+Menrva 4,200 Posted October 25, 2015 Thanks for posting this, Dave! Actually I have done most of these tweaks to my Win10 already, but surely it will be useful for less experienced users. My small advice is not to follow what the guy on the video suggests while in the System Protection tab, when you are in the control panel. He disables system restore points, and those can save your system's life if anything goes wrong with Windows 10 (damned) automatic updates or if you get a virus, etc. PS: actually there is a way to disable Windows 10 automatic updates, but that takes quite a while to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted October 25, 2015 Thanks for posting this, Dave! Actually I have done most of these tweaks to my Win10 already, but surely it will be useful for less experienced users. My small advice is not to follow what the guy on the video suggests while in the System Protection tab, when you are in the control panel. He disables system restore points, and those can save your system's life if anything goes wrong with Windows 10 (damned) automatic updates or if you get a virus, etc. PS: actually there is a way to disable Windows 10 automatic updates, but that takes quite a while to do. I kept my restore point set too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+streakeagle 871 Posted October 26, 2015 Is this is trick question? I thought the answer was to format the drive and install Win 7 ;) My Win 10 upgrade icon still reports, "We're validating Windows 10 for your PC". If it ever allows me to download Win 10, I plan on installing it on a new hard drive. Win 7 has worked better for me both at home and at work than anything before it. I am fearful of destroying such a stable and fast installation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted October 26, 2015 As I have told everyone that has Win 7, keep it. I had 8.1 on this thing so of course I was going to get Win 10. If could of gotten Win 7 on this I would of never changed. So my advice, keep your Win 7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Typhoid 231 Posted October 26, 2015 As I have told everyone that has Win 7, keep it. I had 8.1 on this thing so of course I was going to get Win 10. If could of gotten Win 7 on this I would of never changed. So my advice, keep your Win 7. I agree!!!!! On Windows 7 and took the upgrade to 10. What a mess!! Rolled back to 7 and there I will stay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+streakeagle 871 Posted October 26, 2015 Well, it can't hurt if I use a new hard drive for Win 10, and then roll back by swapping hard drives? Ultimately some games will require later DirectX than Win 7 supports, so I have to go to Win 10 sooner or later. But DCS isn't going that route any time soon and I don't think I presently have any games that will require a later DirectX. But if I ever get Prepar3d FSX flavor, I guess I could use more advanced DirectX? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+russouk2004 6,958 Posted October 26, 2015 I bought a cheap 128gb ssd and put windows 7 on that and dual boot....as some things like 3ds max dont like win10 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted October 27, 2015 If you like your Windows 7, you can keep it. I did the same thing. I had a laptop that came with 8 that had been upgraded to 8.1, now it's running 10. My desktop running 7...is still running 7. We have until next summer to decide to go with the free update or not. I see no reason to rush it. I may indeed wind up going with the "image it to an external HD" route so I can fall back later. I'd try dual booting, but my multi-HD system has games installed in multiple partitions and I would need to do some serious rearranging to manage it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+streakeagle 871 Posted October 28, 2015 My situation is somewhat complicated by the fact that I use an SSD for Windows, but have a conventional mirrored raid 1 array that hosts all my other files including windows user folders and steam applications. So, I might be better off staying with Windows 7 or fully migrating... though I could image the RAID array to a new pair of drives as well... maybe even make those SSD, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted October 29, 2015 My situation is somewhat complicated by the fact that I use an SSD for Windows, but have a conventional mirrored raid 1 array that hosts all my other files including windows user folders and steam applications. So, I might be better off staying with Windows 7 or fully migrating... though I could image the RAID array to a new pair of drives as well... maybe even make those SSD, too. Decisions decisions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
