Did another 3 independent levels of backup as the 29th approached.
Just as well. It seems an unanswered "upgrade" prompt took it as authority to dump Win 10 on me anyway.
Well, the 3 year old desktop PC still works (gasps of relief) and has even retained my Desktop icons.
- No different in speed or operation from 8.1, in fact almost no discernible differences or "extras" at all.
- Cortana a joke without camera / microphone / I-pen. Return of the old MS Paper Clip helper?
- Two programs disabled, including my in-car Bluetooth.
- No drivers available for my fairly recent Kodak printer, so cant scan or copy either.
- Norton's Security keeps giving security hazard warnings on both IE11 and Edge browsers.
- Repeated attempts made to "encourage" me to transfer preferred programs (like email) to MS versions.
- Win 10 comes with Candy Crush Saga and Minecraft (yeuch !!!). In fact Win still looks like a mobile phone
- New Start Menu a good attempt, but 'recent used progs' bear no relation to what I have used.
I thought at least I may be able to set my Home Directory instead of the dreaded OneDrive cloud nonsense that makes it so difficult to save files where I want them. Hours of Googling provided tons 'how to' info, but unfortunately must all be based on earlier versions of Win 10 because those menu options do not exist on mine.
OK, so absolutely
no advantages whatsoever, or speed improvement. I will have to replace my printer and Bluetooth devices so not a "free" upgrade. However MS now get to monitor everything I do and pass it on to advertisers for profit.
Impressed?
NO WAY. All been downhill since XP