>tfw fell for the "stay on windows 7" meme
>>337895926
unless you understand what using linux means.
just upgrade and stop listening to autism. read it sure, dont listen to it though.
What's wrong with that ?
There's nothing wrong with windows 7 though, and if you've reserved your copy of 10 then you don't have anything to really worry about anyways and can just wait until they remove all the tracking and spyware shit
>E3 2015
>Microsoft starting to say the whole "windows 10 exclusive" thing
>w7 fags go around saying "lol who cares, no good games"
>almost a year pass
>moie and more w10 exclusives on the horizon
>will be even more by next year
asides from new computer games, what possible reason could there possibly be to upgrade to W10?
>have declined W10 at least 50 times by now
>it's still prompting me to upgrade
Why would I have hit no all those times if I wasn't sure what to do.
>>337896158
>Quantum Break
Wow, it's fucking nothing.
>>337896276
You know you ca N get rid of the prompt right
>>337896276
google the fix. there's a way to permanently turn off those notifications. i'll be enjoying W7 until the end of my current computer's lifespan
>>337895926
8.1 is great.
>>337896276
>not a retarded normie
>disabled Windows updates years ago
I can't fucking fathom why anyone would want a computer that turns itself off every night for mandatory updates, let alone spams you with prompts to upgrade.
>>337896158
>more and more w10 exclusives
and none of them good.
>>337896276
run > msconfig > windows update > off
>topic
I will probably eventually get a windows 10 laptop for vidya but I will also turn this one into a linux box because fuck the botnet.
>>337895926
>Tried to stay on Windows 7
>Played Battlefield 4
>Pic Related
>Genuinely unplayable
>Hours of troubleshooting
>Download Windows 8
>Runs perfectly
I was genuinely upset
>>337896158
>moie and more w10 exclusives on the horizon
lol who cares, no good games
>>337895926
>Built PC with windows 7 premium
>Explicitly choose the option that updates should be installed with my consent
>Playing an online game of civ 5 with some friends
>Suddenly PC is turning off
>Installing updates
>Installing windows 10 patch
>What the fuck
>20 minutes later
>Sit through a literal 10 minute introduction to windows 10
>A fucking UI cutscene
>Revert changes back immediately
What the fucking fuck microsoft? Keep that shit up and I swear I'll go back to linux.
>>337896480
almost feel like consoles
>"haha shit game anyway"
>gets ported
>"HAHA MASTER RACE WINS AGAIN"
win10 sucks
It's just an unoptimized unstable pile of garbage, i can't even shitpost on 4chan without my browser freezing every few seconds.
>>337895926
>falling for dx12 meme
>what is vulkan
>>337896254
None.
But new games will force you to upgrade eventually.
>>337896587
spotted the no ssd fag
>Windows 7 is almost ten years old
What the fuck? I'm genuinely alarmed.
It's not that out of date is it?
Fuck, 7 was a perfect OS to me.
>>337896158
Keep crying shill, noone cares about win10 exclusives. Hell, most games released today still work on XP. Win10 adoption rate is plummetting and will be completely dead once it stops being free in July.
>>337895926
>tfw you didn't fall for the dumb wojak meme
>>337896668
Right now i'm using a laptop. It runs perfectly on win 8.1 but it has terribad performance on win 10.
It's not for games though, i use it for work.
>>337896158
>$0.10 has been deposited into your Microsoft account
>>337896587
>win10 sucks
>It's just an unoptimized unstable pile of garbage, i can't even shitpost on 4chan without my browser freezing every few seconds.
I too think it's bad, but I don't have any problems with it mechanically. It's bad cause of all the bloat you get with it. At least I got Killer Instinct, that sorta made up for it. Already put in 36hrs into the game and Haven't Spent A Penny. It's great senpai.
>Install torrents through a proxy
>Offline install and play said games
>My win 7 automatically updated to win 10 a few days ago
>My broadband provider sent CaD orders in the mail today
T-thanks microsoft.
>mfw running a fresh 7 SP1 with auto updates turned off since January
With all the Windows 10 exclusives coming, there is LITERALLY no reason to not upgrade right now"); re
>>337895989
Linux means a world of pain, spending ages to make the simple programmes work & wearing a tin foil hat & pissing in a plastic bottle in a bedroom at mummys house
>>337895989
>linux
The thing that kills me about Windows 10 is that Microsoft was on such a good path with Dotnet. Open specification, half-hearted support for the cross-platform runtime Mono, bytecode language that makes it easy to write new front-end languages. It was like they had turned over a new leaf, then they have to go and throw all that away with a hamfisted adoption scheme for their shitty new OS.
