Please note I am not a computer geek and almost certainly will not be able to solve your problems if you have any, but I felt i should share my experience with you.
Finally bit the bullet yesterday and installed windows 10 Unlike the suggested 22 mins and 30 mins on line, my download took about 10 hours !
For those of you with higher speeds that 1- 1.5 meg it will obviously be a great deal quicker but all I can say is once you are on the way , expect to wait for a long time as windows does its own thing even though it looks like it is doing nothing it is doing something
An update to 10 also has to be loaded as well so check the check for updates button regularly
It works fine and Outlook and everything else works okay and I even managed to re install Firefox although Edge the new browser which 10 defaults to, is allegedly better. No comment .
I managed to disable to the 'automatic send my info to various companies option,' so they can pester me for evermore (this is a default,) by going into general settings and switching them all off and the only really irritating thing was the default language is set to US English but I changed it to UK English okay and to be fair resonably quickly.
So.... . so far looks okay and be patient. Yes it was free
Managed to change the date format to the sensible British version. See on line for a realtively but not intuitive fix , and for some odd reason as I had not posted a windows word icon on my desktop toolbar it simply did not let me access word to add documents at all.
I got around it by opening a document then right clicking and posting an shortcut icon but suggest you put an icon on your desktop toolbar before you change and then you avoid this grief as windows will copy across all that currently appears
Julian, thanks for warning that Windows 10 takes an enormous 10 hours to download here in the village. Some third world countries have faster speeds than this!
Well at least the general internet speed in the village will improve as more people move over to Win10 as the new DRM features ( Digital Rights Management) will quietly delete anything from the computer which <ahem> should not be there, meaning all the people who 'download what they should not' wont be able to in the first place - therefore more network capacity for the rest of us
Bet they didn't spot that in the terms and conditions of the 'FREE' update
We have Windows 10 and makes no difference to our broadband problem (why on earth would a simple operating system make any real difference?). The problem is that we are stuck halfway between the centres of Wymondham and Attleborough and nobody will invest as there is not enough profit in providing superfast broadband to our small community. The Government don't care because 95% is an acceptable level from which they can get votes. Local Government don't care either for the same reason. The profits the local council makes from housing developments in Spooner Row won't be ploughed back into the village either to provide better broadband for us because private companies are involved. Unless we get affordable Satellite broadband we are stuck. Third world countries have better broadband than us.
There is a suggestion we are going to get better WISP from out new District Councillor who promised a post on this shortly.
Windows 10 apparently also automatically makes some of your photos appear as a slide show on the Tile feature. Some respondents who have some 'artistic' pictures in their library have been shocked to discover this, or more importantly their other half has been shocked to discover this................... Divorce pending
1. Perhaps I was not clear enough . You are correct, the operating system will not affect the broadband speed directly.
Windows 10 has additional security functionality which restricts ones ability to consume content which they should not ( i.e. the download and/or consumption of illegal or copyright content ).
This type of content accounts for a large amount of the content which is consumed via broadband in general( this is no suggestion that it is all, but a large amount) This is a fact. I am sure plenty of people will now post that they do not do this and they only download lots of Youtube/iplayer and other totally legitimate content. I am sure you are absolutely correct, and are not intended to be caught in this comment, but many people will not be doing this and I am sure they will not reply here.
This means that general internet/broadband traffic will reduce as the rollout of new versions of this operating system proceeds, and therefore the speed available to everyone else will improve as load reduces.
Your speed is not only affected by the distance from the exchange, but also by how much traffic is being generated by others in the immediate area
2. You don't need satellite broadband, there is ThinkingWisp and ITSwisp available now which is not that expensive and available immediately. Others have suggested that this system works very well.
3. Congratulations to manage to shoehorn the building of new houses into a post about Windows 10. For someone who is obviously so opposed to change it is a surprise that you have already upgraded to the latest and greatest windows version
Thanks for informing me that I am correct. FYI, I am technically very competent with computers, am well aware of all the broadband issues and am very receptive of change having lived in various parts of the UK before settling in Spooner Row. Thanks also for reminding me of the available Wifi services, which I was also aware of, but I have heard of problems from those at work who use them.
