Windoes 10 Upgrade - Yes Or No, That Is The Question?

[ro2124]

Well since Microsoft has been bombarding me with reminders to upgrade to Windows 10 I am actually considering it.
But naturally I am always wary of anything to do with Micro-bloody-soft, probably having wasted a quarter of my life with crap Microsoft products which are always a problem,so I am dreading it really.

XP was reasonable but then I got 8.1 and the damn thing was nothing but hassle from the start. Those much hyped Tiles were a load of crap and never worked at all. Only thing I ever got was a blank screen when clicking on them.
Yep, usual Microsoft rubbish, can't even get the basics right. After days trying to fix the damn things I gave up in the end.
At least managed to get the damn thing working reasonably well by installing an add-on program, "Start Menu 8" which emulates previous Windows versions Start Menu.

The worry now is what will happen if I install Windows 10 over the flawed Windows 8.1.
Is it likely to screw up requiring a further quarter of my life to sort the bloody thing out.
Also would it be advisable to remove the add on start program before installing 10?

[ro2124]

@HansUrbanck
>With all the problems which lots of folk are experiencing with Windows 10, I am surprised that some ABers are quite happy with their 'up-date'.

?There is still plenty of time before Microsoft ceases availing people of a free >download. Consequently I am quite content to wait a further four or five >months before making any final decision on changing from Windows 7.
>Hans.
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Looking at all the comments, a lot of them do seem to been quite negative, so think you are probably right... Wait!
Might even stick with 8.1 although I hate it.... But it is reasonably stable, although experiencing more problems, like Windows Movie Maker won't start.
But can't face weeks of bloody 10 problems should they occur, so will play it safe. might even wait until a new laptop purchase in the future, when Windows 10 will be already installed and I won't have a choice then anyway.

[HansUrbancka]

Thanks for awarding me Best Answer.

You might now be interested in a thread I have running at present about Windows 10.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1467704.html

Cheers.......Hans.

[HansUrbancka]

Im am sorry for having given the wrong link. It's an age failing.

Try this one :-

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1467902.html

[Grandpappy]

I too hated those bloody tiles and such,so I installed 'Classic Shell', (a freebie) spent an hour configuring it to my liking and saved the settings. Now I'm running the equivalent of Windows Seven and wished I'd never taken up Bill's offer!