Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... At 70, just out of curiosity, may you provide an example? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487444/#p487444 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... One thing that I really like about the cli is, you can do things, and yes, a lot of things, that the gui can't. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487442/#p487442 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @Turtlepower17: For me creating new folders shortcuts changed all too frequently, but I'm a fast-ring insier so things could be different on my build. Better still I personally saw myself going to the command line to make a new folder

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I couldn't agree more with the last post. One other thing I'll say, though, is that the ribbon in Explorer is actually not that bad. I was resistant to adapting to it for years, since I thought relearning all the commands I had grown

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Ok, if you can do that then clearly you can find the control pannel, which is exactly how you would have in windows 7. You can also locate winaero Tweaker from their own site. You do'nt necessarily need to modify the registry if you don't

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @65 that's what i aimed to say. The CLI is not the main interface of windows anymore. I am using my vps with only cli and also python on my computer. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487413/#p487413 -- Audiogames-reflector

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... The question "why did we switch from the command line to the GUI" was asked. Simple answer: we didn't. Sure,its what you see on all Windows computers, but the command line is not gone. It still exists and there is a very low p

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... He does not want to switch to Windows 10? From what I see, he is actively using it... We are only telling him that his issues can easily be solved. Whether he wants to spend the time configuring his operating system or switch to an older

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Seems like the escalating is going both ways, if you can even call it that. I don't see any flaming or insulting going on here, if he doesn't want to upgrade, then he won't, he can make that decision for himself without being so defensive

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hey do you think we could stop escalating the matter? Simter has made it pretty clear that he doesn't want to switch to Windows 10, and in the end, it's up to him. It is his computer. Who are we to decide what he "should" or "

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Did you honestly think that an old laptop would handle the free windows 10 upgrade for the long-hall? Unless you have a business machine *doubt it* think of the Windows 10 free upgrade as an unofficial trial period. If you like what you see

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... And you will use this laptop for the rest of your life I suppose? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487394/#p487394 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @58 and again you didn't red my posts completely. Wait, what did i say? O wait i said this laptop was running win7 before? And i said i was wanting to put a old ssd back into the laptop. And wait, what? It was already in there before? Hmm

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Probably because not everybody uses microphone monitoring, and those who do really should know how to open control panel, don't you think so? I'd expect someone who can code in BGT to know where control panel  is too

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... That was really to illustrate a point that we are spoiled by oversimplistic computer technology so much that we don't have to figure things out, except when we do need to figure things out, as such we aren't even used to looking it up

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @55 or maybe create your self some reg files. Also your point with dos made no sense at all. Why did we switch from command line to gui? Wait. Wait. Due to simplicity? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487367/#p487367

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @54: Computers aren't supposed to be all cut and dry and simple to use. You tell that to the people that made Dos and they would've laughed you out of the office. You want a system that just works, go for ios. But no, using an operating

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @53 actually, i was thinking about saying screw it and building my old ssd back in with win7 on it lol. Also even if all these things are possible, you need some computer knowledge to fix all these. I have this, but not everyone does

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Yep, the only thing I can freely admit about Windows 10, the default task manager sucks. It's slow, but I do  think that it is so even for sighted people, just 5 times more for us lagging our screen readers. When the task manager is slow

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hi.At Jack ah, thanks for the pointer there, I'll give it a run.I thin for learnings sake and me not beeing not really versed in the registry, I think I will have a poke at it and if I can't find what I'm looking for in the shell host, I

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... simter wrote:@48 lol i am running win7 and know how to work with it. Isn't a win7 comp a comp as well? So i can't be such a comp dummy. Um, lol? Try saying that after using a Solaris box. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487342

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @Simter: The smart computer user will know how to adapt, or at least google their problems rather than just wanting an instant gratification answer/quick fix. Trust me, even back when I was confined to xp I was trying everything I could

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @Simter: The smart computer user will know how to adapt, or at least google their problems rather than just wanting an instant gratification answer/quick fix. Trust me, even back when I was confined to xp I was trying everything I could

