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Just a heads up guys windows 10 upgrade is free right now but after Friday it is going to cost you $119.
Bump. Good to know.Just a heads up guys windows 10 upgrade is free right now but after Friday it is going to cost you $119.
Any real benefits over windows 7?
Funny, I had the opposite experience. Laptop that was working great and fast on 7 is slow and super laggy after the 10 upgrade. Probably gonna revert back.I moved to windows 10 a few months ago and have honestly been impressed. You can google the media center or any other questions you might have. Very stable and has worked on everything I have throw at it games wise and application wise. My brother in law had a problem with his and mcafee screwing up but other than him I have upgraded about 5 pcs and they have all gone good.
Besides Microsoft tracking and selling a broader set of your information?Any real benefits over windows 7? I do use media center quite often, which I know isn't included with windows 10.
Interesting. Which upgrade option did you use? Complete install or upgrade and keep files?Funny, I had the opposite experience. Laptop that was working great and fast on 7 is slow and super laggy after the 10 upgrade. Probably gonna revert back.
Like you needed yous information private in the first place.Besides Microsoft tracking and selling a broader set of your information?
I assume upgrade and keep files. Aside from being lazy, one of the things I was afraid of doing with the complete install is not being able to find the product keys needed for some of the software on my computer.Interesting. Which upgrade option did you use? Complete install or upgrade and keep files?
So I'm the guy who never runs virus protection. I load my computer up with old games and watch boatloads of porn. Every 12-18 months I just save a few files and reinstall my entire OS rather then deal with the resource hogging protection programs.
Will I still be allowed to upgrade after my next porn season is over and it's time to reformat?
Check with your manufacturer. A similar thing happened to me when I upgraded, but the start button and desktop icons never worked. Took me like 3 hours to figure out how to revert back.I hate it. I have it on two new machines and about every four weeks the start button stops working on the desktop, which basically everything runs thru. So you have to go into safe mode and find a workaround. I am fine staying with 7
If you have a windows-less machine, what would you be upgrading? Think you are just looking at a new install.So if I had a windows-less machine and wanted to put windows on it, should I rush this week to buy a copy of Win7 and take a free upgrade? will that be significantly ($40) cheaper than new Win10 next week?
Windoes 10 sucks. Nothing but a slogged system and hangups after it installed.
Man, glad I saw this thread. Was about to hit the button, but this is my laptop also, though I have Win 8. I really have no need to upgrade. I'm just worried support for Win 8 will cease and I'll be boned later on.strykerpks said:I have a Lenovo Ideapad and it turns out there is some hardware in my model isn't compatible with 10 and can cause some problems. There seems to be some work arounds for the really tech savvy but I'll stick with 7 until I get something new in a few years.
It may still be compatable depending on the model. Check here https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht103535Man, glad I saw this thread. Was about to hit the button, but this is my laptop also, though I have Win 8. I really have no need to upgrade. I'm just worried support for Win 8 will cease and I'll be boned later on.
It says I'm good since I have Win 8.1. Working from home tomorrow and have to VPN in. Maybe after that...It may still be compatable depending on the model. Check here https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht103535
i had that problem and went to the W10 upgrade site to download directly. Smooth and easy after that.I couldn't upgrade no how. Tried everything including all the fixes posted online.
Thanks I'll try that tomorrowi had that problem and went to the W10 upgrade site to download directly. Smooth and easy after that.
I haven't seen a rollback render anything un-bootable. The only thing I've seen is what I mentioned about WiFi drivers, and that was on a couple of laptops. You just go to Start>Settings>Updates and Security>Recovery and roll it back within 30 days. The option disappears after the 30 days. I'd estimate I've rolled back around 20-25 PCs with no issues and 2 with some weird WiFi issues.How hard is the rollback process if it messes up a laptop? It doesn't end up making it unbootable does it?
It's much worse than that.Seems so backwards to me. No charge for an item when it comes out yet they start charging for the item one year after it has come out.
Ok. So I upgraded our family laptop back in May. I never use it as I have a work laptop instead. The kids just now got around to telling me that the WiFi no longer works on the family laptop. I checked it out, and sure enough it won't connect to anything. Any thoughts/ideas on how to fix this? We're past the 30 day roll back window. We had Win 8 and it was working fine. The wife was just tired of getting the "upgrade" pop-up message so I installed it to make her happy.crusty crab said:I like 10, but network drivers, especially WiFi drivers, seem to be problematic after upgrade. Check your PC manufacturer's website for compatibility. I've upgraded numerous computers with no problems. I've also upgraded numerous ones that did have issues. You have 30 days to roll back, but I've seen previously working things, mostly the WiFi adapters, not work right after rollback. Windows 7 will still be getting security updates until 2020. Keep it if you like it.
There are a lot of 'fixes' out there that may, or as is usually my experience, may not. Do you have a brand name laptop? If so, I would start at the manufacturer's website, find support for your particular model, and see whether they say Windows 10 works on it/if there are Windows 10 drivers available. Maybe google your laptop model name + wifi not working after Windows 10, and see if you find some answers that way. If it came with installation discs, I would probably just back up files, any software documentation you need, etc. to an external hard drive and reinstall Windows 8 from scratch. There may also be a recovery partition on the laptop where you could restore to factory defaults, but the Windows 10 upgrade may have affected whether that will work or not.Ok. So I upgraded our family laptop back in May. I never use it as I have a work laptop instead. The kids just now got around to telling me that the WiFi no longer works on the family laptop. I checked it out, and sure enough it won't connect to anything. Any thoughts/ideas on how to fix this? We're past the 30 day roll back window. We had Win 8 and it was working fine. The wife was just tired of getting the "upgrade" pop-up message so I installed it to make her happy.
Tried this. Got the following message:i had that problem and went to the W10 upgrade site to download directly. Smooth and easy after that.
This is a good safe call. I wish I could go back and not upgrade. My computer is just a lot slower than it was before.Based on everything here, I'm sticking with Win 8. I just can't afford the risk of wifi issues since I use it to VPN and work from home a few days a week.
Yea, saw a few posts like that. That was another worry. Laptops are slow enough as it is.This is a good safe call. I wish I could go back and not upgrade. My computer is just a lot slower than it was before.