PalmBeach1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 I do believe I will wait to see how it goes for others before taking them up on the upgrade offer. Call me cynical. Same here. Don't feel like being an MS guinea pig. 7 runs beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I do believe I will wait to see how it goes for others before taking them up on the upgrade offer. Call me cynical. Same here. Don't feel like being an MS guinea pig. 7 runs beautifully. +1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garmil Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I had 8 and 10 has been a big improvement so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCPistolero Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Upgraded to Windows from 8.1 64-bit to 10 64-bit. Uneventful upgrade, operates flawlessly. They got ths one right. Edited October 19, 2015 by SCPistolero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 8 to 10 was an improvement and the upgrade went without a hitch. As others have said, not going to upgrade any of my windows 7 machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzw26n Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 8 to 10 and it went smooth! I was told Windows 10 is it, no further 'major' changes. It will be more like 10.1, 10,2, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoomy Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I took the free upgrade 2 weeks ago. Everything is working fine. Computer starts up faster and loads websites faster. Hated the 35 minute install of Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 My upgrade to 10 works fine but I still like Vista better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modoc Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Had my comp tech brother coach me through the upgrade. Seems to be fairly solid once I locked out a bunch of the bloat and observation ware. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpacker Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I got a new gaming-- I mean work-- laptop that had Windows 10. I liked it but things did break. The app store quit working completely, along with any apps installed (like the picture/image viewer). As far as the privacy, people have a right to be able to turn it off, but on Windows 10, you can't, not 100% anyway. It will always send data to MS; they claim it's updates... What bothered me was they finally added a decent search feature for Windows, then to find out that I can only use it if I want to send all my searches to MS. It's just a matter of principle that I wouldn't want them getting a data stream from me. I hung in there using it for about 3 weeks, but the hosed app store finally broke the deal. I went back to linux: http://linuxmint.com/ That said, I work with people that are using Windows 10 and have no issues at all. From what I saw, once the bugs get out, it will be a nice OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleTK Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 The big change is the support of tablets & Smartphones in Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hceuterpe Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 If you have 8/8.1, it's worth your while to upgrade. I'm sure that version was designed by a committe. One thing to keep in mind that Microsoft still hasn't changed the policy that this is a TIME limited update. You have a year to update from when it was released. It wouldn't hurt to upgrade even right before the deadline. You can still go back if you plan it properly and backup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) I was told at Mid West Data ( where I buy and have my computers repaired) to not update Eindows 7 to 10, So I didn't do it. Edited December 24, 2015 by Front Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobert1 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I went from Win7 to Win10 on a spare laptop. Did not do a clean install. Just an upgrade. All went well and for the last 3 months continues to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRichardson Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I just switched a laptop back to windows 7 form the free upgrade to 10. Liked windows 10 ok but explorer.exe kept on crashing. Microsoft tech help kept on insisting that a certain update would fix it but it didn't work on my computer. Swapped back yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Be aware that Microsoft is getting more agressive about upgrading Win7 computers. People have reported that after an automatic semi-monthly update they found their computers were in the process of upgrading to v10. I cannot confirm this from first hand experience but if you want to stay on 7 then it might be worth getting a look at this: http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Be aware that Microsoft is getting more agressive about upgrading Win7 computers. People have reported that after an automatic semi-monthly update they found their computers were in the process of upgrading to v10. I cannot confirm this from first hand experience but if you want to stay on 7 then it might be worth getting a look at this: http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html I downloaded this a couple of months ago, does what it says it will so far. Got tired of W10 icons popping up when I didn't ask for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Be aware that Microsoft is getting more agressive about upgrading Win7 computers. People have reported that after an automatic semi-monthly update they found their computers were in the process of upgrading to v10. I cannot confirm this from first hand experience but if you want to stay on 7 then it might be worth getting a look at this: http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html I downloaded this a couple of months ago, does what it says it will so far. Got tired of W10 icons popping up when I didn't ask for it. I feel the same way. My daughter got a new laptop for Christmas and it is a touch screen one and came with W10. She likes it just fine. I might upgrade on one of the home desktops and see how it goes before doing both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Be aware that Microsoft is getting more agressive about upgrading Win7 computers. People have reported that after an automatic semi-monthly update they found their computers were in the process of upgrading to v10. I cannot confirm this from first hand experience but if you want to stay on 7 then it might be worth getting a look at this: http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html I downloaded this a couple of months ago, does what it says it will so far. Got tired of W10 icons popping up when I didn't ask for it. Me too, seems to work fine. The "reminders" were getting more aggressive and I was worried that one day my wonderful win7 machine with win7 specific audio recording software (that is currently running perfectly) might suddenly become a win10 frustration vortex all on its lonesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark R Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Uninstall KB3035583 and the Win10 upgrade notice will not pop up anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Uninstall KB3035583 and the Win10 upgrade notice will not pop up anymore. It can reinstall when you do updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark R Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Uninstall KB3035583 and the Win10 upgrade notice will not pop up anymore. It can reinstall when you do updates. Didn't on my system...running Win 7 Pro, SP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Uninstall KB3035583 and the Win10 upgrade notice will not pop up anymore. It can reinstall when you do updates. Did on my W7 machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.willikers Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 My latest laptop came with 8. It worked ok, but was confusing as compared to 7, although installing the Classic Shell helped quite a bit. Upgrading to 10, still with the Classic Shell, smoothed things out considerably. Now, it acts and looks like 7. Not sure if anything was gained over 7 except maybe for those folks with tablets and smartphones. My eight year old desktop with Linux Ubuntu runs better. But there's no KIndle for PC for linux, and I read a lot of books via Kindle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoShot Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I am using McAfee antivirus on my home computer. Will switching to Windows 10 affect the antivirus program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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