list of threads to choose another one.

Is there a way to "speed back" and by-pass all the pages (me making a comment and possibly signing in and more)? I hope I've explained my request aptly.
Scott

There was a "Cumulative update" for Win 10 released yesterday.

Cumulative Update for Windows 10

I'm not a fan of Windows 10 and won't be giving up my Win 7 Pro for it nor my Win 7 Premium on my other machine. With a 5 GB monthly cap I don't see anything that's worth giving up 2 months of data use for. Most of it I couldn't use any way for the same reason. From what I hear there's a 1 GB update in the works or maybe has already been released.

When the EOL for Win 7 rolls around in 2020 I'll give it some thought as by then these two machines will be outdated. Of course by then I'll be 75 and will have to remember how to turn a computer on and why I did. :h

I did the upgrade from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro on an 8 year old netbook (1.6Ghz N270 Atom cpu with 1.5GB of RAM) I had laying around that wasn't being used. The upgrade went fine and everything is working without issue.

A lot of the purported security issues with Win 10 are only active when you use a Microsoft account. I use a local account to login with so things like web-sense aren't active.

I don't like Win 10 enough to bother upgrading any of my other machines but this 1 machine that I upgraded is running great, haven't found any issues yet.

MS claims over 14 million computers have been upgraded so far. I have no idea how many have subsequently rolled back to the previous OS but I'm inclined to think the percentage is small but even if it's 10%, using MS claim of 14 million upgrades, that's 1.4 million that rolled back!

If you like Win 10 but had problems with the upgrade, you can download the MS MediaCreationTool which will let you create an ISO or thumb drive to do another install. Once you have done the upgrade at least once, you can now do a clean install of the OS (wipe the drive and install Win 10 on a clean drive). This is the preferred way to install a new OS anyway, upgrades have historically always been problematic. If you do the clean install, when prompted for a key, skip that step, MS will still activate the install because you did the upgrade. You can't do the clean install until AFTER you did an upgrade.

A clean install will wipe everything off your drive so make sure you back up your data and have the installers available for all your programs that will need to be re-installed.

BobKrogstie wrote:
How To Opt Out of Windows 10 Surveillance:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/08/windows_10_privacy_problems_here_s_how_bad_they_are_and_how_to_plug_them.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-secure-windows-10-the-paranoids-guide/

this ought to keep you busy for a while.

Good Stuff!

If you need to play DVDs download VLC.

VLC download

How To Opt Out of Windows 10 Surveillance:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/08/windows_10_privacy_problems_here_s_how_bad_they_are_and_how_to_plug_them.html
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-secure-windows-10-the-paranoids-guide/

this ought to keep you busy for a while.

Just upgraded from 7 yesterday. Haven't found anything that doesn't work - but I never play DVD's anyway. Sure, it wants to connect you to the Cloud and share lots of stuff, but it gives you the option as installing to customize and turn off those things. They've actually done a pretty good job of notifying you as to what will be shared, when, and what to do if you don't want that to happen.
Since my machine is fast, but older, I don't have the fancies - no touchscreen, microphone, camera, etc. so I can't say it is a big improvement from Win 7, but it is on the plus side, and looks to be a keeper.