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I have used to use it because "Its Windows 7!" but now im transitioning myself over into not caring what im using. It's Windows 10 and it works for what I do, even though its not my preference.

I have an OMV i5 3570K system that I could use this on. Create a QEMU VM on that PC, passthrough a GPU, USB card and have it share the ethernet of the main system. After doing that I could just hook up the KVM and it would "act" like a physical system even though its actually a virtual machine, so I can still keep that system acting like a NAS. Is there any KVM that can handle 3x monitors possibly?

Possibly, my PC is really new for Vista and older (for some reason it ran fine on Vista when I tried it though, never had any timing or logon errors even after multiple reboots). I can probably do a KVM setup like you said, so I can have my main PC running Windows 10 Enterprise (Probably the previous H2 release for stability. Currently its Windows 10 1803 Enterprise and Windows 7 in a dual boot). Once 1803 goes EOL, I'm going to move that to 1909 Enterprise and get 1 more year of support. This means I only have to update once a year, or go to the latest H2 release and update once every two years.

I did try out Windows 10X in a virtual machine and what I got out of it was most of it was mainly UI changes. It was pretty nice having the UI being a little simpler and more rounded off as well as legacy win32 functions and menus FINALLY being changed or moved somewhere else. The action center is really nice for quick settings changes (so much better than the disaster of the Windows 10 one) and the icons I believe are better fit and updated. The way that the drives are sorted are better as well, kind of. What is a little concerning is where customization is. There aren't much built in (other than light or dark theme) and you really are kind of forced to use the UI that you are given, except for the rumor of two start menus in 21H2. Still too early to get the desktop experience but if I was to hope, it seems like its a similar development track like the differences between XP and Vista, but so far without a reset. Seeing a lot of Windows functions changing over time and menus getting reworked, as well as a fair amount of core experiences changing too. Really feels like an actual "Technical Preview" hype now. They are definitely inspired by the work that Apple put towards Big Sur as I said. They are envious of their ecosystem, the simple updates, fast adoption rates and proprietary software. I will definitely say there will be people who think that 21H2 is not going to be a good change, but there will also be people who think otherwise. With how Windows 10X looks, this new update could just be a similar difference between Windows 8.0 and 8.1, minor UI changes but overall useful for the design of the OS. Windows 10 has barely changed over the last 5 years which is why I have hope that this update will help with the UI experience. This is just my opinion and first thoughts about it though, it would be interesting to see how other users here feel about the change, since it is hopefully going to be one of the largest feature updates since the RTM release. We have roughly 8 months until the estimated release, and as I said around 4 months until the first insider previews, but we'll see. The new window animations from opening + closing in the latest insider looks really sleek. Still won't change the fact that UWP is a failing project.

Sun Valley is the codename of the 21H2 release of Windows 10 and it seems like it is going to be a fairly big release considering they are pushing the release around 18 months after the last major release, 20H1. 20H2 and 21H1 will be minor enablement packages as well, which gives MS more time to develop for 21H2. If MSFT can make enablement packages more feature inclusive and less intrusive, that would be a big step in having to "reinstall" our operating system every time there is a major release, unlike our 5 year old installs of Windows XP, Vista and 7 from back in the day. Making feature updates optional was a good first step. According to many sources Microsoft made a job posting back in January looking for Windows Core User Experience team members, which from what I believe is enhancing legacy apps and mainly the Windows 10 UI, one of the most criticized modules of Windows 10. We can see that they are re-designing many legacy functions that have not changed since the RTM release or older. The new UI style seems to take a lot of notes from Apple's book with their release of macOS Big Sur. If I was to assume, Windows 10 would sort of look like a modernized Windows Vista and 7. I read that Microsoft is also making two start menu styles, the classic 20H2 one and a more modern and redesigned one. They also claimed that "Windows is BACK" not really meaning much I suppose. My opinions? If Microsoft can fix the legacy components of the UI and actually make it less intrusive and more flexible towards the user, it would really help. As well as the major amount of unknown bugs and confusing decisions. I really hope the UWP Settings gets changed too. I do miss the classic Keyboard and Mouse type of design last used in Windows 7 but I also do hope that they can keep those users in mind. I heard from a source that power users will be able to uninstall / remove / disable more Windows 10 apps and features, making it a leaner and faster OS. Basically, I really hope that Sun Valley, which seems to be a pretty large release, will become notable in fixing Windows 10. Not betting on it though, it could be a flop and we are left with the same unusable Windows 10. What do you think on the changes? It is too early to make major assumptions without any builds available that include the new UI as well as us being around 4 months until we get there hopefully. Do you think that MSFT saying that "Windows is back" really means anything?

Well I could use XP and Vista on more compatible hardware (I have a 3rd gen i5 system and laptop) so I think a 3060 Ti would work well for me because its the best value for what it is. I don't necissarily need the latest and greatest, so I could get a 1080 Ti but the 3060 Ti would also be a better deal, but using the 1080 Ti or 2060 would give me 8.1 support.

