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Friday, October 30, 2015

What to do after you upgrade to Win 10?

I finally did it. I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 on my laptop.

It took two tries. The first did not work. But, Windows told me the installation was bad and restored my old Windows 8.1 without any problems. 

And, when I tried the second time, it worked just fine.

Then, I spent about an hour fiddling around to make Windows 10 more secure and "locked down" for me. Of course, not everyone wants or needs to fiddle. 

Here's what I did:

http://www.windowscentral.com/four-things-after-installing-windows-10

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2957205/microsoft-subnet/tweaks-to-windows-10-settings-for-privacy.html

http://bgr.com/2015/08/05/windows-10-godmode-tips-tricks/


I still like the Start Menu options in Windows 7 better than those offered in Windows 10, so I installed the free program called Classic Shell.    Alternatively, you could tweak your Start menu using some ideas listed here.

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