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Originally Posted by villagetinker
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.
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Actually what they did was promote the Win10 upgrade to a "recommended" update. So, if you had previously set Windows Update to take both critical and recommended updates, you got Windows 10 soon thereafter (but only if Microsoft's system checker concluded your PC had what it takes to run it). A fine point perhaps, but it wasn't technically forced. You always had the option to only take critical updates.
For what its worth, while there is a bit of a learning curve with Windows 10, there are options you can use to configure it to resemble Windows 7 very closely. That said, if you don't have Windows 10 yet and are certain you never want it, you can download the "Never10" tool at
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm and run it. Or go to the upcoming Villages Computer Plus meeting where this topic will be being discussed at length.
Regarding your DVD issue, perhaps have a look at the VLC player. If I recall correctly, it can play DVD's. It is sort of a Swiss Army knife type tool for all things video.
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Bob C