The functions you will lose if you switch to Windows 10

[ucrdem]

Google translated from a French site...
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06/02/15 at 3:31 p.m.

If you have a PC running Windows 7 or 8, you can upgrade free to Windows 10 . But you lose the way some features that you may be using everyday on your old edition of the OS. Microsoft has just released the list of "impaired functions" with Windows 10. And if there is nothing fundamental, better still to know. Here they are.

-- Media Center, which had finally survived Windows 8, takes this time for his reverence. If you installed a previous version of Windows (including through Windows Media Center Pack 8) will be removed from your OS when you switch to Windows 10.

-- You can not play a DVD with Windows 10 without additional software. But it was already the case in Windows 8 ... And just going through the Store ( or download the old VLC) to fit everything in order.

-- Fans Of Windows 7 desktop gadgets, you will have to choose: Microsoft had already removed in Windows 8, but users who directly pass from July to October must be a reason: the clock or weather in a corner of office is the past. Place the tiles!

-- If You are on Windows 7, also make a screenshot of your high scores on the Solitaire, Minesweeper and Hearts. For these three games will be annihilated during your transition to Windows 10. You can however download new and beautiful versions from the Windows Store.

-- If You still use a USB floppy drive with your PC, do not panic if it does not work under Windows 10. Microsoft has decided not to include the driver in the OS, it will be necessary to download it from Windows Update.

-- Finally, a small change for users of the suite Windows Essentials : it will pass you the onedrive app to use the one built into Windows 10.

http://www.01net.com/editorial/656350/les-fonctions-que-vous-perdrez-si-vous-passez-a-windows-10/

[trotsky]

1. I used 8gadgetpack to restore gadgets in Win8.

Hopefully it will work with 10 as well.
http://8gadgetpack.net/

[Romeo.lima333]

2. is there any real important reason to switch

what if the os (op sys not omaha steve) has to be reinstalled, can it be reinstalled more than once? anyone know

[ucrdem]

3. From what I gather the benefits are: smaller footprint (15 gb);

"greater interoperability within the ecosystem of MS devices," i.e. x-boxes and phones; and a more desktop-friendly interface:



Whether you can reinstall your old OS after upgrading, probably, but MS isn't going to make it easy, and you'd probably need to wipe your drive and start over, which can be a lot of work depending on how long you've had it. Also if it's the original harddrive there might be OEM firmware on there (like backup and recovery set-ups) that you'd lose.

On the other hand I recently replaced my go-to laptop harddrive with an SSD (the old HD choked), and it runs 100% better, but a) it was a day's work to get everything back on there, including Win7 from a DVD and its many updates, and b) it didn't have much firmware to begin with as I'd bought it refurbished, and now it has none. So it probably depends on what's on it and how much you use it. If you need it for work it might be better to wait until getting a new machine with 10 installed but then again another improvement is "multiple offices" so . . .

[Omaha Steve]

7. Wait for it...

I was looking for this info when I found your reply.

[Jim Lane]

4. Is there any sensible reason why playing a DVD should require additional software?

I would've thought that was a fairly common use, so the OS should accommodate it (i.e., the necessary software should be part of the OS, without the hassle of an additional download).

What occurs to me is that this design decision was made by some Microserfs who never play DVDs on their computers, so it didn't occur to them that a lot of real people do.

[uriel1972]

5. I think there may be licensing issues...

with DVD playing software.

[Jim Lane]

6. Boy, I sure hope you're wrong.

If it's a licensing thing, then the likelihood is that downloading and installing the software will be even more hassle than usual.

This thread, including your suggestion, strengthens my resolve avoid Windows 10, at least for a good long while after its initial release.