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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: 3, Informative) by Snow on Thursday November 01 2018, @07:04PM
I run ~110 Win10 machines running WIN10 LTSB.
It's not too bad, really. I'm guessing you don't, but if you have a licensing agreement that allows you to use the Long Term Service Branch -- Use it! It omits garbage like the windows store, Cortana, preinstalled games and other bloat.
The _WORST_ fucking part is the windows updates. They are HUGE (Oct 2018 was 1.4GB) and frequently have minor or major problems. And Microsoft, in their infinite widsom rolls everything into a single patch (not unique to Win10), and it's fucking terrible. The updates take an hour to run, and the reboot after usually takes a significant amount of time (~15-20 mins). Annoying for a machine that should be up 24/7. Also, the delta patches they offer frequently don't install properly, so I'm forced to use the rollup patches, and even they don't always install properly if they are not installed sequentially. (We have a relatively manual patching process so we can better control when the downtime happens.)
Other than the horrendous patching, my other gripes include 'Where the fuck is the explorer button?' Say I want to navigate to c:\askldjf\sadflkjas\ There isn't already a item on the task bar to open an explorer window. The first thing I do when I log into a machine is pin explorer to the taskbar.
Good things: When remoting into a computer, you now have the option to shutdown on the start menu.
If a computer loses power, it seems less likely to go into windows startup repair mode. Used to get that all the time with Win7, almost never happens with win10.
The lock screen is pretty.