| SvennoJ said: The second one works flawlessly. Windows 8.1 was still a bit of a hassle though. Many little things, like all file explorer windows etc being blurry (global windows scaling set to 125% out of the box), a twitchy track pad, annoying ambient light sensor, default programs all pointing to annoying app versions. (Why can't it simply start the desktop equivalent when you're on the desktop...) Anyway with google at the ready everything could be solved easily enough. Don't forget to opt out of all the 'MS looks over your shoulder while typing' stuff and I disconnected the MS account again so you can turn it on without the password check all the time. It wouldn't connect to my homegroup initially, yet after a reboot it could access it in a roundabout way. (win 7 server with all my backup data) Homegroup still gives me, "ask your administrator for permission" nonsense. Moving on to 104 critical patches and 16 optional. That took a few hours and a bunch of reboots before it was up to date. Updates from Dell too of course. |
You know that Windows 10 is out (and the upgrade is free), which would have spared you much hassle, don't you?
And disconnecting the MS account to turn off the password check? That's asking for future problems... why not activate the PIN-option instead (just enter 4 numbers instead of the password)? Typing these in doesn't take a second and secures your data at least a little bit, if the laptop gets stolen.