>>337896947
>buying windows
You did this to yourself.
Also in what kind of a shithole country do they send CaD letters for torrenting?
>>337897364
>>337897284
my point exactly
>>337895926
i literally was using XP until december of 2015 when i switched to w7
im not even joking
>>337897364
ironically, I have more trouble doing simple things on windows
linux has all those basic tools for every needs, windows need you to go out of your way to find something suitable and it's often just bloatware
>>337897615
Install MinGW/msys.
>not using linux
*tips*
>>337896958
enjoy your malware
>>337896760
>instead you fell for the even worse anime meme
Does old Billy still have a say in how the company operates?
The way he uses his money makes him seem like a nice guy, but it's irrelevant if all this shit is done under his watch.
Win 7 fags are the worse, fucking slow as shit. Get with the times grandpa
>>337897369
They want the install base 98 and XP brought in, a lot of computers in businesses still run XP because it's efficient enough for the simple tasks it's used for. Also as an attempt to apologise for 9.
win7fags are literally the same as consolefags
just holding back everyone
>>337895926
If you hate it so much you can easily upgrade you fucking retard.
6/10 bait made me reply.
M$ marketing thread.
Nobody wants NSA OS
>>337897904
>anime
>meme
I don't watch TV anymore.
>>337898119
Why not? I trust Microsoft with my information and their good care to handle security.
I know my children are safe from hackers and pedophiles with Windows 10.
>upgrade to Win10 for the free license
>reinstall Windows 7
>set for the future without upgrading to Windows: Spyware Edition until it's absolutely necessary
I fell for the meme and installed W10 and it was so fucking horrendous I had to roll back to 7
There is a slim chance that they've fixed everything in the last months but I seriously doubt it.
And there's still not a single reason to even upgrade to W10 yet aside from a few of Microsoft's shitty games
>>337898216
By the time you need something newer than 7, 11 will be out.
>>337898007
>>337898101
>being this assmad that windows 10 failed almost as bad as Windows 8
>Bought Quantum Break
>Got a windows 10 code for it for free
>Don't use windows 10
Don't even know what to do with it desu senpai
>>337898071
I'm more convinced that they want to create an "app ecosystem," which they also wanted with 8/8.1 but that was a catastrophe. But there's a problem with that, that they need adoption of an RT/whatever-based system to attract developers but they need developers to make an ecosystem to attract users. So they tried to short-circuit the chickens and eggs with this totally insane scheme.
>>337898254
Isn't the plan for Windows 10 to be their last OS for the foreseeable future?
>>337898312
Yeah, that plan is laughable at best.
>>337898262
Sell it to the Russians for $1.
>>337898413
What makes you say that?
>>337898307
They saw the success Apple had and tried to knock it off and sell it to users, without applying the logic that people who already have one product don't want a knockoff of that product. MS used to actually lead and innovate, but now they're on damage control for crappy gimmicks.
>>337898413
depends on what they plan to do
if their goal is an app ecosystem, then replacing the OS will just hurt their user base and app sales
instead there'll probably be massive upgrades that will pretend to still be windows 10 when it changed almost everything
>>337898461
person just likes typing laughable
>>337898312
They'll crack once it's 2020 and windows 10 still hasn't been installed on 1 billion devices like they thought it would
What's with Microsoft and that number? They thought they would sell a billion xbones too.
>>337898461
People will always find ways to make software better. Although we're reaching the point of diminishing returns. Hardware's another story entirely.
Some games don't work with Windows 7, like Mad Max I believe.
>>337898461
Not that Anon, but the older a house gets, the more cracks appear in it. If it's gotten old enough that you notice cracks in the foundation, then all sorts of shit will begin to find ways in and eventually weaken it more.
Software is no different.
I'm on windows 7 right now, so I have until July 29th to upgrade for free. That being said, is there literally any reason to upgrade beyond the possible windows 10 exclusives to come?
>>337898461
Because it's a dependable source of revenue, if from nothing else.
Also because they'll eventually want to do more than minor changes, as they have been doing since the beginning of their fucking existence.
>>337898546
It's a big impressive number. Like Facebook saying they have 3 billion users or Java being run on billions of devices.
>>337898481
Yeah, well Apple or Android or Steam, pick your poison. It's pretty clear they regret missing the boat, and will sell the world for a third-class ticket.
>>337898546
>2020
Windows 7 will be 11 years old by then though, who wants to be stuck with an 11 year old OS?
>>337898576
The thing is. There is literally no reason not to upgrade.
