Win7/Win8.1 users read these 14 articles, you still want to upgrade Win10

, although Microsoft attaches great importance to the Win10 system, but due to limited development time, the current official version of the problem is numerous, so that the users participating in the upgrade I have encountered various installation and usage issues. Xiaobian summed up the current 14 issues of the official version of Windows10, if you have not upgraded Win10, you can take a look at the following content before making a decision.

1, upgrade problem

Microsoft's Win10 upgrade to Windows7/Windows 8.1 adopts a new installation method, which makes many users appear in the installation process. Although we have seen various error codes in this process and learned various expressions, we need a smooth and stable installation process. Various system crashes caused by software and hardware compatibility issues have emerged in an endless stream. Although Microsoft has released various patches in succession, "there is no way to save the game". Many users have returned to Win7/Win8.1 because they cannot use the system properly.

2, “Win10 is the initial stage of the service

While Build 10240 claims to be "official version", according to Microsoft's official statement, Win10 as a service will Always update and upgrade. It should be pointed out that Microsoft's policy itself is very intimate, but if this is the reason for publishing a very imperfect system as a formal version, and then continue to develop and improve during the user's use, it is still very bold. Try it & rdquo;. Maybe you will say that there is a relatively large-scale change between Win8 and Win8.1, but you have to know that this modification is under the pressure of most users not to buy it. Microsoft did not want to return Windows8 at first.拽”.

3, the user interface is still evolving

The most obvious is the right-click menu, whether it is on the desktop or the resource manager, this interface has been in perfection. In the latest Win10 preview version 10532, Microsoft continues to improve the right-click menu design, the new design is more versatile and better than the original solution, but we still can not know if this is the final solution.

In addition, Win10 built-in application interface is not uniform.

For a simple example, the menu of the "Mail" application will be displayed on the right, and the menu of the Edge browser will pop up in the upper right. "Weather", "Groove Music", "Movies and TV", "Information" Wait for it to pop up under the burger icon on the left. Of course, it is not a bad thing to design different applications, but is it more harmonious to unify the interface?

4, automatic download and install updates

Updated downloads in Win10 are not controlled by users, users above the professional version can conditionally control the installation time. According to Microsoft, this helps to alleviate the user's "work" for the update installation. Because the download process will account for the network speed, or even account for traffic, and the user does not have control over the download permissions, only Win10 can occupy bandwidth.

▲Win10 Pro can modify the group policy to control the update after downloading

Because of the uncontrollability of update download and installation, you can't stop the installation of "bad" . The biggest impact of this situation is the upgrade of some drivers. Many users have encountered hardware failures after upgrading the driver, because the new driver has not been extensively tested. In general, if the driver is ok, we will not always update it. However, Win10 is enabled by default. "Nothing to find things" mode. If you find that you can't play the game after a certain restart or don't go online, 80% is the driver who drives the update. Attempting to roll back the drive at this point may be effective.

5. Binary System Settings

Microsoft wants to fully implement the Modern style interface in Win10. It seems that this is a complicated project, because one of the important components of interface conversion has been set up to be a separate application. The projects that have been completed so far are basically superficial features, such as primary personalization, primary network settings, Windows application-related settings, and Windows updates and activations. If you want to use a more advanced setup project, in most cases we will find a link to the control panel in the “Settings" interface.

6. DVD playback function charges

Because Win7 and Win8.1 with Media Center function are upgraded to Win10, this function will be removed. And after all users upgrade, the built-in player (such as Windows Media Player) can't play DVD discs. Users need third-party software or download the "Windows DVD Player" application worth 93.5 yuan to make up for this shortcoming.

Although this Win10 version of the DVD player is "limited", it is only for Win7/Win8.1 users who have owned the media center. Microsoft seems to be a bit inappropriate to do this. Originally, this basic function survived in Win7/Win8.1. After the user upgraded, it was removed. If the user needs it, he should continue to download the application for free. As a result, Microsoft came up with a high-priced strategy. Is this really wanting people to use it?

7, built-in application problems

The more serious problem is "mail", the synchronization problem has not been solved very well. As a mail client application, if the user does not see the previous mail, then the value of this client is not great. Although Microsoft has updated this application several times, the improvement of basic functions still needs to be strengthened.

