Not with Classic Shell, and Right click extender and some other safe freeware (like T-CLOCK REDUX) and customizations. Thank God.
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Posted on 01/22/2017 6:23:39 PM PST by dayglored
*** So much for “if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.” ***
I really wish I didn’t have to move to Windows 10. I’m perfectly happy with most of my work on Windows 7.
Unfortunately, many of the system and network administration tools, and powershell modules I need to use MUST be run on Windows 8.1 or later, i.e. Windows 10.
I suppose I could continue to logon to different servers in order to administer Exchange 2016, Office 365, and AAD Connect, but it’s so inconvenient to have to have all these RDP sessions going.
But I really don’t care for Windows 10, though I haven’t had the time to try to learn the interface. My biggest problem is trying to make the time to learn to use Windows 10!
Mark
With a little easy and free customization you should be able to make W/10 like W/7 and better, but thank God we have choices. Imagine where we would be if all we had was gov. issue.
[[The same whining that occurred with the Windows 7 upgrade from Win XP, is happening all over again.]]
No that’s not true- there is a big difference- windows 7 still allowed control over updates for the user- windows 10 does not- windows 7 also didn’t have the intrusive phone home crap that windows 10 has-
Oh and windows 10 calculator sucks- and it doesn’t have true spider solitaire anymore- major deal breakers lol
[[If/when Win 7 becomes inoperable, I may go full Linux.]]
You could dual boot- run windows 7 for offline only, and linux for all online stuff- it’s a little bit of work setting up- but once it’s up it works a charm-
Win 10 dropped the ‘classic’ theme after an early release. The other themes just did not have the same feel. Borders were unclear, scroll bars were tiny and difficult to use. It was a mess that was not worth fooling with.
I did read a comment recently that Win 10 was designed for touchscreen. I don’t need or want a touchscreen for a desktop computer. Many of us still do real computing beyond the glitz and glitter. I want practical, not glitz and glitter. I don’t need cutzie backgrounds, etc., because I usually have several windows open and the background is completely covered. And those blocks or whatever they are called in the menu system are awkward.
Hey, I’ve still got a couple XP boxes that work fine.
Even as a Linux fan, I must second your observation. Linux is still way behind the curve in video codec compatibility and just plain basic "Play my video" support.
I keep a Windows machine around for such times.
This may work on W/7 also: http://www.howtogeek.com/224471/how-to-prevent-windows-10-from-automatically-downloading-updates/
Not with Classic Shell, and Right click extender and some other safe freeware (like T-CLOCK REDUX) and customizations. Thank God.
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nah i never could get wine to run programs very well either-
for the videos- i only ever really view youtube videos- they all run fine for me in firefox-
you can get the video to run- when it says that you need latest flash- a box should pop up in the upper left, right under the file menu- you can ‘allow once’ or ‘always allow’ if you trust the site-
Flash is not being update in firefox anymore from what i understand- but being that firefox is such a popular browser- websites are going to have to adjust somehow- some solution is going to hve to be done to accommodate firefox users- not everyone wants to go with chrome- supposedly Chrome does get updated flash- But i won’t use it- I’m surprised none of those browsers you listed worked- I woudl think a few woudl have-
supposedly everythign is going to html5 now- not sure what htat means exactly, but i think it has to do with video content as well- maybe that is the deal- you can get a firefox plugin that plays html5- perhaps that is the problem?
Unfortunately, the powershell modules required to administer Exchange 2016, AAD Connect, Azure, and parts of Office 365 will only run on Windows 8.1 or later, even though I've upgraded the powershell on my Win7 workstation to the latest version.
Mark
Bump for later reference.
Amen! Classic Shell has saved my sanity numerous times.
Indeed, and try T-clock redux. Many options, including showing seconds, which after all these years MS still does enable this. The reason why is here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/display-seconds-in-taskbar-clock-windows
I had it forced on me.
Their really are not any options for new laptops unless you want to reformat the hard disk and install Windows 7 fresh.
Another possible option is to install the expensive Enterprise version of Windows 10 which supposedly has a way to control the telemetry service (Although I still would not trust it).
Another option is to build your own PC (not a laptop) with a motherboard, CPU and network card you can trust. Probably older hardware.
The fact is that the entire industry (Including Intel, AMD, IBM, 3COM, LinkSys) have been compromised by Obama’s justice department to conform to the new telemetry specs. There are not many ways to get around it.
I have a friend who would build us a desktop...but we need something portabke...I’m back to reconsidering Apple...but after 34 years of pc....not an easy choice.
I work in IT and have to deal with many "stock" Windows 10 systems, and I lose my mind trying to make them do things via the stock UI.
I installed Classic Shell on my wife's 8.1 laptop and she enjoys seamless familiarity with good old W7. My question is this. When I finally replace my old W7 desktop computer with one using W10, if I install Classic Shell and disable (to the extent possible) a bunch of the privacy "features" of W10, do you think I will ~more or less~ have a similar experience?
Thanks for the ‘how to geek’ link. I’ve got my Win7 set in such a way that it only loads updates I manually approve.
Since Microsoft began force feeding Win10 on its customers, I haven’t accepted a single one.
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