I make no qualms about 'shoehorning' the issue of housing in relation to our lousy internet services in the village, because any increase in the numbers of internet users in the village will make our connection even slower. The effect of DRM in Windows 10 would be miniscule. Like all housing developments there will be no improvements in infrastructure and it will just be a few greedy developers making profit from building, then moving on. You seem to be in favour of housing developments in Spooner Row, I guess because you are one who stands to make money from them? How long have you lived in the village? I am all in favour of providing more housing for those who need it, but not in our village. I, and most others in the village, moved and invested in Spooner Row because we enjoy the rural character of the village with open views. We are 15 miles from Norwich, and Norfolk is a very large county with plenty of open space. The only reason why developers want top build next to existing houses is because the services are already provided so they maximise their profit. We do not want Spooner Row growing into a mini-Hethersett that eventually merges with Wymondham. If you would like to live in a densely populated area why not move to Wymondham, Attleborough or Norwich.
Fine, however it was you that suggested the only way to improve your internet service is to install affordable satellite broadband, I thought you were not aware of the alternatives which are already available to you, (is this a case of selective amnesia to make a point?).
It is generous of you to be in favor of housing for those who need it, just not near you, perhaps you should buy all the surrounding land and turn it into a shrine reflecting how Spooner Row life used to be, why not get a couple of shire horses while you are at it. I have lived here long enough, not decades, but I am sure you have been here longer. As to how I will personally financially benefit to the new planning submissions which are imminent you will have to watch this space, but all accounts information are in the public domain and available for download for £3, you just need to know where to look.
Change is coming, I am sure you wont like it, and you will just grumble into your pint and make yourself and those around you miserable, but you wont move, and it wont change anything. I wonder what you will say to the 'New people' when you see them in the pub? There is going to be a couple of hundred of them Will they be welcome at the fete? Do they need a special table at Quiz 'n' Chips?
Thank you to anonymous, the anonymous who assures us there will be a couple of hundred new houses in the village, and sarcastically tells the other anonymous to buy shire horses because he/she likes living in a rural village and made their home here, why should the person move because you say so. You have made it clear what you think of local people in your support of development. You must be proud of yourself.
I fully accept that their is a housing shortage we need to address this
If we attempt to do so without putting place a proper infrastructure there is no way , in my view, that this can be called sustainable and as such, is in clear breach of the National Planning Policy Framework NPPF
We have a Govt Dept which spends its entire life trying to get around the NPPF and giving sums of money without any control over where that money goes then that has to be wrong as the District Council , desperate for cash will, not surprisingly, engage with these 'work arounds'.
It is not a happy coincidence I am sure, that we have an administration at South Norfolk where considerable sympathy with those who want to make and acquire money, I include the Council, are given a sympathetic hearing , to say the least.
On this last point this has to be wrong, but as others around me have quite rightly said, what is the point of having planners and forward planners if what they do all day long, is simply overridden and overruled by central Govt on appeal or central Govt Policy applied at District level ? Assuming the Planners get it half right in the first place but that is another debate.
If we rely simply on private companies to provide our trains and our other vital services their motivation will be the bottom line on a profit and loss sheet, so poor public transport and broadband will be with us for a long time to come.
More houses means worse broadband - you seem to have ignored this point. You seem to think I am the only one who is grumbling, but you are quite wrong (the last reply agrees with me – thank you). If you live in the village and have any respect for your neighbours you would realise that most don't want more development. If you benefit financially from these developments you are clearly self-motivated by money and a bit sad. I will be interested in finding the accounts you mention online to see who benefits financially from any developments. Are you personally directly affected by the proposed developments and will you just make your money and clear off out the village? The Pub is for all and all this will do is create a divided community. I want change for the better, which is not what you propose. There are things that are far more valuable than money, but you do not have the maturity to appreciate this yet. The houses proposed are not affordable anyway and are just cheap rubbish at inflated prices - the only ones who benefit are the developers. As you suggest I move out of the village, instead, why don't you move out and leave us in peace to enjoy what we have. You clearly don't appreciate what you have and would clearly be happier elsewhere.
