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Sounds like your PC vendor installed a whole bunch of crap. I put W10 on a fresh PC just a couple of months back and it was a painless process. It was a W10 Pro

Sounds like your PC vendor installed a whole bunch of crap. I put W10 on a fresh PC just a couple of months back and it was a painless process. It was a W10 Pro ISO from Microsoft.

TYPE_FASTER 5y ago
This is the way. The last time I looked at Windows computers at Best Buy a year ago, anything mid-level and below was almost unusable because McAfee was using all the CPU. I bought a Windows laptop (wanted to game with a modern-ish GPU). Step 1 was uninstall McAfee, and turn on Windows Defender for some modicum of protection. There are error popups for software I haven't installed when it boots. My parents have a new Windows computer which was showing popups advertising an extended warranty when I visited this weekend. A fresh install of Win10 from the Microsoft ISO is very different from the typical factory configuration found on new hardware.
slownews45 5y ago
I deploy windows 10 pro. Loaded down with crap. What businesses want Xbox companion and xbox game bar running on all their work computers - seriously -> if you are on Microsoft search for xbox on your work computer. Does Candy Crush Saga still come on the business pro ISO installs? That used to make the office laugh - who is paying $200/machine to get candy crush saga pre-installed. In fact, the trick was they also had a separate app called app updater that would reload these things even if you uninstalled Candy Crush. Too funny! The only way to get candy crush to go away was to uninstall it, then uninstall app updater - though people didn't date do that biz side because they didn't know what else app updater supported. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/candy-crush-saga-keeps-reinstalling/2d8a797e-fd1b-4df5-8668-0fb4b8fde743 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/candy-...
- mattferderer 5y ago
  Every business should enable & demo Xbox Game bar. The video capture is awesome for helping debug things. Just record what's happening & send it over with your Help Desk ticket. It's free, easy to use & comes with Windows. Microsoft could & should also just load that as a stand alone tool like the snipping tool. But they haven't, so I encourage Xbox Game bar.
  - baud147258 5y ago
    yeah, the xbox game bar was useful to do some video capture as a one-off.
- passivate 5y ago
  I don't have the same experience as you, sorry I am not sure why you're facing so many issues with an OS install. What does your IT department say? Any troubleshooting steps?
- zokier 5y ago
  Installed W10 Pro last summer, no candy crush in sight, no tricks done.
- throaway46546 5y ago
  LTSC
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hmrr 5y ago
I did the same. I disagree. It required two rounds of reboots even though it was the latest iso and the Ethernet didn’t work (i219). Then whenever the thing goes to sleep all the windows move to the top left of the screen when it wakes up.
- passivate 5y ago
  Sorry to hear you're facing issues with the install! I simply presented my own experience, I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong, so I am not sure what you're disagreeing with!
  - hmrr 5y ago
    Just that it represents a roll of the dice and hardware configuration.

Sounds like your PC vendor installed a whole bunch of crap. I put W10 on a fresh PC just a couple of months back and it was a painless process. It was a W10 Pro ISO from Microsoft.

TYPE_FASTER 5y ago

This is the way. The last time I looked at Windows computers at Best Buy a year ago, anything mid-level and below was almost unusable because McAfee was using all the CPU. I bought a Windows laptop (wanted to game with a modern-ish GPU). Step 1 was uninstall McAfee, and turn on Windows Defender for some modicum of protection. There are error popups for software I haven't installed when it boots. My parents have a new Windows computer which was showing popups advertising an extended warranty when I visited this weekend. A fresh install of Win10 from the Microsoft ISO is very different from the typical factory configuration found on new hardware.

slownews45 5y ago

I deploy windows 10 pro. Loaded down with crap. What businesses want Xbox companion and xbox game bar running on all their work computers - seriously -> if you are on Microsoft search for xbox on your work computer. Does Candy Crush Saga still come on the business pro ISO installs? That used to make the office laugh - who is paying $200/machine to get candy crush saga pre-installed. In fact, the trick was they also had a separate app called app updater that would reload these things even if you uninstalled Candy Crush. Too funny! The only way to get candy crush to go away was to uninstall it, then uninstall app updater - though people didn't date do that biz side because they didn't know what else app updater supported. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/candy-crush-saga-keeps-reinstalling/2d8a797e-fd1b-4df5-8668-0fb4b8fde743 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/candy-...

mattferderer 5y ago
Every business should enable & demo Xbox Game bar. The video capture is awesome for helping debug things. Just record what's happening & send it over with your Help Desk ticket. It's free, easy to use & comes with Windows. Microsoft could & should also just load that as a stand alone tool like the snipping tool. But they haven't, so I encourage Xbox Game bar.
- baud147258 5y ago
  yeah, the xbox game bar was useful to do some video capture as a one-off.
passivate 5y ago
I don't have the same experience as you, sorry I am not sure why you're facing so many issues with an OS install. What does your IT department say? Any troubleshooting steps?
zokier 5y ago
Installed W10 Pro last summer, no candy crush in sight, no tricks done.
throaway46546 5y ago
LTSC

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hmrr 5y ago

I did the same. I disagree. It required two rounds of reboots even though it was the latest iso and the Ethernet didn’t work (i219). Then whenever the thing goes to sleep all the windows move to the top left of the screen when it wakes up.

passivate 5y ago
Sorry to hear you're facing issues with the install! I simply presented my own experience, I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong, so I am not sure what you're disagreeing with!
- hmrr 5y ago
  Just that it represents a roll of the dice and hardware configuration.