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going_home
08-22-2015, 07:51 PM
I hated 8.1 with the stupid boxes.

I downloaded lee-soft.com to make it look like 7.

Now microsoft has given me 10 for free.

I have to say its not bad at all, much better now.

Anyone else get 10 yet ?

Thoughts ?

:bounce:
Dayspring
08-22-2015, 11:45 PM
Had it since release day. Works pretty well.
vintage
08-23-2015, 09:44 PM
got a newer computer at work, now learning windows 7
going_home
08-24-2015, 08:12 PM
got a newer computer at work, now learning windows 7

Thats whats on mine at work too.

Big companies can be slow to upgrade, especially when there are hundreds of PC's to pay upgrade fees on.
vintage
08-24-2015, 08:42 PM
mine is the only computer on the plant floor that is not dedicated to a specific task and since all i have is a desk and no office i get other peoples hand me downs. its ten times better than the one it replaced. it was a 16 bit computer that was maddeningly slow especially when i needed to look at something on the internet like McMaster Carr or Grainger.
Pneumagger
08-25-2015, 12:41 PM
How much HDD space did Win10 take up for you?
I assume it was an upgrade and not a clean install where I would have to reload all of my programs and other junk?
going_home
08-25-2015, 03:13 PM
How much HDD space did Win10 take up for you?
I assume it was an upgrade and not a clean install where I would have to reload all of my programs and other junk?

I'm not sure, it was incremental from 8.1 to 10.
SeeK
08-25-2015, 03:23 PM
I think the USB install for both 32 and 64 bit was 5.9 GB. So the working install files were probably under 3 GB.
Pneumagger
08-25-2015, 07:42 PM
Say if I go from win7 to win10... can I "undo" it and go back to win7 easily or will I have to reinstall win7 from scratch or an old image?
going_home
08-25-2015, 07:54 PM
Say if I go from win7 to win10... can I "undo" it and go back to win7 easily or will I have to reinstall win7 from scratch or an old image?

You should be able to create a restore point before install.

It's pretty similar , I'm guessing you won't mind 10.

It's 8 that is IMHO that's garbage.

;)
going_home
08-25-2015, 09:07 PM
https://sc.imp.live.com/content/dam/imp/surfaces/email/fy15/2015-06_windows_10_onboarding/protocols/?app=1&topic=new-category&tmp=619387

Not sure if that will work but its supposed to pop up a window with a Windows 10 tutorial....