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21. How did it work out? I haven't upgraded yet, I plan on Tues or Wedn, am very worried
Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:17 AM
Jan 2020

about losing my computer -- sooner, by the upgrade fucking up my computer and not being able to roll it back, or later as I would be impossibly stupid to continue to use the Internet from a computer whose operating system is no longer being patched.

I almost didn't get my computer back to working after a routine simple Windows update a couple of months ago, and restoring to a previous restore point didn't work either -- reboot after reboot after reboot, several of them including turning the computer off and on -- trying to start Windows safe mode, I was about to give up (Windows just wouldn't start), and unexpectedly another reboot worked.

I found some software tool that advised that my computer was not a good candidate for Windows 10 (or words to that effect, I don't remember them exactly). So it will be a gamble. I bought it in April 2011 -- has plenty of memory (8 GB) and hard drive space (1 TB with about 20% used) -- and was about the most powerful desktop processor at the time.

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I haven't seen that offer in a long time. California_Republic Oct 2019 #1
Possibly... EarlG Oct 2019 #2
I asked a 2naSalit Oct 2019 #3
A neighbor of mine, who knows his stuff, as of last year was holding on to windows 7, empedocles Oct 2019 #4
Microsoft will no longer support it with security upgrades and patches after Jan 14, 2020 progree Oct 2019 #7
I'm at the library upgrading right now. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 #19
How did it work out? I haven't upgraded yet, I plan on Tues or Wedn, am very worried progree Jan 2020 #21
Did she say how much Ram would be needed? kimbutgar Oct 2019 #5
I don't recall but she said my computer 2naSalit Oct 2019 #9
RAM and hard drive are two totally separate things ... mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #11
Thanks, I didn't think I had all that right... 2naSalit Oct 2019 #13
It'll run fine on 6GB but I'd recommend 8GB unless all he does is browse the web mr_lebowski Oct 2019 #12
You need more than 4 RAM CountAllVotes Oct 2019 #6
I have WIN10 on one of my laptops - OhZone Oct 2019 #8
You can upgrade to Linux at any time for free! TygrBright Oct 2019 #10
Hmmm..., that sort of thing. 2naSalit Oct 2019 #15
The last Windows I used on my personal computers was 98SE. hunter Oct 2019 #16
works much better if u do a clean install. finding its not that different from 7. all thos ugly msongs Oct 2019 #14
Yes. toddwv Oct 2019 #17
What I did to solve this problem CountAllVotes Oct 2019 #18
Yes. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2020 #20
Yes Duckerington Feb 2020 #22
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