Some users don't like some built-in apps, but they can't delete them. Perhaps the lack of these applications will affect the system's functionality, but if users voluntarily uninstall, why should Microsoft block?

8, voice assistant Cortana Xiaona is not practical

Traditional desktops and notebooks may rarely use the voice function of this application, at most it is used as a search tool. For those who are busy with work, there may be no time to talk to Cortana, or even listen to it and sing and tell jokes.

9, long boot time

Win10 boot time and Win7/Win8.1 compared to the slowest results, although not slow to particularly outrageous, but as a new system Is it inappropriate to say this? More users have reflected that in the case of Core i7 and 16GB of memory, Win8.1 only takes a few seconds to boot, but after upgrading Win10 it takes tens of seconds or even 1 minute. This gap is enough for users to stun.

The more common problem is that the black screen before entering the welcome screen is too long. There is evidence that this is due to the Win10 "Quick Start" setting issue, which can be avoided by turning it off in power management. But in any case, the long boot time is an important issue that Microsoft needs to solve in Win10.

10, Windows application storage path can not be changed

Enter settings → system → will be found after storage, “ new application will be saved to ” below can not be changed. In other words, current Windows applications can only be saved to the system disk (C drive). Many users know that the C drive space is more valuable. Once the space is tight, it will be troublesome to use. If you can save the application to other partitions, this will put a lot of pressure on the C drive, especially the old devices with limited hard disk space, as well as some entry-level tablet devices. If you can enable this setting, the new system will be better. Much more.

11, OneDrive selective synchronization problem

In Win8/Win8.1, OneDrive is built into the operating system, and the "placeholder" concept is enabled. This feature allows users to browse OneDrive files on their computer without downloading. The "Placeholder" contains some metadata and thumbnails. If you need to use a file, just double-click on the file to download it and open it with the appropriate default program.

The biggest advantage of doing this is that you can have unlimited storage, and your hard drive doesn't need to be very large, as long as you can load the content you have to download. However, this can cause some users to be unclear which file is actually on the hard drive. To this end, Microsoft introduced a feature of selective synchronization, which allows users to choose which files are available in Win10. However, this feature currently does not work for users with limited hard disk space and a very large number of OneDrive files.

12, Edge browser is not fully functional

As Microsoft's main Win10 browser, Microsoft Edge is not mature, and many times have to rely on IE11 to help open the web. Not only that, but the extensions and other features that users expect are not in place. Although from the current situation, this browser is still very promising, but it is only a good future, and it is still embarrassing.

13, Continuum is not perfect

The specific performance of this function is the conversion of desktop mode and tablet mode. It can be said that this is a feature tailored for the Surface Pro 3 and future Surface Pro 4 and other 2-in-1 devices. This type of device can be used both as a traditional laptop and as a tablet. Continuum makes the transition between these two modes natural and smooth.

The problem is that desktop projects cannot be used after converting to tablet mode unless you have a tile for the desktop shortcut or a shortcut in the start screen menu. In addition, if you use a virtual desktop before switching to tablet mode, the virtual desktop will not be available after the conversion, and the applications classified by the desktop will be mixed together and maximize the display, which will cause inconvenience to some users.

14. User privacy protection is questioned

Although Microsoft said it will protect user privacy, many new features of Win10 are hard to escape. For example, Cortana digital assistant, this function is quite convenient, your voice tone, home address, search content, personal hobbies, work schedule, appointment time and place, “ friends circle & rdquo; (contact information) and other content will be recorded And uploaded to the Microsoft server. It can be said that everything in your hands is in the hands of Cortana, which is also an important reason for foreign users to use Win10 privacy to block third-party tools. Although these features are all turned off, Win10 does not seem to be easy to use before, but everyone is assured.

Summary: Although there are so many reasons for not upgrading Win10, it does not mean that the future of this system is worrying. In fact, it is precisely because Win10 has these problems that it reflects that Microsoft's improvement of Windows system is very strong. Therefore, we should give Microsoft some time to continue to improve Win10.