Microsoft Lies, I Shouldn't Be Surprised

[billroper]

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.

Comments

[whl.livejournal.com]

Microsoft's relationship with OpenGL has been rocky; once upon a time, SGI gave them carte blanche to do anything to it they wanted, and have it accepted into the standard. They fiddled with it for a year, and then went back to DirectX.

[hms42]

Have you tried using a windows 7/8/8.1 version of the driver to solve the problem or its a windows only driver?

Micro$not

[sam bassett (from livejournal.com)]

"As a responsible computer professional, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend any Microsoft software product for anything other than personal amusement."

Anonymous USENET poster, circa 1998.

They have been notorious for being incompatible with themselves since the days of Microsoft Basic

Re: Micro$not

[madfilkentist]

Even personal amusement isn't working very well in this case.

Re: Micro$not

[gorgeousgary]

ObFilk: "Will I have enough RAM today? To boot up, plug and play?" (h/t mysticfig)

[mdlbear]

So far our household has avoided both Windows 10 and Apple El Capitan. Hopefully we can keep it that way for a while.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

[Icon not for you!]
Bastards. (Repeat 1,000 times.)

[demoneyes.livejournal.com]

Win10 appeared to run on my machine ... but crashed every other time I powered it up.

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!