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Windows 10 still free..... #1135740
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Reading an article in Ask Leo it talked about still being able to get windows 10:



Windows 10 is still technically available for free for those using assistive technologies.

Microsoft doesn’t intend this as a way for folks who don’t use assistive technologies to upgrade, but they never ask for any proof that you do. Nor do they really define exactly what it means to use assistive technologies. Some take it to mean things as simple as increasing the screen magnification or having run the magnifier tool.

As with the original free offer, this is only available as an upgrade to an existing installation of Windows 7 or Windows 8, and will get you the same edition, Home or Pro, as you already have. This will not work for a new installation. Of course, if you have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 or 8, you could install it onto a new machine first and then upgrade that to Windows 10 for free.

This free offer ends on December 31, 2017.

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Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Winfrey] #1135747
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It's sort of getting Windows 10 free by cheating. But if Microsoft isn't putting a stop to it, then why not...


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Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Draclvr] #1136274
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Originally Posted By: Draclvr
It's sort of getting Windows 10 free by cheating. But if Microsoft isn't putting a stop to it, then why not...




True enough . The fact that Microsoft hasn't been vigilant in their pursuit of said "cheating" , could very well mean that Microsoft is desperate enough to move users to Windows 10 , that they don't really care , at least they don't , or didn't until now . Depending on the information source , Windows 10 (even Microsoft have admitted as much) has not been adopted as fast as Microsoft has wished or projected . Besides the well documented telemetry & keylogging issues , most of which can be disabled , but not totally erased , not having total control over system updates , at least in my case , is a giant no-no . I've used Windows 10 , I like it , but , the lack of system update control keeps me from staying with Windows 10.

Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Winfrey] #1136280
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You do know you can disable the automatic downloads for windows 10 don't you??

stop automatic downloads in winows 10

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Originally Posted By: Winfrey
You do know you can disable the automatic downloads for windows 10 don't you??

stop automatic downloads in winows 10



Appreciate the information , however , that article is now 2 years old , & doesn't really apply , at least to me . I'm hardwired to my internet , & that option , when I had Win 10 , wasn't available .

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Get Windows 10 Pro and you have complete control over automatic updates. They don't make it easy to do it, but you can do it with Win+R. I keep mine on as I don't feel like wading through each update or trying to remember to do updates after they are deemed OK.


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Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Winfrey] #1136288
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That link had many ways to stop it.. but if you don't have windows anymore it doesn't matter.. but for those interested: another way to stop updates


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Thanks's Winfrey - I was just looking for a link with the Group Policy editing option! But remember, you need to have Pro or above for this to work.


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Even if you have Windows 10 Pro, Education, or Enterprise with the Group Policy setting, changes to update settings aren't guaranteed to stick. People have found their settings reverting back to the undesirable default after "updates," and sometimes even when there was no detectable "update" (and no recent update listed in update history)

Students have had their computers updating and rebooting in the middle of tests. People have had their computers updating in the middle of presentations. This happens even though updates have supposedly been turned off or scheduled not to run during those hours.

If you absolutely don't want Windows 10 updating, you have to disconnect it from the Internet.
It can't be trusted not to update and reboot during time-critical applications.

And Windows 10 is certainly not the OS of choice if you want to play older games.

You may be forced to use Windows 10 if you buy a new computer, but there's not much reason to sacrifice a functional Windows 7 or 8 installation to get Windows 10.

Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Jenny100] #1136329
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Originally Posted By: Jenny100
Even if you have Windows 10 Pro, Education, or Enterprise with the Group Policy setting, changes to update settings aren't guaranteed to stick. People have found their settings reverting back to the undesirable default after "updates," and sometimes even when there was no detectable "update" (and no recent update listed in update history)

Students have had their computers updating and rebooting in the middle of tests. People have had their computers updating in the middle of presentations. This happens even though updates have supposedly been turned off or scheduled not to run during those hours.

If you absolutely don't want Windows 10 updating, you have to disconnect it from the Internet.
It can't be trusted not to update and reboot during time-critical applications.