>>337896276
You need to do the Win7Fix it sounds like.
Uninstall and Hide following updates:
KB3068708
KB3022345
KB2952664
KB2990214
KB3035583
KB971033
KB3021917
KB3044374
Search CEIP in your startmenu and turn it off if you haven't already.
cmd:
sc stop Diagtrack
sc delete Diagtrack
Task Scheduler Library:
Everything under "Application Experience"
Everything under "Autochk"
Everything under "Customer Experience Improvement Program"
Under "Disk Diagnostic" only the "Microsoft-Windows-DiskDiagnosticDataCollector"
Under "Maintenance" "WinSAT"
"Media Center" and click the "status" column, then select all non-disabled entries and disable them.
services.msc:
"Remote Registry" to "Disabled" instead of "Manual".
Paste these into the "hosts" file in C:/Windows/System32/Drivers/etc/
(open with notepad)
http://pastebin.com/bp7wruLc
>access denied to hosts file editing
take ownership of the file:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-take-ownership-to-explorer-right-click-menu-in-vista/
3068708 telemetry
3022345 telemtery
2952664 telemetry
2990214 win 10 update compatibility check
3035583 get win 10 update app
971033 current OS activation checking
3021917 telemetry
3044374 win 10 update compatibility check
>>337898657
there might even drop support for it by then, or near
and assuming games didn't all move to vulkan, there'll be a lot of dx12-only games
>>337898657
me, probably
IT
JUST
WERKS
>>337896636
already ded api since only 3% of phones on the market can use it.
>>337898576
Microsoft won't have enough of their market share running W10 for them be able to force exclusivity for long.
>>337898576
>>337898704
All I've heard is complaints, even if some are minor. No reason to upgrade to an OS literally no one praises and has a high chance of acting up.
>>337897904
>he says this while posting on 4chan
>>337896254
I got a PC for gaming and almost never use it because W10 kept breaking all my programs. I turned off that shit in the registry but it just completely soured me on the thing, I put it in the closet and don't even care if it exists.
THAT is how shitty W10 is. This fucking computer might as well be a WiiU for all I care.
>not using 96
You deserve everything you get
>>337897906
He's still on the board and a massive shareholder, so I can't see how not
>>337898657
You do realize theres still a significant amount of people using XP right now, even more than people using Windows 8? New != better, people will always stick to what works.
What's the status of disabling telemetry bullshit in 10?
I usually don't give a shit about paranoid fucko crap but the amount of data 10 collects and the inability to turn any of it off permanently is not something I'm cool with.
all memes aside its a pretty good OS
>>337898917
>You do realize theres still a significant amount of people using XP right now
I'm well aware
Why do people even update windows?
What do you even need to update? other than .net and direct x libraries for games which you can download yourself and usually come with the games anyway.
>>337898952
It's impossible, it's baked in.
You'll have to run a strict firewall on your router if you don't want your OS constantly reporting your keystrokes to microsoft.
Windows 7 is 7 years old.
>>337898979
Can you give any reasons why? What makes it better than 7?
>>337898862
>boot up win10
>grab old windows game
>try installing it
>bunch of errors
>google, find patches, more errors, crashes
>never get it to work
>boot up linux
>grab old windows game
>check wine appdb in case need anything special
>set Wine to appropriate mode for the game (win98, winXP, win7, etc..)
>don't even need patches
>runs fine
Never had any problems running games in Windows 10 whatsoever. The telemetry bothers me so I blocked all their destinations on my router.
>picked some stupid user pics in W10 because it was funny
>realized there was no way to back to not having one
>had to use system restore to get rid of it
This OS is vomit, really if you want this you need a therapist to solve some deep issues you have with being truly happy.
>>337899026
They don't release newer versions of DirectX for older version of windows. (10 only for Vista and above, 11 only for 7 and above, 12 for 10 and above).
>>337899178
Will that even matter once vulkan gets going?
>>337899178
Fair enough, I suppose newer direct x is kind of a big deal, but I have yet to run into any games that require it.
>>337899297
Some developers may not use Vulkan.
That being said, I hope it really takes off.
>>337899297
Yeah, because believe it or not DirectX is much nicer to develop in than OpenGL.
>>337899382
Vulkan is a pretty drastic change from OpenGL though, isn't it?
>>337899382
I believe he said vulkan, not opengl
>>337898851
I don't get where these people come from, or why they want to stay.
This place is full of it, hes basically being masochistic.
>>337899382
Vulkan is going to get much better support in the long run though
>>337899462
it's same shit dood.
>>337897284
Linux for programming, windows for games.
Problem solved.
