Upgrading to win 10..precautions

finger88

Hey guys , posted about a month ago on this, and I,m gonna take the plunge on Monday.
I'm running win 7 now, and am going to upgrade to 10 (late bloomer)
I am a bit nervous about making the move, 4 months ago my ps4 died (a year of grinding down the tube) so I moved to PC.
I plan on backing up my "user" folder with my profile,which has the AppData folder, then re-downloading the game to win 10
Anything else I should be doing to be sure everything goes smooth.

Sylvermynx

Wow. It's been so long since I went to win 10.... I mean.... like an early adopter when it was first available for free. I don't remember that I had any issues at all.... that was on this current machine (so 5 years in May I think).

I would think that you should double check drivers for your gpu. Those are never up to date unless you grab them yourself. And if you have any unusual hardware (gamepad controller or something?) that would be another driver(s) to be careful with.

I run windows and the game on an SSD (500 GB) and am looking to buy a 1 TB one soon. Win 10 is so much faster and smoother than my 7 installs were, I'm just plain very happy with it. Though I do mitigate the "phone home" crap as much as possible. For that you'd probably want to check the forums at Tom's Hardware and tenforums.com

Oh, ETA: you really want to do a full backup of your entire machine before you change the OS out. That way, if something goes south big time, you can format the drive(s) and use the backup to get back to "normal before".

Katahdin

Ive been running ESO on 2 different computers running Windows 10 since windows 10 was a thing.

I have had zero problems related to Windows 10

Tandor

I made the upgrade on one machine a couple of weeks ago, and it all went very smoothly. I do, however, have two qualifications:-

First, if you have or previously had GWX Control Panel installed it needs to be set to allow W10 or the installation will fail, even if GWX CP has previously been uninstalled. If you uninstalled it without first allowing W10 then you will need to reinstall it and change the settings. If you don't know what GWX CP is then don't worry about it!

Second, there are some serious issues relating to the current update for W10, and you may want to wait for those to be resolved. A good reference point is here:-

https://www.askwoody.com/

Drivers will automatically be updated to suitable W10 ones. You won't need to reinstall ESO, it will run normally from the upgraded OS.

A useful guide to running the upgrade is found here:-

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/139745-upgrade-windows-10-windows-7-free.html

finger88

Thanx for the tips fellows. I am putting in a new 500 g ssd, and was planning to re-install the game on that.

JanTanhide

I've been running Win 10 since release with zero issues on a total of five computers. Three are gaming systems that all run ESO. No problems at all.

Going from Win 7 to Win 10 should be super simple for you. One thing I will highly suggest once you are completely done upgrading to Windows 10 is to remove all the Bloatware.

There is quite a bit of Bloatware installed by Windows 10. I use CCleaner (free) to uninstall all the Bloatware. Such as the card game, Skype, XBox stuff and a lot more. I also use Classic Shell so I have the old Windows look. I can't stand the Windows 10 icons and how it is displayed. Ugh.

You may also want to get Quick CPU to setup your rig for maximum gaming performance.

Good luck!

Sable751

Went from Windows 7 to 10 on two computers an age ago, surprised it's still running on 7.

I had zero problems, but one thing that did catch me out is that after you install Windows 10 don't expected it to have automatically installed allthe latest updates.

After installation go to settings and click on Updates and let whatever appears there install as well before you try running any apps.

SeaGtGruff

The way I'm reading your post, I take it that you aren't so much concerned about whether ESO runs trouble-free in Windows 10 as compared to Windows 7, but more about any possible issues that might arise due to the upgrade process itself.

I can't really say, because I was already running on Windows 10 long before I ever installed ESO. And it's true that sometimes there can be issues caused by doing an in-place upgrade as opposed to a clean install. But I would think that the worst case scenario would be that you need to do a clean install of Windows 10, requiring a complete download and reinstall of ESO. And as long as you set up the new installation with your existing ESO account name, I don't think you should run into any problems with getting everything set up again after the upgrade.

