A few days ago, my computer did a
big update known as the Windows 10 Creators Update. It was really
pushy, in fact, it woke my computer up from sleep mode just to remind
me to install the update. I tried to postpone it but it started
popping up a reminder like every 10 minutes even after I disabled the
reminder.
So finally I did the restart to enable
the update. It took a pretty long time and after the update, the
computer seemed to be running a little slow. This update made a lot
of changes to the computer. Things like task bar icons are changed,
settings are changed, new programs are added, and even basic
functionality such as scroll bars are changed.
Usually I don't like when these kinds
of changes are forced especially when we did not ask for them. It
just makes more work because we have to learn the new features and fix
everything that it changed without our permission.
For example, I have keyboard shortcuts
set up to control things like the volume on the computer. This update
made them not work so I had to reprogram the shortcuts again.
Default programs were changed also. For
example it switched my music player from Windows Media Player to
Groove Music which I don't like as much.
When going through settings in the main
windows, you will notice the scroll bar on the side now has an
auto-hide feature so you have to hover over it with the mouse to get
it to show up fully which I do not really like. So far I have not
found a way to change this back.
It changed the listed install date for
a lot of my programs. For some reason now many programs that were
installed months ago are now listed as being installed on the same
day as the Creators Update happened.
In the display settings there is a new
feature for night light which dims and changes the color of the
screen for lower lights settings. I do not plan on using this
feature. I did noticed however that because of this, now you have to
scroll down in the display settings if you want to switch between
single monitor and dual monitor. I have to do this often for work so
it is more of an inconvenience to have to scroll down every time now.
One improvement I found was the
addition of Paint 3D which seems to be an updated version of the old
MS Pain program. I played around with it a bit and it seems fairly
easy to use and has some nice features to create 3D objects.
After tweaking the settings and using
the computer for a few days, the speed seems to be about the same as
before. There are more new programs and changes that I have not
gotten into yet, so in case there are any big developments, I will
update the review here.
Have you done the Windows 10 Creators
Update? What do you think about it so far?
Update: Just as I was in the
middle of writing this article, it has given me a pop up to set up
Microsoft OneDrive which I do not want to do and already told it to
go away before. Looks like more annoyances that will have to be
fixed.
Update: Since the update, I noticed now that sometimes when my computer is in sleep mode, it will boot up and then shut down all the way by itself. I checked the power settings and nothing is changed, so it should not be shutting down the computer like this.
Update: I seem to have fixed the issue where it was booting up from sleep and shutting down by itself. Here is an overview of how this was fixed.
Update: Since the update, I noticed now that sometimes when my computer is in sleep mode, it will boot up and then shut down all the way by itself. I checked the power settings and nothing is changed, so it should not be shutting down the computer like this.
Update: I seem to have fixed the issue where it was booting up from sleep and shutting down by itself. Here is an overview of how this was fixed.
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