All you need is 8.1 and youll be set till 2021-25. wake up you fucking retards. 8.1 is the last pure os microsoft will ever have
>>337899610
>Metroshit
>pure
>>337899532
It's really not. Vulkan borrows more from AMD Mantle than from OpenGL. People just keep thinking so because it was developed by the same organization
>>337899697
>a 2mb download of classic shell that fixes everything is to hard for me
lol
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aC4Mlhna6kE
How is W10 Enterprise LTSB? I heard that it has no telemetry and useless features.
>>337899759
>have to get a fucking UI addon to help avoid some of the cancer
>calling it pure
if the game doesn't have support for vulkan and dx 12 it will fail. simple as that. there aren't enough people willing to upgrade.
though, can a game even use 2 api's at the same time?
>>337895926
>>337899815
>no telemetry
wouldn't trust it
>useless features
impossible
>>337899895
tl;dr
>>337896105
I already reserved mine and get asked to update all the time will I still be able to upgrade after the free expiration period?
Waiting for DX12 to actually see some use, the windows 10 exclusive games are shit right now (would like to play KI though) and microsofts platform itself is awful.
>>337899769
>>337896105
>wait until they remove all the tracking and spyware shit
my sides
>>337899879
I don't know what I'm talking about, so don't take my word for it, but I remember some older games gave you the option to render with OpenGL or DirectX on startup.
>>337900078
The only thing you had to do was register your copy to be upgraded, and you'll have the ability to upgrade whenever you want
>>337900184
ah so it could be possible. thanks.
>>337900184
Based Croteam always does this. In Talos Principle you can switch between OpenGL, Vulkan and several D3D versions.
>>337900213
Cool thanks anon been wondering about that for awhile now.
>>337896158
>>moie and more w10 exclusives on the horizon
Which ones?
>>337895926
I went back to 7 because 10 is a major piece of shit. Maybe I'll dualboot once DX12 becomes a thing among games
Its like you have something to hide, anon.
>W10/Cortana is Bonzi Buddy 2016.
>the smart people have to talk like "I respect your right to upgrade eventually but... " while trying to offer alternatives
>meanwhile people are just giving in and upgrading to make their computers stop bothering them
This should be illegal, even if it's funny.
To this day i still dont know if upgrading from a pirated Win7 to Win10 is possible or not
i think i assume people saying its fine to do that are just trying to bait me into fucking myself
>>337901976
It's fine until the first round of license check updates come through and invalidate your installation. That's likely to happen when the "free" upgrade option ends.
>>337896158
>"lol who cares, no good games"
But this is truth. Gaming is dead on all fronts.
>>337898741
I'll just keep clicking the "x"
Seems like a bit less work
>>337899528
Not him.
This place has no stupid fucking upvote shit or faggot mods/admins that removes your posts because it's going against their opinion.
I'd rather take some weeb-shits anyday than being censored/banned.
It's not like I cannot disregard or ignore waifu-fags or general anime posters anyway. I don't mind anime-posters as long as they're not avatar-fags with fucking stupid arguments.I don't watch anime but anime girls can be cute sometimes.
>>337905396
It's a relief honestly. Finally I have time to get into my backlog and play some classic city builders again like fuckin Caesar 3 and Pharaoh.
>>337896105
>just wait until they remove all the tracking and spyware shit
They're actually taking the tracking and spyware shit and adding it to older versions of windows.
Isn't windows getting rid of patch notes?
>>337898546
They're ran by Dr. Evil.
>>337905970
They already did. The second people started paying attention to telemetry updates on Win7/8, they stopped listing official patch notes.
>consider upgrading to win10
>look shit up
>find that while you can turn the spyware and tracking shit off it will just turn itself back on basically as soon as you leave the options window
>keep win7 because once that shit is turned off it stays off
>not an idiot that downloads shit like "popular song.exe"
>won't have any serious/castrophic issues until the PC starts physically falling apart
Windows 8.1 isn't that bad, I switched to it just because 7 is absolute shit for multiple monitors and high resolutions. Been pretty happy with it so far after using the windows update removal script. I'll switch to Linux long before 10 though.
Holy shit.
I thought windows shills on /g/ were bad.
You still can't debotnet w10.
>upgrading to windows 10 copies your user accounts instead of just putting them tehre
>now my sys admin doesnt actually have admin priviledges and i can fix it without complete reinstall
JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP MICROSOFT
>upgrade to Win 10
>fucks up AA in New Vegas
WHAT THE FUCK?!
