Upgraded to Win 10
Well I bit the bullet and upgraded my Win 7 desktop to Win 10
I did our laptop win 8 and all went well so next was to see if I wanted to do the desktop. I have a couple of old programs and was worried if they would work under the new OS. I have an old Netscape Composer 4.79 which I love and use it to build my web sites. It wouldn't run on the laptop under Win 10 but I also have Netscape 7.2 that does. Also I now use Mozilla Thunderbird for email so knew it would be OK in Win 10. But I used to use Eudora email and wanted to make sure I could access the old email files.
Win 10 said these old programs would not run but after upgrading ALL my old 32bit programs run just fine.
I am very impressed how all old program settings transferred over.
And both my old Composer 4.79 and Eudora also run great. The thing is these old programs run ok since they were already installed on the old OS. But if I would want to do a new install of them then they wont run.
Another reason I wanted to upgrade to Win 10..., I had so many Win 7 system updates on my old OS some updated and some didn't. Now all that is gone and a fresh start with a new OS. Microsoft got this one right. Oh and when traveling with limited bandwidth there is a option to tell it you are on a metered ISP so updates don't blow your usage.
Go to settings...Network and Internet...Advanced settings...Metered connection... set as metered connection. Also go to settings... updates and security...advanced options... Choose how updates are installed...pick Notify to schedule restart... You'll be asked to schedule a restart to finish installing updates. Updates won't download over a metered connection (where charges may apply).
I did our laptop win 8 and all went well so next was to see if I wanted to do the desktop. I have a couple of old programs and was worried if they would work under the new OS. I have an old Netscape Composer 4.79 which I love and use it to build my web sites. It wouldn't run on the laptop under Win 10 but I also have Netscape 7.2 that does. Also I now use Mozilla Thunderbird for email so knew it would be OK in Win 10. But I used to use Eudora email and wanted to make sure I could access the old email files.
Win 10 said these old programs would not run but after upgrading ALL my old 32bit programs run just fine.
I am very impressed how all old program settings transferred over.
And both my old Composer 4.79 and Eudora also run great. The thing is these old programs run ok since they were already installed on the old OS. But if I would want to do a new install of them then they wont run.
Another reason I wanted to upgrade to Win 10..., I had so many Win 7 system updates on my old OS some updated and some didn't. Now all that is gone and a fresh start with a new OS. Microsoft got this one right. Oh and when traveling with limited bandwidth there is a option to tell it you are on a metered ISP so updates don't blow your usage.
Go to settings...Network and Internet...Advanced settings...Metered connection... set as metered connection. Also go to settings... updates and security...advanced options... Choose how updates are installed...pick Notify to schedule restart... You'll be asked to schedule a restart to finish installing updates. Updates won't download over a metered connection (where charges may apply).
