New end of free Windows 10 upgrade offer notification

[FerchogtX]

I'm definitely not upgrading. I'd rather keep Windows 7 on my system if I'm entirely honest. Beside the BSODs I've had with Windows 7 (haven't had any recently though) I have no issues. With Windows 10, it's been reported that it gives issues with a lot of games, such as Red Alert 2 and other older generation games.

Not to mention that, in some cases, DX11 cappable VGA's are downgraded to DX10 for no reason, W10 drivers suck... That and fighting for your default applications everytime a major upgrade hits your rig...

 

[groze]

Note, I also used 10 (actually I use more operating systems) but had to go back to 7 do to a graphics issue. I have been trying different distros. The only one that seems to work for me is Linux 17.3 xfce (There are a few other distro's I like but 17.3 mint seems the best for me). I dual boot between windows 7 32 bit & Linux mint 17.3 64 bit xfce.

 

[themorus]

I allready have 10 and it is brilliant, no doubt about that, I had 7 up to last week on a other machine but it was giving me tons of problems with driver issues, blue screen issues, windows update issues so I wiped it put 8.1 on it as I had a spare key and it's so much better than 7, no problems whatsoever. I don't know what Microsoft have done with 7 updates and drivers as I never had much issues with 7 only this past year since 10 came out, I like 7 but 8.1 and 10 seem so much faster and slicker. I think 7 belongs in a different age and it's ageing fast.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I allready have 10 and it is brilliant, no doubt about that, I had 7 up to last week on a other machine but it was giving me tons of problems with driver issues, blue screen issues, windows update issues so I wiped it put 8.1 on it as I had a spare key and it's so much better than 7, no problems whatsoever. I don't know what Microsoft have done with 7 updates and drivers as I never had much issues with 7 only this past year since 10 came out, I like 7 but 8.1 and 10 seem so much faster and slicker. I think 7 belongs in a different age and it's ageing fast.

Dia Dhuit! We all are aging fast. It doesn't mean all needs to be discarded. Look at fine wine and cheese.

 

[themorus]

I allready have 10 and it is brilliant, no doubt about that, I had 7 up to last week on a other machine but it was giving me tons of problems with driver issues, blue screen issues, windows update issues so I wiped it put 8.1 on it as I had a spare key and it's so much better than 7, no problems whatsoever. I don't know what Microsoft have done with 7 updates and drivers as I never had much issues with 7 only this past year since 10 came out, I like 7 but 8.1 and 10 seem so much faster and slicker. I think 7 belongs in a different age and it's ageing fast.

Dia Dhuit! We all are aging fast. It doesn't mean all needs to be discarded. Look at fine wine and cheese.

Your comparision with wine and cheese dosen't add up when it comes to a operating system, if that's the case why don't we all go back to windows 95. Cheese and wine making hasn't really changed in hundreds of years but technology is changing every day.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I allready have 10 and it is brilliant, no doubt about that, I had 7 up to last week on a other machine but it was giving me tons of problems with driver issues, blue screen issues, windows update issues so I wiped it put 8.1 on it as I had a spare key and it's so much better than 7, no problems whatsoever. I don't know what Microsoft have done with 7 updates and drivers as I never had much issues with 7 only this past year since 10 came out, I like 7 but 8.1 and 10 seem so much faster and slicker. I think 7 belongs in a different age and it's ageing fast.

Dia Dhuit! We all are aging fast. It doesn't mean all needs to be discarded. Look at fine wine and cheese.

Your comparision with wine and cheese dosen't add up when it comes to a operating system, if that's the case why don't we all go back to windows 95. Cheese and wine making hasn't really changed in hundreds of years but technology is changing every day.

If wine and cheese gets old enough, it will go bad so the analogy still holds. I have no problems with new technology when it actually benefits me. I gained nothing but annoyance with 8.x's cartoonish and clumsy GUI. I actually would lose features with Win 10 since it has dropped some programs I depend on, such as Windows Media Center (and don't suggest using another one; even with the pathetic support MS is giving it for older OSes, it still beats the holy, hairy heck out of second place) and some gadgets as well as a few other programs and hardware. Keep in mind that Win 7 and 8.1 haven't reached their EOL yet.

