Here are the features that will no longer work when you upgrade to Windows 10

Neowin ^ | June 3, 2015 | Steven Parker

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[SkyDancer]

Okay - thank you. I was getting a bit concerned.

[publius911]

“I’m not going to install it - but just out of curiosity - is there any upside?”
Of course, better security. Also, no upgrade cost as long as you have it.

Not quite true.
Like a drug dealer, you get to download Windows 10 for "free." But after a year you must pay around $100 or more, depending on the version, to keep using it.

That's what I understand.

[Advil000]

No. That has been debunked over and over.

MS has repeatedly said the updates are free for the lifetime of the device.

[Excellence]

I have a One Drive folder in Windows Explorer. Also it was there in my Win8 machine that died. So how will one transfer files to One Drive folders?
I hope I get my bookmarks back. Oddly, they’re on my 8.1 phone, but I can’t create new folders.

[editor-surveyor]

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As usual, the “upgrade” is really a huge downgrade.

Fools will be fools. (and there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch)

[editor-surveyor]

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Its a mandatory option!
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[editor-surveyor]

Kind of like reserving your own funeral.
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[SkyDancer]

Yes but I’ve been told that I don’t have to install it if I decline even though I’m on the reserved list. They said it would automatically download but would it go ahead and install it?

[editor-surveyor]

Does anyone really know?

Trusting Microsoft’s word is like trusting Satan’s gospel.

I would clone the disk in pure self defense.
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[SkyDancer]

That’s what people here have been saying so I’ll have it done just in case.

[dayglored]

> As usual, the “upgrade” is really a huge downgrade.

Well, I've got the Technical Preview in a VM -- I have to get familiar with it for professional reasons, since I'll be supporting users running it. So far I haven't seen anything about it that is a significant improvement over Win7 for the things I do, and the UI is considerably less pleasant (though better than Win8). So for me, anyway, it looks like a downgrade I will avoid as long as I can. That looks like 2020 or so, when Win7 security patches stop.

If I had been running Win8 (or 8.1) I'd probably consider it an upgrade. But from Win7? Not really.

[dayglored]

> I have a One Drive folder in Windows Explorer. Also it was there in my Win8 machine that died. So how will one transfer files to One Drive folders? I hope I get my bookmarks back. Oddly, they’re on my 8.1 phone, but I can’t create new folders.

Alas, I can't help with that, not being familiar with One Drive, sorry. Maybe another FReeper will know. You might consider starting a vanity thread with the question, and if you do that, be sure to ping me to it so I can ping the Windows List for you.

Good luck!

[Excellence]

I don’t want to bother everyone about it. I will wait, though, until I see a new machine running Windows 10 before jumping into it. Thanks.

[daniel1212]

Install Classic Shell,so you can banish Metro to hell and 8.1 will work just like Win7.

Classic Shel l also much improves W/10. Thank God.

[Ron H.]

Thanks. More to my liking.