Windows 10... hate it

[NYT]

MS has a larger market share because mediocrity is less expense.

I used to think that computers were a noble thing, now I despise them. The internet has become useless as every website I try to visit doesn't work well because they are so bloated with embedded videos and advertising. You can't see the content that caused you to want to visit the website. I try to use programs like MS Office and every day I am subjected to the tyranny of an endless update cycle and multiple reboots. Similar to the cable TV evolution - it used to be a good idea, but now every hour (of crappy reality TV) has 1/2 hour of commercials. No thanks.

[Bill Bored]

MS has a larger market share because mediocrity is less expense.

I used to think that computers were a noble thing, now I despise them. The internet has become useless as every website I try to visit doesn't work well because they are so bloated with embedded videos and advertising. You can't see the content that caused you to want to visit the website. I try to use programs like MS Office and every day I am subjected to the tyranny of an endless update cycle and multiple reboots. Similar to the cable TV evolution - it used to be a good idea, but now every hour (of crappy reality TV) has 1/2 hour of commercials. No thanks.

you are 100% right. I do not have problems I use adblocker do not use PC for office work. I just use it for the million tons of info on it,u tube videos

[Featureless]

Windows 10 has been a massive headache. I've never had so many problems with an OS before.

Most recent problem is the printer going offline, it happens all the time both on my PC and a friends PC he purchased at Costco.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Question, did you do a fresh install or an upgrade? Asking because I'm being forced into Win10 before 1/1/20.

[usr1987]

Windows 10 has been a massive headache. I've never had so many problems with an OS before.

Most recent problem is the printer going offline, it happens all the time both on my PC and a friends PC he purchased at Costco.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

turn off let windows mange the printers... if the printer is on a network try to setup static ips and print to the ip, not the virtual port the crappy software creates, or you can print to the network name

[RNE228]

I have not had any operation issues with Win10.

What I hate is everything is bright white. It is not old eye and bifocal friendly. Reminds me of looking in to a flashlight.

[sigstroker]

Easy. Don't allow it to update. Your choices with WinX are:

1. Fast, trim, stable, reliable, private but possibly vulnerable.

OR

2. Crappy, fat, spyware laden, invasive, bloated, but up to date mess..... That's STILL vulnerable.

I'll take door number one if I have to use WinX

Getting rid of the spyware, Cortana, and Edge, can be a bit complicated, depending on how you do it, and you'll need a program called "Unlocker".

Getting rid of Updates, is fairly easy.

That's good to hear. It was easy to stop updates on XP, not as easy on win10.

[george223]

turn off let windows mange the printers... if the printer is on a network try to setup static ips and print to the ip, not the virtual port the crappy software creates, or you can print to the network name

^^ This. This applies to network printers. If the OP's printer works 1 day and can't connect the next, it is probably a network problem and not a driver problem. OP didn't say how his printer was connected.

I have 2 laptops and a desktop running Windows 10 and recently bought a new printer/scanner/fax. I set up the printer and then installed it on each computer. All seemed ok until 1 day, when I turned on one of my laptops, it couldn't connect to the printer. When I looked at the printer, the IP address changed for some reason. So I went into the printer setup and found that it was set to automatically assign its own IP address. I then disabled the automatic IP address (I think it's referred to as DHCP) setup and manually assigned a fixed IP address (192.168.1.110 for example). This fixed my printer problem. I didn't have to make any other changes to any of my computers.

I attempted to change the printer port on one of my computers from a WSD port (new for Windows 10) to a fixed standard TCP/IP port. The print function worked but for some reason, I couldn't get my scanner to work. I then switched back to the WSD port and all is well.

In a local area network (LAN), the router detects fixed IP addresses and assigns IP addresses to devices that can be dynamically changed. So if the router changes your printer IP address and the computer doesn't get the word, you'll have a printer connection problem.

I too hated Windows 10 when I first bought my laptop. I have a 4th (desktop) computer with Windows XP. I liked XP much better and it was my go to computer for most of my use. I got used to Win10 and started to like it much better and have had very few problems. I recently put together a desktop computer and loaded up Windows 7. After using it for a couple of days, I downloaded the Win10 ISO file from Microsoft and acquired a valid Win10 Pro key off of Ebay for about $3.00. The XP computer sits in the corner and the only reason I will use it is if I need to run software on it that won't run on Win10.

[Dragunov]

That's good to hear. It was easy to stop updates on XP, not as easy on win10.

Actually, it is easy. I can show you how. Interested?

You STILL need to do updates, but this way, you don't have to worry about Microsnot, shoving them up your butt, when you don't want them to.

Advantages:

Updates are completely back under YOUR control.

Not a "delay". You're actually turning them off.

Gives you a chance to investigate the updates, before deciding to do so. If the drivers in an update have been borked by Microsoft, you don't have to be punished until they fix it, if you forgot to "delay" your updates.

You may want to keep updates turned off.

Disadvantages:

If you forget to do updates, you may be updating for some time, in order to catch up. Otherwise, no downside here.
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I have two, WinX computers. One, hasn't updated in two years, the other one, I manually update every two months.

So far, I've had ZERO issues with the laptop that hasn't updated in two years. No dead drivers, no borkness, no viruses, no "hacks", no problems.

I can attach the files as .txt. You'll need to rename them with the .reg extention.

[Dragunov]

I have not had any operation issues with Win10.

What I hate is everything is bright white. It is not old eye and bifocal friendly. Reminds me of looking in to a flashlight.

I have a "Dark Mode" setting for WinX. Pretty cool, and eliminates retinal burn.

Want it?

I can upload it as .txt, you'll have to download it, and rename it .reg.

Been using it for four years, and it's perfectly safe!

[vino68]

I have a "Dark Mode" setting for WinX. Pretty cool, and eliminates retinal burn.

Want it?

I can upload it as .txt, you'll have to download it, and rename it .reg.

Been using it for years, perfectly safe!

There is night light mode in Windows 10 and you can change the brightness and gamma on most monitors.