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Well, the MacBook has lessened the Crap Factor a little. Yup, the Apple MacBook running Windows 10 insider preview under Boot Camp updated to 15048 with no issues. This post is using 15048 on the MacBook using the Cliqz browser that has the Ghostery extention installed. Windows mail works. Malwarebytes works. Even Microsoft Store works. The Dell laptop got the Missing WIFI issue with 15048, too. The Dell laptop recovered back to 15025 where the WIFI connection magically appeared. Both computers use the same internet connection. I'm beginning to wonder what Windows software was inserted to blacklist the Dell laptop???? Or does the MacBook have a blacklist override built in???? This is a great learning feature for the insider program.

Win 10 is back to the Worst Crap Ever on the Dell laptop. Runs OK on 15025. Fails on 15031, 15042, 15046 and 15048 but does restore to 15025 OK. The Windows Update works using the WIFI Internet connection for those failed versions. However, the new version magically loses the WIFI that was just used to update W10, no Internet connection. The Ethernet connection fails the same way. Many tries to fix this with no solution.

Some good crap!? Windows 10 Pro insider preview, 15042, Windows Updated error free, no issues! Just to doubled check this situation, installed the Cliqz browser with Ghostery extention. It just worked. (Oh-oh, didn't I say that about Apple software?) On the other hand, after two years, it's about time. Yes, some other apps that were checked worked as well. The procedure above got the Control Panel, too.

However, from another forum entry, "hit the win logo key and type Control Panel and hit the Enter Key" brought up the Control Panel window. Then the additional suggestion is, "If you want it to have easy access you can just click its icon in the Taskbar while it is running and Pin to taskbar.:)" (That's a right on the icon) Obvious is explained.

Under 15031, Win+x did not bring up a Control Panel link. It brought up the same menu that a right-click on the Start Menu icon does. Tried this using a USB Dell windows keyboard using Win+x which brought up the right-click Start Menu, no Control Panel link. Win+X just produced a chime sound. The Apple keyboard using the Apple+x produced the same result as the Win+x key stroke as well as the chime sound with Apple+X. In both cases, no link to Control Panel. A link to Control Panel may be there somewhere but it is not obvious to this insider.

A new sort of crap: Hard to believe but 15031 is still running reasonable stable. Apps I've used actually work. The Control Panel is gone, folded into Settings. I wonder if this is the calm before the storm? Still running with Microsoft Basic Display Driver.

The point was, "What does Windows 10 have to do with Love?" Nothing! Therefore, no posts were listed for the month of February, so Love must have kept the forum topic blank! That was the deeper impression.

February must be the month of Love. That's the best Deeper Impression that comes to mind.

Windows Update for Windows 10 insists on installing a particular Display driver that causes White text boxes. Forcing Microsoft Basic Display Driver back removes the fault of White text boxes. IMHO it's W10 programmers now rather than those programmers of Windows 7 Pro vintage who are turning out new and different code. Obviously the new programmers are not getting the feedback from users about the driver issues. It appears that one is supposed to buy a new W10 computer for the new software to work correctly. Good luck on that point.

The cloned 1TB SSD worked great on the Dell Latitude E5410 i5 quad. Won't have to buy a new PC now. The Windows 7 Pro is acting like its MacBook 1TB SSD table mate, it just works. Recovered from the black screen face-slap on the Boot Camp Win 10 insider Preview system. Did a Boot Camp wipe out of the Win 10 test partition. Rebuilt Boot Camp: Vista to Win 7 and then used the 15025 iso to get back to Win 10. Insider Fast Track Win 10 15025 Updated to 15031 with only the White text Box issue. Microsoft Basic Display Driver fixes that for this test system. The Clean Build seems to have stabilized the MS software. Interesting point is that I had to Quit Malwarebytes before I could run Windows Defender. Whatever works. 15,031 new brains cells were grown in this mental exercise. Just a little less crap today.

Just ordered a 1TB SSD for the Dell Latitude laptop running Windows 7 Pro. Probably nothing to do with Windows 10 except Win 7 is stable and Win 10 isn't. The Insider feedback questionnaire asked if I was going to buy a new Win 10 PC or suggest such a purchase to other people. Easy answer, "No." However, the 2TB SSD MacBook Pro is calling. The current Win 10 Insider nudge was the Black Screen on Startup after the last Windows Update 15025. Black Screen is worse crap than White Text Boxes. The Black Screen required an iso clean boot to recover. Just when I was thinking about saying something nice about Win 10. Black Screen face-slap brought me back to reality. The Apple iMac just keeps working. Go figure.

