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I am running 8.1 & hate it.
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got an offer from microsoft to upgrade my PC from Windows 7 to 10, for free. I can't decide what to do, as I have zero knowledge of Windows 10
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Campfire Oracle
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We are going to switch the wife's computer over, but I'm giving it a few months before doing so.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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I still want to [bleep] punt the entire windows 8 team.
Happily running 7 at work, well as happy as one can be using windows. Hopefully 10 is more akin to 7 as 8 frustrates the crap out of me how it jumps from what you are doing when the mouse gets to the edge of the screen.
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What Steelhead said. The free offer starts today, and you have a full year to take advantage of it.
If Win10 is a buggy and quirky as other versions, give it several months for all the upgrades, patches and ohschitts to be installed in it BEFORE you upgrade.
Even then, I'm going to install it in an old netbook now running 7 before I let 10 anywhere NEAR my desktop.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I'm waiting for MS to download to my Computers
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Campfire Oracle
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Can W10 be put on a stick and run from there or does one have to vacate their current OS?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Campfire Oracle
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I'd run Windows NT before I'd run 8 or 8.1.
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If you download 10 , then you have one year to convert back to your older version of windows if you don't like it
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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I'd run Windows NT before I'd run 8 or 8.1. Dittos.
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If you download 10 , then you have one year to convert back to your older version of windows if you don't like it You can keep your old health plan if you like it too.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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I am running 8.1 & hate it. I'd ask Christie to share my lunch before running 8.1 again ...  As to Win 10 .... give it a few months.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
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Was there ever a "9" or was it rejected so fast that no one saw it?
These upgrades, even for free ware, can be expensive. The upgrade to 7 made about $3,000.00 worth of software unusable, and I've not replaced it.
Last edited by 1minute; 07/29/15.
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Running it right now as I type this. So far, it seems to work great, and is very similar to Windows 7. All of my programs work just fine with it.
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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I'm now running Windows 8.1 and not much difference in 8.1 and 10
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Was there ever a "9" or was is rejected so fast that no one saw it?
Never was a 9 ..... maybe someone here can explain why MS skipped it.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
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Can W10 be put on a stick and run from there or does one have to vacate their current OS? Microsoft has a Media Creation tool for it, which allows you to upgrade the computer you are on, but you can also use it to create an ISO file, or a USB image, to allow for a clean install. Doing so, though, requires a valid product key, which you can currently only get when you perform the upgrade. Once you have upgraded, you can write down your key, create the media, and then perform a clean install.
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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Was there ever a "9" or was is rejected so fast that no one saw it?
Never was a 9 ..... maybe someone here can explain why MS skipped it. The theory is that they really wanted distance from the Windows 8/8.1 clusterphuck..........
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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They can make new programs and sell them for wy to much money but they can't count.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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I'm waiting for MS to download to my Computers If you download and run the Media Creation tool, you don't have to wait........... Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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