Topic: Windows 10

[Clive]

We wait with baited breath! 

[Simon]

It finally finished at about 12:30am, nearly 5 hours after I started it!  Then it took another 10 minutes to boot up, while displaying a load of silly messages about how much better they've made it!  It seems to be working fine now, but other than having to reset my font settings, I've not noticed any radical changes yet.

[Clive]

What a success story!  Well done Simon.  I shall stay in my bunker.   

[Simon]

Well, this update took nearly 5 times as long as it did to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 in the first place, so I hate to think what the next major update will be like. 

[Den]

I have now removed Norton and all outside system managers (Iola) etc' and installed Bullguard and Addguard and allowed Defender to carry out back ground checks. 

Windows 10 is running so smooth it's amazing. Norton was becoming so intrusive and telling me to reboot every time they updated anything and I got fed up with the adverts on every site I visited.

I would recommend Windows 10 as the best Windows ever just as Microsoft have claimed.   

[Clive]

I think Bullguard is a crazy choice Den because it comes out so badly in the tests.  Most of the computers I've bought have had it preloaded because that's the only way they can sell it.  I've always removed it and put something decent on such as Kaspersky.  But I agree with your sentiments on Win 10 which is quite slick and fast.  But you have to prevent it from bombarding you with adverts and leaking your information to anyone who is interested in it. 

[Simon]

Have to agree, Bullguard has a pretty poor reputation.  One fairly common issue with Windows 10 is that it won't allow you to turn off Windows Defender, and many security suites don't run well along side it.

[Den]

Bullguard has been recommended by so many computer techs that I am in contact with that I had to give it a go and so far it seems to run well in the background.

Addguard has cut out all the adverts on the newspaper sites that I visit in fact it seems to have cut out all adverts.

Windows 10 will allow you to turn off Defender but you can set it up to run a background check as it will now run with other security packages.

I tried Kaspersky and it clashed with Windows 10 to the point were Kaspersky refunded my payment after admitting that they had a problem. 

[Simon]

Kaspersky clashed with Windows 10, probably because there was a conflict with Windows Defender, which, although it can be temporarily disabled, I believe it turns itself on again.

[Clive]

Strange, because Kaspersky works well on my Win 10.  If it can go wrong, it always chooses my computers!   

[Clive]

I downloaded mine from the Computeractive website and my version guaranteed compatibility with Win 10.  Did either of you try transferring older editions?   

[Den]

No mine was the most up to date version at the time and Defender was turned off. I went back to Norton and found that it worked fine with W10. It's only recently that Norton started to hog resources and demand restarts.

Bullguard seems to run in the background and both my computers seem to run much faster.   

[Simon]

I'm still using F-Secure, as I've had no troubles with it, but I do know that they did at one stage have a problem with Windows Defender not turning off.  Maybe recent W10 updates have fixed or changed the issue.

[Clive]

I remember using F-Secure.  I remember it conking out on me too.   

[Den]

Norton installed Norton Scan on my laptop today without my permission even though I have in-installed Norton and run Bullguard.  ':|