New Posts For Thread: WINDOWS 7 - RIPhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---ripThe Windows 7 End of Life date has been announced as January 14, 2020. Got a wee pop up when it downloaded some updates, no more support/security patches after that date which is only 7 months away. Got both laptops running this as I hate 10, actuallW10 is truly non-user friendly to most including myself who's not a geek; the endless updates are so unnecessary and memory sapping. And, my only browser is Google Chrome. W7 is more than adequate for what I need eg here, Exchange, email and buying shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557381205#557381205W10 is truly non-user friendly to most including myself who's not a geek; the endless updates are so unnecessary and memory sapping. And, my only browser is Google Chrome. W7 is more than adequate for what I need eg here, Exchange, email and buying sSun, 16 Jun 2019 14:33:47 -0500The only reason I need Windows on this laptop is Gruss. Gruss doesn't work on any other system. The laptop itself has Windows 7 on it, and I really, really don't want to switch to Windows 10. The only browser I've ever used on the laptop is Google Chhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557376373#557376373The only reason I need Windows on this laptop is Gruss. Gruss doesn't work on any other system. The laptop itself has Windows 7 on it, and I really, really don't want to switch to Windows 10. The only browser I've ever used on the laptop is Google ChSun, 16 Jun 2019 05:04:27 -0500I have to confess to buying a cheap lightweight notebook to take on holidays a few years ago but after the first 2 upgrades of W10, it told me that there was not enough memory to update it any further!!! I have tried to remove a few programmes to makhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557375989#557375989I have to confess to buying a cheap lightweight notebook to take on holidays a few years ago but after the first 2 upgrades of W10, it told me that there was not enough memory to update it any further!!! I have tried to remove a few programmes to makSun, 16 Jun 2019 02:51:21 -0500Windows 7 - BEST ever - and by a million miles.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557375271#557375271Windows 7 - BEST ever - and by a million miles.Sat, 15 Jun 2019 20:00:51 -0500To me W10/8 was designed to take away control of the computer from the user and put it in the hands of MS and it's partners in crime, with W7 I can calibrate the PC to do what I want it do or allow to do, W10 seems to make it deliberately hard for yohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557373131#557373131To me W10/8 was designed to take away control of the computer from the user and put it in the hands of MS and it's partners in crime, with W7 I can calibrate the PC to do what I want it do or allow to do, W10 seems to make it deliberately hard for yoSat, 15 Jun 2019 13:57:37 -0500Your upgrade problems will be nothing to do with licensing which is checked as the very last step, it'll just be standard windows upgrade crap.I'm very pleased i've got my W7 back to ~ full health .. No thanks of course to Microsoft trying to installhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557373001#557373001Your upgrade problems will be nothing to do with licensing which is checked as the very last step, it'll just be standard windows upgrade crap.I'm very pleased i've got my W7 back to ~ full health .. No thanks of course to Microsoft trying to installSat, 15 Jun 2019 13:37:03 -0500No it's ok, that offer isn't available to me it seems, I've tried 2 times trying to upgrade to W10 via the Microsoft media creator tool and get the same error after about 40 mins, feck them. I have a feeling Microsoft might renegade on their decisionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557372939#557372939No it's ok, that offer isn't available to me it seems, I've tried 2 times trying to upgrade to W10 via the Microsoft media creator tool and get the same error after about 40 mins, feck them. I have a feeling Microsoft might renegade on their decisionSat, 15 Jun 2019 13:26:14 -0500Microsoft did it for the money!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557371785#557371785Microsoft did it for the money!Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:08:45 -0500GEESUSS, sorry I haven't answered your question yet.I upgraded to W10 from W7 pro using the offer I was sent from Microsoft to upgrade for free.It was simply a matter of clicking a box.After I reverted back to W7 the offer was still valid, so it washttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557369333#557369333GEESUSS, sorry I haven't answered your question yet.I upgraded to W10 from W7 pro using the offer I was sent from Microsoft to upgrade for free.It was simply a matter of clicking a box.After I reverted back to W7 the offer was still valid, so it wasSat, 15 Jun 2019 04:13:32 -0500W8 was an abomination, 8.1 at least almost usable. When the laptop I had upgraded (without asking me) to 8.1 it of course ****ed up and if I hadn't been a bit of a geek it would have been stuffed, I remember having to hack around in the recovery conshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31535911/windows-7---rip?post_id=557368087#557368087W8 was an abomination, 8.1 at least almost usable. When the laptop I had upgraded (without asking me) to 8.1 it of course ****ed up and if I hadn't been a bit of a geek it would have been stuffed, I remember having to hack around in the recovery consFri, 14 Jun 2019 17:42:42 -0500