Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Can one still get Windows 7 when buying a new computer?
Thread: Can one still get Windows 7 when buying a new computer?
View Single Post
 
Old 04-03-2016, 02:38 PM
villagetinker's Avatar
villagetinker villagetinker is offline
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Village of Pinellas
Posts: 11,100
Thanks: 3
Thanked 8,229 Times in 2,991 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by rubicon View Post
I keep getting a notice for a free download for Windows 10 and have ignored it so far. So you caught my attention when you said "they "gave me no choice and did īt"without my permission. Who is "they"and what is "īt" they did?.
Microsoft, had a news release (or something similar) 1-2 months ago, indicating they were going to "force" the upgrade to user. There were some exceptions for enterprise users. So, when that came out is when I decided to do the upgrade on my terms. First, backup your hard drive, second backup your hard drive, then and only then start the upgrade. You might want to make sure you have 2-3 HOURS, this can take a while. There are several reboots, and as I recall no user intervention.
Hope this helps.
__________________
Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV.