I have started using a windows 10 PC as a test and using as my main PC
PC SPECIFICATION
thought I would note any quirks here
and some interested web articles
10 Overlooked New Features in Windows 10
I will edit this post as i find things - just to keep all in one place
LANGUAGE
Appears to have installed both UK & US language and keyboard
US is set to default - so I have had to change that setting - so that UK is default and UK keyboardCHROME
changing chrome to be default
You cant use the chrome settings - you will get a message to use system settings
start>settings>system>default apps
Here you can change - and appears to work OKCORTANA
EDGE
Appears to work well, changed home page from start to chrome
changed the search engine
Imported bookmarks, from google chrome - But that has not laid out very well !!! or worked particular well - WIP
Imported favourites from internet explorer - seems to work OK
Websites that do not work with EDGE
THUNDERBIRD - Email client
I copied over the full profile from appdata
It that all appeared to work - setup all my accounts
Outlook.com
Gmail.com
Domain name
Yahoo
etc
BUT the date was in the US format and NOT the UK
had to change the short date format in regional
Control panel>clock, language and Region
Region> change date, time and number formats
and not many choices only 1 choice for UK
DD-MMM-YY
Went to "Additional Settings..." and customised the date there
I was also able to create a shortcut into the startup folder - so it starts with windows (dont usually do that, but was in answer to another post here)
EXCEL 2013
AVIRA
SECURITY & MAINTENANCE
Programs that are reported as not working - from other members in italics
more to come
PC SPECIFICATION
I'm really impressed with the speed of W10 on this PC
its a very basic spec
ASUS K53E
CPU: Intel Celeron B815
4GB Ram (3.78 usable)
This PC was upgraded through the update process using windows update from windows 7 homeits a very basic spec
ASUS K53E
CPU: Intel Celeron B815
4GB Ram (3.78 usable)
thought I would note any quirks here
and some interested web articles
10 Overlooked New Features in Windows 10
I will edit this post as i find things - just to keep all in one place
LANGUAGE
Appears to have installed both UK & US language and keyboard
US is set to default - so I have had to change that setting - so that UK is default and UK keyboard
changing chrome to be default
You cant use the chrome settings - you will get a message to use system settings
start>settings>system>default apps
Here you can change - and appears to work OK
isnt supported in the language settings I have - UK
Added US pack - although the website states it works in UK
downloaded the Speech file for my Language pack options
Settings set-up microphone
Still not working - correctly on the ASUS PC
Just upgraded a HP PC for a friend and to use, needs to be used with a MSAccount login - does not work with a local account
Latest cumulative update KB3081424 - still not working
Added US pack - although the website states it works in UK
downloaded the Speech file for my Language pack options
Settings set-up microphone
Still not working - correctly on the ASUS PC
Just upgraded a HP PC for a friend and to use, needs to be used with a MSAccount login - does not work with a local account
Latest cumulative update KB3081424 - still not working
EDGE
Appears to work well, changed home page from start to chrome
changed the search engine
Imported bookmarks, from google chrome - But that has not laid out very well !!! or worked particular well - WIP
Imported favourites from internet explorer - seems to work OK
Websites that do not work with EDGE
- Ancestry.co.uk - They have at least posted a message
"We're sorry. At this time, Ancestry.com doesn't support the Microsoft Edge browser. Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox while we work on this issue."
I copied over the full profile from appdata
It that all appeared to work - setup all my accounts
Outlook.com
Gmail.com
Domain name
Yahoo
etc
BUT the date was in the US format and NOT the UK
had to change the short date format in regional
Control panel>clock, language and Region
Region> change date, time and number formats
and not many choices only 1 choice for UK
DD-MMM-YY
Went to "Additional Settings..." and customised the date there
I was also able to create a shortcut into the startup folder - so it starts with windows (dont usually do that, but was in answer to another post here)
EXCEL 2013
Unable to open any xls files downloaded from the web. All excel files on PCs worked and also from email, just when downloaded off various forums
Local Repair - did no work
Online Repair - Fixed issue
Note sure if this is related to windows 10 - or just a one-off
Local Repair - did no work
Online Repair - Fixed issue
Note sure if this is related to windows 10 - or just a one-off
AVIRA
Avira will not run following the update - tried various settings, switch off defender etc. I had to re-install Avira - which has worked on 2 PCs now
SECURITY & MAINTENANCE
not able to Turn on/off any of the installed antivirus/malware programs - just grayed out.
The following programs are working OK- NETWORKING - The pc appears to connect to internal drive shares and also brings up pages much quicker than my other PCs - or I may be imaging it
but perception at the moment is its quicker, although there are reports of adapters disappearing , if VPN software on PC https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3084164 - XIRRUS WIFI MONITOR
- ONEDRIVE -works the same way as windows 7 - so you can have a local account and still use onedrive - much better than windows 8/8.1
had to use a workaround to get that to work - DROPBOX - Seems to have crashed windows file explorer !!!! ,done it twice on install, task bar disappears and then re-appears like explorer.exe is restarting
- WINDOWS ESSENTIALS- I had windows essentials 2011 on the machine already and I upgraded to WE2012
- SECOND COPY
- EVERNOTE
- ONENOTE
- MS OFFICE 2013
- UNIVERSAL EXTRACTOR - Although appears in the right click menu initially and then disappears
- IZARC
Programs that are reported as not working - from other members in italics
- Comodo firewall security
more to come