Windows 10 problems and solutions

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I "upgraded" (ha ha) the disastrous Windows 8.1 that was foisted on me when buying a new laptop to Windows 10 a few weeks ago.

Empty4 instantly stopped working. Fat lot of bloody use that was, so I hastily undid the upgrade. The Clowns at Crappersoft anticipated that their product would be rubbish and included an undo feature - about the first intelligent thing those morons have done for 20 years.

I see in the "I made an Ide" thread that Freefox has just hit the skids with this cataclysmically horrendous piece of software. That and my experience gave me the idea for this thread.

Those of you who have fallen victim to Crapdows 10, please post your problems here in case anyone can help.

Those of you who have found solutions to problems, please post them here for the benefit of others.

Mind, the best solution might be to shell out for Crapdows 7.

:xm:

PS: if all you want is a damn good rant, then let it out.
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Subsequent edit, 9th Jan 2016. I have just invested in a new desktop pc running Crapdows 10. I hate to admit it, but I like it. This admission has to be dragged from me kicking and screaming.

Doesn't mean the Morons at Microsoft have not got something nasty waiting for me in the wings, and I will scream about it here when it arises. In the meantime, Crapdows 10 is the first version of this benighted software that I have liked using.

People might expect me to congratulate The Morons. No chance. What I say is: about bloody time. It has taken about 20 years to reach this point.
Read the effing manual, ok?

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I don't have much to add. I'm on 7 because they stopped supporting XP. And when they stop supporting 7 I will find something else to use like Linux.

I refuse to upgrade to another microsoft product after the shenanigans they pulled with wanting people to pay for mine sweeper, solitaire and security updates. The size of the nuts on these guys should be given 8th, 9th and 10th wonders of the world.

(Edit Update)
I share the same sentiments. I am actually using it for 2 weeks now as well. It's not that bad and I find the workflow much more fluid. Mine sweeper and solitaire are actually free.
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DigitalCrypto » Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:47 pm wrote:I don't have much to add. I'm on 7 because they stopped supporting XP. And when they stop supporting 7 I will find something else to use like Linux.

I refuse to upgrade to another microsoft product after the shenanigans they pulled with wanting people to pay for mine sweeper, solitaire and security updates. The size of the nuts on these guys should be given 8th, 9th and 10th wonders of the world.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

This gets my vote as The Most Concise Rant on SHF. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: I am humbled.

:xm:
Read the effing manual, ok?

Afterprime is the official SHF broker. Read about them at https://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=175790#p175790.

I still suffer from OCCD. Good thing, really.

Anyone here feeling generous? My paypal account is always in the market for a tiny donation. pianodoodler@hotmail.com is the account.

To see The Weekly Roundup of stuff you guys might have missed Click here

My special thanks to Thomas (tomele) for all the incredible work he does here.
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I think you should auto-change any reference to Microsoft to Micro$haft :good:

Seriously though, we have been advising clients not to upgrade to Windows 10 at the moment. Some clients said it's been working fine, others say there's certain parts that don't work and then others the program won't even open.

Basically, proceed with caution.

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I loaded Windows 10 on an i7 laptop and have not had any issues running Empty4 thus far (was running three instances on separate cores, but mind you all offline -- all my demos and live stuff are on VPS's running older windows). Stay tuned.
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And just when you thought they couldn't take it to another level....oh yes...they just did, 11th wonder of the world.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2978239/ ... storm.html

Looks like I will need to migrate to Linux a lot sooner than I had planned.
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DigitalCrypto » Tue Oct 27, 2015 12:05 am wrote:And just when you thought they couldn't take it to another level....oh yes...they just did, 11th wonder of the world.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2978239/ ... storm.html

Looks like I will need to migrate to Linux a lot sooner than I had planned.
Many thanks for posting this DC. :clap: :clap:

Make sure you follow the link in DC's post folks; there is some really useful info in it.

:xm:
Read the effing manual, ok?

Afterprime is the official SHF broker. Read about them at https://www.stevehopwoodforex.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=175790#p175790.

I still suffer from OCCD. Good thing, really.

Anyone here feeling generous? My paypal account is always in the market for a tiny donation. pianodoodler@hotmail.com is the account.

To see The Weekly Roundup of stuff you guys might have missed Click here

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Hi, the maniacs at Microsoft is forcing automatic updates and restart after it does install Windows updates.
It cant be prevented, not in the settings at least. The only thing you can do is making them scheduled.

This must be done after every update, if you miss to look at one finished update, microsoft forces the pc to restart at a time they are choosing for me(!) I dont like the message:
“3:30 AM tomorrow looks good” message :evil:

It would make a disaster if trading live and the pc is restarting.
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qvintus » Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:28 am wrote:Hi, the maniacs at Microsoft is forcing automatic updates and restart after it does install Windows updates.
It cant be prevented, not in the settings at least. The only thing you can do is making them scheduled.

This must be done after every update, if you miss to look at one finished update, microsoft forces the pc to restart at a time they are choosing for me(!) I dont like the message:
“3:30 AM tomorrow looks good” message :evil:

It would make a disaster if trading live and the pc is restarting.
You think that's bad... Try putting your machine n Hibernate mode over the weekend... The bastard will wake up in the middle of the night, look for updates, then shut down afterwards, losing the last state that the progs were in, so you have to re-start them on reboot...

Both problems can be prevented, though... I just forgot where I saw how to... Google is you friend (well, he pretends to be, anyways).

Have fun!

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Well I finally did it. I'm on Ubuntu Mate and running my MT4s with Wine. The only problem I had was that I had to find a free copy of wingdings.ttf so my semafor and a couple couple indicators would show up correctly.

But I tell you one of my geek buddies turned me on to Spybot's Antibeacon. What is it? Antibeacon automatically fixes Windows 7,8,10 and 42 (ok not 42) by turning off the telemetry and tracking for you quickly and effortlessly. Anyway, I gave it a look and it seemed to work easily. So for anyone who is running Windows I would make sure to at bare minimum to install Antibeacon immediately and run it with full settings.

In closing I just want to add that Spyware companies got nothing on Microsoft. They are recording every single keystroke and spoken word on Windows 10. That's damn creepy if you ask me.

P.S. In closing I do have one benefit worthy of mention in running Windows 10 and that is that solitaire is free after all.

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Edit by SH: link to Antibeacon https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/
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