Windows 10: The Major New Features, In Pictures

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the point of hibernation mode is that it takes your existing open processes, apps, and memory and puts them into a "hibernation" mode so you can power down and come back to resume at the exact point you left off in your previous session with these programs, etc still open and running. if your system rebooted\restarted before coming out of hibernation than all your previous open work would be closed and\or lost. this would, again, totally negate the point of hibernation.
 

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frequent folders, frequent files listing!?! again...... yeaaaa... lets see .... pornvideo folder and porn.jpg... so disabled and disabled. Tttttt-thanks windows 10.
 

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I've had a SSD for 4 years and have never had a boot time less then 10 seconds. My Windows 7 machine fastest boot is around 20 and Windows 8 I believe was around 17 (According to the boot timing software i ran). Lots of software you install sets itself automatically to run at startup that will affect boot times.

 

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Yes that would be the point of hibernation. It isn't meant for when you are shutting down your computer on the daily basis. You should regularly save (and backup) your data but hibernation is primarily used for power outages (provided you have an emergency power backup for your PC) not for regular uses which i have seen some people do which can cause issues if a rogue program or a virus/malware is present.
 
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windows has given lazey people like me an easey way to work and its much better now looking back on windows 3.1 and DOS regards hoafey
 

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I currently am working with Window 7, and just loving it.

What I would like to know about Windows 10 is do they have a "control panel" like in Windows 7? I like getting in there and wrenching things up, or down, whichever I need to do. Looking at the available images, I don't notice any control panel. Is there one?
 


http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191541-windows-10-the-best-hidden-features-tips-and-tricks/2

looks like it does have it.
windows-10-control-panel-lock-screen.jpg
 
Also, just to add they haven't gotten rid of control panel even in Windows 8. You can get to control panel easily through Windows 8 so I imagine Windows 10 will be closer to Windows 7 style.
Two ways to get to control panel in Windows 8:

1) From the desktop, right-click the start button and choose control panel.
2) From the metro screen, start typing 'control' at any time and a list of apps show up including control panel. It's like the old 'run' or 'search' box in earlier versions of windows, but you just start typing.

Once you discover option 2 above (in addition to the full-screen programs menu by clicking the down arrow on the metro screen), everything about the transition to Windows 8 becomes easy. You just start typing and it finds what you're looking for.

Windows 8.1 is extremely stable. I have been using it for about a month now (I sat on the upgrade disk since the Windows 8 release date and finally decided to go for it if for nothing else other than to learn about it). I used to be an opponent of going to Windows 8 (Windows 8 sucked and had strange bugs with printing, logging in, upgrading, etc...), but the 8.1 improvements have really made a difference. After a month on 8.1 i'm pretty well sold on it. It's that transition that makes the difference and can easily be overcome using the option 2 above (ie type 'administrative' to pull up administrative tools.

Windows 8.1 is good and stable at this point in time. I see Windows 10 as bringing us back to the old familiarity of Windows 7 with parts of Windows 8 in there with added improvements.
 

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I think this is becoming a trend of sorts. Vista was a problematic release and Windows 7 was better. Windows 8 was a fiasco and Windows 10 will be better. I think I'll just upgrade my windows every other release.
 

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what exactly was the fiasco of Windows 8\8.1?
i used it since the preview version and the only thing I didn't like was the metro screen. set it up to bypass to desktop and (after 8.1 + updates) I had the metro screen organized into nice labeled sections with everything i needed readily accessible. of course i would rather have had a 7 type start menu with more customizable tabs to the right side but it wasn't any hassle using the updated metro screen. just something different to get used to.
i had better networking\sharing options and reliability with 8.1 and liked the more Office looking folder menus. once everything that could be was fully customized, like every other version of Windows I've used, it was fine. only thing i would change for 8 and 10 is give the options for aero glass back and make Windows Games Explorer more accessible like 7.
 
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I don't think that installers or programs check for the actual NAME of the Windows you're running (E.G. Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 95). They probably check for the Windows VERSION (E.G. Windows 6.1.7601 [which is Windows 7, BTW]). After all, Windows 3.1 or 2.0 is literally the Windows version, so some legacy software will check for "Windows 3.1" or whatever. But what do I know?

 

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Windows 10 Windows 8 with a start menu? Can Windows 8 run Metro apps on the desktop? Can Windows 8 run Metro apps in sizable windows? Windows 10 is a preview and the final product will be much different then Windows 8.
 


Windows 10 should be offered as a free upgrade. As you described, it is what windows 8 should have been. Not really any sizable upgrades, more like little tweaks.
 

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I'm not saying Windows 10 should be offered for free. I'm not saying Windows 10 is what Windows 8 should been but I like Windows 8 and Windows 10 isn't complete. But companies that spend money to build things and give them away for free don't stay around to long. I'm sure there will be incentives provided by MS may be 50.00 for 3 months or something like that.
 

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You can also right click on the desktop and select personalize and click the box for shortcuts on the desktop and control panel is one. Then it will only require one click to run the control panel.

 

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I read that Win 10 will be free for home users,because OS X is,so it seems. I don't pay attention to the Apple side of things,so I dont iknow about that. It said that the more pro features,which apparently may include auto updating,is in a paid version. It would suck if you had to manual update. May as well go back to Windows 98SE or XP,or even ME (BLEH!) if thats the case.I read that on the File Hippo site so I kind of take it with a grain of salt.
 

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My personal issue with it, aside from metro screen, there was literally no reason to upgrade. Even the "increased performance" could be recreated in windows 7 through various (albeit potentially unstable) registry tweaks. I don't mind the lack of aero in the new windows, prefer it actually. However theres just nothing to justify getting the newer version. Win 10 however, at least has dx12.
 


 

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Reboots are needed because it updates system files that can't be running while being upgraded. It's that way in all OS's. There's no possible of updating system files without rebooting and updating those files before the OS loads.
 

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Other than maybe the boot time which isn't that big of a deal really i don't see any 'increased performance'. Maybe these users that claim better performance have older computers or they did something wrong with their installation of W7. If i experience any sluggishness or slowdowns from W7 it's usually something causing the OS to acting that way, whether by viruses, hard drives or a program.

Other than the start screen, W8's updating was a big hassle. Upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1 caused a few people to buy W7 because i couldn't get their W8 working without trying to do a clean installation. They didn't want all their programs and settings deleted so they opted for W7 instead. I got one person on Linux though :).



Other than sometimes when MS was releasing bad updates (which then i delay doing the installations), there should at least be an option to manually restart (or shut down) the PC. Often times though i have been forgetting to install the updates but when it's a hassle to do, it's just easier to just not install them. I might not be protected but then MS needs a better way of doing these updates or create a better OS that doesn't require monthly updates. It's irritating to update your PC every month and worry about something going wrong. Windows 95 and 98 never had this problem and yet another reason i'm opting to go to Linux. Even if i don't update that OS it's still better protected than Windows. Not only that i have a laptop that never gets much use so imagine updating that after it staying dormant for 10 months.
 
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