And Windows 10 is certainly not the OS of choice if you want to play older games.

You may be forced to use Windows 10 if you buy a new computer, but there's not much reason to sacrifice a functional Windows 7 or 8 installation to get Windows 10.


This ^^ . The only version of Win 10 that grants total control over system updates , is the Enterprise version . Using the group policy editor in Pro does help to an extent , but it's more akin to putting a band-aid on an open wound. When I had Win 10 , I had it set to "notify for download , notify for install" , & to defer updates , until they were ready "current branch for business" . In Win 10's defense , it does have some nice things going for it , such as faster startup & DirectX 12 . But compatibility with older games is iffy at best . But then again , you can't keep supporting everything forever .

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I agree - the Group Policy fix was a band-aid at best. I certainly don't think we should expect Microsoft to support old games forever either - this is why I have my trusty old XP sitting right to my left!


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Re: Windows 10 still free..... [Re: Draclvr] #1136425
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Originally Posted By: Draclvr
I agree - the Group Policy fix was a band-aid at best. I certainly don't think we should expect Microsoft to support old games forever either - this is why I have my trusty old XP sitting right to my left!


I did some digging last night , & found a sealed oem copy of XP home for just $20 . I found several copies of XP Pro for about the same . Wonder how cheap/expensive it would be to put an XP machine together . Anyhow , I do & don't understand why MS chose to remove control over system updates in Win 10 . Most are totally computer illiterate , & wouldn't know what to do with the updates . On the other hand , I do know what to do , & it sort of feels like MS is saying "we know better than you do , what is best for you & your machine" . If MS ever returns total control over system updates to Win 10 , I'd probably go ahead & make the jump , & stay there . I hear that an upgrade to Win 10 is still possible with a valid Win 7 & 8 serial , by entering said serial for Win 10 activation . I further understand this is a rather "unofficial" method that MS never acknowledged , but has accepted .

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With the sales going on right now, I'll bet you could put together a low end XP computer for under $200, maybe less.

As I understand it, that is true about using the Windows 7 or 8.1 code. However, I tried it on a Windows 7 computer and after a few days, it started saying it wasn't valid. It's always worth a try...

I do understand WHY they took control of updates away from Windows 10 Home which is what most OEM users have - I wouldn't have it any other way for the people whose computers I work on. It makes my life so much easier. But I don't understand why they would make it so hard to restore control to Pro on up.


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Originally Posted By: Draclvr
With the sales going on right now, I'll bet you could put together a low end XP computer for under $200, maybe less.

As I understand it, that is true about using the Windows 7 or 8.1 code. However, I tried it on a Windows 7 computer and after a few days, it started saying it wasn't valid. It's always worth a try...

I do understand WHY they took control of updates away from Windows 10 Home which is what most OEM users have - I wouldn't have it any other way for the people whose computers I work on. It makes my life so much easier. But I don't understand why they would make it so hard to restore control to Pro on up.



I think they have taken the position that "we know what's best , even if you know what you're doing" . I scratched my head also , as to why control over system updates was stripped from Pro . Maybe it could be made as an optional update or the like . There is a tool called "windows update show & hide" that can be downloaded from MS . Perhaps that is as close as you can get .

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I have always accused Apple of being too bossy and telling people what they wanted and didn't want. But Microsoft has gotten just as bad.


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The only way to REALLY stop Windows 10 from updating is described at 2:25 in the video Winfrey links to in post #4.

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Originally Posted By: Draclvr
I have always accused Apple of being too bossy and telling people what they wanted and didn't want. But Microsoft has gotten just as bad.


Well I have always felt that Microsoft behaved like a dictator !! lol12


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It used to be that Apple was in a class by itself, but Microsoft is right up there with them now.


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Mac has terrible backwards support.
Windows is still the winner for supporting older programs and games, even though it's by no means 100% and compatibility with Windows 10 may fail with the next update.

