9/6/15 4:01 PM

Some of you may remember my problems with slowing connection speeds (speed cut in half roughly every hour, didn't happen in Safe Mode, reinstalling Win7 did not help). My conclusion was that there was something wrong with the "network card" in my laptop and at the ripe old age of 5.5 years I figured it was just time for a new computer. The plan was to wait 3 months after Win10 came out so they would have time to work out some of the bugs.

My son-in-law decided to take the free Win10 upgrade and was saying he liked the new OS, so I took the plunge. Guess what - no more speed slowdowns. How in the world could this problem be solved by installing Win10? Also worth noting, my external hard drive was showing "no room for backups" (mystery files that you cannot see under any circumstances taking up hundreds of Gb). Now with Win10 it shows 1/3 free.

What the heck is going on?

9/6/15 8:20 PM

...you're welcome...

9/6/15 8:48 PM

My not-very-educated guess is that there was a lot of malware crap running under the old OS, and it got wiped with the new installation. I wasn't having your serious problems, but I think my machine is running a little faster after the upgrade from 8 to 10, and I think that's the reason.

9/7/15 7:42 AM

...corrupt driver, dll, or config file affecting your network device. really hard to say.

9/7/15 3:38 PM

Because winblows

9/7/15 4:04 PM

Well, I suspect that issue could have bee diddled out prior to the update. How much time to pin it down by someone at Coapman$ level would have had to spend messing with transport layer setting [or registry hacks even] maybe coulda funded a new bike....

;)

9/7/15 4:31 PM

So the question is: why didn't a reinstall of Win7 solve any problems? I run regular malware scans (Malwarebytes) and they find nothing. Likewise virus scans. Would the argument be that since the new OS is "different enough" that the crap and malware can't attack it?

I did take it to a computer repair shop and they looked at it to give me a repair estimate - they said they wouldn't touch it because it could easily be a black hole for tech time and the laptop wasn't worth it.

I was going to buy a new computer next month, but now I'm wondering if that's necessary.

Separate topic - there appears to be no utility to create a system image in Win10. They tell you to use the Win7 utility and that gives me error messages (files not found). Any suggestions?

9/7/15 5:13 PM

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How much time to pin it down by someone at Coapman$ level

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9/7/15 6:58 PM

I let TimeMachine handle my Mac backups and it has been a great program. I don't use hot swappable RAIDs but my simple USB set up has been fine for home use.

My desktop iMac does hourly backups that are transparent to you as you work. My MBA I just plug in on Sunday evening or anytime I have done tons of work on it during the day.

I agree with Rob, I don't want to try and fix shit, if it gets screwed up, just wipe and rewrite the OS.

9/8/15 4:17 AM

I'm on board with the reset, but.

Any slam dunk speedy methods to reinstall applications and especially patches, for the OS and the applications? That is the most tedious part for me. At this point the process is to check the progress every once in a while and hope it's done before bedtime.

Fixing published software is a trap we make for ourselves.

9/8/15 2:16 PM

Well then I don't understand why the fresh install of Windows 7 did not fix the problem, but a fresh install of Windows 10 did.

9/8/15 2:31 PM

did the 'fresh' install include formatting the drive? Or did it just do an in place file over.
I don;t want to say in place upgrade because you are going back and have to do all the updates over if in fact it was a 'fresh' install.

I spent days doing all the updates after a partition restore pushing the Lenovo 'recovery button' after my mirrors got wasted on a Win8 3 year old note.

9/8/15 2:39 PM

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If you can't fix it relatively quickly, wipe and reload dat sumbitch.

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I don't understand why the fresh install of Windows 7 did not fix the problem, but a fresh install of Windows 10 did.

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9/8/15 2:49 PM

Me, I'd make sure a partition recreation was involved.

9/8/15 3:34 PM

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-create-windows-10-system-image-backup-restore-it-1513321

9/8/15 4:35 PM

That link shows you how to use the Win7 Backup and Restore utility to create a system image. So it is the same as Win7. I was hoping that Win10 would offer a better functionality.

9/8/15 5:21 PM

And you would think that even if it's the same bloody backup utilities used in Win 7, they would have the presence of mind to re-label it as "Windows 10 Backup Utility", or something equally clever.