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12th February 2018, 14:27 | #11 |
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As long as your firewall and AV stay up to date, you're set to go.
Sure, there are exploits but usually MS do write patches like they had to with WinXP
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Chances are that the support will be extended because most businesses are still on Windows 7, you can probably find a cheap copy of Windows 10 in Reddit if you need to upgrade.
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You can have a plain desktop background, put icons on the desktop and so on. All the apps you know and love can still be installed, and all the Windows features and function are still there, though maybe given a different name or in a different folder. While the start menu is shown with lots of fancy icons on it a simple right click then delete on each icon leaves you with just a simple text based start menu. Also the search is good so you can just type "Word" or "Excel" or other app name and will appear on the start menu. I think it is very easy to use Windows 10 exactly the same way you use Windows 7, they are not hugely different. |
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How I continue to use windows 7 AND Windows 10 on the same PC.
This may be of use to those people who want to use Windows 7 BUT also get used to Windows 10. It is probably only of use to those with a desktop PC who are wiling to take the case cover off and remove and replace hard disks (which is very easy once you have done it for the first time). Here are the steps 1) You have a desktop PC with Windows 7 on it (switching hard disks may be harder on a laptop but not impossible). 2) You use an image creation tool to create an image of your CURRENT hard and store it on an external hard drive. I use a fantastic tool called Macrium Reflect Free which is great for creating an image of your hard disk (and as you can guess from the name it is free). This will take 10 or 15 minutes. You now have a copy of your current hard disk as an "image" on your external hard drive. 3) You buy another hard disk to go in your desktop PC (probably 1TB or 2TB). Best not to go above 2TB for various reasons. 4) You take out the current (Windows 7) hard disk from your PC and put the new "empty" hard disk in your desktop PC. 5) You then use Macrium Reflect to copy the "image" that is on to your external hard drive to "install" Windows 7 on to this new hard disk. This will only take about 10 or 15 minutes. 6) When this has finished you reboot the PC and it goes straight in to Windows 7. 7) So now you have TWO hard disks both with the "same" Windows 7 on them, the original hard disk and the new hard disk. 8) With the new hard disk in the PC you upgrade to Windows 10 for FREE. You can do that here (this is for people who use assistive technology - special needs, partially sighted etc.) however the upgrade program does not check this so anyone can do it http://microsoft.com/en-gb/acce...ndows10upgrade 9) When the upgrade has completed you now have a hard disk with Windows 10 on it. But you also have the original hard disk with Windows 7 on it. 10) By swapping hard disks you can boot in to Windows 7 or boot in to Windows 10 so you can get used to it. Then go back to Windows 7 when you want to. BOTH versions of Windows will stay active and supported. I have been using Windows 7 and Windows 10 like this for nearly 2 years on the 6 PCs in my house. If anyone wants more advice on how to do this then just ask. |
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If and when I can no longer use Win7 satisfactorily, I am moving to Linux Mint. I'm just too lazy to do it now. MS can access your files as and when required if you run Win10. Read the Win10 EULA terms & conditions.
They gave it away because YOU are the product. I don't need some fuckwit making me "special offers". Good products & services sell themselves. Paranoid people really do have enemies. |
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Windows 10 is a good OS, as long as you disable the spyware.
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