Windows 10

road-runner, those people you're referring to are probably NOT running an online account to access Windows, i.e. an outlook.com or other Microsoft account. WiFi sharing is not enabled for local accounts so that reduces the number of users potentially "impacted".

Oldme wrote:

Not a bug.
You can turn it off.

I formatted the initial message poorly. I was not suggesting that the wifi sharing is a bug. It is of course a deliberate "feature". I was presenting the "something happened" screen as a bug. As far as turning off the sharing goes, the people in this thread are savvy and can do it. I support a half-dozen or so friends and neighbors with win 7 and 8 machines that I think are a more accurate representation of the majority of users. They buy a new machine with all the bloatware and don't have a clue what's going on. Dropbox nags them even though they never used it. The touchscreen and fingerprint services are running even though their machine has neither, and so forth. They add wizzy apps, then come to me when the machine takes 5 minutes to boot and 2 minutes to launch the browser. These users, which I believe are pretty typical, won't have a clue what the wifi sharing is or what it means, and if they did they'd never figure out how to turn it off. It should be off by default, to be enabled by somebody who knows what the heck the consequences of what they're doing are.

joebedford wrote:
I can't believe someone would give up on W10 after ONE day!

If you are referring to me (I installed it yesterday) I did not give up.... I did, however, fix S&T, dug the install DVD out of my bag, the Authorization key.jpg off my hard drive and re-installed it.. Works great now.

So all that's left is the issues with Edge which really shines on one job I used it for but sadly is not so good on others.

But MSIE is included (I found out today it is still included even on clean installs) so .... There is a way around that.

In short. It's looking better every hour.

One thing I really like.. on Win 8.1 many apps only ran in a full size window,, Some you could "Split" the screen into two (one traditional desktop screen and the other the app) but on Win-10 the same apps run in windows.. mostly resizable (At least the ones I've tried so far) this is very good. Very very good.

John, What version of S&T didn't work for you?

W10 has fixed a problem we have had for almost a year.

Sometime last year MS did an update that had to do with networking.
After that update my scanner on the Panasonic Laser printer/scanner would
not work with W7 or W8 wireless laptops. It would only work with the XP machine
that is on the network.

Today I was printing from the W10 laptop and said what the heck, will it now scan?
Yes.
The W10 fixed a problem that neither I nor Panasonic could find an answer for.

I also checked the Privacy setting and cut off sharing I did not want.

Yes I am pleased.

road-runner wrote:
Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi With Contacts

Bugs?

Not a bug.
You can turn it off.

Turn off the sharing

I can't believe someone would give up on W10 after ONE day!

wa8yxm wrote:
Streets & Trips.. Works not.

Streets & Trips 2013 worked for me.

There are a few issues with EDGE.. one was addressed in an update yesterday.. The "Menu" button is the far right icon, Choose SETTINGS and one of them (top one as I recall) is "Display favorites bar" turn it on and the favorites bar is back.

Some web sites are not playing nice with EDGE

BUT if you did an UPGRADE (as opposed to a clean install) you still have MISE on board and can still use it (I DO)

I think I posted instructions.

Right click on START icon,, Choose RUN
Type IEXPLORE.EXE (lower case is ok) press ENTER
This will open MSIE
The icon for MSIE is a bright blue lower case E (Edge is a dark blue one)
Right click on the bright blue lower case E in the task bar and choose "Pin to task bar"

Now you can re-load MSIE by clicking the icon Works great.

Streets & Trips.. Works not.

JohnRa wrote:

I don't see how this is revolutionary.

1st the forces must be covertly positioned!

kidding.

i am still waiting. i pre-reserved W10a month or so back.