I've spent today taming 8.1 to my minimalist requirements.

This'll be the 3rd or 4th time I done it in recent months,
and I think I'm getting the hang of where most important options & disable tick boxes are hidden....

.. almost feeling at home now with 8.1

[but my wish list hi power audio PC will still be installed with win 7 pro, just for the sake of informed stubborness...]

Anyway, I really did want to like Win 10 and expect to give it another try before too long...
Though the restriction on user control of updates is a big discomfort, verging on deal breaker for me.

It does seem less confused than a new factory fresh install of win 8.1...
just for some reason the installation was broken on my brand new budget price Lenovo PC ???