So in case anyone's wondering what I did with my PC

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 06/23/2016 at 14:26 • Filed to: None

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I reverted it back to Windows 7.

The downside is that I lost my free copy of Windows 10. The upside is that it was free, but if I want to upgrade again, I have to buy a copy. I think I’m going to upgrade again when Microsoft has been able to work out the major issues with it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:29

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I didn’t hear what was going on with this, but what were the problems you encountered with 10?

spanfucker retire bitch > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:32

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The downside is that I lost my free copy of Windows 10. The upside is that it was free, but if I want to upgrade again, I have to buy a copy.

Incorrect. Windows 10's licensing key is tied to your machine’s hardware ID. As long as the motherboard/CPU doesn’t change, you can upgrade again at a later date as the Hardware ID is already present on MS’ activation servers.

Unless “downgrading” performs something differently than simply uninstalling or just abandoning, it should work just how I laid out above. I haven’t done an official downgrade on any of my machines, so it’s possible that it affects the licensing differently.

Tareim - V8 powered > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:32

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surely once you activate your serial # with the win 10 you can upgrade back to in in future?

TheHondaBro > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 14:33

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Explorer shit itself, wouldn’t be fixed.

TheHondaBro > spanfucker retire bitch 06/23/2016 at 14:34

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Huh, I’ll have to investigate.

TheHondaBro > Tareim - V8 powered 06/23/2016 at 14:34

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Maybe. I’ll have to look further into it.

Stapleface > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:36

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Why not just use chrome instead? I only use IE when I have to (like at work).

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:38

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You can still upgrade again during the free period (which is probably going to be continued indefinitely) even if you have downgraded.

spanfucker retire bitch > Stapleface 06/23/2016 at 14:38

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No, explorer. The GUI of Windows; explorer.exe.

TheHondaBro > Stapleface 06/23/2016 at 14:38

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No, Windows Explorer (Which is just called Explorer in Windows 10).

TheHondaBro > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 06/23/2016 at 14:39

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I was told that I might be able to upgrade whenever because the serial is still tied to my motherboard.

Stapleface > spanfucker retire bitch 06/23/2016 at 14:41

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Oh. Yeah, that would make it rather difficult to do anything. I’d love to know what happened. Did the install get corrupted or something? Did you ever try to reinstall or just roll back to 7? Not that there’s anything wrong with 7, just curious.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:43

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Umm

WTF

That’s insane.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Stapleface 06/23/2016 at 14:43

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It’s also called the Edge browser in windows 10, it’s a hell of a lot better than IE ever was.

Stapleface > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 14:45

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You know, I have Win 10 and never noticed that. Then again, I’m on my windows machine at home less and less. I find my chromebook to do pretty much everything I need, and much quicker too.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Stapleface 06/23/2016 at 14:47

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I just don’t use the computer much at all anymore at home. I used to be doing graphic design, web development, and torrenting my ass off. Now that I have a nice Kodi set up running I don’t torrent anything anymore (a good thing) and I haven’t done private design in a long time.

TheHondaBro > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 14:49

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Logged into my computer one day to find the start menu, entire task bar, and all Windows apps not working.

spanfucker retire bitch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 14:53

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Lol, I’ve got PLEX humming along on my HTPC but it’s not stopped me from pirating that’s for sure. Between Usenet and my seedbox I’m about 80% of the way to filling up my 10TB NAS.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:54

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Did you try turning it off and on again?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > spanfucker retire bitch 06/23/2016 at 14:55

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if you would just embrace Kodi instead of Plex you wouldn’t have to hold anything on your NAS. I’m still networked in via NAS to what I gathered before Kodi came into my life but I barely ever add to that collection. Seems like the kid shows are the only issue with streaming, very inconsistent.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:55

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Why didn’t you end Explorer.exe then run it again?

TheHondaBro > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 06/23/2016 at 14:56

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I tried everything.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:57

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I have Windows 7 on both my laptop and work computer.

spanfucker retire bitch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 14:57

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I prefer high quality rips, which you can’t get with illicit streaming. You also have services like Popcorn Hour which use shittty YIFY-style files with obscenely low bit-rates and the same legal issues of using public torrents on your personal ISP.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 14:57

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Do you also have a Celica?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:58

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Dr. Zoidberg — running on outdated software and engines since 2011

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 14:59

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Oh OK then just FYI when you install windows 10 back on your computer it is activated by itself. Because Microsoft recognizes the motherboard on their servers.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 15:00

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Outdated puppies and outdated raspberries as well.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:00

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Hey — don’t talk about my raspberries like that

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 15:02

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I will talk about whatever the fuck I want, okay?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:06

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Don’t make me feel offended

Once I feel offended, you have to do whatever I say

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 15:07

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This is an offended SpaceCrab:

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:07

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Your hardware is still tied to the registration on microsofts servers but you can also use the upgrade after reverting to your previous OS.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:08

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That was taken out of context

He’s crying because of the joy he felt in Kiff announcing his undying yet burdensome love of Amy whilst nearing the end of his pregnancy.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 15:10

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So what you’re telling me is that you started crying when Spaceballs got pregnant?

Tripper > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:12

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You dont have to hes right

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:12

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Spacebawls is Amy? He’s more of a Scruffy.

Svend > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:12

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I think I may take my Windows 10 laptop back to Windows 8 as I upgraded to Windows 10 a couple of months after it came out then did an update shortly after which screwed up my computer.

I’m picking an all-in-one computer on Saturday so will copy some of the files across that I want to keep just in case they get lost in the reversion to Windows 8. Then I won’t care if the reversion goes well or I end up taking the computer out back and using it for target practice.

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 06/23/2016 at 15:13

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Okay, so who’s Kiff?

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > spanfucker retire bitch 06/23/2016 at 15:14

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I can get 1080 streams through Kodi, especially on recent stuff.

The benefit of using streams is it’s legal. My ISP can’t complain about it because I don’t actually possess the file.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 15:33

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I went from 10 to 7 on my desktop. I hate it. It’s so fuckin’ archaic and I’m experiencing far more crashes, and the multimonitor support is tragic and it supported exactly NONE of my hardware out of the box, meaning I had to sneakernet WAN drivers and install thirty different fuckin display drivers before it would output the right resolutions to all three of my monitors... fuck it. Windows 10 Just Worked (tm) except Sony Vegas liked to be a little bitch on Windows 10 for some reason.

Dual boot time, I suppose.

spanfucker retire bitch > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 06/23/2016 at 16:08

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I’m not talking about resolution though, I’m talking about bit-rate.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > spanfucker retire bitch 06/23/2016 at 16:14

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I’ve never had an issue that I can notice. If I see a blurry feed, I close out and grab a different one. You must be watching on some serious TV gear that’s out of my budget.

Rico > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 16:54

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Ok so Windows 10 did kill your PC. You think it was a major driver issue??

TheHondaBro > Rico 06/23/2016 at 17:17

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After trying everything I could to fix it, I came to the conclusion that the OS had been corrupted.

Rico > TheHondaBro 06/23/2016 at 19:42

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Damn wtf, after running fine? Was it an upgrade or clean install?

TheHondaBro > Rico 06/23/2016 at 19:47

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An upgrade from a year ago.

Sam > TheHondaBro 06/24/2016 at 03:56

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Windows 10 is a great OS, but it really has some teething issues. I wanted to get my copy from the initial release to the current update (to play Forza, you see) and it required me to format my entire OS SSD, change the file system it used, just to reinstall the newest version.