About 10 years ago I bought an Intel iMac because it had a nice monitor, and at the time I was having trouble finding a good PC monitor. The iMac came with OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard). When I eventually "updated" the iMac to OS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard), some applications stopped working. Every year or two Apple "updates" their Mac OS version and there are programs that no longer work, including some programs that aren't much more than two years old. Here's the Wikipedia list of Mac OS releases showing how often they introduce a new one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X#Release_history

OS X 10.7 eliminated support for Rosetta. The purpose of Rosetta was to allow the running of OS X programs developed for older Macs with a PowerPC processor on a newer Mac with an Intel processor. This included RealMyst, Alida, and a few other games for OS X that I had bought, and which would not run on my iMac without Rosetta.

Since Apple had no security updates for OS X 10.6 and kept trying to push OS 10.7 instead, that was the end of my using a Mac as my main computer. I took the iMac offline and went back to using a PC as my Internet computer. I had that iMac all set up to play DOS games with DOSBox and ScummVM, configured with soundfonts for much better midi sound in DOS games and tweaked to give the best picture. I also had VMware Fusion installed to play older Windows games. And I had Rosetta installed, and Sheepshaver for even older Mac games. All that took quite a bit of time and research to set up. I didn't want a new version of Mac OS with someone else's idea of what was important installed -- something that eliminated most of what I used the computer for and threw out all the work I'd done getting things working.

Even before that, Apple dropped support of Mac Classic with OS X 10.4 on Intel Macs. Support for Classic was dropped entirely with OS X 10.5. I can see where changing the type of processor might have made Classic not work -- but they didn't replace it with anything. Instead you had to use 3rd party software like Basilisk or Sheepshaver to play your old pre-OS X Mac games (games for Mac System 7, OS 8, or OS 9). Basilisk and Sheepshaver were more complicated to set up and really didn't work as well as Classic. Games on hybrid CD's (made for both Mac and PC) didn't work on Sheepshaver, and at the time Basilisk only worked with System 7.

And then there is the horror of iTunes. New versions of Mac OS X rely heavily on iTunes for buying Mac software -- and iTunes is an unholy mess. It constantly tries to shove stuff you don't want in your face while its search function barely functions at all. Even back when I was using OS X 10.5, when iTunes was more tractable, I used to Google the Mac software (or music) I was looking for instead of using the broken iTunes search.

Apple seems to be "targeting" customers who always have to have "the latest" even if it is poorer quality, less functional, and will stop working in the next couple of years. Apple used to be known for using good hardware, but now it's not built to last any more (if it does, it's an accident). Apple has done all they can to make it impossible for 3rd party repair companies to service Apple products -- including having their computers and tablets held together by glue. They want you to either buy a new one or pay exorbitant prices for repair at the Apple store. At the same time they advertise their products as "environmentally friendly" -- even though replacing an entire product is the opposite. Their products are also extremely hard to recycle in a cost-effective way because of the variety of materials used.

It's unfortunate that Microsoft decided to use some of Apple's bad habits, including pushing out a new version of their latest Windows every year or two with little or no regard for backward compatibility with programs or hardware.

Apple now uses some of Microsofts bad habits -- pushing out a new version of their OS without testing whether it breaks anything on their older products. They don't care -- after all, they want you to buy a new one every year, or even better, every 6 months.

But I'll say one thing for Apple -- I never had updates _forced_ on my Mac. I'd get notifications that an update was available, but I never had a Mac reboot while I was in the middle of doing something important, and I never lost hours of work because of an update forcing itself through at an inconvenient time, rebooting without warning for some update and not saving my work properly -- essentially doing the work of a virus.

Anyway, I don't trust either one, but Windows -- even Windows 10 -- is better for games than Mac. Mac was a viable alternative in the 1990's -- especially for QuickTime-based adventure games. But now you're much better off with Windows -- and even better if you have older computers with the older versions of Windows that are what the games were made for.

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You must have been wandering around in my brain, Jenny! From Apple only supporting their current OS's for 2 to 3 years and breaking their own programs if you updated, to the iTunes mess to the customers who need "the latest" at absolutely ungodly prices.

