Windows 10

As long as it isn't one that has fallen off the back of a sleigh!

 

If you're going to read this get a cup of tea/coffee and some sandwiches, [and some anti-depressant pills], to last you.

I've just bought a new Laptop for the sole purpose of controlling a CCD camera for astro imaging by downloading a load of software for that purpose. The Laptop came with Windows 8.1 which had to be installed as "normal" and, actually, all went fairly well, albeit very slowly, throughout the installation. So, if my tortured memory is correct, I started installing 8.1 at around 1pm and after a snails pace got it installed at around 3pm. The computer was "hanging" for interminable times during the installation during the stages so I wasn't very impressed but "Hey Ho" as they say
My troubles really started when I took up the offer of the free upgrade to Windows 10 which came with the new computer. I started the upgrade at just after 3pm. I think it took at least an hour to get to the first initial installation, only to find that it had failed because, according to the error page, of a "cancelled update" and would I like to try again. So another try at installing the first phase......over an hour later "failed due to cancelled update" and would I like to try again? I tried again and just over an hour later "failed due to cancelled update", would I like to try again? There was a little box down mid page that said "Help", which I had clicked on after the first failure only to have no response. But I tried again and clicked on Help and then started another "try again?". Another hour went by and.......... it installed. "Great!!" I thought when the "Lets get started" page appeared.......only to find a "just sorting a few things" page appear. 30 minutes later, another page urging me to install [excuse me??. I thought I had just installed??]. So I clicked on Next and the computer hung again for 20 minutes before off we went again. When ever I clicked on to a function for the next stage it took 20 - 30 minutes to respond. I cannot really convey just how long each phase of the installation took but suffice to say the page telling me that the installation was complete came at 1050pm. So, tired but not beaten, I clicked again thinking the Windows 10 page would appear.......Stupid Boy!! So what appears yet another installation page with the circle showing the progress of the installation So at 1150pm the installation is complete and, after another "sorting a few things out" and a "installing apps" Windows 10 was in!!!
. Okay, now since the main purpose of this Laptop is to download software from a specific site for controlling the astro imaging camera I used Explorer Edge as it was the only Browser there. Great, let's go. Oh, no!!, get to the page listing the sites only to get a window "Bummer, Explorer Edge is not supported!.............Bummer???.......that was not the word I had in mind So i thought "If Explorer Edge isn't supported where ever I go...let's try downloading Google Chrome as my alternative Browser....guess what?? "Bummer, Explorer Edge is not supported" so not only is the computer hanging for 20 - 30 minutes before responding to each command the Browser is useless. Then, out of the blue, comes a page would I like to have Google as my prime Browser............Oh, Yes, Yes, yes, would I!!!!!! So I clicked on "Yes" and nothing for another 20 -30 minutes. Then I tried, as asked, to open a new account. Again, every command click took 20 - 30 minutes to respond. So I left it, switch off the Laptop for the night, and went to bed having nightmares about computers. This morning I started up the Laptop again to find the Google page still there when the screen came on. I then went through the questions asked on the page, still having to wait 20 -30 minutes for a response to a click on a function. But now, having got to the "I agree to conditions" page and clicked on "I agree", the computer has frozen and for the last two hours has not responded.

 

I have the Anti-depreessants and the sandwiches ,is tea OK

Good afternoon @pete my friend just stop installing the updates or just install the ones you want,you are in complete control

 

Hi @pete when I was with Windows 8.1 I usually only downloaded the Security updates This link should be of some help to you

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...lEk16k6f5BIo6R8Jw&sig2=O7o0T67Qvjqim340BrtSYQ

 

Hi Pete If you are sure its one of those you could do a system restore back to September 8th or just uninstall them one at a time

 

An update from last night......after waiting the 2 hours this morning I switched off the Laptop again for another two hours. Then I switched it on again and the page of the hanging Chrome agreement appeared again, I tried clicking on "agree" yet again and nothing happened, so I left it on again. Then after another 3 hours another page appeared asking me what Microsoft settings would I like. I then have tried to persuade W10 that I don't want Explore Edge as my default explorer but wanted Chrome instead ......to no avail so far. I have followed all the procedures but so far the Chrome label always disappears on completion There was even a cheeky window that appeared asking me how much did I enjoy installing W10......it disappeared before I could give my honest answer. The laptop is operating "normally" now except for not making Chrome the default browser......but tomorrow is another day.
I've decided not to install W10 on my desktop at the moment as I have the feeling it will insist on removing Chrome as my default browser and replacing it with Explorer Edge. Also I don't want to "lock up" my main computer while W10 takes days to install itself with all the wrinkles it has brought so far.

 

Hmm, thinks to self , should I install Windows 10?

 

Tea would be fine, Woo, but you might like to add a little something to it.

 

Good morning @ARMANDII my friend just go in to settings and then click on the app that you want as your browser