Bye bye dbPoweramp, EAC et al

[Cass]

From W7 to W10 I lost all the installed programs and settings, but kept my personal files and folders.

That seems odd - I didn't lose anything significant when I went W7->W10. Only issues were that Dell Stage didn't work on W10 (no great loss) and the support utility for my wireless HP printer went AWOL, though I haven't bothered getting it back yet as the printer still works.

Regarding FLAC ripping: I tried it last night on a few CDs and was impressed how much faster the process is than with EAC. I guess that was largely because I have EAC set up to error-check, detect gaps and create CUE sheets, none of which I did (not sure if you can?) when ripping with WMP on W10.

 

[Vladimir]

From W7 to W10 I lost all the installed programs and settings, but kept my personal files and folders.

That seems odd - I didn't lose anything significant when I went W7->W10. Only issues were that Dell Stage didn't work on W10 (no great loss) and the support utility for my wireless HP printer went AWOL, though I haven't bothered getting it back yet as the printer still works.

I expected to have a choice during W10 installation to keep 1) applications and personal files, 2) just personal files, and 3) nothing (clean install). However, the first option appeared as unavailable during install so I had to reinstall everything from scratch.

I'm a Windows user since 3.11 and that feeling I got when I jumped from 95 to 98SE to XP to 7, I don't have that wow effect with either 8 or 10. It just doesn't feel better to me, a desktop PC user. *unknw*

 

[abacus]

From W7 to W10 I lost all the installed programs and settings, but kept my personal files and folders.

That seems odd - I didn't lose anything significant when I went W7->W10. Only issues were that Dell Stage didn't work on W10 (no great loss) and the support utility for my wireless HP printer went AWOL, though I haven't bothered getting it back yet as the printer still works.

I expected to have a choice during W10 installation to keep 1) applications and personal files, 2) just personal files, and 3) nothing (clean install). However, the first option appeared as unavailable during install so I had to reinstall everything from scratch.

I'm a Windows user since 3.11 and that feeling I got when I jumped from 95 to 98SE to XP to 7, I don't have that wow effect with either 8 or 10. It just doesn't feel better to me, a desktop PC user. *unknw*

Haven't come across this, did you make sure Win 7 was fully up to date and then upgraded to Win 10 via Windows Update.

The only other thing I can think of is that the test (Before it upgraded) asked you to uninstall an incompatible program and you forgot to do so.

Interesting that.

Bill

 

[abacus]

Ah, all very interesting. The fact that my current W7 can be retrieved for a year if not happy is cool but I haven't heard anything that would make me think a change is necessary or even beneficial for me ... yet.

I guess, should I do change in the future all my current settings will be erased and I have to adjust the whole thing again?

You can upgrade Win 7 for free for 1 year after launch, however you only have 30 days to roll back if for any reason you have problems. (As always backup first)

All your programs, settings etc. will be retained.

Personally I can't see any reason not to upgrade.

Bill

 

[Vladimir]

Haven't come across this, did you make sure Win 7 was fully up to date and then upgraded to Win 10 via Windows Update.

The only other thing I can think of is that the test (Before it upgraded) asked you to uninstall an incompatible program and you forgot to do so.

Interesting that.

Bill

Win 7 was up to date and there was no dialog warning me of incompatible applications. I didn't migrate through Windows Update, but with this Media Creation Tool. It downloaded W10 instalation files on a USB flash stick and I used that for both machines.

 

[abacus]

Haven't come across this, did you make sure Win 7 was fully up to date and then upgraded to Win 10 via Windows Update.

The only other thing I can think of is that the test (Before it upgraded) asked you to uninstall an incompatible program and you forgot to do so.

Interesting that.

Bill

Win 7 was up to date and there was no dialog warning me of incompatible applications. I didn't migrate through Windows Update, but with this Media Creation Tool. It downloaded W10 instalation files on a USB flash stick and I used that for both machines.

A bit of a long shot, but did you select the correct version of Windows 10 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install for your existing OS when you created the Media.

Apart from that I can't see why it caused you problems you had.

You could always roll back to Win 7 & then use Windows Update to upgrade to see if this solves the problem.

Hope this helps

Bill

 

[Vladimir]

You could always roll back to Win 7 & then use Windows Update to upgrade to see if this solves the problem.

Hope this helps

Bill

Took me couple of hours to reinstall every application I need and tweak Win 10 to be fast and efficient like Win 7 before it (although I can't make it boot faster). It's not a problem really. Thanks.

 

[MajorFubar]

Personally I can't see any reason not to upgrade.

