Free windows 10 upgrade?

stevo

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I'm still seeing ads using Edge. That's really the only reason why I'm still using Chrome.
I haven't used it heavily but I mean they're off to a great start at the least.
Dee,

The majority of my Win 7 stuff (and by majority, I mean everything except for freaking Norton) works perfectly for W10.

Before upgrading, the W10 installer will give you a list of programs(or Apps, as they're calling them now) that do not or may not work on W10.

Everything is much faster and there is a multi-desktop function that I think helps A LOT with productivity. I actually have 10 desktops up right now for my web development, lol.
It sounds like you need a multi monitor setup lol
 

DamageINC

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Dee,

The majority of my Win 7 stuff (and by majority, I mean everything except for freaking Norton) works perfectly for W10.

Before upgrading, the W10 installer will give you a list of programs(or Apps, as they're calling them now) that do not or may not work on W10.

Everything is much faster and there is a multi-desktop function that I think helps A LOT with productivity. I actually have 10 desktops up right now for my web development, lol.

Thanks. A lot of the stuff i was referring to are user created scripts that run in Tapermonkey, along with a couple of important databases that can get finicky when re-installed. Actual programs I'm not really worried about.

I may upgrade at some point, but honestly, i do so little with the computer lately that it's just not worth the hassle. W7 works well enough for the little that i do.

Also, consider the source. I'm the guy who waited like two years before using my W7 upgrade disc to upgrade from Vista :p
 
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WaLLy

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Redeem it. You'll have 1 year to install, all for free. It won't install it on its own.
 

Nikon

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This update won't make me reinstall all my programs like a clean reinstall of windows will it? I just recently did a fresh reinstall of Windows 7 and do not feel like redoing everything again.
 

DamageINC

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I'm not the best person to answer that, but AFAIK this is just an upgrade and not a new install. All of your stuff should still be there. I know when i upgraded from Vista to 7 using the upgrade disc it kept all of my stuff.
 

WaLLy

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Before it even starts, it gives you an option if you want to keep your stuff or do a clean install.

The whole process is painless.
 

NickHouston

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It will keep everything on your PC and give you the option of reverting for 30 days, after which you are stuck in 10 unless you clean install a previous OS.

Every game and program that worked on W7/8.1 on my PCs also work on W10 so you shouldn't run into any problems.
 

HIBred

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i have an ssd waiting to be installed ,i'm wondering if i should install 10 then migrate or migrate first then install the win 10..i just got the notification that win 10 is ready to be installed :thinking:
 

Kreubs

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i have an ssd waiting to be installed ,i'm wondering if i should install 10 then migrate or migrate first then install the win 10..i just got the notification that win 10 is ready to be installed :thinking:
Migrate then install. The installation is tied to your hardware. I am almost certain that means mobo only, but better safe than sorry imo.
 

HIBred

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too late :K
[DOUBLEPOST=1438883839,1438883376][/DOUBLEPOST]ok sound is effed up..sounds like its underwater... i have soundblaster card ...updated drivers..

ahhhh also my games suck...mouse barely moves... unplayable..both steam and regular installs have same issue..massive latency :|
 
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stevo

eh
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too late :K
[DOUBLEPOST=1438883839,1438883376][/DOUBLEPOST]ok sound is effed up..sounds like its underwater... i have soundblaster card ...updated drivers..

ahhhh also my games suck...mouse barely moves... unplayable..both steam and regular installs have same issue..massive latency :|
What GPU you got?
 

HIBred

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update: Nvidea driver reinstall/update helped but audio is still screwy perhaps the audio drivers are clashing (realtek and soundblaster) i probably have to disable the realtek one..dunno why it didn't stay disabled in settings..
 

stevo

eh
Former Krew Member
update: Nvidea driver reinstall/update helped but audio is still screwy perhaps the audio drivers are clashing (realtek and soundblaster) i probably have to disable the realtek one..dunno why it didn't stay disabled in settings..
That's why I was going to ask what GPU you got because you probably needed to update the graphics drivers manually. I always find it best to do a clean install. But heck I just went away with the upgrade but I will do a fresh reinstall in the near future.
 

Kreubs

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I just upgraded last night and so far I was hit head on with UI bugs.
Background image settings are a bit buggy, it doesn't want to remember some settings. My mouse driver that was ported from my 7 install half worked, but I got a notification that my hardware had changed so I needed to reboot in order for it to take effect. My mouse driver now works. :D

They changed a lot of things and the new control panel still doesn't feel quite complete, but it's a start (it would be nice if they would actually release something more than a start lol).

I think my only other complaint is that they changed Windows+E to "Quick Access" instead of Computer.
There is a native setting in folder & search options. :ttu:

I like the driver updates through Windows Update. I know some people have had issues, but so far in my case it has only fixed issues and replaced outdated drivers 7 told me never even existed.
 
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NickHouston

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Issue #1 I see is that it will force restart no matter what you do. And it won't even save your current desktop state to do it.

I lost about 15 minutes of code. Not much, but it set me back 15 minutes.
 
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