>>337906336
>There are people on /v/ who still think there aren't paid shills here
>>337896507
>played bf4 last night
>still on win7
>not being cucked by own computer
>only ISP where I live only has plans with a limited amount of data each month
>Win10 keeps on collecting shit and sending it to M$
>which takes up my very limited data
This is bullshit.
>>337906442
Windows 10 is a complete clusterfuck of spaghetti code, shouldn't come as any surprise shit breaks constantly.
>>337906350
Check your sysadmin priviledges anon.
>>337896276
Where can I start learning about Linux?
I'll stay on Win 7 for as long as possible but I'll never upgrade to 10.
>>337895926
Gigantic is now coming to windows 7 and 8. Just dualboot linux.
>>337906576
Install gentoo
No really, go do it
>>337906493
Let me guess, Canadian ISP?
>>337906834
Nope, merican. Not only is it limited but I swear I remember fucking dial up being faster than this garbage. And I forgot to mention updates which you can't turn off and take up more data to download. You're trying to download something? Well too bad, here's an update and no matter what you do Win10 is going to focus on only that and then restart forcing you to try downloading whatever again.
I didn't even want Win10 but my fucking boss required that I have it or else I wouldn't get this job.
>>337906576
>>337906651
nah install ubuntu or fedora
>>337900887
You too have something to hide, but you don't wear pantsu anyway
Dumb slut
>>337906493
set your network as metered
>>337906443
>There are people who still think shills would come to a board that has maybe a few thousand active users
>>337906651
Can I play chineese porn game at it?
I don't think so.
>>337895926
>feels good mayne
>>337905505
google "aegis voat"
>People wary of telemetry
>Your ISP already knows where you regardless
>>337906967
>cant turn it of
You should, by policy, or jus go to cmd after smoking a joint and with elevated priviledges stop and disable the windows update service.
The command is:
net stop wuauserv
>>337907040
I'm an idiot so I'll install Ubuntu I guess.
What's the best version?
Honestly I'm pretty happy with my XP.
>>337907648
>>337907402
But microsoft doesn't.
>>337907520
Lubuntu if you have an old pc, Ubuntu otherwise.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
http://lubuntu.net/
>>337907779
>>337907824
I have a Laptop around 8 years old, curious though, even with a powerful machine why would the lightweight version be bad?
>>337907372
>aegis voat
thanks
>>337906515
>Windows 10 is a complete clusterfuck of spaghetti code
How do you know?
>>337907943
No reason, other than that some people like the extra eyecandy.
>>337908025
Minimalism is eye candy to me.
>>337908012
>>337899895
Also, Windows 8 is just as bad.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3053711
>>337908070
Get bunsenlabs linux after you get more or less familiar with ubuntu
>>337896730
This. Hell, even Banner Saga 2 supports windows xp
>>337906443
/v/ is probably one of the few boards on 4chan with real paid shills on it
>>337898307
> this
These pricks try to show every goddamn product they turn a profit on down our throats with a shitty, bloated, overcomplex, fucking catastrophe of an OS.
It makes me so goddamn mad. Just use what works. Greedy fucking cunts
>>337899067
>right click
>properties
>compatibility mode
>set to appropriate mode
Fuck anon you can't be that retarded
>>337898657
Me, because it fucking works and isn't a shill cashgrab.
>>337906242
Uh, they still do update details for 7 i'm pretty sure at least
there's no reason to move to win 10, quantum break is an awful port, it is essentially broken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VfOQ9rgdbc&t=3m29s
>>337909071
To be fair, the original PC port of Final Fantasy 8 also forgot to add a 'quit game' option.
More reasons why /v/ is always right. Reading this thread, staying with 7 is best option.
>>337900887
> something to hide
I don't let people watch me shit just cuz I'm not jerking off in the bathroom. I won't let toilet paper companies film me wiping my ass in the name of collecting "user data" to "imorove my experience".
What happened to freedom, personal privacy, and security? I can take care of myself, so leave me alone. Orwell was right.
Goddamn fucking cyberpolice.
>>337896158
Wow, Killer Instinct, Quantum Break, and Forza 6: Broken Demo Edition. The future sure is bright!
>>337909734
>tfw thought KI S2 was the epitome
>suddenly IG takeover plebs completely overtune and add all sorts of wacky shit to characters
>motherfuckers have different looking healthbars and meters across the board
>lose interest
What else is there to come, Gears 4? Not worth.
>>337910082
Supposedly the MCC is on it's way, but it will probably be broken, will need to be bought through MS shitty store, and will probably have all the music and cutscenes redone, so I see no reason to get it. At least 1 and 2 are readily available on older OS's.