Because for some people it offers them nothing of importance that 7 doesn't have, and keeping what you've got means no incompatability headaches.

 

[Xanderzdad]

Took me couple of hours to reinstall every application I need and tweak Win 10 to be fast and efficient like Win 7 before it (although I can't make it boot faster). It's not a problem really. Thanks.

Out of interest what tweaks did you make to W10? (Mines running off an SSD, with all the Data on an HDD.)

I would also recommend MusicBee as it seems to have the best features of iTunes, Foobar & Groove but without the bloat. Looks really good too.

 

[Vladimir]

Took me couple of hours to reinstall every application I need and tweak Win 10 to be fast and efficient like Win 7 before it (although I can't make it boot faster). It's not a problem really. Thanks.

Out of interest what tweaks did you make to W10? (Mines running off an SSD, with all the Data on an HDD.)

I would also recommend MusicBee as it seems to have the best features of iTunes, Foobar & Groove but without the bloat. Looks really good too.

I did different tweaks on the laptop and the desktop considering the laptop uses 2xHDD and the desktop SSD+HDD.

1) Typically you want no useless background processes running at startup and during your use of the machine. I turn them off through Task Manager > Startup, through Services, and System Configuration. What to dissable depends on your hardware and choice of applications installed.

2) In System Properties I increase the Virtual Memory to 8192MB per partition and I set Visual Effects to Adjust For Best Performance (keeping only Show Thumbnails and Smooth Edges On Fonts ticked). I also keep no photo background on the desktop, just solid color black.

3) Disk Cleanup using the option Clean Up System Files, including deletion of the old Windows folder (C:/Windows.old). Then defragment all HDDs (never defragment SSDs, have the weekly auto defrag. disabled for your SSD). Defragment the OS HDD 2 times.

4) On the laptop I use a 4GB flash memory card in the card reader (formated as exFAT) with ReadyBoost, to improve the paging file process. I don't bother doing this on the desktop machine because it has an SSD. At first run you don't feel anything has improved, but it takes time for Windows to learn my habbits and to anticipate them in the future. Give it few days, open and close your most frequently used apps ocassionally to help it learn faster.

I want as much RAM and CPU free as possible before I open a resource demanding application to work with (example Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDraw). You would do more aggressive tweaks if you're a gamer. This is all pedestrian stuff.

 

[abacus]

Update

If you upgrade Win 7 or Win 8/8.1 with Media Centre to Win 10, then via Windows Update you will now get a DVD player for free. (It's nothing special, but for DVDs it's all you need)

If you perform a fresh install of Win 10, then you will need to buy the player or use another.

Hope this helps

Bill

 

[Xanderzdad]

I did different tweaks on the laptop and the desktop considering the laptop uses 2xHDD and the desktop SSD+HDD.

1) Typically you want no useless background processes running at startup and during your use of the machine. I turn them off through Task Manager > Startup, through Services, and System Configuration. What to dissable depends on your hardware and choice of applications installed.

2) In System Properties I increase the Virtual Memory to 8192MB per partition and I set Visual Effects to Adjust For Best Performance (keeping only Show Thumbnails and Smooth Edges On Fonts ticked). I also keep no photo background on the desktop, just solid color black.

3) Disk Cleanup using the option Clean Up System Files, including deletion of the old Windows folder (C:/Windows.old). Then defragment all HDDs (never defragment SSDs, have the weekly auto defrag. disabled for your SSD). Defragment the OS HDD 2 times.

4) On the laptop I use a 4GB flash memory card in the card reader (formated as exFAT) with ReadyBoost, to improve the paging file process. I don't bother doing this on the desktop machine because it has an SSD. At first run you don't feel anything has improved, but it takes time for Windows to learn my habbits and to anticipate them in the future. Give it few days, open and close your most frequently used apps ocassionally to help it learn faster.

I want as much RAM and CPU free as possible before I open a resource demanding application to work with (example Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDraw). You would do more aggressive tweaks if you're a gamer. This is all pedestrian stuff.

Thanks Vlad

Apart from Readyboost (as I have an SSD), that mimics my usual stuff, so I feel comfortable that my fresh install of W10 is working well.

 

[Xanderzdad]

Update

If you upgrade Win 7 or Win 8/8.1 with Media Centre to Win 10, then via Windows Update you will now get a DVD player for free. (It's nothing special, but for DVDs it's all you need)

If you perform a fresh install of Win 10, then you will need to buy the player or use another.

Hope this helps

Bill

VLC is free and will play anything so do not accept Microsoft's offer of a DVD player for $15.