[KrisKrinkle]

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[Republican Wildcat]

It was the “end of support” that wasn’t. You literally just go in and click a button answering if you like support to continue one more year and amazingly...support continues another year.

[TigersEye]

I’m still running Windows 7. Who is going to bother attacking it when hardly anyone uses it?

[MikelTackNailer]

Just-in-timely advice, E. Pluribus. Now for the best advice for setting up duel booting.

Installing Linux into a Windows 10 computer using the Linux partition manager...without risking data loss.

Vice versa - Windows into Linux. The video fellow said use specific version 'EN_US_Windows_10_IoT_Enterprise_LTSC_2021_x64_DVD' for security's sake, and that it's free to use. I'm wary as this is the first I've heard of this.

When duel booting, are demands on resources increased, does the non-active OS run minimally in the background or does it stay totally off until rebooted as Primary?

Shakin' in my 'boots' trying to avoid mistakes.

[fireman15]

I have switched over 20 of my own and other people’s machines to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC while preserving all of my already installed programs and apps. This will provide security updates for another 7 years. It cost me about $20 a machine, and they actually run better than the versions of Windows 10 Pro that they replaced which were based on version 22H2 which is actually inferior to version 21H2 in almost every way.

Of course, I use various versions of Linux dual booting in many of these computers which is another solution but less desirable to many people who are used to Windows 10 or 11. By the time we get to 2032 I expect that most of my Windows machine will be so much less capable than even the cheapest computers, tablets, or phones that stubbornness and nostalgia will be the primary reasons to not replace them with newer hardware.

As an example, I have several mini-PCs that I use for various tasks in my home lab that were extremely inexpensive yet they are much more powerful than some of the dinosaurs that I still have around.

[dadfly]

bookmark.

[musicman]

BFLR

[nutmeg]

bookmark

[NFHale]

Bkmrk

[Bob434]

Bump to the top

[Jonty30]

Once you’ve updated it, disconnect it from the net.

[Adder]

bkmk

[deweyfrank]

later

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

While I might state clearly that you should abandon Windows and go to Linux, the reality is that this may not be an easy transition.

Feh. I switched to Linux 10 years ago and it was easy. I still run XP and Win 7 on VMs for gaming and such. Updates? Whazzat?