Windows 7 stopped product supports. Please upgrade your Windows and wallets ASAP

[Bouvier11]

No need to change to Windows 8, because Windows 7 is quite good and also very popular worldwide. Real thread is only crypto viruses, and then you need to reinstall OS. Otherwise antivirus soft is ok. Linux is not safe, except may be some of them. 

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[UserU]

Why are so many people hesitant to update to Windows 10?

I've used it for a few years now and never had major issues. Drivers work fine.

[Pitaloki]

Why are so many people hesitant to update to Windows 10?

People who care about their privacy, security or prefer OSS (Open Source Software) would be hesitant. But for regular user, it'd be application compatibility with W10 and fear the upgrade will break their OS (W7 to W8/W8.1 upgrade was messy)

There are a lot of tools about Privacy Setting available for Windows 10 to disable some "strange" services and functions.

A lot of them can be found on Github, this one for example : https://github.com/10se1ucgo/DisableWinTracking ; and the good new is you can check the source code because Github.

[Pmalek]

My personal experience (at least until now I write this) with windows OS is the only WinXp and Win7 is more stable and secure

My family home desktop computer uses a Windows OS. My family is used to the interface and I have no problems with it. I have had Windows OS's since Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 7 and it is now running Windows 10. I wouldn't agree with you that XP and Windows 7 are better in terms of stability. There have often been stability-related problems, blue screens of death, OS failures, features not working anymore etc. I have never seen any issues with Windows 10. It is important to mention that my OS's 7 and 10 were and are genuine with purchased licenses.

In terms of privacy Windows 10 is a nightmare but try explaining that to kids or grandparents who need access to a computer. They don't care but they also have nothing to hide.   

[spangler]

why not use linux .ubuntu ,redhat,centos,and so on...

[joniboini]

and the good new is you can check the source code because Github.

Windows is never gonna be good if you want to solve your privacy problem. They're a commercial product run by a business, which sells data here and there to further increase their sales.

If privacy is important for you, instead of trying to fix your Windows, it's better to ditch them instead.

[pooya87]

why not use linux .ubuntu ,redhat,centos,and so on...

it is so easy to say that specially if you only use your computer to perform pretty primitive tasks such as surfing the web or playing a game. otherwise there are many cases where you want to work with a professional application that only runs on windows.
for instance there is no IDE as power as Visual Studio for Linux. there is VS code but that is only an editor not an IDE. there are a lot other applications that are the same too which means many users are stuck on windows even if they don't like it.

[kro55]

3 days ago, Microsoft stopped their product supports for Windows 7, so for people who use Windows, it is good time to upgrade their Windows to Windows 10. It is the must thing to do, for their own security.

Or better yet, start learning how to use Linux! Better privacy, and also better security in theory(because you're a lot less likely to be infected as most malware are made for Windows devices). People think Linux is too difficult to use but the fact is that it's a lot user friendly today! Ubuntu[1] and Mint[2] are 2 good and stable Linux distros that I'd suggest Linux beginners use.

[1] https://ubuntu.com/
[2] https://linuxmint.com/

Linux is the answer to all this Windows expiration dates. Once you install it you will never get upset because of these end of support things. Move to next version of windows and one day that will expire too.

[akirasendo17]

3 days ago, Microsoft stopped their product supports for Windows 7, so for people who use Windows, it is good time to upgrade their Windows to Windows 10. It is the must thing to do, for their own security.

Or better yet, start learning how to use Linux! Better privacy, and also better security in theory(because you're a lot less likely to be infected as most malware are made for Windows devices). People think Linux is too difficult to use but the fact is that it's a lot user friendly today! Ubuntu[1] and Mint[2] are 2 good and stable Linux distros that I'd suggest Linux beginners use.

[1] https://ubuntu.com/
[2] https://linuxmint.com/

Yes you are correct linux flavors are better, kust make sure to to download The LTS Versions( Long Term Support)
Ubuntu always have stable versions they have some release but they are the ones that has less support like 6 months, after that there are no updates or anything so LTS in ubuntu is the one
when it comes to security yes it is more secure and less prone to virus but, there are already virus that are made for ubuntu, the thing that will keep us safe is not installing ppa repo from unknown sources, when it comes to linux you have different to choose from at the same time lots of community support, and its 100% free

[hatshepsut93]

Why are so many people hesitant to update to Windows 10?

