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Win 10 - 3/11/2018 1:23:18 AM

goodwoodrw

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Recently crash my computer, and had to do a new install of windows I have never purchased Win 10 only 7, ages Win 10 was carelessly installed by me. I have just install win7,but having a few probs with different programs, wondering if it is still possible to update to win 10 free

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RE: Win 10 - 3/11/2018 1:26:42 AM

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May work: http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/

https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-free-upgrade-is-still-alive-and-kicking-in-2018

Won't hurt to try.

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RE: Win 10 - 3/11/2018 11:07:55 AM

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Just make sure you have no trace of your old OS when upgrading to W10. Better said, don�t upgrade, instead, do a clean W10 install (ovewrite/format). Let W10 ovewrite your OS hard-drive allocation, don�t keep W7 space/files.

W10 had issues because of a upgrade when people wanted to keep what they had installed in W7. Don�t know if they ever fixed that, so on the same side, do a clean W10 install. I have the free W10 version and works just fine, all you get is a watermark on the bottom right and you cant change W10 appearance, beisdes that all is the same (at least for now).

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RE: Win 10 - 3/11/2018 1:28:16 PM

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Don't think I will bother, sounds too hard

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RE: Win 10 - 3/11/2018 4:55:14 PM

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If you updated to Windows 10 in the past, you should just get it through your regular windows update. I just installed windows 10 over a very old windows 7 using the Microsoft Create Windows 10 Installation Media found here . I downloaded it to the desktop, ran the update, all upgraded to Win 10.

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RE: Win 10 - 3/14/2018 10:11:16 AM

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I would prefer to keep Win 7 if I were you. For me Win 10 is cool but 7 is more practical and easy to use.

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RE: Win 10 - 3/14/2018 10:39:57 AM

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Windows 7 lifecycle (support)...
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2452702/dont-panic-yes-windows-7-is-leaving-mainstream-support-but-it-isnt-being-abandoned.html

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RE: Win 10 - 3/15/2018 12:03:01 AM

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i had win 7 pro on my asus laptop, though as it seems the laptop was designed initially for windows 8 and so had had a downgrade to windows 7 done it it, when i did the free upgrade to win 10 pro i felt i had no end of problems with my existing programs and the new ones and security restrictions and admin issues - eventually my windows 7 os gave up the ghost and somewhat deleted itself when i was just doing a standard disk cleanup, so i had to go reformat and went to windows 10 home (luckily something was still recognised with regard to my earlier attempts to upgrade and so it was free) - now i feel things are mostly good, in particular the admin issues still have some strange rules about them but i can manage things now .

i love old games and so far mostly have had no problems getting most of the old ones still working in windows 10 as i did with windows 7 - in actual fact i have been amazed that now on windows 10 i and with help of Nglide, i have Janes Longbow 2 and Janes Fighters Anthology running perfectly with little need of compatibility settings - i was never able to get Janes Longbow 2 working before in windows 7

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