That would then be the excellent tip of the day - thanks Luc-Eric!
Cheers Morten > Den 14. marts 2016 klokken 16:21 skrev Luc-Eric Rousseau > <[email protected]>: > > > If you're the kind of person that's using "Classic Shell" you should > probably not upgrade to windows 10. > Just leave that machine on windows 7 until it dies, and you'll get > windows 10 on the next PC. > > There is a way, however, you can keep your "free windows 10" option > open forever and not worry about the end date. > > I have done this myself, twice. > > To do that, you need to upgrade your windows 7 to windows 10, check > that it's activated, and then downgrade back to windows 7. Your BIOS > will then be activated for both 7 and 10, and you can re-install > windows 10 at any time in the future. > > That's also the way to do a "clean install" of windows 10: you > upgrade, wipe, and then install windows 10 from the downloaded .iso > > At this point, it would be best if you cloned your boot disk, which I > did on one PC with the free software that comes with SSD drives. > It's a perfect time to upgrade to SSD if you haven't done so, and then > you can leave your unused windows 7 drive for safe-keeping. > > After you install windows 10, you have 30 days to revert to windows 7, > it's a button in the control panel. > (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-10/going-back-to-windows-7-or-windows-81) > > This works, although in my experience some things messed up in the > upgrade/downgrade process, so it's best to clone the drive. XSI and > Adobe survive the process just fine, however. > > Personally, I have two HP computer that broke in some ways (realtek > audio not working, not waking up sleep) with windows 10. > > You can install something called "GWX Control Panel" to block all the > nagging messages and automatic downloads of windows 10. > > > On 13 March 2016 at 13:47, Fabian Schnuer Gohde <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got machines with Win 8.1 Pro at the moment and with the free upgrade > > "deadline" approaching I'm thinking wether not not to take the plunge to > > Win10 during the summer. > > > > My main concern apart from privacy issues is that given the fact that there > > will now be continuous rolling windows upgrades that XSI will cease to > > function one fine morning. Much the same way that some programs stop working > > with MacOSX updates. And no-one will provide updates to fix that. > > > > I'm mostly happy with Win8.1+ClassicShell but the fact that M$ and Intel > > want upcoming hardware to require new Windows is perhaps a reason to update. > > I'm still looking to use XSi for another 3-5 years. > > > > Does anyone with more knowledge of Windows internals and XSI dependencies > > have an opinion on the likelyhood of M$ messing with something that XSI > > needs? > > > > Thank you, > > Fabian > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
