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Trumpo 01/10/20 10:37:04 AM #1:	Better now than waiting till final day of support. <cite>Trumpo posted [p:932724526] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Better now than waiting till final day of support. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
smoke_break 01/10/20 10:41:01 AM #2:	I'm going to take the plunge this weekend. I'm going to be one mad Windows 10 user though. I really don't want to use it. --- https://imgur.com/WTmIPt8 <cite>smoke_break posted [p:932724648] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I'm going to take the plunge this weekend. I'm going to be one mad Windows 10 user though. I really don't want to use it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
garlic powder 01/10/20 10:44:12 AM #3:	Windows 8.1 4 lyfe --- What, this isn't Resident Evil? Dying means nothing. It's simply a minor setback, if that.-radioraheem <cite>garlic powder posted [p:932724730] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Windows 8.1 4 lyfe </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TendoDRM 01/10/20 10:44:31 AM #4:	Did you have the future Windows 11 somehow? Anything else is upgrading. --- Cel Damage! Tonight at 8:00! <cite>TendoDRM posted [p:932724737] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Did you have the future Windows 11 somehow? Anything else is upgrading. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coh 01/10/20 10:45:04 AM #5:	garlic powder posted... Windows 8.1 4 lyfe Windows 10 may suck but it's better than 8. 8 was shit <cite>coh posted [p:932724759] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>garlic powder posted... </cite> <quote>Windows 8.1 4 lyfe</quote>Windows 10 may suck but it's better than 8. 8 was shit </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 01/10/20 10:47:00 AM #6:	coh posted... Windows 10 may suck but it's better than 8. 8 was shit I butchered my version until it got less shitty and resource intensive. Now I love it in the way you would love a mutant runt. --- formerly evening formerly guide https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:932724807] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>coh posted... </cite> <quote>Windows 10 may suck but it's better than 8. 8 was shit</quote> I butchered my version until it got less shitty and resource intensive. Now I love it in the way you would love a mutant runt. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DinosaurBrain 01/10/20 10:47:04 AM #7:	Y'all know 7 isn't shutting off right? Just no more updates. --- Dinosaur brain, dinosaur brain, does whatever a dinosaur brain. <cite>DinosaurBrain posted [p:932724809] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Y'all know 7 isn't shutting off right? Just no more updates. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Were_Wyrm 01/10/20 10:47:45 AM #8:	I wasn't aware 11 was out yet --- I was a God, Valeria. I found it...beneath me. - Dr. Doom https://imgur.com/FKDXbHs <cite>Were_Wyrm posted [p:932724831] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I wasn't aware 11 was out yet </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/10/20 10:48:28 AM #9:	DinosaurBrain posted... Y'all know 7 isn't shutting off right? Just no more updates. Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932724849] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>DinosaurBrain posted... </cite> <quote>Y'all know 7 isn't shutting off right? Just no more updates.</quote>Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumpo 01/10/20 1:19:34 PM #10:	Man, this took over 2 and half hours to upgrade...I got annoyed with explorer file options so that was instantly changed. <cite>Trumpo posted [p:932730411] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Man, this took over 2 and half hours to upgrade...I got annoyed with explorer file options so that was instantly changed. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 01/10/20 1:21:49 PM #11:	I still use 7. Rika_Furude posted... Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all Oh? Considering I have a firewall in my router, how is a lack of future updates particularly disadvantageous? --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:932730505] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I still use 7. Rika_Furude posted... </cite> <quote>Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all</quote>Oh? Considering I have a firewall in my router, how is a lack of future updates particularly disadvantageous? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MarthGoomba 01/10/20 1:23:03 PM #13:	Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7 <cite>MarthGoomba posted [p:932730561] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 01/10/20 1:24:17 PM #14:	MarthGoomba posted... Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7 I use 10 at work and honestly don't see much difference. The big difference is Office. I have 2003 at home. I have... Something newer at work. Hey, how do I see what version I have? I can't find the about dialog lol. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:932730618] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>MarthGoomba posted... </cite> <quote>Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7</quote>I use 10 at work and honestly don't see much difference. The big difference is Office. I have 2003 at home. I have... Something newer at work. Hey, how do I see what version I have? I can't find the about dialog lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 01/10/20 7:31:33 PM #15:	MarthGoomba posted... Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7 in what world is 8 better at anything short of, like, startup time? --- formerly evening formerly guide https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:932745787] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>MarthGoomba posted... </cite> <quote>Both Windows 10 and 8 are vastly superior to 7</quote> in what world is 8 better at anything short of, like, startup time? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zack_Attackv1 01/10/20 7:38:26 PM #16:	I made the plunge back on Christmas. --- https://imgur.com/WzaXfio https://imgur.com/zVyLyeS <cite>Zack_Attackv1 posted [p:932746074] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I made the plunge back on Christmas.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ThanksUglyGod 01/10/20 7:43:46 PM #17:	I haven't had any problems with Win10 in my ~4 years of using it. <cite>ThanksUglyGod posted [p:932746303] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I haven't had any problems with Win10 in my ~4 years of using it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 01/10/20 8:04:59 PM #18:	I do a clean install. --- Doom, the game with unlimited ways to play. <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:932747116] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I do a clean install. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rikiaz 01/10/20 8:14:16 PM #19:	I havent had a single problem with 10 and Ive used it since the free upgrade for Win 7 owners first started. --- From the depths, the thing they called Worm King did rise. Nirn itself did scream in the Mages' and Necromancers' war. <cite>Rikiaz posted [p:932747525] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I havent had a single problem with 10 and Ive used it since the free upgrade for Win 7 owners first started. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
darkphoenix181 01/10/20 8:16:48 PM #20:	Rika_Furude posted... Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all Like windows updates protects you all that much. Only thing that would matter is if MS purposely introduced a brand new Win 7 vulernability. Or an old one is discovered, but that is highly unlikely. <cite>darkphoenix181 posted [p:932747632] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Rika_Furude posted... </cite> <quote>Which is bad if you want to connect to the internet at all</quote> Like windows updates protects you all that much. Only thing that would matter is if MS purposely introduced a brand new Win 7 vulernability. Or an old one is discovered, but that is highly unlikely. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MaverickXeo 01/10/20 8:19:27 PM #21:	ThanksUglyGod posted... I haven't had any problems with Win10 in my ~4 years of using it. I did originally when it forced updates all the time. I disabled auto updates since they can take HOURS to install, and just choose to install them when I am away from my computer(s). Once Windows 10 is tweaked, it works great. --- --- MaverickXeo --- <cite>MaverickXeo posted [p:932747745] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>ThanksUglyGod posted... </cite> <quote>I haven't had any problems with Win10 in my ~4 years of using it.</quote> I did originally when it forced updates all the time. I disabled auto updates since they can take HOURS to install, and just choose to install them when I am away from my computer(s). Once Windows 10 is tweaked, it works great. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/10/20 9:09:37 PM #22:	DevsBro posted... I still use 7. Oh? Considering I have a firewall in my router, how is a lack of future updates particularly disadvantageous? Do you know what a firewall is? --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932749912] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>DevsBro posted... </cite> <quote>I still use 7. Oh? Considering I have a firewall in my router, how is a lack of future updates particularly disadvantageous?</quote>Do you know what a firewall is? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/10/20 9:11:21 PM #23:	darkphoenix181 posted... Like windows updates protects you all that much. They do actually --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932749995] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>darkphoenix181 posted... </cite> <quote> Like windows updates protects you all that much.</quote>They do actually </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
treewojima 01/10/20 9:12:04 PM #24:	I use 10 at work because I have to. It does well enough, I wish I had a bigger (or second) monitor though. We're still using 17" square ones. <cite>treewojima posted [p:932750026] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>I use 10 at work because I have to. It does well enough, I wish I had a bigger (or second) monitor though. We're still using 17" square ones.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solid Sonic 01/10/20 9:12:25 PM #25:	Windows 10 has a fair number of underlying changes that make it considerably better than Windows 7. The actual user experience is up for debate. --- "It feels like I'm always wrong." "Nah, that's not true...I mean you just made that statement, didn't you?" <cite>Solid Sonic posted [p:932750042] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Windows 10 has a fair number of underlying changes that make it considerably better than Windows 7. The actual user experience is up for debate. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 01/10/20 9:12:38 PM #26:	garlic powder posted... Windows 8.1 4 lyfe I wouldn't admit this in public. --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:932750049] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>garlic powder posted... </cite> <quote>Windows 8.1 4 lyfe</quote>I wouldn't admit this in public. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 01/10/20 11:53:24 PM #27:	Rika_Furude posted... Do you know what a firewall is? It prevents incoming messages not first requested. You can also set some of them up to do other stuff but that's what the hardware-level ones like the ones in routers do. Is there a reason you thought I didn't? --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:932756363] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Rika_Furude posted... </cite> <quote>Do you know what a firewall is?</quote>It prevents incoming messages not first requested. You can also set some of them up to do other stuff but that's what the hardware-level ones like the ones in routers do. Is there a reason you thought I didn't? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/10/20 11:54:41 PM #28:	DevsBro posted... Is there a reason you thought I didn't? yes because even a properly configured hardware firewall isnt a replacement for OS updates --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932756405] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>DevsBro posted... </cite> <quote>Is there a reason you thought I didn't?</quote>yes because even a properly configured hardware firewall isnt a replacement for OS updates </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 01/11/20 12:02:12 AM #29:	Rika_Furude posted... yes because even a properly configured hardware firewall isnt a replacement for OS updates Malware can happen to anyone but that's why you just don't use disreputable software, use antimalware software and don't store CC info. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:932756680] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Rika_Furude posted... </cite> <quote>yes because even a properly configured hardware firewall isnt a replacement for OS updates</quote>Malware can happen to anyone but that's why you just don't use disreputable software, use antimalware software and don't store CC info. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Damn_Underscore 01/11/20 12:03:27 AM #30:	Only nerds who hate all change think Windows 10 is bad and Windows 7 is better than Windows 10 --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:932756716] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Only nerds who hate all change think Windows 10 is bad and Windows 7 is better than Windows 10</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/11/20 12:12:27 AM #31:	DevsBro posted... Malware can happen to anyone but that's why you just don't use disreputable software, use antimalware software and don't store CC info. Yeah and having an up to date OS is as important, sometimes more, than having an up to date anti-virus and anti-malware. You're right that common sense is most important though. --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932757015] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>DevsBro posted... </cite> <quote>Malware can happen to anyone but that's why you just don't use disreputable software, use antimalware software and don't store CC info.</quote>Yeah and having an up to date OS is as important, sometimes more, than having an up to date anti-virus and anti-malware. You're right that common sense is most important though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 01/11/20 12:13:13 AM #32:	Damn_Underscore posted... Only nerds who hate all change think Windows 10 is bad and Windows 7 is better than Windows 10 Windows 10 did fuck up that update system though and that kills the OS for some people. Windows 10 isnt perfect. --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:932757039] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite> <quote>Only nerds who hate all change think Windows 10 is bad and Windows 7 is better than Windows 10</quote>Windows 10 did fuck up that update system though and that kills the OS for some people. Windows 10 isnt perfect. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumpo 01/11/20 1:20:39 PM #33:	Day 2 of win 10 Noticed it boots pretty quickly even though I am using a HDD after removing Avira. <cite>Trumpo posted [p:932774233] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Day 2 of win 10 Noticed it boots pretty quickly even though I am using a HDD after removing Avira. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rexdragon125 01/11/20 1:23:24 PM #34:	A solid state drive is super worth it. Literally everything loads in 5 seconds max. Windows booting, loading into a game map, etc. <cite>Rexdragon125 posted [p:932774318] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>A solid state drive is super worth it. Literally everything loads in 5 seconds max. Windows booting, loading into a game map, etc. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hexenherz 01/11/20 1:43:39 PM #35:	Trumpo posted... Day 2 of win 10 Noticed it boots pretty quickly even though I am using a HDD after removing Avira. Huh, interesting you mention that. I've had Avira for the last several years, but last year my computer really started slowing down like crazy. So maybe I should try getting rid of it. --- FFXIV: Lucius Hexenseele (Brynhildr) \| RS3: UltimaSuende . 99 WC/Fish/Cook/Fletch/Div/Mining/Smithing/Thieving/Crafting https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:932775077] in Downgradin... [t:78319567]...</cite> <quote>Trumpo posted... </cite> <quote>Day 2 of win 10 Noticed it boots pretty quickly even though I am using a HDD after removing Avira.</quote>Huh, interesting you mention that. I've had Avira for the last several years, but last year my computer really started slowing down like crazy. So maybe I should try getting rid of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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