TheMightyEthan Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 @Ethan: Either click the rectangle-in-rectangle icon next to Cortana, or just Win+tab. In the bottom corner of here is "new desktop". Win-Tab then cycles through. I should get in habit of using it at work. Aha, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 When you upgrade it asks you to accept the defaults one of which is edge but does give you the option to change it. I believe when you do a clean install it still does the browser choice thing but that was just something I read on a forum so not definite. How does Apple get away with it on iOS where you literally cannot change your default apps or even swap out the apps on the bottom bar to make your favs easier to access? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post deanb Posted August 6, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Apple has a trick where they don't control most of the market. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2957354/windows/save-your-work-microsoft-is-forcing-an-update-and-restart-for-windows-10-tonight.html- as a heads up for current Windows 10 users. It will be rebooting tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 or even swap out the apps on the bottom bar to make your favs easier to access? Was there ever a limitation on swapping the apps on the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I can't do it on my ipad without jailbreak it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hmm.. are you talking about the shortcuts on the control center (swipe up from bottom)? Like the flashlight, calculator, rotation lock shortcuts? I thought you were talking about the dock (bottom bar), but that has always been interchangeable. Anyway. This is kinda old, but I thought MS brought it back when testers complained about losing placeholders for OneDrive. I use that a lot, when I archive my stuff to OneDrive and make it "Online-Only". It was so easy to store away files that way. That was really useful, I hope they eventually find a way to put it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Its been a month after release. What are your thoughts? I love the new design and fluidity of the OS. It clearly works best for computers with touch screens, but even without it seems to be pretty amazing. Cortana was a little more work that Google Now to get it to set up to feed me my interests, but once I started using the Microsoft News app and started to customize my interests, it is the first thing I open up when I want to do some internet browsing. Microsoft's money app is very useful in keeping up with Op-Eds and info on the stock market, which I've never had an interest in until recently because of this app. I don't like the Mail app. Its nice, but its missing a few features such as creating folders. It also has stability issues and crashes. Windows 8 apps still suffer from the same problem that they had in Windows 8 including stability, font sizes are too small with no option to change, and don't all work with the new gestures. I've also noticed that Split screen is limited to either a 50/50 split or a 60/40 split aside from a very small handful of apps. With the ability to resize the apps in desktop mode to almost any size, this design choice makes no sense. I also need more apps that work on this device, but Microsoft seems to be spearheading the app front already. People seem to hate the privacy changes on the OS level, and I can't blame them. I don't seem to mind at all which I've been told makes me part of the problem. I've always been in favor of a more personalized experience in exchange for information on my internet usage, but I also have way too much information that I have willingly put up on Facebook/google. Overall, I am really digging the OS. Between this and Yosemite on Macs I really feel almost have a truly modern computer OS that has caught up to our always connected smart devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I'm having several login issues. On my laptop it doesn't always remember that I log in with a PIN rather than password, so I'll type it in and get an error before I notice and then have to click about to get it to PIN entry when the whole point of choosing that method was that it's quickest for me. On my tablet you can't switch users from the login screen, so if another person wants to use it from sleep they either have to restart it or get the original user to log in and switch users from the start menu, neither of which, as you can imagine, is ideal. Once I'm logged in I mostly like it, though I liked Windows 8, so what do I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm having several login issues. On my laptop it doesn't always remember that I log in with a PIN rather than password, so I'll type it in and get an error before I notice and then have to click about to get it to PIN entry when the whole point of choosing that method was that it's quickest for me. On my tablet you can't switch users from the login screen, so if another person wants to use it from sleep they either have to restart it or get the original user to log in and switch users from the start menu, neither of which, as you can imagine, is ideal. Once I'm logged in I mostly like it, though I liked Windows 8, so what do I know. Other users should be in the bottom left corner of the login screen. As for pin... well I log in with my Microsoft account. Is this for a local account or a Microsoft account? I didn't even know a pin was an option. I'm guessing this is a device based lock compared to an account based lock? If so it's likely inconsistent because there's a setting that requires that you enter in a password after __ minutes but before that if you unlock again you don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 PIN works with the MS account. It's right under the "Password" setting. I use it myself since it's much quicker to bang 4 numbers in than my email password each time. As for Windows 10 overall. I'm using it at home pre-launch, and at work since launch. Overall pretty good. Bonus at work is being able to test Edge (yes I know you can VM specific for that purpose but the purpose isn't to use Edge, it's a bonus). The virtual desktops are quite neat at work since I can segment my tasks nice n easily (and a place I can run Facebook n what not in ). The search is completely broken at work, so gotta go through the program list all the time so that's kinda shitty (though I've most in quick launch). At home I guess I'm liking some of the apps (though majority are shit or just plain not there, which is poor form given it's not like the app store launched with Windows 10 but been around both in the beta and in Win 8). The Settings/Control Panel divide is still shitty, kinda hoping they'll sort that in an update some point. Still little bits of Windows 7 here n there like in explorer now n then (and Control Panel). The duplicated...but not duplicated, "Library" stuff in Explorer is super annoying cos there's a regedit you can do to remove the duplicates but they come back when it updates. Oh and back on the PIN stuff: There's no way to disable the lockscreen. Bot the tablet "swipe up" screen, which is the worst*, and as best I can tell no way to have the PC just boot right to desktop, no password needed. *They'd done so well removing the fucked up hybrid tablet-PC stuff plagueing Win8 and yet still have a "swipe up" lockscreen on a desktop OS. I don't have a touch screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) That's my tablet's login screen. Where should I be pressing? I've tried swiping from every edge and pressing everything. Also with the laptop, I log in with a full microsoft account, and just did an experiment. I went to my login screen and turned my wifi off, I tried an incorrect password and it said I'm offline so use the last password for this computer, but with the PIN it just said it was incorrect so I don't think it saves that to the cloud, it's not a timeout thing though because it doesn't make me log in with my MS password (I've haven't used that to log in to Windows 10 at all yet), it just doesn't remember I want to use the PIN and as soon as I change back to PIN it lets me login with that. Edited September 4, 2015 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Looked into this: My local account appears below my MSFT account on my desktop lockscreen. On my tablet, which has a second MSFT account linked, never seems to give an option to sign in with it like what you're seeing. So fuck it. Google it. At least I turned on the PIN thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 Dean, will this work for you to skip the login screen? Here's a tip for anyone who, like me, hates the Windows 8/10 login screen. Just hit Windows Key + R to bring up the Run window, then type in the word 'netplwiz'. Then untick the box in the next window, click okay There's a photo of the box to untick which says users must enter a username and password to use this pc. Not tried it myself as I don't want it to log straight in but worth a try hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) Why are windows that are in focus not have colored title bars anymore? Only a thin (very thin!) blue outline. I want to hate this, but it looks like on Windows 7, this is basically the case, and it's differentiated only by shadows from the in-focus window. It works when windows aren't maximized (but less so than having colored title bars). When windows are maximized, its a guess to see if they are focused or not so you have to get that extra click in to make sure. Windows 8's flat design I guess addressed this by having different colored title bars. Windows XP and older (classic) I believe have grey/blue title bars as well for out of focus/in focus windows. I guess it's to keep with the modern app look, but it's so annoying. It should only take a quick glance to see which window is in focus, or even if any of the windows have focus at all. Edited September 17, 2015 by Eleven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 The title is faded on windows that aren't active. Though really looking through what I have installed real fast they all handle window title bars vastly differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 You guys might remember my wireless problems at home with my T100. Today is the first day I brought it home after installing Windows 10 a few weeks ago. Shit fixed the problem. Holy shit, I could use my T100 at home. This Terminator is not obsolete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 MS are gonna roll out an update to let you use Win 7/8 keys to straight up activate Win 10 instead of the intermediate step of install Win 7 -> update to Win 10. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm confused. My taskbar will bug out after some hours. The clock will freeze with every icon not my installed and pinned programs disappears. For the pinned programs that are running, I can't see which is running. Additionally, my drag select, right click and stuff in the start menu will start to disappear with continued on time after the task bar starts bugging out. So I'm unsure of what I'm dealing with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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