The thing is, for the same price but also getting rid of XP and Vista support I could snatch up an RTX 3060 Ti and be more powerful than a 2080 Ti, but I also don't necessarily need that, but it would also be a good amount of futureproofing. Wondering if it's worth getting the older gen card or not.

Is there a download for this available? I'm testing it out in a VM.

So I am currently rocking a 1050 Ti and I am looking for a new GPU. I wish for my hardware to at least RUN on XP or Vista (so definitely 10 series nvidia) so I was wondering how the 1080 / 1080 Ti performs on XP, Vista, and 7. I just want the ability in the future for those choices. Figured this would work best here in the Windows 7 part because its basically mostly NT 6.x.

Confused. Found out that almost half the internet is running Server 2012 R2 and older.

I would say that most drivers work fine other than NVIDIA ones, which are HIGHLY underdeveloped and aren't even open source, because nvidia themself doesn't like linux. Even Linus Torvalds said F you to NVIDIA.

So I've been just looking around and working on getting the most modern Windows 2000 virtual machine as possible, but I haven't been able to find a way to get .NET 4.x working on 2000. Any way for this?

I use Windows 10 Enterprise now (not saying how I got a digital license on all my computers, you will figure it out one day) and I have to say the ability of me having telemetry at 0 is amazing, it makes me feel more comfortable about it.

Windows 10 is the worst because of its scheme to make computers dumber than they actually are. You can't even undo this change without modifying system files. Even after that, there is still a fair bit of the OS which is unfinished, even 6 years after release. Windows 7 is probably the best (may be some bias!) because the UI was simple, elegant and easy to use. All your settings are in Control Panel, file explorer is simple, the start menu isn't littered with ads, the lock screen isn't full of ads, and you have control over your PC. They even give you diagnostic information on blue screens so you know what actually went wrong, but I could say that the Windows 10 one also brings the same amount of information, just less explaining. Windows XP was also pretty nice, although I never really used it much. Every OS will suck when it comes out. Believe me, XP did, Vista did, 8.x did, and 10 did even more. But all of them fixed their issues in service packs / feature updates. XP SP2 was one of the best, Vista SP1 fixed a lot of issues as well as 7 SP1. 8.1 itself was a fix to Windows 8.0. I had hopes that Windows 10 would, but now here we are, 10 releases into Windows 10 and people are still angry about it. While most people have fallen to the gigantic corporation that is Microsoft, I can definitely see that there is a community of people standing their ground here. Unfortunately, Windows 10 has locked me into its ecosystem after my almost 6 years of using it, so I am basically at a loss. Any move I make is a compromise, such as migrating to Linux or downgrading to 7. A lot of people don't like 10. They didn't use it willingly, something forced them or influenced them to, unlike previous versions of Windows.

But actually, I don't have nostalgia for Windows 8.1, so that might be where I sit Just gotta be serious, sometimes I get in those moods like earlier. Usually every few months.

And this is the only reason I don't use Windows 8.1 or older. Its nostalgic to me.

I know of a better way to explain it. Nostalgia in a way instead of making me feel happy about those times, instead it makes me have regret and just brings me down.

I'm one of the younger guys here (I was born between XP and Vista), but especially when I have nostalgia for older versions of Windows (I used 7, barely remember XP).

Using a 32 bit version, disabling superfetch would be alternatives to that, but XP is also an option

Regret. I didn't realize how fast the last 10 years would go by.

Okay, so 10 decided otherwise and keeps giving me bluescreens.

Okay, so what I might do is have a dual boot of 10 and 7 on my PC. Use 7 when I feel in that mood, and 10 otherwise.

Alright, I need some insight here. I'm trying to find what OS is good for me. My main focuses are: - Running my games and apps well - Easy to adapt to - Reliable and Stable - Security updates available - Drivers work And it appears like I have to find which one works best. Windows 7 fits all those boxes but program support is slowly dropping away (VMWare and Python) Windows 8.x has the same issues as 7, but program support isn't dropping as hard for those programs. Windows 10, I am not a fan of the feature updates. I want to install my OS and use it. Windows 10 fits all the boxes, but there are many parts of 10 which just don't make sense. Plus, I don't mind the UI, but I also hate how there is a lot of repeated text in Windows 10. Linux requires a lot of configuring to get it to fit the boxes macOS requires me to buy a whole new PC / mess with hackintoshing. As I said before, the problem for every option is that I feel left out or not in the majority. I see a lot of people here who use 2K, XP, Vista and such and I think its great. I wish I could be in the group of using Legacy Windows. But just 12 hours after I install a legacy OS, I suddenly have an urge to join back in the majority of computers in the world. As I said before, I am probably just overthinking it. But I need some insight from you guys here. Not from how the OS is, but what mentally pushes you to a certain OS? How do you stick with changing the OS you have used?

Good, I already have all those updates installed. The only few things that make me want to use 10 is DX12 (although 7 still kind of supports it), Fluency (i don't mind it), and better support for some of my peripherals, like my Xbox One controller. Can't use it in bluetooth on 7.

How do I know if I already have the kernel and user mode driver updates installed? Is it just an update that was released to WU?