 

[themorus]

Dia Dhuit! We all are aging fast. It doesn't mean all needs to be discarded. Look at fine wine and cheese.

Your comparision with wine and cheese dosen't add up when it comes to a operating system, if that's the case why don't we all go back to windows 95. Cheese and wine making hasn't really changed in hundreds of years but technology is changing every day.

If wine and cheese gets old enough, it will go bad so the analogy still holds. I have no problems with new technology when it actually benefits me. I gained nothing but annoyance with 8.x's cartoonish and clumsy GUI. I actually would lose features with Win 10 since it has dropped some programs I depend on, such as Windows Media Center (and don't suggest using another one; even with the pathetic support MS is giving it for older OSes, it still beats the holy, hairy heck out of second place) and some gadgets as well as a few other programs and hardware. Keep in mind that Win 7 and 8.1 haven't reached their EOL yet.

Fair comment, whatever rocks your boat.

 

[unifex]

I'm not sure what "aging" means for an OS. I can't imagine drivers starting to develop problems after some time. As far as I'm concerned, if you build or buy a system and it runs without problems, it will continue to do so until some hardware fails. I can understand problems may occur with new hardware, if the vendor simply does not provide a driver. In fact, that's the only reason we cannot go back to Windows 95 - there are no drivers for modern hardware (I'm not saying I want to, I'm just saying it's technically impossible). If you adding new hardware constantly, then sure, you need to use the latest OS. Myself, I build a system and I keep using it until either it fails, or stops fulfilling its purpose. For now I'm using 7 and I see no reason to upgrade. I did try W10 on a separate drive - I actually can get a free copy from work. But frankly, I'm not impressed, and so my work will be on W7 for quite some time.

 

[3Colors]

When the date arrives hopefully we can now install the patches with confidence. Since they decided not to separate the patches related to W10 with others that was the trigger to generate discomfort in some users. I not think it was difficult to make an extra tab as there is for Optional patches.

Each time I use an PC with W10 is convincing me little more change me mind :O

 

[Diddlededum]

I have two desktops. One did the upgrade to W10 fine. I'm not sure I like W10 interface as much as W7 but computer seems faster and snappier.

The other was a disaster - it's a complicated gaming rig with three monitors and professional grade audio card. I couldn't get the monitors to display properly or get sound out of the audio card (as no W10 drivers available). So I had to downgrade back to W7 and thankfully everything worked out the box again.

With hindsight I'm thinking I should probably image my disk now, upgrade to W10, image the disk and downgrade again. That way, if I end up replacing the graphics cards or sound card before the end of the life of the PC, I can "upgrade" using the W10 image and try to configure the settings from W10. Anyone done precisely that (ie imaged W7, upgraded to W10, imaged that to ensure you can still run W10 after end of July 2016 should you wish to in the future, and then rolled back to a stable W7 configuration)?

 

[Layback Bear]

I don't use tin foil; I use cast iron.
Try W-10 if you care to. I did.
If you like it buy it.
If it's not worth buying you don't like it enough.
Simple

Layback Bear

 

[tonytran]

For anyone who haven't upgraded to Windows 10 yet, there is a trick that you can reserve a spot and upgrade later. I found it from HowToGeek, check it out.

Get Windows 10 for Free After July 29th, with a Little Prep Now

 

[Callender]

For me it's down to drivers. If I upgrade to 10 this month some features of my keyboard and OSD will no longer work. Yes I can use generic drivers (and loose those features) but I'd rather stick with a fully functional Windows 7 machine until I decide to replace it.

 

[groze]

For me it's down to drivers. If I upgrade to 10 this month some features of my keyboard and OSD will no longer work. Yes I can use generic drivers (and loose those features) but I'd rather stick with a fully functional Windows 7 machine until I decide to replace it.

