Win 7 - end of life warning

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Got one of these on the other half's PC over the weekend.

I suppose there will be a couple of weeks grace before it starts throwing up errors.
 

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Ah, January 2020 is mentioned.
 

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That's annoying.... I've just rebuilt a Win7 machine:oops:
 

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I dont recall any info on the screen before now, but then she was using an XP machine until two years ago.
 

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The idiots don't understand the first rule of electronics......If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

I think W7 was the best one out there, I hate working on W10 machines, too much hunting around looking for stuff.

Lets get a world wide rally going to bring it back as W14. (two times better)
 

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! don't forget win 8.1 ! With open (aka clasic) shell (or similar), a few tweaks (remove (cr)apps, add some privacy control) = a fast, super stable win7 mk2 = best OS ever imho. Support 'til 2023.
 
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The idiots don't understand the first rule of electronics......If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.
Well, there's people still trying updating older microsoft OS ...:-doh
Like microsoft would waste (time and) money making an older OS better, so people had no need to buy Win10...:-rofl2

moneeeeey moeeeyy moneeeeeeeeeey

Most computers running old windows versions are used for 'simple tasks' and could run an updated Linux distribution for free.
 

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Well, there's people still trying updating older microsoft OS ...:-doh
Like microsoft would waste (time and) money making an older OS better, so people had no need to buy Win10...:-rofl2

moneeeeey moeeeyy moneeeeeeeeeey

Most computers running old windows versions are used for 'simple tasks' and could run an updated Linux distribution for free.


Quite. All my older devices run Linux Mint.

But I do have a Win 10 Tablet and don't share the commonly expressed views about its general shiteness. I find it rather good, despite having spent many years refusing to use Microshaft OS's at all!
 

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..e, I hate working on W10 machines, too much hunting around looking for stuff..
Biggest issue for me was all the Cr*p that was installed with the upgrade and then the updates - See here for some of the ways to get rid of that (as I have) which improves things enormously
How to speed up Windows 10 - if your W10 seems to running very slowly, then take a look here (I've already posted a couple of the tips, but there are more)

itpro.co.uk

How to speed up Windows 10
Windows 10 feeling sluggish? Read on for tips and tricks to speed it up

With those and and IObit Uninstaller Free, I cleared out a whole host of useless garbage.
 

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And I don't even use Windows... suckers.
 
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