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hello,I got rid of the slower task manager by installing something called classic task manager that can be found by googling. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487340/#p487340 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @48 lol i am running win7 and know how to work with it. Isn't a win7 comp a comp as well? So i can't be such a comp dummy. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487331/#p487331 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hi.At Simter dude, go read a computer for dummys book.Also, the sign that windows defender blocks your games you coded should be a clear sign and it's the digital way of saying.BGT! is! bad! for! you!File explorer:go hit win key, type file

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @46 aem what? I am soposed to press win r go to a drive and press backspace? Also you seam like you didn't even red through my first post. Cause if you did you would know i have classic shell, and that i found the sound settings

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Dude. Since the registry must freak you out...1. Classic Shell2. Classic Task Manager3. Ribbon Disabler4. From the run dialogue, c:\, enter, backspace in windows explorer to go into your list of drives. Or, you know, change your folder

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Dude. Since the registry must freak you out...1. Classic Shell2. Classic Task Manager3. Ribbon Disabler4. From the run dialogue, c:\, enter, backspace in windows explorer to go into your list of drives. Or, you know, change your folder

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Dude. Since the registry must freak you out...1. Classic Shell2. Classic Task Manager3. Ribbon Disabler4. Learn how to use a computer.Thank you, and good night. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487316/#p487316 -- Audiogames

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Dude. Since the registry must freak you tou...1. Classic Shell2. Classic Task Manager3. Ribbon Disabler4. Learn how to use a computer.Thank you, and good night. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487316/#p487316 -- Audiogames

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Windows plus r, type control, and configure your settings, then start ranting. You can switch this PC to always start in the list of drives and folders, you can access your sound settings there perfectly fine. It's not Microsoft word though

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Press the win key, enter "di" into the search field and there you have "dieser Computer". That's the view you probably wanted.Every new operating system takes some getting used to. It's important to not just see a men

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @42 you're right about cortanas yes no question. But i turned it of in the yes no question and it still took the yes even if i didn't say it. Windows defender, well you can only turn it of in the registry. Seams like you can't say anything

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Really sorry, but half of your problems are lazyness and outdated technology. MS did not kill the startup sound, it needs to be turned on. Cortana is easily muted on the setup screen, there are audio controls perfectly accessible

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Ok, Let's tell my windows story as well.I started out with windows7 and jaws in 2011. Only for school at that time. Nothing so much of interest happened in this time, except my knowledge improving and me switching to nvda a few years later

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @arqmeister: I've seen name-brand (not including custom-build) gaming laptops offer less bang for your buck than a business laptop used for gaming. My xps15 is not advertised as a gaming laptop but it definitely could be one. $1700

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... As a gamer i can say windows 10 is the future. Probably going to buy myself a gaming laptop for christmas, install steam and some emulators and be a happy camper. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/487167/#p487167 -- Audiogames

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I'm very disappointed that the manufacturers of built-in fingerprint readers for pc's don't have an easy-to-interface-to api. WIndows Hello is the only thing it's useful for. How I'd love to be able to biolockdown certain apps... URL

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @36, I've got a master password plus U2F authentication for my password manager. I don't think Btwarden allows U2F-only auth, though I wish it did. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486963/#p486963 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Comparing Apple to UAC is, forgive the horrible pun, comparing apples to oranges. Apple literally bars apps from running in the current build unless their devs pay Apple the $100 a year for notorization. UAC is technically effective against

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Oh yes of course, I do know that it is not fully disabled, but in most cases setting it to 0 is enough, borrowing a few exceptions for legacy apps. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486930/#p486930 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @31, yeah, but setting it to 0% doesn't fully disable it. In any case, you're right, if you want a walled garden where you can't make meaningful changes and the manufacturer knows best, then go pay Apple a visit. Otherwise, if some of us do

