RIP W7
You can still update to W10 for free
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
W7 ran its course from 2009 to 2020.
MS has notified that there will be no more support for W7, meaning its kernel will become vulnerable to attack:
"Security updates are essential to staying safe online, and Windows 10 is getting them while Windows 7 isn’t. Many flaws found in Windows 10 will also apply to Windows 7. Attackers will hear about them and can start attacking those vulnerable Windows 7 systems. As more time goes by, more unpatched, known flaws will exist in Windows 7 for exploiting. Hardware manufacturers are also supporting Windows 10 instead of Windows 7. This will only get truer after the end-of-support date. Even software companies will one day stop releasing new versions of their web browsers and other software for Windows 7." - How to Geek
Needless to say, drivers compatible to W7 will also not be updated by the various hardware and software companies.
Many aren't updating because their machines might be old. This is another error. W10 will run faster than W7 if the W10 requirements are met, and which aren't so different than the demands of W7.
True, the huge updates are a minus, but, they go hand in hand with security updates as well. Also, the updates have been getting smaller, perhaps because they involve enabling features present in prior downloads which sit quietly on your system until enough testing (supposedly) allows MS to "unmask" them.
The security, or lack thereof in W7, is well explained here: https://www.neowin.net/news/gchq-its-time-to-ditch-windows-7-if-you-want-to-stay-safe-online. GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence and information assurance to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom.
There's still a way to update to W10 for free: https://www.howtogeek.com/266072/you-can-still-get-windows-10-for-free-with-a-windows-7-8-or-8.1-key/
All in all, W7 is now an OS with a major liability, and you should migrate.
gHacks has a good take on W7's end of life: https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/14/windows-7-support-ends-today-here-are-your-options/?_m=3n%2e0038%2e2414%2ehj0ao01hy5%2e2iur
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Reply #22 Thursday, January 16, 2020 5:52 PM
I only heard one bad thing about windows 10.
Then there was a terrific explosion that made you permanently deaf?
One bad thing?
Good grief.
I reckon I can list about 10 off the top of my head...without resorting to Google.
Hint....do a search on 'issues with win 10'. Scroll to the bottom of the page....and count the pages of hits...
Reply #23 Thursday, January 16, 2020 7:25 PM
True, but I don't get it. I am extremely lucky, I suppose.
Reply #24 Thursday, January 16, 2020 9:45 PM
Well... a quick search for "issues with Windows 7" doesn't exactly leave me empty handed either. Just saying. Consider me extremely lucky too.
Reply #25 Friday, January 17, 2020 7:03 AM
Never had a problem with W10...
For you new users some useful tricks:
Reply #26 Friday, January 17, 2020 9:21 AM
Does anyone have an idea of what an ESU plan for Win7 Pro would cost?
Reply #27 Friday, January 17, 2020 9:47 AM
Does anyone have an idea of what an ESU plan for Win7 Pro would cost?
Best answer I found was from Mary Jo Foley, here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/how-much-will-staying-patched-on-windows-7-cost-you-heres-the-price-list/
But, as you can see, MS hasn't confirmed those prices at this point.
Reply #28 Friday, January 17, 2020 12:36 PM
Never had a problem with W10...
For you new users some useful tricks:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/11-best-hidden-windows-10-tricks-to-know-now-that-youve-upgraded-from-windows-7/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=22934121128163694730898056497463
Been on 10 since day one, so I already knew them all but 1. Great info!
Reply #29 Friday, January 17, 2020 3:21 PM
Never had a problem with W10...
For you new users some useful tricks:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/11-best-hidden-windows-10-tricks-to-know-now-that-youve-upgraded-from-windows-7/?ftag=CAD3c77551&bhid=22934121128163694730898056497463
Thanks Doc. 
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Reply #30 Friday, January 17, 2020 5:18 PM
I wouldn't upgrade.I would do a fresh install however
Telemetry updates can be uninstalled if your afraid of spying on win 10 it can be done with win 7 as well.Websites show which updates to remove & may provide a script to automate. Which one of them does for win 7
As for not wanting to install win 10 coz of "hearing " bad things. Well there's always dual boot until your fears are gone. That & installing classic shell. Creating backup images of win 7 before hand. Set compression to medium in settings.Free version of easeus 5.8 can be got from afterdawn.com (find link to older versions once there) . All versions after do not allow more compression unless you pay.
edit: they can prise my *coughs* 
version of win 7 Ult from my cold dead hands.
Reply #31 Sunday, January 19, 2020 7:24 AM
Here I am on my old junk machine....getting past XP to 7 Ult 32bit [it's a Dell Dimension 1100 P4 with 768meg]...and got it to update to SP1....and was then about to update again to 10 [it's an experiment]....but came back to the machine to discover 183 updates ready to install...
This is now, not 'back when'...looks like MS is dragging its heels yet again re EOL....
Reply #32 Sunday, January 19, 2020 7:27 AM
It's over a gig of updates...so this monster of a machine will probably take months to deal with them....
Reply #33 Sunday, January 19, 2020 6:49 PM
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day.....
10 hours later and it's 148 of 177.....
Dunno what happened to the other 6.
Couple more hours and it'll be done.....
Reply #34 Sunday, January 19, 2020 11:17 PM
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way...
Reply #36 Monday, January 20, 2020 1:58 AM
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older....
Reply #38 Friday, January 24, 2020 10:19 AM
Seems the final W7 update breaks wallpaper functionality: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/final-windows-7-update-breaks-desktop-wallpaper-functionality/
Reply #39 Friday, January 24, 2020 12:43 PM
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older....
Why not just install 10? Rather than start with xp, or 7, or what not?
Just curious. Maybe you're just playing around?
Reply #40 Friday, January 24, 2020 1:24 PM
Ok, finally made my migration, no longer have Win 7, and Win 8.1, just Win 10 now....sheesh! 
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Reply #21 Thursday, January 16, 2020 3:30 PM
Now you have to search for the control panel.
Also, windows key + x opens a menu which is handy as hell. This menu shows Powershell by default, but you can have it default to command prompt in taskbar settings.