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    Windows 7 vs Windows 10??

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    • provelsP
      provels
      last edited by provels

      Much better off with Win10 from security and update standpoints. If you don't like the UI of Win10, you can always add a program like Classic Shell to give you the equivalent look and feel of Win7. That's what I did on my 2012R2 Server (which is similar to Win8.1 with its horrible Little Tikes interface). Works a treat as the Brits say.
      http://classicshell.net

      Peder

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      • chpalmerC
        chpalmer
        last edited by chpalmer

        Apparently the ability to pay for extended support for Windows 7 does exist. Im looking to do that for one machine here due to the software I run that wont run on 10. But everything else is going to 10 within the next few months that is not already there. I too prefer Win 7 but good things must end and we must bend to some engineers twisted way.. 😏

        If you run Windows 10 and want to debloat it those tools do exist and I will say help allot!

        As Johnpoz stated above you can turn off the automatic updates fairly easily.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWHiP9K8fQ0 we use the tool in this video on every machine.

        Triggering snowflakes one by one..
        Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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          ikra
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          You should definitely go with windows 10.

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          • chpalmerC
            chpalmer @ikra
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            @ikra said in Windows 7 vs Windows 10??:

            You should definitely go with windows 10.

            Because you say so? 😀

            Triggering snowflakes one by one..
            Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz on an M400 WG box.

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            • chpalmerC
              chpalmer
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              https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497181/lifecycle-faq-extended-security-updates

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                michael786 Banned
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                  Yoshkara
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                  Of course, windows 10. 10 has many advantages, of course it has a lot of content to deal with, but it's worth it.

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                      oliv88
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                      Obviously Windows 10 as everyone moves with the latest version which is bug-free and secure as compared to the older version

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        This thread is obsolete. It did serve as a honeypot for spammers (who can't see all the deleted spam posts here) though. 😉

                        Locking it anyway though.

                        Steve

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