OK so I b0rked my W7 install and tried W10.
Seems to work OK on my X58 board. Spying and prompting and returning settings I have overridden is happening as advertised.
Quite frankly it’s usable, but sets a dangerous precedent.
Microsoft really doesn’t give a tiny hint of a shit about users any more, we’re in for a rougher ride than ever in that respect.
I cannot be arsed to benchmark it. Seems the same, and certainly makes no difference to CPU bound tasks. Under the hood, it’s a rotten cludge in some respects, especially the control panel. Looks like a joke. When Mint XFCE looks more finished than Windows, we’re through the looking glass.
@BA – No, but as is the wont of Microsoft at the moment, you’ll be bullied to set one up in several ways. FFS it tried to force that on me when I set up the user accounts, and again when I added another.