are you still using windows 7

I use Windows 10 on a couple of desktops and laptops both here in the UK and in Russia and find it works very well. I don't like the Metro menu of 10, so I installed Classic Shell on all the computers, so in effect it looks exactly like Windows 7 but is faster. http://www.classicshell.net/
 

Have been using Windows 7 since the signing of the Magna Charta.

About 2 years ago, I bought a W10 machine...returned it 2 days later.

Then more recently, I gave W10 another try. Returned it again!

It's lke a normal computer in a Clown Suit!

WINDOWS 7 FOREVER!

Harold
 
martys said:
Are you still using windows 7. I am using until windows 7 and will change to windows 10 in 2019. My motherboard on my gaming pc does not have drivers for windows 10 or support it
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I had Win 7 on my Toshiba Laptop (came on it). When the upgrade to Win 10 came out, I wasn't interested. Later on, I got into one of my "change something" moods and upgraded. I like it now, but at first, I didn't like it so I went back to Win 7. Then I decided to try 10 again, and I just got used to it, like it now.

My biggest concern was that the laptop was built to work with Win 7 so I figured that it would get screwed up if I upgraded to 10. I wanted to wait until I needed to buy another computer, and then have 10 or whatever came on the new pc/laptop. But the Toshiba has handled the Win 10 nicely. I did have to replace the hard-drive but that was an easy fix with the help of my geeky friends on majorgeeks;)

PS just wanted to add that I've updated my Win 10 each time a new build update came along and fixed the bugs. Now they have another, and I can't decide whether to do it or not. Mine is Windows 10 10.01.16299 build 16299. The new one is called Fall Creator's Update. It started installing on it's own because I have "install updates automatically" I guess, but it was taking forever, and then for some reason it didn't install. So I haven't messed with it since.
 
Denise1952 said:
PS just wanted to add that I've updated my Win 10 each time a new build update came along and fixed the bugs. Now they have another, and I can't decide whether to do it or not. Mine is Windows 10 10.01.16299 build 16299. The new one is called Fall Creator's Update. It started installing on it's own because I have "install updates automatically" I guess, but it was taking forever, and then for some reason it didn't install. So I haven't messed with it since.
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The "Fall Creators Update" is a pretty large update, and can take quite a bit of time. I did that update 2 or 3 weeks ago, and it was probably 3 or 4 hours before it was completed...and I have fast Internet speed. Then, afterwards, several of my programs also had updates...to remain compatible with the new W10 level. Some of these updates can be a pain in the rear...but staying updated is the best insurance against problems with hackers, etc. Older versions of Windows, such as 7 or 8 are quickly reaching the point where they will no longer be supported, so that is another good reason to stay current. I kind of prefer "manual" updates, and do them at my schedule, rather than having an "auto" update fire up when I least expect it.
 
Don M. said:
The "Fall Creators Update" is a pretty large update, and can take quite a bit of time. I did that update 2 or 3 weeks ago, and it was probably 3 or 4 hours before it was completed...and I have fast Internet speed. Then, afterwards, several of my programs also had updates...to remain compatible with the new W10 level. Some of these updates can be a pain in the rear...but staying updated is the best insurance against problems with hackers, etc. Older versions of Windows, such as 7 or 8 are quickly reaching the point where they will no longer be supported, so that is another good reason to stay current. I kind of prefer "manual" updates, and do them at my schedule, rather than having an "auto" update fire up when I least expect it.
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I switched off my auto update feature after the new Windows 10 tried to download Don. That way I figured I'd just decide what time I'm willing to let it run that long I've got pretty good download speeds usually about 50 /60 Mbps I like keeping up to date and getting new features or downloading updates that fix some glitches. I appreciate the info on it taking a long time to update that way I can set aside the time to go ahead and do it
 
Denise1952 said:
I switched off my auto update feature after the new Windows 10 tried to download Don. ....
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I didn't think you could do that with Windows 10. That's one thing I really dislike about it. I know you can keep delaying for a while, but it's limited to about 3 days I thought.

How did you do that, Denise?
 
