Last call to get on Windows 10 without paying – La Nacion (Argentina)

There are three possibilities. Or do not use Windows. Or already upgraded to Windows 10. Or in the middle of the night you wake a nightmare in which, on July 30, the little icon to update 10 mocks you telling yourself: You’d missed receive a free product costs 2400 pesos, Lero, Lero! The fact is that today are officially six days to take advantage of this offer that Microsoft started a year ago and is perhaps too keen to accept.

the new (and beautiful) pictures on the splash screen Windows 10.

in any case, doubt among miss a gift 2400 pesos and that leaves you without compu gift is pressing; I know how it feels. At home there is only one Windows machine (the other 4 use some sort of Linux). Armé the PC, I keep mostly to run spaceengine, about 5 years ago and put a Windows 7. decorously I avoided 8 (I had it here in the newspaper and I did not add anything) and since July 29, 2015 started show invitation to upgrade to Windows 10. And he continued to do with that granitic persistence of machines, transforming treat coercion. Said without much adornment: I was sick

had already made the upgrade a Windows 10 on your computer daily and had turned out more or less.. But the situation at home was different. Just imagine: that machine was walking without the slightest crack and had years of tuning. I was not worried backup, which is automatic, but would have to reinstall all applications? Go back to set? Worse still: use some kind of wizard to migrate? God save me.

But curiosity is stronger.

it will be three months, I realized that long ago that Windows 7 is not installed updates. I looked at the history and, indeed, the machine had long since not receive updates. True, the main support had expired more than a year ago, in January 2015. But neither came security updates. And there was, as always, galore. Rare. And dangerous. I will say that I was looking for an excuse to spend 10, and yes, it is true, what I can say. OK so I gave him the happy update and about half an hour was 10 on that team, uneventfully. Would be a nuisance having to reinstall all programs, but at least it would no longer support the coercive cartelito.

It was not long before problems arise. As every time you install a new operating system, I used to get programs no longer needed, order a bit, that sort of thing. Nobody expects you to remove an old accessory program leave you without a machine. But it was exactly what happened. Without going into details, I uninstalled software to monitor the network and when rebooted, goodbye, Windows was gone. So, poof, without warning.

In fact, he had not disappeared, but refused to boot. With some effort, I left the ford, granted. But Microsoft friends, for a significant portion of users with a situation of this kind ends with the show. If it is a clone, you have to call the technician; if it is a brand machine, you have to carry the team to the official service. You stay at least a week without your tool. It is not good to use the euphemism fashion

As new (or almost)

Scene. my good solid PC, which took about 5 years on day and night, that never hung, which was only restart every so an update, had been hopelessly mancada after removing a minor programita. Half an hour before she walked like a Stradivarius. He had now disappeared from the map. Not a production equipment, but this kind of situation gives you a touch of anger, to continue with the euphemisms.

OK, what do you do? One of the new features of Windows 10 is that, like a smartphone, you can restore the computer to factory. With an additional: You can choose to keep personal files. As had not a little desire to put the DVD and install everything from scratch, and suspected that, deep down, back to the factory would be about the same, I chose that option and after a while had 10 again screen and my files intact. Point to Microsoft. But, anyway, I looked askance at new Windows and said: You know you’re the most fragile thing I tried in my life, no? aside, perhaps, early versions of DOS. Like, I did not answer.

To be entirely fair, the fact is that, out of this mishap, 10 has been behaving ever since with decent strength. No wonder my Windows 7 and got additional 4 years of support (ie, updates) without paying a dime.

The 10 has its things, however. For example, when I open a folder with many files (say, over 50, no big deal), it is doing something, I do not know why, and shows the crazy message We are working on it . Yes, 35 years ago are working on it, boys. I have seen this problem on multiple machines and is a little bizarre that at this point we can not read the directory of a local drive almost instantly.

the site Windows 10 this week, counting the days (and hours, minutes and seconds) remaining until the end of the offer.

Out of this, 10 I like it. I said it before and I hold.

Now, is it worth upgrading?

Earnings

A friend who, before the imminent end of the supply of microsoft, I consulted last Saturday whether to update put the emphasis where it matters, strictly speaking. I put in the chat: Am I going to lose something important if I stay in Windows 7 Or, put another way, I win something happening to me 10? It is all that counts, because if what you get is running out machine, much that is free, does not seem to be good business.

First, and with 350 million devices using the new system , it appears that upgrading to 10 is not a high-risk mission. But that matters little if at roulette bit just touches you you the problematic installation. So, before you ask yourself whether or not to upgrade, the first step is to make sure that the backup is up to date and create an installation media. That is, a DVD or a flash drive with Windows 10. The official Microsoft tool for this is down here.

If all goes very wrong, you’ll be able to try to reinstall the system with the DVD or flash drive. In many cases, you’ll need an activation key; the Windows 7 and 8 serve. It’s not nice to have on hand the original disks of these previous Windows, if 10 also goes from zero.

Note less the margin. It might not you dare proceed with a clean reinstall, but it would be useful to know what steps the technician should give: use the official Microsoft tool to download and create a disc or flash drive setup; use the activation code Windows 7 or 8 that you had on the machine you are using; and for no reason clean up the mess with a copy of Windows without a license. In the worst case scenario, have you going back to Windows 7 or 8 newly installed on your computer and just going to have lost a little time.

If a machine brand, especially if it’s a notebook is not a bad idea to ask the official support if that model is compatible with 10 and eventually follow their instructions for the upgrade

Something else. one thing is that the compatibility report tells you that it is all well and quite another to be all right once installed Windows 10. the good news is that after updating there is a grace month to return to the version that you had previously installed. It is therefore important that once you have 10 try all the hardware and software you need to work, lest you take a surprise when that happened that month grace period.

The Start menu is back, which is something.

But let’s be optimistic. If all goes well, on the other hand is most likely, is what you win going to Windows 10?

Additional Support time (between 1 and 4 years), ie, more useful equipment life.

If you come 7, improved performance, at the expense of a more rudimentary graphics.

If you come from 8 interface more consistent and familiar user, and almost as ugly (ie, at least not you lose nothing). Fundamentally, you will no longer support the Charm.

Perhaps most importantly, stretch the life of the equipment without paying 2400 pesos license Windows 10. No is little, though, of course, PC makers are not even half happy with this. In the worst sales crisis in its history, a substantial portion of users found in the 10 one way to avoid the acquisition of a new computer.

Since it is impossible to anticipate how it will respond a particular team to this update, my best advice is to be very careful with production equipment. If that Windows 7 or 8.1 are those that use to work and you do not have spare car, my tactics would be:

If it is a machine that you feel you already need a replacement and Windows 7 has not updated. Your next team and will come with Windows 10 (or following it).

If a machine still doing well and has Windows 7, then carefully would plan update , thing to recover your computer if something goes wrong.

machines with 8.1 generally less exposed problems passing 10, but again, if you feel that already it is in need of a replacement, it would be best not to innovate.

If it is a relatively new machine with 8.1, it would be best to upgrade, because they will be added to the team 2 years main support (the end of the main support will January 2018 to January 2020).