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tl;dr: Directing the wind is not possible, being compelled to adjust my sails. How can I transition to Windows 10 and not suffer extreme loss in productivity.
Windows Classic Theme: How do I get something like this. I assume other Soylentils are like me and the first thing they do when logging onto a Windows XP/7 computer is change the theme to classic. Has anyone done this yet on Windows 10? In my very brief experience dealing with 10 I was unable to find a way to do this, I presume that they removed this because they are awful people.
Specifications: How powerful of a computer do I need to do the same thing I am currently able to do without any lag. I was compelled to do testing using an i7 laptop with 8gb of ram from a couple of years ago, I found I was unable to do any testing because it was bogged down at 95% CPU capacity just running the base OS. What should I be running to make this thing bearable. My job function is to review, build, maintain reports which can involve files large enough to bog me down on my current system (i7-5600U with 8gb), what hardware should I have, how much ram should I have.
Experience: What lessons did others here learn the hard way as they went though this process. I am aware of the updates causing data to be non exist and things of that nature. What are things that I need to know about in this new age of 10.
I am sure there are some other things I should ask, just can't remember ATM.
Just run Linux XD: I am not allowed to withdraw consent from Windows 10, but I am pushing off implementation as long as possible.
[For information about issues with Windows' updates, see Ask Woody. --Ed]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @11:56AM (1 child)
Since there doesn't appear to be any way to stop most versions of Win10 from auto updating (and etc), what is the chance a Win10 box (or small home-business-network of Win10 computers) could be connected to the internet through an external "firewall" of some kind, configured to block communication with the update servers?
Any known side effects??
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 01 2018, @05:30PM
Not being able to connect to Microsoft servers may cause your install to mark itself as non-activated, so you may have to deal with that watermark in the corner and whatever else MS does to "pirate" copies these days.
I have been thinking of installing XP to an SD card using one of those SATA adapters, and then switching the write-protect switch on it. That way nothing can actually modify system files and you can use portable installs for most programs on a second drive. Also, if you did need to install something, you could take the system offline, switch off write protect and then go back with relative ease. Such a setup may also be useful for Windows 10, though it may constantly download updates in the background so you had better have an unmetered connection.