I'm looking Nancy but I'm pretty sure I just typed in Windows updates down in the lower left Cortana search bar and that'll take you in there and it should say how you can set your updates to Auto or not like I said I'm taking a look right now but I had to open my laptop okay yes just go into your Cortana search field type in Windows updates and then you'll want to select Advanced options and there's a box to check or uncheck
 
NancyNGA said:
Ahh... Cortana. That's something I've always avoided. Thanks, Denise. I'll take a look at it now.
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Just the search field Nancy I'm not using Cortana either I don't like the Chit Chat feature so I just use that search field to type in and get sent to where I want to the fastest
 
Hey Don if you're still around I'm seeing in my update history that that 1709 or the fall Creator version or update sorry uploaded successfully but when I go into system information it still lists the old version so it didn't update but it's telling me it did and the Microsoft Microsoft site won't let me download it I mean it says update now but when I click on that it doesn't do anything basically other than tell me thank you for updating to the latest version something like that
 
I have an old Dilbert cartoon where he is saying he is one with his computer.... he has reached Nerdvana

(it was a framed gift. Hmmm)
 
Denise1952 said:
Hey Don if you're still around I'm seeing in my update history that that 1709 or the fall Creator version or update sorry uploaded successfully but when I go into system information it still lists the old version so it didn't update but it's telling me it did and the Microsoft Microsoft site won't let me download it I mean it says update now but when I click on that it doesn't do anything basically other than tell me thank you for updating to the latest version something like that
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If your system says you downloaded the Creator successfully, you may need to do a System Restart. This Install is Not complete until your system powers off/on, or does a restart. As I recall, the Restart was the most time consuming part of the whole process...as my system did several restarts...over a period of a couple of hours....until this upgrade was Finally completed. Normally, many people, including me, just let the system go to "sleep" after a set period of time, and seldom power the system off...so in order to complete this upgrade, you Will have to Restart, or power off/on. Since you cannot do anything on the system while it is "restarting" you might want to do this while you have something else to do for an hour or more.
 
​I still have it on my old laptop. Do not plan to update that one as I use it rarely, mainly to access some old pictures and documents I have not transferred here to this one yet.
 
Don M. said:
If your system says you downloaded the Creator successfully, you may need to do a System Restart. This Install is Not complete until your system powers off/on, or does a restart. As I recall, the Restart was the most time consuming part of the whole process...as my system did several restarts...over a period of a couple of hours....until this upgrade was Finally completed. Normally, many people, including me, just let the system go to "sleep" after a set period of time, and seldom power the system off...so in order to complete this upgrade, you Will have to Restart, or power off/on. Since you cannot do anything on the system while it is "restarting" you might want to do this while you have something else to do for an hour or more.
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Not a reset, just a restart? I've done that since the day this happened though? Firefox Quantum was freezing up on me so I would actually do a hard-boot, had to, nothing else would work come to think of it(found an easy fix for that in about:config). But I have used restart since the Win 10 updated, but like I said, it still says the name of the old Version, and I can tell nothings changed. I was thinking lastnight I might need to do a reset. I couldn't find anything online lastnight, but I've seen some comments in different forums about issues with getting the update.
 
Marie5656 said:
​I still have it on my old laptop. Do not plan to update that one as I use it rarely, mainly to access some old pictures and documents I have not transferred here to this one yet.
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I hear that marie, I have an older laptop with Vista, and it's still a dandy backup if this one goes haywire;)
 
Ok, got it, the update for Fall Creator, geesh. In my System Information it still lists the older update, but when I went into Start>settings>about I found it was installed, total luck since I didn't know what was even happening. Read about the "huge" update after the fact.

I don't want to turn off my auto updates, but that was sort of a rude "update" with no warning, unless I was checking on latest and greatest, which I wasn't. I also haven't run into any issues so far, but I'm reading up on the changes they've made;)
 
Denise1952 said:
Not a reset, just a restart? I've done that since the day this happened though? Firefox Quantum was freezing up on me so I would actually do a hard-boot, had to, nothing else would work come to think of it(found an easy fix for that in about:config). But I have used restart since the Win 10 updated, but like I said, it still says the name of the old Version, and I can tell nothings changed. I was thinking lastnight I might need to do a reset. I couldn't find anything online lastnight, but I've seen some comments in different forums about issues with getting the update.
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It sounds like...for some reason...that this update didn't download completely. You might try doing a manual update....click on the "settings" icon at the bottom of the screen....go to "update and Security"...then click on "check for updates". If it didn't download completely, that should start a new download, and hopefully, it will come through completely....might take awhile. If you look at the "update history" you should see something that says "feature update to Windows 10, version 1709"....and whether or not it updated successfully.
 
Windows XP Pro here, and no plans to ever use another Windows OS, although I am teaching myself Linux, KolibriOS, etc. You always need a 'Plan B'.
 
Windows 10, Linux
I dual boot, and choose

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