I’m very happy with my Win10 install as opposed to my upgrade fiasco several months ago. Legacy also seems happy with it. As I mentioned before the only difference to Legacy was the OneDrive in the Documents path but that makes no difference to Legacy.
If you wish, you needn’t do an upgrade to get Win10. Instead you can do a clean install (which erases everything) by downloading Microsoft Media Creation Tool and create either a bootable flash drive or DVD with the latest version of Windows 10 on it. Then just use your Windows 7/8 product key and you’re good to go. The only downside is that you would need to re-install any programs you wish to continue to use such as Legacy. Brian in CA From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Rampale Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2016 9:00 AM To: Legacy User Group Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] File Locations, Win 10 I have upgraded two older machines and a laptop running Windows 7 to Windows 10 without any problems. They actually run as well as they did under Windows 7. Windows 10 is still very much Windows 7 under the hood. Before doing the upgrade I would uninstall anything you don't use, running CHDSK a native check disk program a couple of times, and defraging your hard drive. Turn off your anti-virus, some get too aggressive during installs. If your machine runs poorly after upgrading or in it's current Windows 7 state, time to buy new, or convert it to Linux Mint. Don't delay, the free upgrade ends soon. Gene On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Bob Jones <[email protected]> wrote: There are some who do not want to upgrade to WIN 10. The best way to ensure that Microsoft does not upgrade without your permission and to stop those annoying nags is to use a small program called never10 available from the Gibson Research Corp that can be found here: https://www.grc.com/never10.htm There is also a program available called the “GWX Control Panel" to do the same that has more control over what you might want to do - I am unable to cut and paste between my MAC and Parallels VM (anyone - help!) so you will have to google for it. bob jones On May 27, 2016, at 6:28 PM, Ana <[email protected]> wrote: You can roll back your Windows 10 upgrade. from microsoft : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/going-back-to-windows-7-or-windows-81 Going back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 Applies to Windows 10 · If it’s been less than a month since you upgraded to Windows 10, you can go back to your previous version of Windows by going to Settings > Update & security > Recovery and selecting either Go back to Windows 7 or Go back to Windows 8.1. This won't affect your personal files, but it will remove any apps you installed after the upgrade to Windows 10. Learn more. <http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=615313> · If it’s been more than a month, this option won’t be available in Settings and you’ll need to use a different recovery option. <http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=615313> Put in Google (or any search engine) "rollback windows 10 update" & you you will find all kinds of information from reputable .coms. ALSO - if you do roll back from your windows 10 upgrade (follow directions) - & you will always be entitled to FREE Windows 10 (eliminating that July 2016 deadline). Advice on tech sites is to (even if you have no intention of using 10) upgrade & then roll back, thereby always having the option. There are some instructions to using this method On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Marianne Hauptman <[email protected]> wrote: I understand that there are various versions of Win 10 and my (only one year old )computer constantly crashes since upgrading to Windows 10. My neighbor, who worked on WIN 10, told me not to upgrade and I should have listened to him. On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Martha Graham <[email protected]> wrote: Good Afternoon, I am really surprised at all the differences that Win 10 [or any other version] seem to be having with Legacy files. I have never experienced any of these problems and am wondering if they are 'Version Specific'. I ran Win 7 Pro for years, then upgraded to 8 and 8.1 Pro, then Win 10 Pro. All the while using Legacy and its Versions, upgrading along the way. I have also used One Drive and have the app installed - at no time have any of my legacy files been sent or installed there. So, it would be helpful if those who are having these problems, be specific as to which version of Win 10 they are using. As we were informed last year, the Win 10 Version would be the same as the old Version - ie: Win 7 Home = Win 10 Home. Martha In Los Osos, CA
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