Windows 7

EveryWhere

dipsomaniac wrote: »

not much point using av if you don't keep your os up to date.

some on here have said that you can still update to win10 using win7 product key. i would go down that route if still available

All upgrade paths still work.

VoucherMan

For maybe a little encouragement, and a warning,


A couple of week ago I upgraded an old laptop from W7 to W10 following a route explained here on MSE.

IIRC, everything ran just the same once the upgrade was complete. Nothing needed updating, although some of the settings needed changing to make it look a bit more familiar. In effect it seemed like nothing more than an extremely long monthly update.

While it was upgrading I dug another old laptop out of the cupboard to use. A nice old machine running XP. As others have suggested on here, stuff won't run on it. Something I wanted to use required a version of .NET Framework that wasn't compatible with XP, so the old laptop is back in the cupboard again.:o W7 hopefully still has a few years of usability in it,, but long term I'm sure it will end up like XP.

Aidanmc

"A couple of week ago I upgraded an old laptop from W7 to W10 following a route explained here on MSE."

where can i find this please?

mksysb

dipsomaniac wrote: »

not much point using av if you don't keep your os up to date.

some on here have said that you can still update to win10 using win7 product key. i would go down that route if still available

Quite the opposite I would have thought, if you have a vulnerable OS you won't want any virus's getting through that could exploit it.

AndyPix

mksysb wrote: »

Quite the opposite I would have thought, if you have a vulnerable OS you won't want any virus's getting through that could exploit it.

You misunderstand the concept - for some reason I found that quite amusing


If you have a hole in the OS that isn't patched - that can be exploited to make your machine bend to the will of the hackers. There is nothing that an antivirus can do to prevent this

EveryWhere

VoucherMan wrote: »

For maybe a little encouragement, and a warning,


A couple of week ago I upgraded an old laptop from W7 to W10 following a route explained here on MSE.

IIRC, everything ran just the same once the upgrade was complete. Nothing needed updating, although some of the settings needed changing to make it look a bit more familiar. In effect it seemed like nothing more than an extremely long monthly update.

While it was upgrading I dug another old laptop out of the cupboard to use. A nice old machine running XP. As others have suggested on here, stuff won't run on it. Something I wanted to use required a version of .NET Framework that wasn't compatible with XP, so the old laptop is back in the cupboard again.:o W7 hopefully still has a few years of usability in it,, but long term I'm sure it will end up like XP.

Why don't you update the machine, so that it can run a later version of Windows, instead of just putting it back into the cupboard?

Terry98

Aidanmc wrote: »

"A couple of week ago I upgraded an old laptop from W7 to W10 following a route explained here on MSE."

where can i find this please?

Maybe here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6003681/windows-7-free-cheap-upgrade-to-windows-10&highlight=win7+to+win10 ?

VoucherMan

Aidanmc wrote: »

"A couple of week ago I upgraded an old laptop from W7 to W10 following a route explained here on MSE."

where can i find this please?

I couldn't say for sure, but..

Terry98 wrote: »

Maybe here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6003681/windows-7-free-cheap-upgrade-to-windows-10&highlight=win7+to+win10 ?

I had a quick look on my browsing history, and https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/ was the last related page I visited.

EveryWhere wrote: »

Why don't you update the machine, so that it can run a later version of Windows, instead of just putting it back into the cupboard?

I got it as a cheap eBay refurb. I doubt it would be powerful enough to run a later version, plus I'm not aware of any free upgrades. It's still potentially useful for offline stuff like spreadsheets & watching videos, so I hang on to it 'just in case'. One day I'll have a de-clutter & take it to be recycled.

elsien

melbury wrote: »

Thank you, but I wouldn't dream of attempting to do anything like that - I am too scared of it:o

Model is: p6-2000ukm

I managed to put a SSD in my desktop thanks to a step by step idiots guide from the nice people on here and I'm a complete technical numpty. I wouldn't rule it out completely.

melbury

Please can anyone answer the last big of my original post, which was:

Also, if I did buy a new computer is there any easy way of transferring the data over from my existing one or would it be more sensible to pay a computer person to come and do it for me?

As some of you already know, I am a complete technophobe and just don't really understand anything much about computers.

From what I read on here I think it will have to be a new computer.

I didn't download the free Windows 10 version when it was available because I thought it would cause problems - some people seemed to having some issues with it. My work computer is on Windows 10 and I think it is horrible, nowhere near as good as Windows 7:( I hate change, it it ain't broke don't fix it.