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @32, Again, common sense does protect you from some things, but not everything.@31, the setting the slider to zero method does not completely disable UAC. UAC is still active. It just gets rid of prompts (which really aren't as annoying

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @32, Again, common sense does protect you from some things, but not everything. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486892/#p486892 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Point taken about CCleaner, and zero day vulnerabilities if that's the throughline of your argument, but that's about as far as I'll go. When more audio games start writing their saves to Appdata, which some do, I'll consider, maybe

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Point taken about CCleaner, and zero day vulnerabilities if that's the throughline of your argument, but that's about as far as I'll go. When more audio games start writing their saves to Appdata, which some do, I'll consider, maybe

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... So why does Microsoft allow it then if it should never ever be done? Why is there a setting if it's so trivial to have it enabled? More importantly however, how would UAC save you from your C cleaner example? You would still trust

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Disabling UAC is precisely the wrong thing to do. Common sense is not a cure to prevent all software vulnerabilities, and just because you use "a little common sense" does in no way make you invulnerable. Most games save their

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Disabling UAC is precisely the wrong thing to do. Common sense is not a cure to prevent all software vulnerabilities, and just because you use "a little common sense" does in no way make you invulnerable. Most games save their

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Speaking for myself, I disable UAC because with it on, even with notifications set to 0%, I can't save game data in either of the Program Files folders. I understand that many people prefer to keep their portable games in other places

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I recommend upgrading your build of Windows 10 at least once every 18 months. Microsoft only supports each version for that long, so anything from 2015 to early 2018 isn't receiving security updates anymore. I recommend using at least

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I recommend upgrading your build of Windows 10 at least once every 18 months. Microsoft only supports each version for that long, so anything from 2015 to early 2018 isn't receiving security updates anymore. I recommend using at least

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I recommend upgrading your build of Windows 10 at least once every 18 months. Microsoft only supports each version for that long, so anything from 2015 to early 2018 isn't receiving security updates anymore. I recommend using at least

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I upgraded to 10 a year and a bit ago, and haven't minded it so far. I still keep a virtual machine of 7 around to play some of the older games like the ones from BSC, but I rarely use it these days. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Well when I say "disabling UAC" I mean setting notifications to zero, not disabling entirely. But really if you don't do this the thing is a pain, complaining about quite legitimate programs like C cleaner and Malware bites, not

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Why are you disabling UAC? It defeats one of the main reasons of the later OS's. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486809/#p486809 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I'm with Dark on this one. I personally loved Windows 7 and XP both, so I was a bit upset to have to leave those behind. To an extent, for nostalgia reasons I do sort of miss those interfaces, but I'm doing just fine with Windows 10. I

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Okay I have a bit of a tale to tell. Back in 2014 I recall this debate about microsoft stopping support for xp. I had tried windows 7 and had not liked either the layout or how many things worked, and from the sound of it, ten was going

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... well it deppends. you probably won't loose your files, but rather make sure you have a backup of the important data to prevent data loss.Else if you don't have verry important data on your machine, you can just update it. but i don't think

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... hiwhen I run the media creation tool to upgrade to ten, do I have to go through a windows 10 setup process or something? and do I loose my files when I upgrade? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486762/#p486762 -- Audiogames

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... hiwhen I run the media creation tool to upgrade to ten, do I have to go through a windows 10 setup process or something? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486762/#p486762 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @OP: Microsoft pushing the accounts thing is a misconception. you can use Windows 10 with a local account as @burak mentioned. I would advise you to try 10 yourself instead of just going based off of what other people are saying. I've never

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... agreed with #7. windows 7 is dieing URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486752/#p486752 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... we can't keep living in the past. if we want more accessibility, we can't expect a big company like microsoft to keep developing for the past, we should accept that windows 10 is the primary OS. it is a lot more accessible than windows 7

