Now that I have a W7 PC, I can try to get a free upgrade to W10 from Microsoft. I went to their web site and looked for the upgrade download. They wanted me to install all the updates for my W7 OS first. That seemed foolish as I was going to go right to W10 so why update the old 2009 version of W7?
They had some options:
First, you could request and upgrade and get on a waiting list or download the upgrade either to a DVD or USB flash drive. As I had to remove the worn out DVD R/W drives from the "test" PB and installed a DVD-ROM optical drive, burning a DVD was out. I had a spare new SATA DVD R/W but the 2005 vintage PC needed the old IDE version.
They also allowed you to down load to a USB flash drive.
I decided to download the upgrade to a blank USB flash drive. They wanted 4 GB min but I used a 32 GB flash. The down load took over 3 hours so I know my WiFi interconnection is slow. The idea of having a USB flash was to use the W10 upgrade on other PCs. I used it on the one I down loaded it to.
The upgrade from the USB flash drive took a few hours which included the setup time before I got the to the W10 screen. Here is the initial screen -
I started looking into the W10 operation.
No more IE, instead you have a newer internet browser (MS Edge). -
The Control Panel has been replaced with "Settings" - Not really too different. Here is the opening screen and the System Settings Screen for my "Test" Computer -
The START button has been returned (I guess it was taken away in W8.1) and give you the basics -
I need to try using the computer after installing some "aps" (Useful Programs) and source data like, text files, images, and video clips.
Video-Don-27
Updated Post - March 22, 2017
I have since this time, had to buy a new laptop as my old HP laptop failed in the summer of 2016.
It was a Vista Machine which I purchased in April of 2009. The model was HP dv7-1243cl which had a large 17 inch monitor. The DVD R/RW drive was slim to fit into the laptop case and worked poorly. It was also flimsy in construction, in my judgement. I had trouble loading CD and DVDs using it. Other than that, I loved it. Eventually the processor failed and I took it apart to see how it was made. I will post those photo in another post, in the future.
The point is, I now have a W10 HP laptop, and am slowly learning to use Windows 10. In general, I don't like it much. My HP Vista desktop also failed in 2016, I bought a new desktop last year as well.
I got an ASUS with W7 on it and like W7 better. I am using the large flat screen monitor I got when I got the "red test PC".
I have many books and manuals on earlier versions of MS Windows OSs but not a good Windows 10
manual yet.
So, in summary, I am using W7 mainly. and learning W10. Most of my real computer work is done on the Desktop where most of my "good PC SW tools" reside. The newer W10 wants me to buy new SW tools. I can't afford two sets of many sets of software.
Here are some of the tools:
Photoshop
MS Office (I still use 2003)
Pinnacle Studio (I have version 18 on the W7 but still have a license for 14 & 15 which were on the two Vista Computers which failed in 2016.
ACDSee 20 (My older version 7 is no longer supported)
FantaMorph 5 from Abrosoft (morphing SW)
GIF Animator 3 (no longer supported but still installs and works)
Splash Lite (Free video player - supports MP4 which I use mostly as my Camcorder creates these)
Nero for CD and DVD data creation or copies.
I am slowly adding tools to the laptop.
VideoDon27
Note - Much of my "computer work" is editting photo images and creating videos for my YouTube accounts (2 - Yahoo and Gmail based)
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