Windows 10 upgrade shenanigans

[NightTrain]

Well, if you do try it, don't use a Cockney accent. The 'British Cortana' sounds upperclass to me, so will likely not respond to 'mere commoners'. Try and sound posh ...

Nope.

I just asked it : "I say, old boy, care for a spot of tea?"

and it searched for : "I steal your purse party".

[Solo]

I strongly recommend no one ugrades to windows 10 for 11 months or the last minute before the year offering of free upgrade expires.

Once you upgrade you cannot go back to windows 7 which is one of the most stable Opsys. You couldnt even buy it to go back to it because MS has stopped selling Win 7 licenses.

Microsoft wants win7 DEAD and they are willing to give away millions of dollars in win 10 to do that. Think about it ? question is WHY.

The experts need time to rip through win 10 and pick it apart and then write reviews and recommendations. Give them time to do that.

You can do a simple search there is a little program that gets rid of the win 10 nag screen

[Max R.]

I strongly recommend no one ugrades to windows 10 for 11 months or the last minute before the year offering of free upgrade expires.

Once you upgrade you cannot go back to windows 7 which is one of the most stable Opsys. You couldnt even buy it to go back to it because MS has stopped selling Win 7 licenses.

Microsoft wants win7 DEAD and they are willing to give away millions of dollars in win 10 to do that. Think about it ? question is WHY.

The experts need time to rip through win 10 and pick it apart and then write reviews and recommendations. Give them time to do that.

You can do a simple search there is a little program that gets rid of the win 10 nag screen

Not a conspiracy theorist here, but I certainly am content to keep my Windows 7 and let everyone else work out the inevitable bugs and weaknesses of 10 before I, eventually, hop on board. We have until December 31st, so no rush.

This article is information about why Windows 10 isn't really free.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/29573...-in-costs.html

[NightTrain]

Not a conspiracy theorist here, but I certainly am content to keep my Windows 7 and let everyone else work out the inevitable bugs and weaknesses of 10 before I, eventually, hop on board. We have until December 31st, so no rush.

This article is information about why Windows 10 isn't really free.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/29573...-in-costs.html

I'm not really sure why this guy is saying it's not free, other than being a Mac fan.

If you have a copy of Win7 or Win8 as a personal user, it's completely free.

I'm using the Microsoft Office suite only because it came with my computer, and I won't be re-subscribing to it when it runs out in a year - Open Office is free and does the same thing. MS has always charged for that line of software, nothing has changed there.

[jimnyc]

I'm about 20% into upgrading our family computer up to 10 from Windows 7. This is a touchscreen HP computer all in one thing. Not the fastest computer but not half bad either. This will be a decent test for me to see how quickly I want to bring my own machine over. No real data to speak of on that computer to be lost, so if the fan gets hit with the bad stuff, no big deal!

[Balu]

I strongly recommend no one ugrades to windows 10 for 11 months or the last minute before the year offering of free upgrade expires. ...

Would you kindly substantiate plus ennumerate by points WHY?
I really want to know WHAT will differ in 11 months?
Hope those, who upgraded OS backed up the image of their sistem disk.
So, waiting with anticipation for your kind PROFESSIONAL explanations.

[jimnyc]

Would you kindly substantiate plus ennumerate by points WHY?
I really want to know WHAT will differ in 11 months?
Hope those, who upgraded OS backed up the image of their sistem disk.
So, waiting with anticipation for your kind PROFESSIONAL explanations.

Probably having various bugs worked out by then. But truth be told, if you install it now, you will get updates as you go along to fix any bugs. It's just that sometimes the bugs can be annoying to deal with.

[NightTrain]

I like it. Other than the small bug from Nvidia - and that wasn't Microsoft's fault - it's been completely problem free.

[jimnyc]

49% here...

[Balu]

Probably having various bugs worked out by then. But truth be told, if you install it now, you will get updates as you go along to fix any bugs. It's just that sometimes the bugs can be annoying to deal with.

I am sorry, Jim!
May be I am too old and do not understand smth in computers as my Grandchildren, but, initially I backed up an image of my Disk 'C', and only THEN I upgraded up to Win 10.
As to Win 10, I am not a prof in this sphere, I will much more comfortable.
The only drawback I am facing, I am not able to fly in FS9. Maybe you know where I can find a patch to solve this problem?

[NightTrain]

Balu - try running your program as administrator. That fixed the graphics crash for me in Win 10.

[Balu]

Balu - try running your program as administrator. That fixed the graphics crash for me in Win 10.

This is Greece for me.
Show how to do it by your fingers....
I am as anсeint as a mammoth shit.

[jimnyc]

I am sorry, Jim!
May be I am too old and do not understand smth in computers as my Grandchildren, but, initially I backed up an image of my Disk 'C', and only THEN I upgraded up to Win 10.
As to Win 10, I am not a prof in this sphere, I will much more comfortable.
The only drawback I am facing, I am not able to fly in FS9. Maybe you know where I can find a patch to solve this problem?

I will put it in easier language, as I feel just like you do!!

Do now, deal with more problems as you go along. Wait, and when you install you have less problems.

I don't know about the FS9, but learn to fly some helicopters in the meantime!!

[jimnyc]

MUCH to early to declare victory... but the entire upgrade, from end to end, was less than 2 hours. Almost every last minute was simply waiting time, nothing for me to do, completely hands off. Not a single error. Everything seems to be working.

NT - you've had it for awhile now. You? Errors since you've had it? Programs all transfer over and still working? How do your games function now?