These 5 Common Bad Things Might Happen When Upgrading to Windows 10

Upgrading your Windows to Windows 10 is commonly not running as smooth as installing fresh Windows 10. There are a number of bad things might be happened when upgrading to Windows 10, so you need to know how to fix them if one or some of these bad things happened. But, before you start to upgrade your old Windows OS to Windows 10, firstly make sure to back up the computer data. Here are 5 bad things that are commonly happened when you upgrade your Windows to Windows 10.

Battery Life Draining Fast

For every new version update of operating system, most likely there will be a battery life problem. But, it does not always happen not always. Windows 10 also got some complaints from its users who having a quickly laptop battery drain when they upgraded to Windows 10.

Indeed, some of the old drivers installed on Windows 10 are not yet fully fit, so it is not optimal in utilizing existing hardware. Therefore, you need to be regularly checking the Driver and Firmware for each of your hardware tools, so you should update it to the latest version. Besides that, the automatic update feature in Windows 10 cannot be turned off that causes your laptop battery power will be drained quickly.

Default Applications

One of certain things that really bothering is the Microsoft Windows 10 system will remove the option of default file associations. The problem comes let’s say when opening a picture; you can not directly open it by using other desired application, it will be opened in Windows default image viewer application.

The solution is you simply need change the system setting by going to System -> Default apps. Another way is right click on the file you want to open, select Open with, and select Choose another app. Tick the Always use this app option when you have selected the desired application.

You Cannot Run Certain Older Applications You on Windows 10

This is a common problem in upgrading a new version of Windows. Certainly there are some software programs that are not suitable to run on the newer versions of Windows due to various things. So you need to utilize the Compatibility mode that is already available since the coming of Windows XP, but it is more refined in Windows 10. It is easy, you simply need to right click on the desired application, select Properties and open the Compatibility tab. Select an older version of desired operating system. But, this method does not always work, but we need to try it.

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Touchpad problem in upgrading to Windows 10

Some laptop brands experienced compatibility problem between the touchpad and Windows 10. If should run smoothly, but a problem comes in the calibration that causes your touchpad movement is not in accordance with the cursor on the laptop. There’s nothing we can do except waiting for a patch from Windows and laptop manufacturers.

Reboot loop problem when upgrading to Windows 10

Here it is the most frequently problems in updating to Windows 10. Some users experience recurring unfinished reboot is not finished after the update. This highly disturbing problem fortunately can be resolved through a Windows user who posted the solution in Microsoft’s official forum.