Windows 10?

[The Great Wallsendo]

Being prompted by my laptop to upgrade to 10 from 7

Should I??

[regpude]

Being prompted by my laptop to upgrade to 10 from 7

Should I??

.been temped myself,dont think its for free,may be wrong.there always asking me to upgrade.from what ive read,DONT think its any better than the 7.so im happy with my 7.might be wrong,ps,im no wizz kid mind you.

[razors]

Being prompted by my laptop to upgrade to 10 from 7

Should I??

Yes do it.
I upgraded to 10 last week for free at first you need to explore the new function on hand and you have a helper to take you through and explain the new section's but i find it much better and i also think my computer is running much quicker.

[Stewart 1971]

I upgraded from 8.1 a couple of weeks ago. Definitely prefer it to 8.1, it is free for the first 12 months (so until July 2016) after which you will have to pay. IIRC they will continue to support Windows 7 for another couple of years but after that you won't get any more security patches.

The only downside is the amount of data it collects and sends back to the mothership. Of course Google and your smartphone do exactly the same but if that sort of thing bothers you (it does me a bit) then this is worth a read about how to set it up...

What Windows 10's "Privacy Nightmare" Settings Actually Do

[lys823]

You can try it and if not to your liking you can revert back to 7 without losing anything. I did this after finding there is no media centre on 10 which I use for tv and like.

[on the mark]

You can try it and if not to your liking you can revert back to 7 without losing anything. I did this after finding there is no media centre on 10 which I use for tv and like.

no movie maker neither, loads of apps but not many that interest me, probs great for the younguns though.

[tonybax]

it has problems with loads of photo editing programmes so im sticking with 8.1

[KeithB]

If you upgrade run Belarc Advisor or similar to get your Windows 10 key for future.

[Ian Alexander]

I had problems getting Adobe Lightroom to work and had to revert back to 8.
It did my head in to the point I wanted to smash everything in the world to bits.

[tonybax]

was warned off it ian by my m8 who,s a pc engineer

[The Great Wallsendo]

Cheers Lads...at the end of the day XP lasted years on a lot of machines and 7 is used by a lot of businesses so it'll be good for a few years yet I think

And if it ain't broke...

[on the mark]

it has problems with loads of photo editing programmes so im sticking with 8.1

pleased you mentioned that, thought it was some thing i was doing wrong.

[on the mark]

I had problems getting Adobe Lightroom to work and had to revert back to 8.
It did my head in to the point I wanted to smash everything in the world to bits.

i was on 8-1, how did you revert back to 8 ?

[Ian Alexander]

i was on 8-1, how did you revert back to 8 ?

I bought my laptop from Pc world on the team valley. I had heard about problems with Windows 10 on some of the photography websites so I asked them not to install it.....it was a free upgrade. I asked them to install Office and my photo editing software.
I picked up my laptop and it had Windows 10 installed and from day one it was a nightmare. I tried to contact Adobe but the password they gave me for the programs was written down wrong too.
In the end I took it back and they set it back to Windows 8 or 8.1, I don't know if I'm honest. And fingers crossed it's been ok.
I was disappointed with PCI world if I'm honest. One of the guys on the knowhow desk tried to speak to me like ****e but I stopped that straight away.
I won't go back.

Regards Ian.

[g-force]

Just get a Mac Tony and you'll never have to endure the dreadful Windoze again lol

Gary