I complain about Windows, but I will be sticking with it and keep my trusty old XP computer right here.


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The only "Mac" items I have ever owned are iPads. And I have two.
My ancient iPad1 - which does still allow me to play the original and still my favourite versions of Angry Birds and surf the Web (although not much else).
And my current iPad3 - which will shortly be traded in for an iPad4 grin12

I mainly use iPads for just playing simple games, dealing with mail and surfing the Web.
I never buy "new" ones though. They are far too expensive. I use a trade in site that offers refurbished ones with 2 year guarantees.

My computers "proper" are for everything else and I have 3 machines .. Win98SE, WinXP and Win7 .. and love them all because between them I am able to play every game in my collection, even the DOS and Win95 ones.

Yes. I rant at Microsoft A LOT because they SO get on my nerves wink12
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Couldn't pay me to own anything Apple , but that's just me . Microsoft deserves EVERY bit of heat they've received over the years , especially as is relates to Win 10 . However , as others have stated , without them , we would likely not have a platform to game on . With the impending end of the other "free" upgrade option , for those of use who want to , download the upgrade assistant , install Win 10 , then , if you want , immediately roll back to your previous OS . I say that , because , once you do the upgrade , you can do it again , regardless of how many times you do it , for free . Microsoft , at that point , already has your Win 10 license on file due to the upgrade you just performed . I've done this at least 4 times , never an issue .

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I don't want to belittle anyone's problems discussed in this thread, but I can assure you that those constant changes in the operative systems (both Windows and Mac) are twice as complicated for us game designers.

The main gripe I have with Microsoft as a user is the incessant updates in Windows 10. But, as I pointed out in a previous post, there is a way to turn these off FOREVER (but still do them once in a while EXACTLY when you want to). This method is very easy and completely safe, although not mentioned by Microsoft anywhere (since they obviously want to control your PC much more than is necessary for you).

Other than that, the backwards compatibility has been much better since Vista, and Microsoft have declared Windows 10 "the last version of Windows". While this statement obviously must be taken with a grain of salt, it's highly unlikely that we'll see a Windows 11 (or whatever they would call it) in a long time. While they're still updating Windows 10 (far to often!), I don't think they'll have the guts to implement changes so vast that we'll have to worry about not being able to play this year's games next year (which was the case between Win 98/XP/Vista, and 7).

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Originally Posted By: Mikael
I don't want to belittle anyone's problems discussed in this thread, but I can assure you that those constant changes in the operative systems (both Windows and Mac) are twice as complicated for us game designers.

The main gripe I have with Microsoft as a user is the incessant updates in Windows 10. But, as I pointed out in a previous post, there is a way to turn these off FOREVER (but still do them once in a while EXACTLY when you want to). This method is very easy and completely safe, although not mentioned by Microsoft anywhere (since they obviously want to control your PC much more than is necessary for you).

Other than that, the backwards compatibility has been much better since Vista, and Microsoft have declared Windows 10 "the last version of Windows". While this statement obviously must be taken with a grain of salt, it's highly unlikely that we'll see a Windows 11 (or whatever they would call it) in a long time. While they're still updating Windows 10 (far to often!), I don't think they'll have the guts to implement changes so vast that we'll have to worry about not being able to play this year's games next year (which was the case between Win 98/XP/Vista, and 7).



I'm sure for designers , Win 10 , & all the changes , has got to be a royal pain the the backside . Speaking for myself as a user , I've no issues with leaving system updates on , I just want the option to choose which updates are installed , as I have that option in Win 7 & 8 . I also don't want Windows on my pc being used as an advertising platform , or for me to be spied upon . I also doubt that Microsoft will make the vast changes that would make playing this year's games difficult or impossible to play next year as well . Then again , with Microsoft limiting support for AMD's Ryzen & Intel's Kaby Lake cpu to Win 10 only , anything is possible . I would ask , from user to designer , how easy or difficult has it been to work inside the Win 10 environment ?

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