Posted: 10/26/2015 4:25:54 PM EDT
| Is this something I should try or will I hate it. Currently have Win 7 and keep getting the free upgrade popup |
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Well supposedly it has zero privacy meaning MS will and can see anything and everything you do on your computer. This has most informed people pissed off. I would download the upgrade but wait to install in and run 7 until you can't any longer. If you're on a computer and the internet, they can already see anything and everything you do on your computer. roy d...not gonna change |
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I am with RoyD on this one, my last laptop was Windows 8.1 with Classic Shell, me new laptop was immediately upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. Still have several machines running Windows 7 or Server 2008r2. No plans to upgrade to Server 2012 for the same reasons as Windows 8. |
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Quoted: If you were on Windows 8 I would say yes, Windows 7 I might like a little more than 10. My main problem with 10 is I don't like the Edge browser that replaced IE. It also doesn't support Java so it causes some problems for me at work. Windows 10 has both IE and Edge. I've only been using 10 for a short time and still prefer IE. |
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Yes worth the upgrade. Much more stable than 8.
As far as the security concerns....well the fact of the matter is if you have a smart phone you already gave up all privacy. BUT if you do the advanced install you can disable all the reporting. Just do custom install and read the questions it's asking you. |
| I am running win 7 home premium w office 2013 and everything works fine. i clicked that damn win 10 upgrade and something went left on me and it took me several days to wipe my entire computer and reload the original package that worked just fine to begin with. if i didn't have everything backed up on an external drive that would have been a fatality. |
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So I have my OS on C: but my directories are all on E: which is a raid array. It has My Docs, Downloads, and non critical programs installed on E:.
I need to do something on my computer. If I reload windows 7 will the "my documents" be accessible again on e:? I though I remembered there was a permission issue accessing my docs etc on a "new" os install. |
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i run windows server 2012 r2 on all my machines (datacenter version). have full license to run all OSes though and installed win10 pro on a secondary hard drive on laptop to eval. datacenter allows me to run hyper-v in which i run centos, solaris-86 64, ubuntu and various test versions of windows servers for sql server testing replication, mirroring and clusters. i normally dont use non-server oses.
the default browser sucks. switch back to ie or firefox or whatever. there is a lot of automated stuff that installs that uploads and downloads info about your pc.this is the so-called spyware. two issues here, first it will automatically keep ms informed of what you do on your pc. main reason is they want to sell you all kinds of stuff and then keep that stuff up to date. one of the big issues is it can end up downloading a lot of installs to your pc, and uploading info about your pc which, depending on your provider, could help increase your monthly network bill if you are capped. google 'how to opt-out spyware, windows 10' or similar to see the details. i turned all of this stuff off, opted out. took a while to get it all done. biggest issue was first attempts to browse ran the default browser 'edge' which really sucks. if you dont know whats going on you think its ie and it has a lot of missing capabilities. ms like everyone else is going to a subscription model for revenue and win10 is a good look at the future of pcs where a lot of your apps reside in the cloud and your client device is constantly syncing with network centric applications. i prefer the server os in general. its very much like win 8.1 with a lot of fluff removed and some things added. i have not run a ms consumer grade OS as my primary desktop since windows NT first version was released as a beta sometime in the early 90s. prior to that i ran windows for workgroups... or used a mainframe .. or had a dial up account with a shell account on delphi back before http existed when the main search systems were character based gopher apps. |
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So I have my OS on C: but my directories are all on E: which is a raid array. It has My Docs, Downloads, and non critical programs installed on E:. I need to do something on my computer. If I reload windows 7 will the "my documents" be accessible again on e:? I though I remembered there was a permission issue accessing my docs etc on a "new" os install. Is your RAID array being managed by a harware controller or is it software RAID through Windows? If it's hardware RAID it shouldn't be a problem assuming the new OS has the appropriate drivers for the controller. If it's a software RAID, I'd be really cautious about doing that. It's not a permissions issue more than the issue that the new OS would see those drives in the array as just discs and not know they used to be RAID 1 or whatever. Make sure you have a good backup of that stuff regardless. |
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Is your RAID array being managed by a harware controller or is it software RAID through Windows? If it's hardware RAID it shouldn't be a problem assuming the new OS has the appropriate drivers for the controller. If it's a software RAID, I'd be really cautious about doing that. It's not a permissions issue more than the issue that the new OS would see those drives in the array as just discs and not know they used to be RAID 1 or whatever. Make sure you have a good backup of that stuff regardless. Quoted:
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So I have my OS on C: but my directories are all on E: which is a raid array. It has My Docs, Downloads, and non critical programs installed on E:. I need to do something on my computer. If I reload windows 7 will the "my documents" be accessible again on e:? I though I remembered there was a permission issue accessing my docs etc on a "new" os install. Is your RAID array being managed by a harware controller or is it software RAID through Windows? If it's hardware RAID it shouldn't be a problem assuming the new OS has the appropriate drivers for the controller. If it's a software RAID, I'd be really cautious about doing that. It's not a permissions issue more than the issue that the new OS would see those drives in the array as just discs and not know they used to be RAID 1 or whatever. Make sure you have a good backup of that stuff regardless. It's hardware driven I remember having a hard time accessing "my documents" folders that were on old hard drives. Perhaps that was because of different versions of Windows. |
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If you were on Windows 8 I would say yes, Windows 7 I might like a little more than 10. My main problem with 10 is I don't like the Edge browser that replaced IE. It also doesn't support Java so it causes some problems for me at work. Stick with 7 for as long as you can. They will Force 10 on you soon enough. Not being snarky either, seriously hang on to 7 for as long as you can. |
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10 is OK but I don't see it as any big improvement over 7. I did upgrades from Vista and 7... upgrade from 7 had no problems but upgrade from Vista->7->10 was a mess.
It seems that each version of Widows has more things automated/hidden. Makes things easier for the new/casual user and more frustrating for the experienced user. |