Windows 10. Is it safe to update please?

I wouldn't if I were you!

I did and got rid of it

TNM, I've heard there can be problems but is it not the case that I will be forced to sometime in the future?

I'm certainly not computer savvy however i went to windows10 a few months ago and have just about got used to it although i don't exploit 99% of what it has to offer.

That's the thing posy, I only use my laptop for betting and the odd google. Anything else and I'm lost. I'm happy with Windows 8 and don't want to change but fear It might be inevitable one day?

Wait until that day

Thanks mrcombustible and for the other replies. I said I was on Windows 8 but it's actually 8.1 if I remember correctly after being forced to update about 18 months ago.

I upgraded from 8.2 (fcuking disaster)and 10 is better

more like Windows 7 when you get use to it

stewarty b • January 22, 2016 9:15 AM GMT
That's the thing posy, I only use my laptop for betting and the odd google. Anything else and I'm lost. I'm happy with Windows 8 and don't want to change but fear It might be inevitable one day?

What! No porn?

What! No porn?


No, I prefer the real thing.

Nothing wrong with Windows 10.

It is said to be invasive.

Wait until that day



Forgot to add that it's free at the moment and if you wait there will be a charge?

in the name of God do it

The way they are doing it, as I understand, is to remove support for previous versions{security patching and the like} to 'encourage' you to upgrade.

Mainstream support for windows 7 with service pack 1 ended 13th jan 2015.

Extended support for windows 7 ends 14th jan 2020


Windows 10 upgrade is not compulsory and is only offered free for first twelve months from release date

I never upgrade until I have to.

I just want something that works. Where I've learned where everything is and what it's called.

I look on a new operating system like a jigsaw puzzle. Where you've put all the pieces together and are  enjoying the picture.
Then someone breaks it up and you have do it all over again.

Good points, Doc.
All a bit like life in general.

I run the free Linux UBUNTU on my laptops.
I use one just for banking.

I don't have to run anti virus, I don't have to run anti spyware. I don't have to install security updates.
I just turn it on and use it without any fuss.

The main reason I don't run Ubuntu on my PC is because I use a TV card and surf the internet at the same time, and I couldn't get a TV card or a TV dongle to work with Ubuntu.

I did it at home (from Win 7) and it's fine.  Did it because it was free and pushes the end of support from MS for the operating system past the expected life of the box itself.

If you're on Win 8, do it.  Win 8 was a horrible mess, Win 10 is like Win 7+.

Yep, fear of the unknown is what probably holds me back with computers.
I have rejected the free offer to switch to 10, but, possibly, should bite the bullet and get it over with.

Funnily enough, Doc, I downloaded Ubuntu only yesterday! Took a while, and I was too tired and frightened to install it.
I seem to muddle on with this Seamonkey thing ( saw it mentioned on this forum a few years ago) and am reluctant to go out of my comfort zone, in case I mess up and am left without internet access ( through my ignorance).

I'll have to man up and give Ubuntu a whirl.

I am still on Windows XP, i was told five years ago that i was doomed if i didn't upgrade to the latest version of windows 

you should upgrade to windows 10, you will like it, its very stable and improves computer performance.
im very happy with it.

i did & its great.

No problems with 10 at all. Windows 8 is about as woeful as it gets

I've absolutely no problems since upgrading from 8 to 10, but I've refused to upgrade from 7 to 10 on another computer. The reason is that 7 has Windows Media Center, but 10 hasn't.

Other than that, 10 is far superior to anything that came before it.

for my racing i use win xp.
if you have win 7 stick with it 10 is slow and cubersum

10 is neither slow or cumbersum

if you do use win 10 download start menu 8 as then works like win7

Win 10 Pro N is stable as a rock - apart from Edge, but I use chrome anyway.  Pro gives you more control over updates and comes with BitLocker for drive encryption.  'N' means no media player - I wanted the OS as 'lite' as possible.

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if you do use win 10 download start menu 8 as then works like win7


Why would anyone download that when w10 has its own start menu ???

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for my racing i use win xp.
if you have win 7 stick with it 10 is slow and cubersum


What you running a Pentium 4??

I was well accustomed to windows xp/vista then win 7...didnt like win 8 and was dreading having to upgrade...then got a lappy with win 10 and spent a few night getting my head round it and now love it..

If you switch on then open chrome or firefox to use for betting/browsing etc it makes no diff what operating system you're using .