[TomGuy]

Agree with that.

I only lost a few things (software/peripherals) switching from XP to Win 7.

I tried Win 10 on an extra hard drive and hated it.

I have no intention of every re-trying Win 10. I bought a Linux laptop a few months ago. If/when Win 7 becomes inoperable, I may go full Linux. Until then, I am babying my Win 7 laptop and desktop and have Windows updates turned OFF on both of them.

[TomGuy]

I need to add:

I have Win 7 updates turned OFF, but I still get ‘critical updates’ auto-installed.

Some of those ‘critical updates’ cause programs and I have to do a system restore to get things working again.

[dhs12345]

Hey just upgraded my PC from XP to Win7 and love it. No can do for win10 — no drivers. Win7 pro is supposed to be supported until 2020.

[daniel1212]

Agree with that. I only lost a few things (software/peripherals) switching from XP to Win 7. I tried Win 10 on an extra hard drive and hated it. I have no intention of every re-trying Win 10. I bought a Linux laptop a few months ago. If/when Win 7 becomes inoperable, I may go full Linux. Until then, I am babying my Win 7 laptop and desktop and have Windows updates turned OFF on both of them.

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.

[Bob434]

[[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-