Windows 10 compatibility thread

[Christoffer Glans]

Now that Windows 10 is out it would be good to list what NLE's, post production software and plug-ins that work with it. If someone tried or knows if something is compatible, please enter it here.
Would be good if we could sum up such a list.

UPDATES

- Premiere Pro CC 2015 with update 9.0.1 works just as well as on Windows 8.1. But update the graphics drivers. (Keep posting bugs that occur)

 

[Ryan Sauve]

Thanks for starting this thread Christoffer. Was hoping there'd be discussion on this here.

 

[Subhadip Sen]

The latest 9.0.1 update of Premiere Pro CC 2015 seems to work just as well as Windows 8.1. Do get the Windows 10 GPU drivers. Of course, it would be wise to hold off for a couple of weeks on a production machine, this OS is coming in hot and will need a few bug fixes.

 

[PatrickFaith]

1:30 AM and due to a recycle for windows 8 - is stopping my autodesk network licenses server(thus my entire nitely production runs). On support calls to EU, I can't even contemplate windows 10 with it's auto patching & required patch processes.

[some security patch reset some settings, ton of these license servers don't work on ipv6 and are very touchy beasts, I so hate windows right now ... at least i can sleep]

 

[Stacey Spears]

I installed Windows 10 on my HP laptop yesterday. Here are the things I have done to make it work better for ME.

1. Installed Start10 from Stardock. The new start menu has the same flaw (my opinion) as the start screen in that the all programs view is just a long list of stuff. I prefer the Windows 7 style of organization where you have folders. I used Start8 on Windows 8. Best $5 I have ever spent.
2. Replaced the ugly Windows 10 calculator with the one from Windows 8.1. http://winaero.com/blog/get-calculator-from-windows-8-and-windows-7-in-windows-10/
3. Switched from Edge browser back to IE. I did not like edge for many reasons, biggest being the location of the favorites bar. I like it on the left.
4. Switched default media player from being the new movies and tv app back to Windows Media Player. I like when I double click the video window that it goes full screen. Does not do that in the default media app. I also like to loop clips for testing. Could not figure out how to loop the new media app. I am no fan of WMP mind you.
5. Turned off the auto font scaling. Its no better than Windows 8. On a 4k display, I like to have 4k worth of real estate.
6. Changed the color of the taskbar along the bottom so it stands out from the background. I use a black background vs. an image, so this is why I changed it.
7. Its a bit sluggish when apps launch now. Very small, but noticeable, change for me.
8. Turned off the search box on the taskbar. It was HUGE, taking up valuable space. Fist I changed it to only search local machine and not the web and then I turned off all together. You can have the box, make it an icon or turn it off.

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that I can now resize a cmd window (Something OSX has been able to do) like any other window and ctrl+v to paste text into it. As a developer I use the cmd window a lot. Same for the calc app, which is why I went back to the old calc. The new calc is FUGLY and when you send feedback, you can see all of the other feedback that has been sent on people disliking the new calc. Funny such small app has gotten so much negative feedback.

this OS is coming in hot and will need a few bug fixes.

Be warned that data is sent back to MS all the time now. Since they eliminated the entire test organization, they are using telemetry to track user issues and behavior. What is left of the test org is now called data scientists. One of my friends just left and went to Pixar to work on renderman. He kept trying to file bugs on glaring issues and kept getting slapped on the wrist for testing. Windows 10 is not really finished, they just launched so they can start collecting data to start fixing issues. The telemetry will help them 1. find issues and 2. fix the ones that are most important first. I think telemetry is a good thing, but they should have kept a test org and do both.

10-bit desktop support is a work in progress as I was told by some friends on the graphics team. Xbox One will get it first this year for Netflix UHD. You will need a new revision of the console that should come out this holiday season. The new console has HDCP 2.2. It is doing HEVC decoding in software. Next holiday season (2016) another revision will come that adds a new ROM drive for UHD Blu-ray and a HW HEVC decoder for UHD Blu-ray. This may be a new SKU and cost more than the standard console. What comes out this year is not a new SKU, just a cost reduced console that will be slipstreamed into the market. They cost reduce every year. I worked on both 360 and XBone so this is how I know.

The new modern UI is flat and ugly. I keep grabbing the wrong part of the title bar on an app to move it. The colors are the same, so its hard to distinguish. Small nitpick, I know.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

There's been a lot of international press about microsoft gathering data on people, I'm waiting for the storm to settle and tutorials to come out that optimize Windows 10 for professional work. Please keep it coming, I'm updating the first post with all tested software.

 

[Stacey Spears]

We called the data gathering, telemetry. The goal is/was to identify the major issues customers are hitting so the dev team can be refocused on fixing those issues first. It was not to track people, there was a lot of focus on privacy.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

We called the data gathering, telemetry. The goal is/was to identify the major issues customers are hitting so the dev team can be refocused on fixing those issues first. It was not to track people, there was a lot of focus on privacy.

It should be clearly stated in the terms of use that Microsoft forbids other organizations to use the data they use for this. It should be clearly stated that Microsoft do not collaborate with authorities like NSA or other forces and that the data they collect is never used for anything else.
As long as they don't have that term of use, the customers are in no position to be safe about the usage of data.

The primary thing that a big data society needs is to focus the different storage facilities to secure that the data isn't controlled by government agencies, authorities or companies other than for the improvement of the software it's connected to. This kind of terms of use isn't about conspiratory ideas about what Microsoft do, it's that Microsoft software connects to so many computers that the risk is very high if the customers aren't in a place where they have clear legal rights for the protection of their data. If microsoft would risk an extreme civil lawsuit it would force them to never collaborate with other authorities. Privacy is the single biggest important part of big data.