Should you upgrade to Windows 10?

Still Holding Off on Windows 10 Upgrade

Just a quick update on updating to Windows 10. Personally, I have only updated one of my very old laptops to Windows 10, and I haven't done a whole lot with it since the update. I'm still holding off another month or two for them to get some more updates under their belt before I tackle upgrading my primary desktop and laptop. That will also give other vendors time to work out any compatibility problems with their software and Windows 10.

Hamachi and TeamViewer

For those of you running Hamachi and TeamViewer, make sure you have the latest version of that software. For Hamachi, I suggest uninstalling (leave the Remove Settings box UNCHECKED), rebooting and reinstalling from here: http://filehippo.com/download_hamachi/. TeamViewer should already be up to date from your Ninite software.

Windows 10 Clean Install

Also, news was released recently about a new Windows 10 Activation feature that will let you do a clean install of Windows 10 and use your existing Windows 7/8/8.1 product key. This is a big deal if your existing PC is a mess and completely re-installing Windows is a better option than doing an in-place upgrade. I think that version will be coming out in the near future (November?) and might be a better option for some of you.

Windows 10 and Your Privacy

Overall Windows 10 seems to have been well received by the public, with more than 100 million activations of Windows 10 reported by Microsoft. There are, however, some catches. Depending on how "tin foil hat" you are about these things, Windows 10 can potentially be a "Privacy Nightmare". Read that article about it (it's a long one) and make your own decision. There's nothing forcing you to go to Windows 10 just yet, but it's still probably a good idea. The privacy stuff can be kept under control by changing the settings properly.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.