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1 posted on 01/17/2017 12:24:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
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I like Windows 7. I’ve heard BAD thigns about Windows 10.


2 posted on 01/17/2017 12:31:08 PM PST by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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At least with Windows 7, I could get my monitor and computer to come back up after it’s in sleep mode?

With Windows 10, about half the time, I have to re-boot.

And I’ve updated all of my drivers.


3 posted on 01/17/2017 12:33:14 PM PST by Signalman
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I’ve already turned off all updates for Windows 7.


5 posted on 01/17/2017 12:38:08 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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Obama ORDERED Microsoft to make Windows 10 a spy machine for the NSA. They were also ordered (with penalty of jail time) to keep this information from the public.

Just look at what happened to those private email businesses that were forced to shut down because they refused to abide with the Obama orders to reveal customer data.

The OBAMA government can also break into any Windows 10 machine, bypassing the password authentication. They cannot do this with Windows 7.

Just one reason to avoid Windoze 10 at all cost.


6 posted on 01/17/2017 12:41:16 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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Windows 7 is my LAST up grade from microsoft.
When 7 is no longer safe I will go to Linux or OSX.
Microsoft has burned a bridge it built with 3.1.


7 posted on 01/17/2017 12:45:19 PM PST by glasseye
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I like Windows 7 except it won’t let me play XP games without going outside to get it. I’m guessing 10 won’t play those games, either. Pretty much lost any respect for Windows to that fact alone.


11 posted on 01/17/2017 12:47:23 PM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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Microsoft wants a ransomware business model.

pay or your data is hostage.


12 posted on 01/17/2017 12:47:38 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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Our large company IT department will resist moving away from Windows 7 for a long time.


13 posted on 01/17/2017 12:49:12 PM PST by McGruff (#LameDuck)
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How do you burn or buy an official copy of Win7 or Win8??

Not a download link.


14 posted on 01/17/2017 12:50:10 PM PST by TheNext (REPEAL requires simple 50% Majority, not 60%)
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I have never had a problem with Windows 7. Windows 10 was, is, and will be a very bad joke.


17 posted on 01/17/2017 12:53:02 PM PST by laweeks
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I have 7 and like it a lot. If you have a very new computer, W10 will be fine. If your peripherals are more than a few years old (meaning let’s say 3-4 years) they will for the most part be rendered useless as there are no drivers available for (surprising numbers of) them.


24 posted on 01/17/2017 1:06:11 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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I have two computers at home that I use for work and both have Windows 7. I love it. They switched over to Windows 10 on all the computers at the office last year and have had nothing but problems ever since (automatically updating in the middle of the work day, crashing for no reason, not able to use certain critical programs, etc.).


26 posted on 01/17/2017 1:08:19 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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I still use Windows 7 on 4 office desktops. The only problem I encountered was a Microsoft update replaced my sound card drivers and crashed them all at the same time. Gave me the blue screen of death and could not even start in safe mode.

Ended up using a flash drive with Lennox to fix it.


29 posted on 01/17/2017 1:23:01 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Win10 may have features and security, but it lacks usability.

Win10 was designed for touchscreen computing. Many users still use keyboards — for productivity reasons.

MS lost sight of what customers need. They are pushing a lemon and calling it the grandest thing since sliced bread. They are using the old tactics they used with VISTA.

Features — unless they enhance usability — are useless. Take the ribbon menuing, for example.

30 posted on 01/17/2017 1:45:59 PM PST by TomGuy
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I’m using Win 7 with all MSFT updates turned off.

Very happy.


31 posted on 01/17/2017 1:46:45 PM PST by upchuck (... I'm beyond elated to bid him a permanent farewell. ~ Peter Heck -- peterheck.com)
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I keep win 7 for my engineering computers. I have one laptop with windows 10. It was a terrible transition that cost me close to $10k in forced upgrades and lost work.

Windows 10 gives you the wonderful choice of, “do you want to upgrade now or in 5 minutes?”

No choice. I don’t know if they finally got rid of that but it’s a pain in the ass when I have to get ready for a presentation or finish a presentation when I have to wait for some stupid download and if you don’t have wifi access you’re screwed.

I still have my CNC and inspection machines running on XP computers that have been rock solid.


32 posted on 01/17/2017 1:52:29 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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Get rid of Cortana. Stop the forced updates. Quit changing the look of Windows such as the Start menu on a whim. Microsoft could add themes instead of making the change for all of us. Stop the fricking spying!
That will fix much of Windows 10 problems. BTW the fixes listed for Cortana do not fix Cortana. Another update will re-enable all the problems you had before the "fix". The fix is to go back to Windows 7.
Fix Cortana issues after Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Windows 10 Anniversary Update causing crashes and system freezes

ping
33 posted on 01/17/2017 1:55:17 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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HAHA! They have an anti-adblocker notice, and effect that obscures their content if an adblocker is in effect.


39 posted on 01/17/2017 2:25:25 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Olog-hai; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; amigatec; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ...
Windows 7 "UNFIT"?? WTF?? ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

45 posted on 01/17/2017 2:41:30 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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Windows 10 rescued me from a foul installation of Windows 8.1. It has run flawlessly for me since I upgraded back when.

That said, I would never upgrade a Windows 7 computer to Windows 10, just not worth the potential headaches.

48 posted on 01/17/2017 2:55:02 PM PST by Paradox ("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
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