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New "nag" reminder to upgrade to Windows 10

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  • Profile picture of the author irawr
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    Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

    Is there a way to turn that crap off? It's so annoying. I'm trying to use my laptop with 5% batter life and that thing popups and while I'm frantically trying to copy a file to a usb stick really quick.
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by irawr View Post

      Is there a way to turn that crap off? It's so annoying. I'm trying to use my laptop with 5% batter life and that thing popups and while I'm frantically trying to copy a file to a usb stick really quick.
      You can turn the notification off. Unfortunately, I don't remember how it's done, but at least you know it can be done. You can probably Google it.
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    • Profile picture of the author DWolfe
      Originally Posted by irawr View Post

      Is there a way to turn that crap off? It's so annoying. I'm trying to use my laptop with 5% batter life and that thing popups and while I'm frantically trying to copy a file to a usb stick really quick.
      Just up load to Windows 10.. I installed it on a lap top using Windows 8 and it 100% better. But I accidently hit it on my Desktop and it installed Windows 10 on top of Windows 7 and the computer seems to be running smoother.

      Note the desktop is less then a year old and was set up to be upgraded to 10 once it was release. Waited a long time to upgrade it to let Microsoft get the bugs out. So just do it as Nike says
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      • Profile picture of the author irawr
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        Originally Posted by DWolfe View Post

        Just up load to Windows 10.. I installed it on a lap top using Windows 8 and it 100% better. But I accidently hit it on my Desktop and it installed Windows 10 on top of Windows 7 and the computer seems to be running smoother.

        Note the desktop is less then a year old and was set up to be upgraded to 10 once it was release. Waited a long time to upgrade it to let Microsoft get the bugs out. So just do it as Nike says
        Absolutely not. No. I will never update an MS based operating system ever again. When I get a new computer, I will install Windows10 on it. I run a business, I can not be jacking around for days trying to figure out solutions to stuff that broke. I could lose more money then the entire computer is worth. It's bad enough that hard drives and other components break.

        ROFL man... Seriously laughing pretty hard at that advice. My entire desktop and computer are 100% setup for marketing. I do nothing else on this machine besides open a private browsing window and post on here. When I update machines I put them side by side and slowly transition from one machine to the other over about 6 weeks.

        Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

        You can turn the notification off. Unfortunately, I don't remember how it's done, but at least you know it can be done. You can probably Google it.
        Download Remove Windows Nag Icon To Upgrade To Windows 10 - MajorGeeks

        Option 3 seems effective.
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      • Profile picture of the author Cali16
        Originally Posted by DWolfe View Post

        But I accidently hit it on my Desktop and it installed Windows 10 on top of Windows 7 and the computer seems to be running smoother.

        DWolfe, do you like it better than Windows 7 (in terms of user-friendliness and functionality)?

        I keep thinking I should probably just go ahead and update while it's still free, but worry that I'll have a hard time figuring out (technically challenged here!) and deeply regret upgrading - especially after hearing so many people say they hated Windows 8.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
          Originally Posted by Cali16 View Post

          DWolfe, do you like it better than Windows 7 (in terms of user-friendliness and functionality)?

          I keep thinking I should probably just go ahead and update while it's still free, but worry that I'll have a hard time figuring out (technically challenged here!) and deeply regret upgrading - especially after hearing so many people say they hated Windows 8.
          I upgraded my "work" computer and my wife's computer to W10. I'm not a fan of the new structure so I installed a new start menu that makes W10 function more like W7. I think it costs $5 and it's money worth spending if you prefer the comforts of the familiar as I do:

          Start10: Software from Stardock Corporation
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          • Profile picture of the author Cali16
            Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

            I upgraded my "work" computer and my wife's computer to W10. I'm not a fan of the new structure so I installed a new start menu that makes W10 function more like W7. I think it costs $5 and it's money worth spending if you prefer the comforts of the familiar as I do:

            Start10: Software from Stardock Corporation
            (To mods: this is not an affiliate link and I am in no way compensated for providing this link.)

            Thanks, Dan! That's exactly what I need. Maybe I'll take the leap and upgrade.

            (If I completely disappear from the forum, you'll know the upgrade didn't go well....)
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    How to clean the Windows 10 crapware off your Windows 7 or 8.1 PC | InfoWorld

    Are you fing kidding me? I tether my laptop sometimes to my phone. That update would of cost my like $120 in data overages... WTF MS?
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

        Windows 10 Rools. Since I turned off quickstart I have no trouble with it at all. The best O/S yet Would not say anything against it or my girlfriend Cortana.

        I suspect your problem is with those dodgy Australian Computers your forced to buy. They are just Cobbered together.

        Now, if you could just help me out on why my expensive Nighthawk AC1900 router fails to connect to 5g wireless or drops out of it after 24 hours, I would be eternally grateful.

        PS I use windows 7 at work, Windows Bottleneck I call it.
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          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          Windows 10 Rools. Since I turned off quickstart I have no trouble with it at all. The best O/S yet Would not say anything against it or my girlfriend Cortana.

          I suspect your problem is with those dodgy Australian Computers your forced to buy. They are just Cobbered together.

          Now, if you could just help me out on why my expensive Nighthawk AC1900 router fails to connect to 5g wireless or drops out of it after 24 hours, I would be eternally grateful.
          I had a 5g wireless that would drop the connection quite often.
          Drove me NUTS. I thought one of the repeaters were going bad.

          Turns out it was getting its signals crossed somehow with the neighbors 5g

          We both changed the signal in our routers to different bandwidths and told
          them not to auto lock/find one ... and voila.

          - maybe that info will help with your issue.
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        • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
          Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

          I suspect your problem is with those dodgy Australian Computers your forced to buy. They are just Cobbered together.
          Very droll. It's probably due to the hardware (all of it) getting a bit long in the tooth.

          Now, if you could just help me out on why my expensive Nighthawk AC1900 router fails to connect to 5g wireless or drops out of it after 24 hours, I would be eternally grateful.
          Have you tried switching it off and on again?
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          • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
            Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

            Very droll. It's probably due to the hardware (all of it) getting a bit long in the tooth.


            Have you tried switching it off and on again?
            That's actually the only thing that brings it back for a while, a reset.
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