Also, did one more registry fix to enable the System unattended sleep timeout protocol and get rid of the 2 minute screen blank if I don't type or move the mouse. YAY!
There are some (12) unrepairable registry problems, but they existed prior to upgrade...
Anyway, agree this computer should be fast and stable. All other things (besides Vegas) I do require very little of it (MusicBee, Firefox, eSword, Ooo)...that's pretty much all I do.
1. Why would one go into the registry to "fix" a screen timeout? Just right click the power icon (battery-looking thing), select "Power Options" and then change the default to whatever you want it to be. DO NOT mess with the registry, especially if you do not know what you are doing.
1a. I am not on my desktop now, so I cannot say if there is this icon in the notification area or not on a desktop PC. If not, then go into Control Panel and do it from there. NOT the "fake" windows 10 overlay on the control panel, but Right Click the Start button and select control panel from there.
2. Based on my experience with Win10, I can see that there is a lot of incorrect information in this thread. Oh well, I don't want to correct everything, but the important one involves the "edge browser". Why use that? IE is still on the computer -- and it DOES allow the add-ons.
3. at any rate, Win10 is a great OS now -- not so much so in the early days of it. After you take an image of your old computer -- there is no reason to upgrade.... go for a clean install instead. Benefits: 1) Small footprint, as your old OS is not still there. 2) Any mistakes (read crap from installed / uninstalled apps, self-induced registry changes, etc.) are no longer on the box, so you don't have to depend on the OS to work around them or worse -- account for them and give you issues with your installation.
4. all of the stuff that folks are worried about concerning the OS "phoning home" can be turned off.
5. you can get rid of the Password being needed at boot up, but to be honest that is not really smart. instead, just have one and then use the feature of a PIN code that will bypass you ever having to type in a password again at boot up or resume from sleep.
6. when installing Windows 10. You should manually check for updates after each time updates are installed after initial installation. Sounds dumb, but for some reason this OS does not scan for new drivers at the get-go. It tends to wait until a few reboots after you are already up and running. just reboot a few times, update, reboot, etc. Then your system will be perfectly up and running with no issues.
I could type out more, but there is a Martini calling my name now... (a REAL one, made with Gin and the threat of Vermouth)...