SeaGtGruff

By the way, I don't think you should have to back up your user folder for the game's benefit. The hard drive on my previous PC crashed, and I bought a brand new computer. I'm running ESO through Steam, and all I had to do was install Steam on my new PC, set it up with my existing user info, and then I was able to install all of my games and pick up from where I'd left off. But if you're using ZOS's launcher instead of Steam, I would think the situation would still be the same-- install the game, but just be sure to set it up with your existing account info. All of your game data should then download as needed-- and I'm not even sure how much game data (as opposed to account data) will be on your own PC, because I thought that all or most of it is kept on ZOS's servers, not on your PC.

shimm

Is anything stored locally but maybe graphics settings? There are zero issues upgrading to Windows 10 ... you don’t even need to do any prep, just download it.

finger88

Great...Thanx Guys

D0PAMINE

I don't have ESO issues with Win 10, just Windows issues with Win 10.

Gythral

One or 2 devices drivers were a a pain, but that was 5 years ago, and most have been fixed..

The major issue you will have is phone home, I am going to updade NOW (even if it is only download the junk while the PC is buzy), & you will have the store app you've never heard of and no-one has a use for!

Lots of searching for which setting to change to tame the beast

Palidon

I upgraded from win7 64bit to win10 two weeks ago. Did not do a clean install, used the keep all files, folders and programs option. Process ran very smooth. Did have to re-install some software drivers when it was done. You will know which ones when a device you have installed is not working. Just re-install its driver. An example was G510 gaming keyboard. Keyboard worked but my programed quick keys did not. Driver re-install fixed the problem. Other problem was with Firefox. Had to research on how to make it my default web browser thru win10. Another easy fix after I researched via the web. Also windows media player will no longer play CD's with win10. Changed that with win 8.1 don't know why. The program is there but you will have to get a third party video player. Plenty to choose from I use VLC to play by cd and dvd movies.

Forgot one last thing. Had to re-do all my GForce video card settings after win10 install they went back to default and my monitor screen was a little dark. Another easy fix. Must say my graphics are a lot more vivid with win10 than they were with win7. Also the ZOS launcher news feed that did not work with win7 after it's Feb 25th update worked again after installing win10.

I recommend to anyone still running win7 to move to win10. The longer you run win7 the more problems you are going to run into with new software, games and drivers as time goes on.

Tandor

Palidon wrote: »

I upgraded from win7 64bit to win10 two weeks ago. Did not do a clean install, used the keep all files, folders and programs option. Process ran very smooth. Did have to re-install some software drivers when it was done. You will know which ones when a device you have installed is not working. Just re-install its driver. An example was G510 gaming keyboard. Keyboard worked but my programed quick keys did not. Driver re-install fixed the problem. Other problem was with Firefox. Had to research on how to make it my default web browser thru win10. Another easy fix after I researched via the web. Also windows media player will no longer play CD's with win10. Changed that with win 8.1 don't know why. The program is there but you will have to get a third party video player. Plenty to choose from I use VLC to play by cd and dvd movies.

Forgot one last thing. Had to re-do all my GForce video card settings after win10 install they went back to default and my monitor screen was a little dark. Another easy fix. Must say my graphics are a lot more vivid with win10 than they were with win7. Also the ZOS launcher news feed that did not work with win7 after it's Feb 25th update worked again after installing win10.

I recommend to anyone still running win7 to move to win10. The longer you run win7 the more problems you are going to run into with new software, games and drivers as time goes on.

A couple of points re the bolded bits:-

First, I've read a lot that Windows Media Player doesn't work in Windows 10, but it does for me. I can play CDs just fine with it.

Second, that comment is fair as far as it goes, but let's not pretend that it's all plain sailing with Windows 10, that version has plenty of problems of its own and doubtless will continue to do so as time goes on!

Gythral

Windows Media player isnt the defaut, but can be changed to it & it not just plays but will rip CDs...
What it wont do is play Blurays... but thats a different kettle of (not our license so we aint paying) fish!

Sylvermynx

Gythral wrote: »

Windows Media player isnt the defaut, but can be changed to it & it not just plays but will rip CDs...
What it wont do is play Blurays... but thats a different kettle of (not our license so we aint paying) fish!

Beat me to it! I ripped over 400 cds to my computer this time last year - using WMP. Back when I first started using win 10 one of the guys on the tenforums site - I think it was - explained how to get WMP back as default.

oxygen_thief

i guess you can save whole game it should work without reinstalling

gatekeeper13

Windows 10 work perfectly for me and its the most stable Windows version I ve ever used.

Go for the upgrade.