Solve : W7 UPDATE TO W10?

1.	Solve : W7 UPDATE TO W10?
Answer» I am intending to update from W7 to W10 using the automatic update routine that appears regularly (blue message box). Will ALL of my existing settings come across without problems to W10 eg IE favourites, all of my (4) user accounts and passwords, Hotmail and G-mail settings and passwords and my other email accounts (waitrose just mail and 1&1) settings and passwords? In short, is there anything that works fine and dandy now in W7 which might not come across to W10 (or appear in W10 but not work properly)? You are only updating the OS, not other programs. You should be fine.In the last few days I have seen loads of YouTube videos extolling the wonders and virtues of w10! However, I have also read loads of reviews from those who bitterly regretted upgrading from w7 to w10! So I am tempted NOT to take the free upgrade to w10 and wait and SEE what happens after July. Maybe MS will extend the free upgrade period? I have no issues or problems with my w7 system -it does everything I WANT. My only concern is that it will be totally unsupported after 2020 - sounds a long time away but is only around 3+ years! Maybe the best option is to wait and eventually buy new hardware with w10 pre-installed. I will forfeit the free upgrade - but some who have upgraded to w10 have had so many problems which have then cost to fix - so they have then spent more than they saved on the free upgrade! Thoughts on my proposed action would be welcome. Nobody can tell you what to do. I can tell you I have W10 on two systems, W8 on several and W7 on a couple. I'm happy with all of them. It's just an operating system. Your best bet is to create an image of your system drive (Acronis True Image, Macrium Reflect, ETC) to an off-disc medium and then upgrade to W10. If you're happy, great. If not, restore the image.Thanks. As a non-techhie 'silver surfer' using w7 ONLY for e-mail, correspondence (Word) and web surfing (ie no games or videos and few piccies) - all of which w7 does well for me - I intend to stay with w7 - having read quite of lot of 'pro' and 'con- articles on whether or not to upgrade to w10. If I upgraded to w10 I would not be able to deal with any problems so would have to call 'my man' in to fix - and pay!! My only concern is what to do as 2020 draws nearer (when support for w7 will stop)? Time passes quickly! Any ideas? Quote My only concern is what to do as 2020 draws nearer (when support for w7 will stop)? Time passes quickly! Any ideas? In order to decide how to proceed, it's good to understand exactly what it means when Windows 7 will leave the Extended support phase in 2020. The main thing worth considering is that it will no longer receive security updates. This is obviously not an altogether trivial concern, of course; having security updates is very useful for ensuring the system is secure. One consideration is that- for the most part- security issues in Windows are not how people get malware or other undesirable software on their systems; typically the way that happens is not through a software exploit, but via user exploits- convincing you to "go ahead and run that program, it has exactly what you need, and yeah sure it's safe, just disable your AV" and the like. Many of the security updates released for Windows which sound scary are somewhat innocuous, and only cover very particular scenarios. occasionally there is a more major issue found that has wider implications or makes it easier for a system to be infected, but other than that, even without security updates one can usually be just fine continuing to use the unsupported Operating System. This is particularly true in the described use-case you provide; as long as you keep the browser up to date you should be no less safe over all than you are now in terms of security. Beyond that, Win7 will continue to run without issue overall. Just as earlier Windows versions can still run today. That is, once the support date passes they won't give you error messages telling you you MUST upgrade.

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I am intending to update from W7 to W10 using the automatic update routine that appears regularly (blue message box).

Will ALL of my existing settings come across without problems to W10 eg IE favourites, all of my (4) user accounts and passwords, Hotmail and G-mail settings and passwords and my other email accounts (waitrose just mail and 1&1) settings and passwords?

In short, is there anything that works fine and dandy now in W7 which might not come across to W10 (or appear in W10 but not work properly)?
You are only updating the OS, not other programs. You should be fine.In the last few days I have seen loads of YouTube videos extolling the wonders and virtues of w10!

However, I have also read loads of reviews from those who bitterly regretted upgrading from w7 to w10!

So I am tempted NOT to take the free upgrade to w10 and wait and SEE what happens after July. Maybe MS will extend the free upgrade period?

I have no issues or problems with my w7 system -it does everything I WANT. My only concern is that it will be totally unsupported after 2020 - sounds a long time away but is only around 3+ years!

Maybe the best option is to wait and eventually buy new hardware with w10 pre-installed. I will forfeit the free upgrade - but some who have upgraded to w10 have had so many problems which have then cost to fix - so they have then spent more than they saved on the free upgrade!

Thoughts on my proposed action would be welcome.
Nobody can tell you what to do. I can tell you I have W10 on two systems, W8 on several and W7 on a couple. I'm happy with all of them. It's just an operating system. Your best bet is to create an image of your system drive (Acronis True Image, Macrium Reflect, ETC) to an off-disc medium and then upgrade to W10. If you're happy, great. If not, restore the image.Thanks. As a non-techhie 'silver surfer' using w7 ONLY for e-mail, correspondence (Word) and web surfing (ie no games or videos and few piccies) - all of which w7 does well for me - I intend to stay with w7 - having read quite of lot of 'pro' and 'con- articles on whether or not to upgrade to w10.

If I upgraded to w10 I would not be able to deal with any problems so would have to call 'my man' in to fix - and pay!!

My only concern is what to do as 2020 draws nearer (when support for w7 will stop)? Time passes quickly! Any ideas? Quote

My only concern is what to do as 2020 draws nearer (when support for w7 will stop)? Time passes quickly! Any ideas?

In order to decide how to proceed, it's good to understand exactly what it means when Windows 7 will leave the Extended support phase in 2020.

The main thing worth considering is that it will no longer receive security updates. This is obviously not an altogether trivial concern, of course; having security updates is very useful for ensuring the system is secure.

One consideration is that- for the most part- security issues in Windows are not how people get malware or other undesirable software on their systems; typically the way that happens is not through a software exploit, but via user exploits- convincing you to "go ahead and run that program, it has exactly what you need, and yeah sure it's safe, just disable your AV" and the like. Many of the security updates released for Windows which sound scary are somewhat innocuous, and only cover very particular scenarios. occasionally there is a more major issue found that has wider implications or makes it easier for a system to be infected, but other than that, even without security updates one can usually be just fine continuing to use the unsupported Operating System. This is particularly true in the described use-case you provide; as long as you keep the browser up to date you should be no less safe over all than you are now in terms of security.

Beyond that, Win7 will continue to run without issue overall. Just as earlier Windows versions can still run today. That is, once the support date passes they won't give you error messages telling you you MUST upgrade.

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