You are correct. The Setting Selection was "System". After going to System, the Page displayed "Home."

Are there any truly Holgraphic interfaces around yet? A 3 dimensional image with input, output and communication capabilities? Intelligence, artificial or otherwise, would be nice, too. In another life it was there or was that just Star Ship Enterprise? High expectations? Maybe not when comparing an iPhone 7 Plus to the GE 400 mainframe computer of 1969 or the IBM 7090 mainframe of the same vintage.

Replying from my iMac. Microsoft has several levels of information that identifies a particular release. The following is just my simple understanding of their process. My insider Windows 10 test system is a 10 year old MacBook and Windows 10 runs under Boot Camp Apple software. Edition: Windows 10 Home Insider Preview Version: 1607 (The 16 means year 2016 and the 07 means month 7 of 2016) OS Build: 15007.1000 (The 15007 is referred to as a rs_prerelease just to identify which prerelease Evaluation Copy has been placed into the Insider testing stream) This information is provided by the "About" in the Windows 10 Setting of Home. Hope this explains the numbers. I've chosen to receive Windows Updates under the Fast Track Insider Preview program. I just do it for fun because Windows 10 seems to run better on the MacBook with an SSD that on the PC laptop with an HDD.

The Windows 10 insider 15007 has a new Setting parameter, "Holographic." Is this a new age of technology or have I just missed "Holographic" technology? This one seems to be VR related.

A new year, a new flavor of Windows 10 insider release software. Went from 14986 directly to 15007. Installed OK but had the White Text Box software problem which forcing Microsoft Basic Display Driver usage corrected. There are several new features, enhancements and re-arrangements of parameter controls with 15007. Just takes a little hunting to find the new locations of controls. Happy New Year Version is still 1607.

It is surprising that MS has provided a reasonable crap blocker for W10 insider releases with its Microsoft Basic Display Driver. The 14986 Cumulative Update installed with no problems with MS Basic Display driver that replaced the normal driver installed during the standard insider release update. Happy New Year

Another thank you to finish out this year. The Dell laptop now has VMware Player installed under Host Windows 7 Pro and has guest LinuxMint 18.1 installed and running.

Your story inspired a software addition to the 10 year old MacBook. It now has VMware Fusion installed. Under Fusion is now 64 bit Windows 7. The amazing part to me was the import of the Boot Camp Windows 10 fast track insider software partition into Fusion as well. And the W10 works OK with the MS Basic Display Driver!? Learning something new now. Thanks to you and your son.

So far, a fine Holiday season. No fast track insider update under the tree! Just two weeks to the New Year. However, won't hold my breath.

You make a very good point about repairability of new computers. This point is why I suggest that an end user buys the maximum time of warranty available from a vendor. That way a motherboard problem is fixed with a replacement no matter what component failed. Also, max out the amount of memory or SSD available with the product. By having the SSD on the motherboard, the FSB speed is over 2 GHz now. History is repeating itself as when the 100 circuit board mainframe was reduced to a single CPU chip. The current motherboard with its chipset will probably be reduced to a single IC with no physical ports, all wireless peripherals. Almost sounds like an iPhone. I agree with your cost premise which makes the situation of when to buy in to a product a prudent decision. It is hard to beat "free" when a decision is made.

The USB-C to USB adapter provides current devices with access. However, when you start to use devices that have USB-C ports then you are already prepared. You don't have to spend more money. Much cheaper to buy into the future. It's the old "pay me now or pay me later" advice. Sometimes cheaper is good and sometimes it isn't. You're choice.

Well, another insider had the same 14986 problems as mine which also included BSOD issues. He applied the MS Basic Display Driver solution and found that the white text box and the BSOD issues were gone. So I did the same and had the same fixed result, white text box gone and no BSOD. Wondering if there is a crap software file used to generate some of the new releases? Why else would the same problems keep popping up?

"Surface" with equivalent hardware as "MacBook" has an equivalent price. Enough Surface PCs have had the disastrous update problems of Windows 10 that disabled the computer. This from users that came to me to wonder if I knew how to fix Windows 10 in that condition when the company that sold the computer or MS couldn't fix it. That is an interesting challenge.

Well, the option is the MacBook Pro and in addition to the stable Apple OS X software just install your Windows 10 as well so when the update cripples W10 just switch back to the Apple OS X. After enough Windows 10 crashes you'll just delete W10 from the computer. A great holiday solution. You could even DL a hotfix from the Apple side to fix the W10 side. Sweet!