• Windows 10 Help Thread v3 - Oh god it’s on fire
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How long should I wait for windows update to not change to start getting worried? I tried doing a repair install because it got corrupted, it's been stuck at "Working on updates 98%" for quite some time now. Good thing I don't need this laptop for like, a job or something.
why does transparent stuff look grainy on my laptop (only hapens when battery saver is off https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/125638251800166400/454787122977832971/Captura2.PNG vs https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/125638251800166400/454787114790420480/Captura.PNG
It's a visual effect that was introduced a few updates ago, gives things more of a "frosted glass" look. I'd guess it's intentionally disabled along with a bunch of other GPU-intensive effects while power-saving is on.
ohh so its intentional rather than my gpu drivers being screwy thanks, i was already downloading the gpu drivers, im a tad outdated
Yeah, it's an element of the new Fluent Design standard, designed to give transparent panels more of a feeling of "physicality."
Nothing says buttons to big like having the text being cut out
Windows 9x era was the pinnacle of UI design, prove me wrong menu bars are a beautifully intuitive design choice and I strongly resent their death
get that shit out of here Luna Silver or death, the Zune theme is also acceptable
I was a Royale kid.
Anyone ever find a fix for the insider edition permanently killing email/calendar syncing after an amount of time? It's a bug that's persisted for the last ~6 months of insider updates. Also, has anyone managed to find a workaround for the onenote drawing in response to touch instead of controlling the camera? This is a new bug that I discovered with the newest w10 (non insider edition) update.
"buying this hardware cripples your ability to use the most popular browser and you're supposed to be okay with that"
Don't use chrome Don't use slack Don't use discord Don't use skype Don't use vscode Don't use atom Don't use github desktop I don't use any of these already
How to completely miss the point: 101.
To be fair, it's not Microsoft's fault that applications are unoptimised. Chrome hogs RAM, it's well-known, and any developer will tell you that Electron, whilst it has its purpose, shouldn't be used on as many applications as it is used on. If manufacturers are forced to make more expensive base-model machines because the average application is unoptimised, then it hurts the consumer in the end. I think 4GB is fine for a non-power user, you would probably get away with using Chrome providing you don't have too many tabs open or have other RAM-hungry applications open.
sorry nerds but firefox still sucks
The only difference in browsers these days are just compatibility and engine performance
I'm not sure if using exclusively Chrome for a whole decade now, beginning when I was only 9 or 10, has drastically shaped how I expect a browser to behave... but there's something intangible about Firefox's interface that my brain just doesn't like at all. The only other browser I've really liked the interface of has been Vivaldi, and when I tried it years ago it had serious performance issues.
I've removed pretty much every element of the UI from Firefox. Since that's what works best for me. Keyboard commands and cursor gestures do everything. Can't do that in most browsers
Firefox seems to be the most customisable, I'm not just talking about the interface, but the whole "about:config" section too. I know Chrome has its own "chrome://flags/" but I don't think it's as customisable AFAIK (I could be wrong). One of my work colleagues uses Firefox, now and again he's asked me if you can disable or change something, and I've always found some option in Firefox for changing it
chrome flags are just for your non-standard configurations about:config lists every single option that firefox uses, even for classic extensions want to run your own sync server and not put your personal shit on a mozilla server? You can do that https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/1755/32b2a8e9-8f22-4701-a5e3-059ac27c2ed4/image.png https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
4GB? My EFI System Partitions are 100MB Anyhow, search for moving the EFI System Partition https://www.tenforums.com/installation-upgrade/52837-moving-recreating-efi-partition-post698505.html#post698505
If all else fails, you'd want a recovery drive just run RecoveryDrive
Chrome is popular but also pretty fuckin unoptimized. Idk why you're trying to bash them for making a low-end device. Yeah, don't run resource intensive applications on it is basically it. If you buy cheaper, low-end hardware, you should be okay with that.
People ignorant of technology are going to buy this because they heard Surfaces are good, and they'll get performance issues using basic software familiar to them. Caveat emptor doesn't really hold in practice because people are fuckin dumb. At a certain point it's borderline irresponsible to release a piece of hardware intended to run Windows with only 4GB of RAM, especially when MS is still using the Surface name, which is associated with high-end products.
Caveat Emptor absolutely holds in practice because it's cheap. Worst case scenario, Surface Go is a failure because people only want to use high intensity software, so they return it after buying it because "this thing is slow." And that'll hurt Microsoft, but it's not like Microsoft is being "malicious" and overcharging people for shit hardware. Your initial comment sounded a lot more than "yeah well people are dumb so it won't work," more like "we're arbitrarily limiting what you can do on here so you just gotta tough it, punk." If people expect cheap hardware to run like expensive hardware, then their frustrations are on them.
Surface isn't associated with high-end products, it's just their brand name. The iPhone SE is a low-end iPhone, but it's still an iPhone. I don't see how Caveat emptor doesn't hold, that term exists for a reason, you need to research into what you're buying regardless of what it is. If people go and buy products without thinking, then who is really responsible if it doesn't work out well for them?
There's an 8gb option for the surface go if you have the dosh
I played with a Surface Go at the mall, hopped back and forth between the Microsoft and Apple stores to compare workflows. The Go was surprisingly snappier than I expected, and the pen was to die for. I really wish Windows 10 hadn't neutered the touch experience, but at least it still has the quick swipe gestures I prefer to iOS's. I wish they would've bit the bullet on a 64GB SSD, eMMC is gross and defeats the purpose. Otherwise we have new Qualcomm wi-fi replacing the Marvell antennas I've always heard complaints about. The screen wasn't super bright. If it had a solid Windows 8-like touch UI I could see it being a great tablet, but unfortunately it's still that same old story where the app ecosystem is trash, and has been trash since the start (the most broken default app on my desktop is the Windows Store, go figure). Windows 8.1 was just starting to get some traction when Microsoft went scorched-earth again and sucked all the wind out of it. I really wish Microsoft would separate between Enterprise and Consumer products, because I've found their consumer offerings really compelling but Microsoft never went all in with them.
Hey friends, i need help with my Audio/Video. So i recently installed Itunes and i restarted my computer and now my video stutters and my audio barely works at all! I need help since i've tried everything. I wish there was a way Windows can verify it's files for anything off. Help?
I get video stutter when changing audio outputs when the video is playing, I've never used iTunes but maybe check if it's not doing that by itself for some reason? Or maybe it added another virtual audio device and now Windows is getting confused with which one to use
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