Intel Driver has caused my issue with both Windows 10 & Linux (Ubuntu 16.04). So, I am kind of stuck with Linux 17.3 & Windows 7. It basically blinks in Windows 10 & IN Linux 16.04 it doesn't recognize the correct resolution. I just hope Linux mint 18.x xfce will work, yes it may have the same issue as 16.04

 

[cornemuse]

I have several 'spare' hdd's, 2 1/2 & 3 1/2. I will clone my laptop hdd to one of these old drives & u/g it to 10.
Toshiba #505 laptop has an esata port so cloning goes quickly (relatively). I did this already (cloned 7 to an ssd, quick & easy drive swap)

Original drive, I did a full install onto a smaller size drive, put it away for safekeeping. Hows this plan?

-c-

 

[alphanumeric]

For anyone who haven't upgraded to Windows 10 yet, there is a trick that you can reserve a spot and upgrade later. I found it from HowToGeek, check it out.

Get Windows 10 for Free After July 29th, with a Little Prep Now

With that trick, your not actually upgrading latter by the way. Your upgrading now, and then doing a rollback. You will get a Digital Entitlement with the upgrade that you can use to clean install Windows 10, or do the upgrade a second time, after the 29th. There are potential pitfalls involved. The upgrade could fail, or the roll back could fail. You'll want to make an image of your current install, and or be prepared in case you have to reinstall your current OS. Just in case something happens.

 

[Dallas 7]

For me it's down to drivers. If I upgrade to 10 this month some features of my keyboard and OSD will no longer work. Yes I can use generic drivers (and loose those features) but I'd rather stick with a fully functional Windows 7 machine until I decide to replace it.

That's one of my major issues with 10, drivers. I use a Ducky mechanical keyboard and all I've heard about 10 is driver issues. I've done some research and it appears my keyboard probably won't work with 10 and I don't intend to give up my mechanical keyboard for a cheap one.
I've never had a printer, keyboard or any other peripherals that W7 couldn't handle easily, yet 10 threw all that compatibility out the window.
Some people think 10 represents progress, but when it comes to drivers and forced updates 10 is going in reverse.

 

[RoasterMen]

You should've expect Driver problems in 10's first few months. It's still young.

 

[alphanumeric]

For me it's down to drivers. If I upgrade to 10 this month some features of my keyboard and OSD will no longer work. Yes I can use generic drivers (and loose those features) but I'd rather stick with a fully functional Windows 7 machine until I decide to replace it.

That's one of my major issues with 10, drivers. I use a Ducky mechanical keyboard and all I've heard about 10 is driver issues. I've done some research and it appears my keyboard probably won't work with 10 and I don't intend to give up my mechanical keyboard for a cheap one.
I've never had a printer, keyboard or any other peripherals that W7 couldn't handle easily, yet 10 threw all that compatibility out the window.
Some people think 10 represents progress, but when it comes to drivers and forced updates 10 is going in reverse.

Early on yes, I experienced many driver issues. Not now though. I just let Windows update do its thing and after few minutes all my stuff then works. Even my USB monitor for my laptop. I plug it in and DisplayLink installs automatically. It was a PITA to get working on the early builds. My HP WIFI laser printer installs all on it's own, no setup at all on the PC side of things. Same deal for my HP all in one, as soon as I turn it on the drivers get installed. I don't have to install any drivers manually on any of my PC's. YMMV though. And my desktop PC hardware is old tech by todays standards.

 

[ThrashZone]

You should've expect Driver problems in 10's first few months. It's still young.

I haven't had many driver issues but I'm using gtx980's too

You never know till you try all I can say is your mother board is unlikely compatible with fast start
I tested with my Acer WG43M Motherboard system and the same E5200 and lost a hard drive in the process because of fast start features of win-10
Upgraded to a Q9550 but doesn't help the old mother board still not being compatible