[z3n]

Keep W7

After January, make sure you have a decent malware product on it. Microsoft updates and support are overrated when the OS is many years old. It’s basically already tuned and well patched. I ran XP for 4 years after end-of-support with no problems.

[knarf]

I just uninstalled a free 30 day trial of Malwarebytes because it kept knocking my sound card out of existence.

I posted a month ago because I had lost my sound card (red X, not found) and it drove me crazy.

I started looking around for wtf and decided it was a freebie anyway (Malwarebytes) and No problems at all

Apparently conflict with my Comcast, free Norton's (or something)

I knew going in there MIGHT be conflicts and sure enough ... there was

[dhs12345]

Agreed. But to a point. Eventually, you won't be able to find programs that will run on Win7 (upgrade or new).

I ran XP for a year or so and ran into problems with certain programs. I found a cheap upgrade to windows 7 and upgraded to win7.

My computer's hardware is so old now that being compatible with win10 might be difficult if not impossible. S

o I will probably keep the win7 machine and buy a new machine. I might turn the win7 machine into a Linux server or just run Linux desktop.

[Right Wing Assault]

It’s basically already tuned and well patched.

And, you won't have to deal with screwed up Microsoft updates and screwed up updates of updates.

[enotheisen]

I agree. I am keeping W7 on my machines indefinitely. The fact that Microsoft will not support it is irrelevant. I have not needed their support for years. Anti virus support is available from several sources.