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Title: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: Bebpo on June 20, 2016, 11:10:26 PM
So I'm giving in and gonna install W10 right this moment since I have to reinstall office 365 anyways on this computer.  I'm guessing there's a bunch of settings that I need to make sure to turn off to make W10 as good as W8.1?  Can anyone give me a quick concise list.  Thnx.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: Tasty on June 20, 2016, 11:46:31 PM
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Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: archnemesis on June 21, 2016, 12:19:09 AM
The post above is correct. When you install it, select advanced settings and opt-out of all new features.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: thisismyusername on June 21, 2016, 12:29:03 AM
I'm guessing there's a bunch of settings that I need to make sure to turn off to make W10 as good as W8.1?

As if that is a hard feat to do, since Windows 10 out of box is already miles ahead of 8.1. :doge

If you care about your privacy/are paranoid, look into turning off the telemetry they do.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 21, 2016, 12:34:18 AM
It'll let you know.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: Bebpo on June 21, 2016, 12:42:08 AM
Seems ok so far other than getting a weird pop-up error anytime I open a document in word, which is weird since I installed office/word after updating.  But it doesn't seem to effect anything.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 21, 2016, 12:45:48 AM
my annoyances with Win10 relative to 8.1 are mostly about touch/tablet mode features that are worse:

* no easy way to get back to the last application like Win8's left swipe, which becomes frustrating especially when you've navigated to an app from a link or notification and want to get back to what you were doing before
* Edge's swipe navigation is nonexistent in the current TH2 public release builds, and still significantly worse than Metro IE11 in the RS1 preview builds
* Start is worse for maintaining large tile collections - no multiselect/multidrag/etc., no zoom

there's no way to somehow fix any of these with a setting, though.
Title: Re: I'm installing Windows 10 right now, what stuff do I need to uninstall/turn off?
Post by: Vizzys on June 21, 2016, 02:52:35 AM
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