Posted on 01/13/2020 9:11:43 AM PST by dayglored
I haven’t used Windows systems since the mid-’90s except for some on-site jobs for clients and virtual machine testing and documentation. These days, some of the Linux distributions are quite versatile and easier to install and run than Windows.
I will try that. I am running W7 on a 10 year old computer I still have.
It’s actually time to get a new desktop - I’ve just been lazy.
bfl
I’m treating the January 15th deadline exactly like I treated Y2K, by doing absolutely nothing.
Everybody was screwed at WINDOWS 3.11.
WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW IT YET.
Imagine an Operating System that they scrap every three to five years and make you buy a new computer and new versions of the software you already paid a ton of money for!
The Mafia is jealous!...................................
Someone using win 7 and not having any issues with any apps now, and sees no need now for newer win 10 specific versions of any of their apps, and still gets updates in win 7 for their antivirus software likely does not have any need now to upgrade to win 10
someday in the future, their antivirus software will have upgrades that will no longer work in win 7, but most folks can wait until then
Bookmark.
I am still using VISTA as my main computer.
I do have a window 10 lap top I have connected to my television so I can watch YouTube and Amazon Prime on my big TV.
I absolutely hate windows 10.
I’m now running the free download of Windows 10 on three old old computers. I’m not planning to buy a new computer. . .at least not yet! On the Microsoft website that was the inference . . . to purchase a download or buy a new computer, etc. I am so glad I saw the Freeper post about it all last week.
Forced obsolescence. Imagine if car manufacturers refused to service your car after you had it for 7 years. Parts no longer available. Recalls eliminated. Refusal to repair critical functions.
The outcry would be loud.
But with an operating system, they deliberately and intentionally BREAK your computer if you don’t replace your operating system with a new one that will break many of the functions that are now working.
Car manufacturers would be thrown in jail. Why isn’t Microsoft and Apple management held responsible?
LifeHacker is good. So is MakeUseOf. Lots of good info.
bttt
I'm not changing to anyrhing else...I'm in for the long-haul with Win-7.
Good luck everyone.
i disabled updates on W7 for most of my clients years ago because MS updates caused WAY more problems than they solved.
their systems are secure because i always establish a Limited User Account that they use for their work, in addition to a default administrator account that they never use themselves, and which is used exclusively by me for software/printer adds/removes/updates ...
“I’ve setup a couple of test machines with Windows 7 just to see what happens.”
Nothing is going to happen. I would just be careful about surfing questionable websites, work behind a firewall, and be really careful about email and any software you might install. I would not use it on public wifi or any network that you are not sure is secure. Also make sure that when you plug in a thumb drive or CD/DVD that it asks you what to do, and does not hunt down and run the first executable it can find. Whoever thought it was a good idea to put that in any OS should be taken out back and horsewhipped.
Free Win10 via “open” upgrade path from Microsoft worked for me:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-get-windows-10-for-free/
Still using XP. Even though my system says it has 93% free space, I was told I can’t upgrade so I need a new PC.
I copy my personal files to a flash drive every week.
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