Going from Windows 7 to 10

[The Price is Rice]

So I upgraded my pc complete with kaby lake and Z270 a few months ago and reused my windows 7 OS. Then Microsoft goes and craps on me with 0 future support for W7. Should I upgrade to 10 now? If so what are some things i can do to get it to run without all of microsofts junk background stuff. I've heard quite a few horror stories about 10. 

[NinJake]

Switching to 10 will be more stable than trying to stay on 7. Or you can always dual boot into some flavor of linux!

[Doughmay]

Just now, Sneakyjap said:

So I upgraded my pc complete with kaby lake and Z270 a few months ago and reused my windows 7 OS. Then Microsoft goes and craps on me with 0 future support for W7. Should I upgrade to 10 now? If so what are some things i can do to get it to run without all of microsofts junk background stuff. I've heard quite a few horror stories about 10. 

Windows 10 isn't that bad, at least once you remove all of the microsoft crap, like preinstalled apps, and disabling cortana, for new CPU's windows 10 will have good performance, as they have drivers for the CPU's on 10. The only thing I might say to do is remove alot of preinstalled apps and disable a few settings. 

[xyameax]

3 minutes ago, Doughmay said:

Windows 10 isn't that bad, at least once you remove all of the microsoft crap, like preinstalled apps, and disabling cortana, for new CPU's windows 10 will have good performance, as they have drivers for the CPU's on 10. The only thing I might say to do is remove alot of preinstalled apps and disable a few settings. 

Removing the bloatware and disabling Telemetry (If you care for that) is something some users will do. 

 

Here is a tutorial for how to remove the Windows 10 Apps you won't probably use. If by chance you do, skip the line that you wish to keep. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-remove-bloatware-windows-10/

 

For disabling Telemetry, here is a different tutorial. http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/

[KuJoe]

All of my issues with Windows 10 were on upgrades from Windows 7 and 8.1. A clean install is the best option when it comes to making Windows 10 stable.

[The Price is Rice]

Admittedly i know nothing of linux and how to use it. Im not sure i want to go that route. Thanks xyeameax those tutorials seem like they remove alot of the Microsoft garbage. Does anyone else think anything else can be removed or changed to make it better? 

[The Price is Rice]

Yeah i always try and do clean installs wherever possible. 

[Delicieuxz]

Regarding Windows 7, if you uninstall (and block) update KB 4012218, the description for which is "Enabled detection of processor generation and hardware support when PC tries to scan or download updates through Windows Update", it should re-able Windows Update on your Kaby Lake PC.

 

Also, people with newer CPUs can still get Win 7 / 8 updates through WSUS Offline.

[The Price is Rice]

6 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

Regarding Windows 7, if you uninstall (and block) update KB 4012218, the description for which is "Enabled detection of processor generation and hardware support when PC tries to scan or download updates through Windows Update", it should re-able Windows Update on your Kaby Lake PC.

 

Also, people with newer CPUs can still get Win 7 / 8 updates through WSUS Offline.

But I thought windows just wasn't going to make an future updates for 7. So how can re-enabling updates help if there are no more updates? 

[Delicieuxz]

1 hour ago, Sneakyjap said:

But I thought windows just wasn't going to make an future updates for 7. So how can re-enabling updates help if there are no more updates? 

Windows 7 will continue to receive security updates until January 2020.

[The Price is Rice]

6 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

Windows 7 will continue to receive security updates until January 2020.

Ohhhh gotcha. Thanks!