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I fully agree with 7. W7 should die and BTW... it is dying. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486738/#p486738 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hello,As a user of windows 10 with narrator on a daily basis, I can tell you that narrator's performance depends on the ram and the specs of the computer which runs it more than NVDA, but it is ok anyway. I upgraded my Lenovo laptop which

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... For my part as a developer, I plan to support Windows 7 in any products that I release in the next couple of years or so, unless I have a very good reason not to. For example, in Windows 10 you have access to a bunch of text to speech

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... For my part as a developer, I plan to support Windows 7 for at least a couple of years unless I have a very good reason not to. For example, in Windows 10 you have access to a bunch of text to speech features that aren't available in 7

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I must say that since I have used Windows 10 since its launch in 2015, I have not had a single crash from it. The first computer I had it on was a Dell Inspiron PC with 2.9 GB of RAM on it, and 218 GB of hard disc space. I had been using

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hello,I bought a computer running windows 10. At first, as a windows 7 netbook user, I thought that I would have to adapt to a lot of changes, but it turns out I thought wrong. It even runs games from 2004-2005 without crashes, in fact

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Hello,I bought a computer running windows 10. At first, as a windows 7 netbook user, I thought that I would have to adapt to a lot of changes, but it turns out I thought wrong. It even runs games from 2004-2005 without crashes, in fact

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... hiI can't leave from windoze seven URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486723/#p486723 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @10 Are you sure that's not just nostalgia? Sure, XP was great at the time, but nowadays, running XP is a real pain. For me, Windows 7 did everything XP did just better and Windows 10 is the most stable system ever. I had not a single crash

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... xp was the best, vista, just fuck it, 7, my first OS that i started with, 8, that tablet sort of thing, used once and almost puked it, 8.1, an upgrade from 8, 10, its going so fari'M not going to hate 7 or anything but still, people should

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... @7, +1. Fully agree. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486680/#p486680 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... is it good if i stay with the current  version of windows 10  i have? its the 2016 edition, or do you think i should upgrade? Tried it once... I believe it was the may of 2019 version and NVDA said unknown for some reason and this happened

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... is it good if i stay with the version of windows i have? its the 2016 edition, or do you think i should upgrade? Tried it once... I believe it was the may of 2019 version and NVDA said unknown for some reason and this happened  a lot .  Has

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... is it good if i stay with the version of windows i have? its the 2016 edition, or do you think i should upgrade? Tried it once... I believe it was the may of 2019 version and NVDA said unknown for some reason and not in a lot  of cases. Has

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Yay! Windows 7 is finally going away! Windows 10 keeps getting better and better in terms of blindness accessibility. I don't care about previous versions of Windows anymore because they're not as accessible to troubleshoot

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... Yay! Windows 7 is finally going away! Windows 10 keeps getting better and better in terms of blindness accessibility. I don't care about previous versions of Windows anymore because they're not as accessible to troubleshoot

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... This just means that n security updates will be pushed out to Windows 7 users any longer. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486651/#p486651 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

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Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... i'm a little confused. So on january 14 say if I still have windows 7, will I no longer be able to run the machine, or does this just mean that it will no longer get updates? I don't really mind; I have windows 10 from 2016 on a vm anyway

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I have to agree completely with Jayde on this one. I'm running the November 2019 update on a PC from 2012, and I haven't experienced any lag at all. Granted, this computer has 8 GB of RAM, an Intel I5-2320 CPU, and an SSD, but most newer

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I honestly don't see the problem here. I have never experienced any appreciable lag under windows 7, 8 or 10. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/486629/#p486629 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Re: Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I'm done. I want a computer, not a ... whatever this is, that Windows 8 and 10 have become. Oh, it's been a progression, from XP onward. Vista's failure was something completely different. But 8 is the point where Windows made it abundantly

Let's talk about windows seven end of life...

Let's talk about windows seven end of life... I figure that I would ask how many are still on windows seven now days and how many plan to upgrade before end of life? January 14 2020 is going to be the last patch for seven. Personally, I am a bit nervice  about putting 10 on my PC. My PC