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Puran isn't for Win10 as of yet, the installer is only recommended for XP - Vista - Win7 - Win8. That doesn't matter. It works perfectly on Win 10. No program has to say Windows 10, or any other version, for it to work just fine.
That is true start8 works perfectly well on my windows 10...
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After using Comodo for a few years, I grew increasingly annoyed by the HIPS functionality and now won’t go anywhere near anything similar. I won’t use any of the other annoying things like NoScript or WinPatrol either. The Windows Firewall and a good AV are enough. The free AV’s out there are all pretty good. Even the improved Defender in Win 10 would suffice for many people.

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No, but Puran has an optimizer called PIOZR that does the same thing only much faster. I tried that xboot thing and after the 6 reboots and an interminable wait after the second one, there is no improvement in boot time over what I got by cleaning the registry and doing a boot time defrag with Puran. I’ll just keep using that.

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Except that the Windows defrag tool is painfully slow as it always has been. I have used third party defrag programs since Win 98SE and will continue to do so. Puran is simply better. It is also made by the well respected Windows guru, Vishal Gupta. That should be a recommendation right there.

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Well just goes to show you, it’s all system specific
Because I’ve used both since installing W 8 a long time ago and then W 8.1 and now W10 and I find absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between Puran and Windows Defrag as far as “end results”

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I will second that. Windows is painfully slow. But who better to create tools, then the creator(s) themselves?

I don’t care who it’s created by. I’d rather stick with Items I know work. Windows Defrag made things at least bearable. After hanging on Puran, and a restart, well, feces hit the fan.

Granted, Both hung. But the Windows one didn’t boot my system.

Just as a side note. Not dissing Vishal Gupta or anything. However, it is worth noting, Alberta Einstein was a “science Guru” and watched as his own invention blow Hiroshima up.

The Nuke was better then TNT, does it mean we should use it. No.

And yes, I do know this is an extreme example. However, it proves my point. Inventions gone bad, and misused. Until Vishal says it’s good for Windows 10, it should not be used.

No Flame war intended.

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For some software it definitely does matter.
Case in point; Private Firewall worked great in XP, Vista, Win7 and Win8.1 but won’t work with Win10.

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Sorry but that’s a ridiculous analogy and stance. Maybe I shouldn’t use Office 2007, PowerDVD, my printer drivers dated from 2010 that work perfectly, my games like World of Warcraft and all the ones in my Steam account, or the myriads of other things that don’t say yet that they support Win 10 but work perfectly fine? Maybe we should have uninstalled everything that didn’t say it was ready for 10 before doing the upgrade? I don’t think so. You should try things and if they don’t work, fine. If they do, don’t worry about any “recommendations” on a download page. Almost everything that worked in 8.1 will work in 10. I have only had one exception and that is the motherboard utility from Gigabyte that I was using to control fan speeds.

As another example, the xboot tool recommended by Essexboy is obtained from a page that is labeled as being for Windows 8. Should people avoid that as well?

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This does work but is very slow. One correction though. The Command Prompt is not found in Accessories but rather in the Windows System folder.

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There is a much easier way to reach the elevated command prompt and it’s been that way since Windows 8.
Right click here (or use the Windows & X key)

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1438475892754-38059.png

And select it:

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1438475981601-71806.png

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Good one Bob Win X for the win.

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Until they say it’s specifically compatible in Win10 there is no way in the world I would recommend Puran, it’s fine for older systems but it is a huge risk to use on 10.

The inbuilt Windows defrag works very well and is simply the best tool to use at this stage, I also have ssd’s which win defrag can trim in a matter of seconds.

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Right click the Windows icon in taskbar…Command Prompt is right there in the list for quick access :slight_smile:

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Not if you have the button replaced by Classic Shell. Then you have to use Win+X

615

What’s the point of Classic Shell now that a proper start menu is included in 10?

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I think that’s what this explained. :slight_smile:

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I hid the win 10 update on my win 7 computer so I’m wondering if I restart the computer it will automatically install win 10?

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It installs when you give it permission to install.

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I wouldn’t call it “proper”. It’s still not good enough for me.

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I still use Classic Shell as for me, the new W10 menu (while better) still doesn’t show me the love.
I like the original older menu options better. :slight_smile: