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I upgraded to Windows 10 as soon as it was available and it has been great. I personally think it has been their best update yet. I have had zero problems and it has worked flawlessly.

Someone smarter then me will have to answer your actual questions.

I didn’t want to upgrade my PC from Windows 7 to 10, so I set my Windows Update to ‘Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them’. Now that the 29 September deadline has passed, I have 17 important updates and several optional ones waiting to be installed.


LOL, yes, some are fine with w10, and some hate it!

I have tried w10, and it isn't bad, but it does have several issues, that concern me, but probably won't bother others.

First off, it will install updates, regardless of whether or not you want it.

W7, gives you the option of not installing an update, but 10, will force it through.

And if an update cripples something, it will eventually force it through and you won't be able to remove it.

I went through that with w7, a security update kept wrecking Photoshop cs2, and l spent months getting rid of it, but eventually after assuming that l could get rid of it again, clicked on install update, and that was that, cs2's tabs where a mess, and even a registry delete couldn't remove it.

So, l am in the process of updating my slow Toshiba i3 to a faster one, although most retailers in AU, only stock w10 Laptops.

Toshiba still sells Laptops with W7, and a W10 option, probably explains why all mainstream stores don't sell them.

I will probably get a faster Toshiba, and never update again. At least til the OS is on the verge of collapse.


XP on my PC, hasn't had any real updates for years, and it isn't in a heap.

I could get cs2 online, but that is $300 down the drain every year, so not crazy about that option.

I have 17 important updates and several optional ones waiting to be installed. Is it safe to install these now? And will they include any crafty Microsoft pop-up reminders telling me I’d be happier if I paid for Windows 10?



I don't trust Microsoft at all after the BS, they put me through with cripping a $1000 dollar piece of software, so my advise is they will probably push it through since there is more money in W10 than older versions.

But you should be able to remove 10, if it does occur, although your memory will have some crap associated with that install, and it will probably take over your PC, for a few hours.

When it has done its dirty, it asks you for permission to install 10, and you say NO, then it reverts back, plus the crap taking up some of your memory.

But as l said before l don't trust them, so it is really your decision.

Another thing about 10 is it doesn't allow Word 2003 or up to 2013, so if you go to 10, by by Word, Excel, etc, unless it is recent.

cs2 works fine with 10, (l tested it) but with forced updates and eventually forced, permanent updates, it wouldn't be long before cs2 is a train-wreck, and it is the $300 a year option.

So go ahead, and if it does download W10, don't be too worried odd's on it will give you one last chance before, installing.

Knock on wood.