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Old 10-14-2015, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JerryLBell View Post
I upgraded three PCs at my house from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and all went very smoothly. All boot as fast as 8.1 did (which was significantly faster than Windows 7), all are very stable and I get a Start Menu back. I hated them taking that away in Windows 8.0 and the 8.1 attempt was pretty feeble. I still prefer the Windows 7 Start Menu over that in Windows 10, but I can live with it.

The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that it downloads and installs updates on its own with little or no input from me. That makes life a LOT easier for Microsoft as most people will be pretty much up to date all the time. However, if I've got a long download happening in the background and an update happens that requires a reboot, I can lose or at least lose progress in that update and have to manually start it again. I'm a little concerned that Microsoft may be collecting more information about me than I want or am even aware of but I guess I don't do too much that I'm embarrassed about or anything, so I put up with it.

As far as compatibility goes, I haven't found Windows 10 to be any more or less compatible with older programs than Windows 7 or 8. I have some really old ones I'd like to run but they are 16-bit apps written way back. I'm using 64-bit Windows (hey, they're all 64-bit CPUs any more!) and any 64-bit flavor of Windows can't handle 16-bit apps. They can handle 32-bit apps (the majority) or 64-bit apps (newer ones, usually more powerful stuff) but not 16-bit. If I ran 32-bit Windows, I'd probably regain a fair amount of compatibility with those apps but it's not worth it to me.
If you go to Settings>Update & Security>Windows Update>Advanced Options and click on the down arrow in the box below Choose how Updates are Installed and click on Notify to Schedule Restart, you will be asked to schedule a restart time to your liking.

When updates are installed, the notification box in the lower right hand corner will turn white. When you click on it, it will tell you have updates that require a restart. Click on the comment and it will let you schedule the restart. I usually wait until I an done with everything and click on Restart Now.

That way you will not be interrupted.

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