Windows 10 Install

[demyansk]

The date is coming close for the free upgrade. I have talked to a few gamers already and wondering what the rest of you are going to do?

[sanderz]

upgraded a year ago - zero issues

actually i did a clean install over the upgrade - it seems you are much more likely to get issues if you just run with the upgrade

[Qwixt]

I bought win 10 for my new machine last year, and I upgraded my old win 7 machine to win 10 a couple of weeks ago. I really wasn't planning on upgrading that machine, but I like win 10 enough. It was fairly painless as far as upgrades. I upgraded, then I ran the built in reset option to do a clean install. Both of my versions are the pro versions which means that I can enable or disable any windows features I choose.

[Capt. Harlock]

I upgraded my home machine about seven months ago, and so far it's been working fairly well. I never set up Cortana because I'm opposed to anything that makes me register another user ID. I'm still not as comfortable with the new search function; I prefer to search from a window just as in Windows 7. And Pacific War under DOSBox seems to be more bug and crash-prone. Otherwise, it's working smoothly.

[budd]

i have a computer and laptop, one was clean install one was upgrade no issues with either. I like Win 10 so far after 6 months, in fact some older wargames i had trouble with under Win7 i have run with no adjustments so far under Win 10.

I remembered one adjustment i had to make, combat command had to be installed in the C drive to work, other than that nada.

[wworld7]

Upgraded a year ago with no problems.

[kentcol]

Excuse my ignorance on this,but does a clean install wipe out all your programs?

[Freyr Oakenshield]

Go for it! Win7 will soon be geriatric... Let alone WinXP...

[lionel1957]

Does the Windows 10 compatibility mode work with older games (such as the SC2 games)?

[chemkid]

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[Qwixt]

ORIGINAL: kentcol

Excuse my ignorance on this,but does a clean install wipe out all your programs?

Yes, it does.

[demyansk]

A clean install will erase everything on the hard drive? Ouch

What do I need to look for when installing the upgrade?

Thanks for the replies

[Qwixt]

ORIGINAL: demjansk

A clean install will erase everything on the hard drive? Ouch

What do I need to look for when installing the upgrade?

Thanks for the replies

The default is upgrading from win 7 or 8, and leaves everything intact. I just mentioned that I upgraded from 7 to 10, then performed a clean install because I don't want all the old crap hanging around.

[IntrepidMan]

I still use Winxp on this machine and use a linux usb flash for work. I will never use Win10. I dont get why you feel the need to change your OS. Theres no appreciable advantage to it.

[demyansk]

I am still not sure if I am going to do the upgrade, I know something will get messed up

[Rosseau]

There are significant advantages in speed, security, support, etc. if you are running a modern computer (say i5, 8 gigs).

I was the ultimate XP diehard, but when I got modern computer went to Win7 and then Win10. No issues with tons of games. Was just playing an SSG game in fact.

My wife auto-upgraded from win7 to win8.3 to win10 without even knowing she did it. Amazing.

I hate change, but I hate viruses more. Plus, I want to play some modern games before I pass away [;)]

[Crossroads]

I've run the W10 upgrade on three desktops and one laptop, no issues. All data and apps remained in tact. It is pretty amazing. I much prefer the new Microsoft to that of old. Seems they care about thir customers now. And they better, with Linux and MacOS offering top notch options.

[demyansk]

Thanks guys for the tips. I installed today and it went well. Now, I need to look at all the bells and whistles.

Any suggestions on what to turn Off? I did run a custom install and turned off some of the app location things.

[VPaulus]

Check this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971725/ ... piece.html

and this:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955491/ ... stems.html

[demyansk]

Thanks Paulus, Battlefield 4 works from Origin and the one good thing that happened with the change, I didn't get the box about the screen come up asking me about my color for the screen. It was coming up every time I started a B4 game.

Battle Academy worked, Case Blue, DC3, all were fine.