Zeus36
Well-Known Member
I'm in the Windows 10 Insiders Preview - Fast Ring. I had it uncrippled on a mule machine with full communication to Microsoft. None of the info provided was real, all web aliases and no personally identifiable information. I removed it and installed the current public release without a Microsoft account, but spent some time adding in third party software to nuke the tracking and reporting, fix the start menu, and get rid of the Edge browser plus strip out all the Microsoft app store junk. To me it looks like a dumbed down down version of Win 7 with a lot of stuff hidden. I run Win 7 for my main PC and will continue to do so.
Since you have the option to downgrade to Win 7, I recommend that and try out Win 10 on a secondary machine.
If you keep Win 10 on your laptop, I recommend:
Classic Shell (freeware)
"Disable Windows 10 Tracking" application (freeware)
Unlocker (freeware)
CCleaner (freeware)
VLC Player (freeware) since Win 10 didn't come with a DVD player (there is a bare bones one now...)
Revo Unistaller
SRW Iron or Opera browser (freeware) SRW Iron is Chrome with the tracking and privacy stuff removed.
"Everything" search engine (freeware) Instant searches
Opt out of the "easy activation" and use a local account.
As to what is wrong with Win 10, here is one of many articles on why not to use Windows 10:
http://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html#Windows10
Since you have the option to downgrade to Win 7, I recommend that and try out Win 10 on a secondary machine.
If you keep Win 10 on your laptop, I recommend:
Classic Shell (freeware)
"Disable Windows 10 Tracking" application (freeware)
Unlocker (freeware)
CCleaner (freeware)
VLC Player (freeware) since Win 10 didn't come with a DVD player (there is a bare bones one now...)
Revo Unistaller
SRW Iron or Opera browser (freeware) SRW Iron is Chrome with the tracking and privacy stuff removed.
"Everything" search engine (freeware) Instant searches
Opt out of the "easy activation" and use a local account.
As to what is wrong with Win 10, here is one of many articles on why not to use Windows 10:
http://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html#Windows10