Microsoft's rollout of Windows 10 gets B+ grade

Computer World ^ | 08/13/2015 | By Gregg Keizer

[SeekAndFind]

Microsoft has done a good job rolling out Windows 10 in the first two weeks, analysts said today, and the general vibe for Windows 8's replacement has been positive, even though glitches have dampened some enthusiasm.

"If I had to give Microsoft a letter grade, it would be a B or a B+," said Steve Kleynhans of Gartner. "It's not an A because it hasn't gone perfectly. They've stubbed their toe over privacy issues, for example."

Microsoft began serving up the free Windows 10 upgrade late on July 28, giving participants in the firm's Insider preview program first shot at the production code. It then slowly began triggering upgrade notices on Windows 7 and 8.1 machines whose owners had earlier "reserved" copies through an on-device app planted on their devices this spring.

The Redmond, Wash. company has said little of the rollout's performance other than to tout that 14 million systems were running Windows 10 within 24 hours of its debut.

Estimates based on user share data from U.S. analytics company Net Applications, however, suggests that by Aug. 8, some 45 million PCs were powered by Windows 10.

Analysts largely applauded the launch. "As far as the roll-out, it's not any worse than any other Windows," said Kleynhans. "But it's all happening at this compressed timetable.

"And social media now amplifies any problems," he continued, much more so than three years ago when Windows 8 released, much less in 2009, when Microsoft last had a hit on its hands.

Others were more bullish on Microsoft's performance. "Windows 10's go-to-market was really quite good," said Wes Miller of Directions on Microsoft, a research firm that specializes in tracking the company's moves.

Miller was especially impressed with Microsoft's ability to make customers covet the upgrade.

[NormsRevenge]

Nothing downloaded here .. 7 is just fine..

[knarf]

me too .... I'll keep 7 until they say they no longer support it ... and I'll wing it unsupported.

Should'a kept 98SE

[cuban leaf]

I upgraded today. I had to use the internet and then search to find the snipping tool.

Annoying

[ShadowAce]

ping

[PROCON]

I’m sticking with 8.1.

[RayChuang88]

I think it has gone well considering how hard it is to upgrade Windows from one version to another.

It should be noted that the true finished version of Windows 10 will arrive in October 2015 with the full Threshold version, which will include an upgraded version of the Edge web browser that will add support for certain plugins (however, forget about Flash, Java or Silverlight support).

[wally_bert]

You weren’t the only one who had to play find the snipping tool. Avast VPN was the only other hiccup. A registry fix and restart fixed that.

[headstamp 2]

Yeppers. 7 is the new XP

[dayglored]

> ping

Keepin' me busy today! Thanks for the ping, ShadowAce!

Windows 10 gets graded ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[MaxMax]

I deleted after three days, no problems. That was three days of switching
off every intrusive setting I could find. Later I found out that there were
more that I didn't find or know about.

Less windows in Win10, less features, less customization and more big brother.

[KYGrandma]

I, unfortunately, had to have 10. I regret it every hour I am on the computer. I don’t need most of the features and find that the ones I do use are more irritating. Used to be able to mute with one click, now it takes 3. How can I get rid of it?

[rikkir]

I down loaded close to the beginning and still getting an A- from me.
My Sony VAIO STILL can’t download Windows 10. We’re still waiting for the drivers Sony says we have to have, with no updates on when those might come.

Sony has truly “screwed the pooch” on this.

[heshtesh]

I had 8.1 and did’nt care for it one bit,switched to 10 and totally pleased with it. Find it much more stable than the 8.1.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

NOPE!

[Domangart]

45 minutes to upgrade and still no create shortcut. I was warned and turned off all the apps.

[MCH]

In my home I have 4 Windows 7 desktop machines with mid-range AMD/ATI graphics cards (for gaming), a Windows 8.1 laptop, two Windows 8.1 personal phones (Verizon), and a Windows 8.1 work-issued phone (AT&T). Also a couple iPods and 3 varieties of Kindle Fire tablets, but of course they’re not the subject of this thread :).

I’m planning to wait until the November time frame before I upgrade any of the computers to Windows 10, and then use one of the desktops as a trial run machine, and the laptop. Some things I like about 8.1 on the laptop, some things I don’t - mostly the stupid new-style full-screen “apps” with no windows frame & the swiping in from different sides of the screen. Not a fan of either of those things. Supposedly Windows 10 improves upon those quirks, so I see only positives on the laptop upgrade from 8.1. The Win7 desktops I’m a bit more concerned about, but I’m definitely going to give them a go at some point soon on the hope that some of the initial kinks are worked out by then.

I actually like the Windows phones quite a bit. I’m already hearing rumblings from my IT folks at work about the work phone being upgraded to Windows 10 soon. I won’t hold my breath on my home use Verizon Windows phones though. It took Verizon forever to roll out the 8.1 upgrade to 8.0 (which WAS better IMHO). I’ll probably upgrade to something else by the time they do anyway, and may well end up moving to an Android phone instead. I like the Windows phone, but I’ve run into just too many cases where I wanted to try out an app and it was only available for Android or iPhone.

[minnesota_bound]

The OS is ok but the Privacy section showing all the invasion of privacy gets an “F”

I simply do not believe the OFF is OFF.

[minnesota_bound]

You can download themes to make it look anyway you want.
http://www.wincustomize.com

[eyedigress]

For anybody that doesn’t want to be bothered with it right now just remove this windows update file through control panel.

remove KB3035583

It is the Win10 installer nagware.