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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?

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

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.

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.

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.

Upgraded a year ago with no problems.

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

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

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

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ORIGINAL: kentcol

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

Yes, it does.

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

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.

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.

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

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 [;)]

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.

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.

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

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

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.