[dayglored]

> what's the situation for Windows 8 users now that the Windows 10 free update offer has ended? Is 8 still being supported with updates or am I mistaken regarding the Win10 upgrade ending and I will be nagged until I download and install it?

If you're running Win8 (as opposed to Win8.1), I encourage you to update at least to 8.1. There are a lot of improvements between 8 and 8.1.

If you're already running 8.1, you have support for quite a few more years. Yes, you'll be "encouraged" to upgrade to Win10, but you don't necessarily have to. Heck, I'm running Win7 on almost all my Windows boxes, and don't plan to take them to Win10 any time soon.

[xander]

Thank you.

I think it updated to 8.1 before I went offline, but will confirm it next time I boot up.

I have some XP era apps that I still use and I read 10 is not friendly to older apps. I may just build a new machine and go to 10 and keep this older one at 8 so I can still use those older apps. Dislike 8’s user tile and hidden file menu interface, but the machine and OS have been very solid.