Microsoft Lies, I Shouldn't Be Surprised
Jan. 30th, 2016 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So since Microsoft claimed that Windows 10 was compatible with the newer of the bedroom computers and the apps installed there, I figured I'd go ahead and run the upgrade from Windows 7. It looked like everything ran fine.
Right up until Katie tried to run Minecraft. Minecraft won't run, because the default driver that Microsoft installs for this old Intel chipset doesn't support OpenGL. There is no Intel driver for Windows 10 and the older drivers won't install.
So I figured I'd uninstall Windows 10 and revert back to Windows 7.
Except that option is missing.
I've tried telling it to go back to an older version via a different restore path, but the computer has been sitting there for hours now saying "Restarting".
Thanks, Microsoft, for making my little girl cry.
"Compatible". I do not think that word means what you think it does.
Rat bastards.
Right up until Katie tried to run Minecraft. Minecraft won't run, because the default driver that Microsoft installs for this old Intel chipset doesn't support OpenGL. There is no Intel driver for Windows 10 and the older drivers won't install.
So I figured I'd uninstall Windows 10 and revert back to Windows 7.
Except that option is missing.
I've tried telling it to go back to an older version via a different restore path, but the computer has been sitting there for hours now saying "Restarting".
Thanks, Microsoft, for making my little girl cry.
"Compatible". I do not think that word means what you think it does.
Rat bastards.
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Date: 2016-01-31 03:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-31 04:29 am (UTC)Micro$not
Date: 2016-01-31 06:22 am (UTC)Anonymous USENET poster, circa 1998.
They have been notorious for being incompatible with themselves since the days of Microsoft Basic
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Date: 2016-01-31 10:25 am (UTC)Re: Micro$not
Date: 2016-01-31 03:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-31 04:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-31 05:28 pm (UTC)Bastards. (Repeat 1,000 times.)
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Date: 2016-01-31 08:29 pm (UTC)Fortunately mine *did* give me the option to return to Win7 - it even worked. And there I'm staying, at least on this machine.
You (and Katie) have my sympathies!