People who care about their privacy, security or prefer OSS (Open Source Software) would be hesitant. But for regular user, it'd be application compatibility with W10 and fear the upgrade will break their OS (W7 to W8/W8.1 upgrade was messy)

Well, he said update, meaning go from Windows 7 to Windows 10, so concerns like privacy and OSS aren't likely to be the reason here. My guess is that people just got used to their OS and don't see any good reason to update if what they have works well for them, especially if they have to pay for the upgrade or their system can't handle the requirements of the latest Windows.

why not use linux .ubuntu ,redhat,centos,and so on...

Not all software runs well on Linux, or maybe some people don't have time to learn Linux - there can be many reasons.

[JohnBitCo]

Why are so many people hesitant to update to Windows 10?

I've used it for a few years now and never had major issues. Drivers work fine.

Windows 10 is a much improved Operating system as compare to Win 7 and I think everyone should upgrade it. For a limited time, Microsoft announced a free upgrade from win 7 to win 10. That was the best time to upgrade to latest technology.

P.S This is not a crypto related discussion and should be moved to off-topic.

[Harlot]

Why are so many people hesitant to update to Windows 10?

I've used it for a few years now and never had major issues. Drivers work fine.

Windows 10 is a much improved Operating system as compare to Win 7 and I think everyone should upgrade it. For a limited time, Microsoft announced a free upgrade from win 7 to win 10. That was the best time to upgrade to latest technology.

P.S This is not a crypto related discussion and should be moved to off-topic.

I think that some members here in the thread already pointed it out. If you have a potato pc running your OS I don't think there is the point of upgrading your PC to Windows 10. If you are upgrading an OS to Windows 10 might as well upgrade your PC, a lot of people are already complaining that they are getting blue screened because the new Windows 10 OS is Ram heavy and I don't think old pcs with 8gb or less ram can handle the requirements of such OS. That's why people here are suggesting to upgrade their OS to a much lighter weight OS such as Ubuntu and Linux.

[ryzaadit]

How about :

• Using crack windows.
• Turn of the windows update since the beginning and never update the windows system.

Went we do this, it can be the same as shutting down all service from Microsoft right?

Cause we never updating anymore the system program from Microsoft went turn of the windows update, so went someone doing this step probably they're already shutting down the update windows before Microsoft stopped the product support.

[UserU]

I think that some members here in the thread already pointed it out. If you have a potato pc running your OS I don't think there is the point of upgrading your PC to Windows 10. If you are upgrading an OS to Windows 10 might as well upgrade your PC, a lot of people are already complaining that they are getting blue screened because the new Windows 10 OS is Ram heavy and I don't think old pcs with 8gb or less ram can handle the requirements of such OS. That's why people here are suggesting to upgrade their OS to a much lighter weight OS such as Ubuntu and Linux.

I tried it on a potato laptop running on 4GB RAM, no issues.

[JohnBitCo]

I think that some members here in the thread already pointed it out. If you have a potato pc running your OS I don't think there is the point of upgrading your PC to Windows 10. If you are upgrading an OS to Windows 10 might as well upgrade your PC, a lot of people are already complaining that they are getting blue screened because the new Windows 10 OS is Ram heavy and I don't think old pcs with 8gb or less ram can handle the requirements of such OS. That's why people here are suggesting to upgrade their OS to a much lighter weight OS such as Ubuntu and Linux.

I tried it on a potato laptop running on 4GB RAM, no issues.

Can you please explain with what specs do you refer a PC to be a Potato PC ?

These days the RAMs and Hard disks are quite cheap and if you have at least 4GB Ram and 250 GB hard, you should still upgrade to windows 10.

[UserU]

Can you please explain with what specs do you refer a PC to be a Potato PC ?

These days the RAMs and Hard disks are quite cheap and if you have at least 4GB Ram and 250 GB hard, you should still upgrade to windows 10.

Not totally obsolete, but specs are at least 5 years behind with i7 4710-MQ and GT740M. Struggles to play some titles even on low settings.

Still, the Windows 10 minimum requirements on Microsoft's website are pretty reasonable:

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC. RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit.

[Pitaloki]

Even countries forgot to upgrade Windows 

Germany will pay 800.000€ to extend Windows 7 support. Germany fails to upgrade before the deadline and they have more than 33.000 machines still running Windows 7 

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/22/21076653/microsoft-windows-7-extended-security-updates-german-government-cost-price