Here I'm changing when offered. But for me this is not a big deal.
I'm not sure if I should update my PC to windows 10, because i see that a lot of people say they don't like the update.
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I'm not sure if I should update my PC to windows 10, because i see that a lot of people say they don't like the update.
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yes, you can update from windows 7 to windows 10, but you should install all drivers for your device once you have upgrades, otherwise operating speed of system may become slow.
Why it's not a big deal for me is hunting down a driver is old hat to me. Folks that don't install Windows often can find it challenging.
first go to the computer manufacturers website, search for your specific model, and see if there are any win10 drivers available. IMO, if not, do not upgrade. It would be a pain to find drivers, especially if you have an older computer.
As far as others not liking it. I have it installed but I also use a utility called classic shell to make it look like win7.
Follow these steps and you should be safe in testing Win 10.
1. Make sure your hardware drivers work with Win 10; download and save any that need to be updated.
2. Download the Win 10 install program (found on MS's site). This will lock-in your free upgrade.
3. Make a system image of your Win 7 drive. There are several good free programs for this. I like Requiem Free since it is easy to use and costs nothing. Make sure you also make the restore CD for when you want to reinstall a previous image (such as going back to Win 7). Requiem also has to option to create the image on DVD in case you don't have a second drive.
4. Use the Win 10 install DVD made in Step 2 to upgrade your system.
5. Run Win 10 for several days to get used to the new look and feel.
If you decide you don't like Win 10, just restore your image of Win 7. I would recommend you save the Win 10 install DVD in case MS offers a free upgrade to the next OS.
You don't say what the Win7 machine is or how old it is. You do need to check whether it meets the hardware requirements for WIn10, while all Win8.1 machines do, some WIn7 machines don't. Just because MS push it at you, doesn't mean it does, they've been trying to push it to me on three machines that don't support it but run Win7 well. The main CPU features you must have are PAE, NS and NX - mine don't but then they are old (former XP machines).
Then as everyone else has said, check your drivers, for the machine and all your peripherals - Win10 has been killing a lot of printers and scanners.
MS compatibility application will check for your applications, again, some older ones aren't compatible and don't have upgrades available.
Finally, I'd recommend going to your local bricks and mortar store and playing with a demo machine for half an hour or so.
If you think you might want to upgrade at some time in the future but not right away, it might be worth taking the free upgrade anyway and rolling it back to Win7 until you are ready. I can't believe that MS won't come up with some free upgrade scheme after the end of July, certainly not unless they want to kill the upgrades but, as they say, stranger things have happened at sea!
This is an excerpt from Microsoft's Privacy Statement, which is incorporated into the Windows 10 End User License Agreement (EULA):
"Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails in Outlook.com, or files in private folders on OneDrive), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:
- comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
- protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
- operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
- protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services
- however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement."
If you're okay with terms of service like that, and you're also okay with giving Microsoft complete control over when Windows 10 software updates are applied to your computer, then Windows 10 might be for you.
If you're not okay with terms of service like that, then do an internet search for 'how to block Windows 10'.
While you are checking MS's Privacy Statement, also check all the articles debunking the FUD. Most I've seen also tell you how to minimize the type of information collected. The debunkers aren't all MS fans. Some openly promote Linux or Apple.
Also read the Privacy Statements of the other major players - Google, Chrome, Facebook, et al. They hide what information is collected and what they do with it. At least MS is up front about it.
nothing to do with Windows 10 except they have new applications that are clients. OneDrive and Outlook can be used buy Android, Apple or MS users. You can use Windows 10 without either one of those.
While Some People Will Tell You Otherwise...
Yes, you should upgrade. No matter how understanding others may appear to be about your desire to stand pat on Windows 7, it is not a very smart thing to do.
Windows 10 is the operating system of the present and the future. You should upgrade as soon as you can for several reasons, some (by no means all) of which include the following:
1. It is different, and the sooner you familiarize yourself with its various nuances, the less behind you will be when you finally succumb to the inevitable.
2. Sooner rather than later, applications and device drivers will be optimized ONLY for Windows 10.
3. The day will come when support ends for previous versions of Windows. Remember, Windows 7 is already TWO generations obsolete.
4. Most people who say they don't like the update to Windows 10 either have systems that fall short of the minimum requirements or resist something new and different and the learning curve it entails. Yes, Windows 10 IS different, but it is better in every way, including stability, efficiency in use of resources, logic of its user interface, and configurability and personalization. It's just that you have to relearn how to do these things -- Windows 7 was the last successor to the user interface and menu structure first offered with Windows 2, which was comparatively very primitive and illogical but had grown comfortable after literally decades of usage.
The only reason not to change is luddism, whether personal resistance to change or the use of legacy software that the vendor has refused to update (and there is a LOT less of this latter than a lot of people seem to claim).
And you may have come to think there are privacy concerns, but that is a level of paranoia to which I am unwilling to subscribe. While a lot of data access by MS is built in by default, you can easily change these defaults if you thin, it will lead to some kind of snooping on you beyond anything Windows 7 affords (which is silly, but there are a lot of silly people out there).
Also remember, the upgrade to Windows 10 is likely to be the last upgrade of your O/S that you will ever need to do. At least MS says it will be the last, and I see no reason to disbelieve them.
Just do it. You might think you regret it at first when you discover that some things have moved around a bit, but you will eventually get over that.
Just make sure you also update your device drivers, certainly including your printer and graphics drivers. The upgrade will take care of some, but not all, of these.
Just repeating "No" without any rationale is not helpful. Please explain why you don't think the person should upgrade.