Hey folks...just wanted to post a PSA if you're still on Windows 7. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium and a box popped up the other day after I rebooted and logged into Windows. It essentially stated something like Windows 7 support and updates would end on 14-JAN 2020. Apparently Windows 7 is getting to its "End of Life" phase...

When Windows 7 reaches its End of Life phase on January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop releasing updates and patches for the operating system. ... However, that doesn't mean Windows 7 will stop working on January 14 2020 – you'll still be able to use Windows 7 for as long as you want.


Conducting a search just now, here is some expanded guidance and link...

All good things must come to an end, even Windows 7. After January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running Windows 7. But you can keep the good times rolling by moving to Windows 10.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-c...of-windows-7-support

By that time, the system I use in my office will probably get a pretty hefty upgrade that will include Windows 10. But I thought I would just throw this out there for the Windows 7 crowd...

Thanks for the heads up. I am still using Windows 7 but I have a new 2 TB SSD drive loaded with a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro.

Going to spend the rest of the year probably with W7 and slowly load up the W10 install with all the programs and stuff I typically use as time allows.

Should be ready to roll when support ends.

We have two MS-Win7 boxen in the ensigmatic household. Both dual-boot with Linux, as well. Neither is run under MS-Windows very often. I'll just leave MS-Win7 on them for as long as it remains useful, then recover the space for other uses after it is no longer.

I won't go near MS-Win10.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

I won't go near MS-Win10.

Yeah, we know.

We’re still using Win7 at work. Heck, we’re still using FoxPro and when did support end for that? 2007??

We won’t upgrade to Win10 until the state makes us. Our computers can barely handle Win7 (old Vista machines).

I still have an old Win8 desktop but everything else is Win10 now when it was free to upgrade.

I have Windows 7 on this laptop.....and thoroughly enjoy it.

My wife has Windows 10 on hers and it's a piece of garbage!!!!

W7 works perfect for what I want to do. I see no need to downgrade to W10 and absorb all the spyware and tracking programs

I have stuff that won't run on W10, and there is no good replacement for it.

flashguy

I'm rocking Win 7 on this laptop that I keep in the crashpad and also on my desktop at home. Win 10 always seemed like more of a hassle than it was worth.

Thinking of building a new desktop in May - it may be time to bite the bullet and have a Win 10 machine.

Just to stir things a bit, let me add that things haven't changed drastically over the past 25 years or more.

Spreadsheets, document files and even the latest main player, email, have remained basically the same since their appereance.

Of course there are hardware and drivers constraints, to some degree, less forgiving than your main programs.

If you run a circa 2002 XP system you are still pretty much covered for the main programs, browsers will bitch a little but antivirus and antispyware and other utilities have your back covered.

Wonder if the same can be said for a W95 box...

Just sayin'

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I work for one of the largest healthcare orgs in the World and we are in the middle of migrating more than 250k PC’s to W10. Lots of fun and games trying to schedule that across the world.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

I won't go near MS-Win10.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with Windows 10?

O&O Shutup10?

Opinions? Looks neat but I dunnoo...

Don't mean to hijack but if you are stuck with windows it might be a great way to turn shit off you don't like...

I've got a few Windows 7 machines scattered around that I never used the Win 10 upgrade as I'm happy with 7.

A couple months ago Acer recertified sent an email blast with a deal I couldn't pass up on a Win 10 desktop. I'm not tech trained but have been playing with pcs for 20 years. It took me some trial and error to get used to 10 but now I like it better and seldom use my win 7 machines.

I'm still running 7 on three machines and getting everything I need to do done.

I also have XP on an old laptop which I use as an email device since it still runs Outlook Express with its easy interface for maintaining multiple email addresses/identities.

I have updated numerous 7 and 8 OS's to 10 for free still with the Microsoft media creation tool. Just did one a week ago. YMMV but I have yet to find one that I couldn't get activated. Some activate seamlessly others require activation by phone. It's automated and pretty simple. You don't have to talk to someone if you have a smart phone.

I can't get industry standard professional equipment to work with 10.

It works perfect on 7 and the Macs.

I am being sent to Las Vegas to meet with SAi and X-Rite tomorrow to see what can be done.

10 will load the spectrophotometer robotic table driver, but fail to see it on any port in the software.

I can get some functionality if I do everything manually, but when you have thousands of color patches to scan, it's tedious and inefficient.

Guess I should do something about that WinXP box I have laying around....

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Originally posted by radioman:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I won't go near MS-Win10.

Ok, I'll bite. What's wrong with Windows 10?

MS-Win10, specifically? TBH I no longer recall the list of things I disliked about it, but it was fairly extensive. I know the "phone home" stuff was a big one. Bottom line is I do not like MS-Windows. Never have. (Save a brief infatuation with NT4, which lasted about as long as it took to actually try to use it in practice.)

I've been on 10 since it was released. It is running on a Surface Pro (which means it will run with Apple reliability since MS owns the hardware). I am also running it on an older Samsung notebook and it has continually improved. I've never been screwed by an update. I guess I am lucky.