Tripredacus Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 You know the answer to that question Noel! It is no secret that even the Tuesday Windows Updates occasionally have problems. Why else is it a best practice to NEVER roll out updates as they are released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 It does seem that the pushed updates are gonna happen, though yes, I do aggree that it appears you'd be prompted for such updates to be installed. I have to admit that I've lost interest in the Windows 10 TP. I'm staying put with Vista SP2 and running it until April 2017. At that point, I'll get a new machine and install Windows 8.1 (x64 build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Microsoft likes to push the myth that an OS will just drop dead after the "end of life" date. That unspeakable things will happen; that you'll have all kinds of hackers crawling all over your system. It's not really true that it will stop working. You can run your old OS as long as you like. That being said, getting a new computer is always fun. Perhaps I misinterpreted your April 2017 reference, and that's the day you've planned to break the piggy bank and get that new 24 core system you've been dreaming about... -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Microsoft likes to push the myth that an OS will just drop dead after the "end of life" date. That unspeakable things will happen; that you'll have all kinds of hackers crawling all over your system. It's not really true that it will stop working. You can run your old OS as long as you like. That being said, getting a new computer is always fun. Perhaps I misinterpreted your April 2017 reference, and that's the day you've planned to break the piggy bank and get that new 24 core system you've been dreaming about... -NoelWell it does have to do with Vista's extended phase support expiry. If I jump to Windows 8.1 (which I can tailor to my liking), I will need a new machine with UEFI so I can run the x64 build. My HP xw8200 workstation is not compatible Bios-wise (I don't believe it is anyway). I do like to stay with an updateable OS, but I realize that the end of the world doesn't arrive with the end of extended=-phase support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 no, you can run Windows 8.1 also in legacy/bios mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Correct. UEFI will only be useful if you want a boot volume of larger than 2TB, or you want to use SecureBoot or one of the other security features that requires UEFI to be enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 And now we know: As it turns out you can run Win 10 in legacy/BIOS mode too. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I didn't know that was in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 While it may seem to go without saying that a person presently running that Most Awesome operating system Vista might not want to move up to Win 10, it's not a given. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) One complaint.... Microsoft will not be making Chrome type updates. I'd say it is more like how Firefox pushes out updates. It doesn't do it for you but bugs you every day until you accept the update. Chrome, on the other hand, just updates all by itself without the user knowing. And the strange thing is that I have never seen a BAD update happen. It just seems to work the same, no weird bugs or anything.We also now know that YES Microsoft will push updates. I think slow ring users (business editions) will get updates later than fast ring customers (home users), but it seemes updates are forced. So much for being able to stick with a particular build of Windows 10 if you like how it works. Edited July 17, 2015 by JodyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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