A:AnswerWindows 10 does a lot of spying with a clean installation. During the installation, you have the option to turn off most of the spying. ( Of course, Microsoft doesn't call it "spying", but it really is. Microsoft calls it "feedback", "research", "user enhancement" or some other terms that some people will fall for, but let the buyer beware, Microsoft wants your personal data.....I refer to it as "Telemetry") There are a couple of other options that have to be turned off after the installation. This particular build loaded a lot less spying apps than the free Windows 10 upgrade that was available thru June 2016. That build loaded a lot of applications during startup. I just finished finding and disabling them all. The last couple took some research and tracking. This current build installation had a couple spying apps that I disabled, but nowhere as many as the "free upgrade" build had. I didn't have to change any Registry entries on this build to stop the spying.
I did have to modify the registry for a couple of other issues. 1) When the monitor is turned off and then back on all the open application windows were being moved to the upper left corner of the screen as well as being resized for a 1024 by 768 resolution screen, even though I am running 1920 x 1080 resolution.
2) If you find you are having in home network permission problems and you are using a Microsoft Account...good luck with that. I had to disable the Microsoft Account and get rid of the passwords and PIN to allow access to any home computer, printer, file server, etc. And Microsoft lets us think that a newer OS is safer.....
Google has become a computer users best friend, when you are finding out ways to disable all of the Windows 10 spying.....
A:AnswerI HAD WINDOWS 10 HERE ON MY PC...PC FROZE UP ON THE HOME SCREEN WOULDN'T CLEAR AND SINCE ITS RECOVERY WAS A PARTITION ON D DRIVE I COULD ACCESS THAT BECAUSE C DRIVE WOULDN'T LOAD SO NOW I BOUGHT MY OWN DISK AND CAN PUT THAT IN LET IT READ IT AND WOW IT WORKS EVERYTHING IS GOOD..
A:Answerno, Windows 10 only comes with a memory stick, it's not on a disc. My OS was erased and it could not read the stick, only the disc and since it isn't on disc, it's useless for a reinstall.
A:AnswerYes. All your software will still be available. Nevertheless, it is always wise to do a complete backup of everything on your hard drive before installing a new Operating System in the rare case that something goes wrong.
A:AnswerI did the free Win 10 install over Win 7. I had problems. A clean install is the way to go. But I have a feeling in time with updates to the Win 10 you may lose the use of some older programs. I couldn't get Nero 6 to load but Nero 8 would. I lost use of a program that had just come out about a year ago (Window cleaner). After the major Win 10 update it just went out and uninstalled the program and it proudly informed me of it's action. I recently built a new i5 system that is currently running fine on win10. I also use a spare older computer where I went back to Win 7. I think you take the good with the bad.
A:AnswerI INSTALLED WINDOWS 10 ON AN OLDER COMPUTER WITH THE USB STICK AND IT GAVE ME THE OPTION TO MAKE A RECOVERY DISC IN WHICH I DID. WINDOWS 10 WORKS GREAT ON MY LAPTOP. HOPE THIS HELPS.
A:AnswerDo you have 4GB of ram and does dell provide the drivers for windows 10 on that PC? Can you find the drivers online for windows 10 for that PC? If you can answer yes, than yes you can upgrade to win 10.
A:AnswerOEM "versions" are those installed on a "manufactured" (Dell, Lenovo, etc) system--------including tablets and laptops. The 'retail" version is for those of us who already have a working computer and are upgrading the O/S-- or who are knowledgeable (read "big ego") enough to think (or know) we can build our own "MONSTER MACHINE"!
