Windows 10 support ends in a year . . .

[Skeptic7]

On 10/18/2024 at 10:09 PM, JeffersLos said:

That shouldn't be the case. 

 

What is the i7 processor name? 

[BigStar]

10 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

I'm aware of some modified versions of Windows 11 to get around the unsupported hardware issue. 

 

What else COULD be in that modified version of Windows 11 that MAY benefit the hacker and compromise the user????

 

The script is about unattended installations. That issue is merely one of many and not the focus.

[NowNow]

23 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

 

Again...the problem is that you are rocking an HDD. Get rid of it. Once you fit an SSD, you'll be upset with yourself for not doing it earlier. The HDD has been curtailing the performance of your Gaming laptop since Day 1.

[KannikaP]

On 10/21/2024 at 3:17 AM, KhunHeineken said:

I'm aware of some modified versions of Windows 11 to get around the unsupported hardware issue. 

 

What else COULD be in that modified version of Windows 11 that MAY benefit the hacker and compromise the user????

Upgraded my 2 PCs to W11 as soon as it came out, using Rufus method. All updates, and upgrades have gone perfectly. Never been hacked or unable to use any software or hardware.

I do not <deleted> around with W11, let it run how Mr Gates intended.

[NowNow]

27 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

 

No need to replace the device. Replace the HDD. It will be MUCH faster and you'll get many more years out of it. 

[NowNow]

On 10/21/2024 at 1:32 PM, KannikaP said:

Upgraded my 2 PCs to W11 as soon as it came out, using Rufus method. All updates, and upgrades have gone perfectly. Never been hacked or unable to use any software or hardware.

I do not <deleted> around with W11, let it run how Mr Gates intended.

 

With that display of intelligence, you should disable any ad-blockers you are utilising....

[KannikaP]

Just now, NowNow said:

 

With that display of intelligence, you should disable any ad-blockers you are utilising....

Why disable them? Use Brave. Works for most sites.

[NowNow]

On 10/17/2024 at 2:28 AM, Skeptic7 said:

My ol' Lenovo Win10/i7 (8th or 9th gen)/16gb/1TB gaming laptop is struggling with speed...slow bootups & updates and lagging multitasking. Rendered unusable when Windows is updating. Decided the end of last year to replace it in 2025 when Win10 support is dropped.

 

The good news is that your laptop accepts NVMe SSD drives, so you don't even have to remove the old and slow magnetic spinning hard disk drive(HDD)

 

Take a look at this video.

 

It demonstrates Solid State Drives. Keep in mind that the WD Blue SSD on the left would already be 3 to 5 times faster in practice than the horribly slow HDD currently in your laptop.

The NVMe SSD faster still. Your laptop accepts NVMe drives. Takes minutes to fit and enable as your boot drive.

250GB NVMe can cost as little as 1400 baht. https://shopee.co.th/product/77731722/2337841189

 

 

 

 

[BigStar]

25 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

The good news is that your laptop accepts NVMe SSD drives, so you don't even have to remove the old and slow magnetic spinning hard disk drive(HDD)

 

Take a look at this video.

 

It demonstrates Solid State Drives. Keep in mind that the WD Blue SSD on the left would already be 3 to 5 times faster in practice than the horribly slow HDD currently in your laptop.

The NVMe SSD faster still. Your laptop accepts NVMe drives. Takes minutes to fit and enable as your boot drive.

250GB NVMe can cost as little as 1400 baht. https://shopee.co.th/product/77731722/2337841189

 

 

I totally agree with you and would merely point out that the NVMe will need an OS before it will actually boot. So then @Skeptic7will have a bit more work to do, though ultimately rewarding.  

[NowNow]

Just now, BigStar said:

 

I totally agree with you and would merely point out that the NVMe will need an OS before it will actually boot. So then @Skeptic7will have a bit more work to do, though ultimately rewarding.  

 

I deliberately didn't include that information as he might choose to clone. So instead wait for feedback going forward.

[NowNow]

This with cloning: 

 

 

But I prefer a clean install.

 

B

[Skeptic7]

1 hour ago, NowNow said:

 

Again...the problem is that you are rocking an HDD. Get rid of it. Once you fit an SSD, you'll be upset with yourself for not doing it earlier. The HDD has been curtailing the performance of your Gaming laptop since Day 1.

Thx for the sage advice. Should have done years ago, but not now. Will just purchase a new Windows 11 laptop with 1TB SSD and dedicated graphics card next year. Not gaming nowadays, but tons of photo editing. 

[Skeptic7]

1 hour ago, NowNow said:

 

The good news is that your laptop accepts NVMe SSD drives, so you don't even have to remove the old and slow magnetic spinning hard disk drive(HDD)

 

Take a look at this video.

 

It demonstrates Solid State Drives. Keep in mind that the WD Blue SSD on the left would already be 3 to 5 times faster in practice than the horribly slow HDD currently in your laptop.

The NVMe SSD faster still. Your laptop accepts NVMe drives. Takes minutes to fit and enable as your boot drive.

250GB NVMe can cost as little as 1400 baht. https://shopee.co.th/product/77731722/2337841189

 

 

 

 

Truly appreciate your excellent advice and recommendations. I know you are spot on. Recently replaced my old Seagate 1TB external HDD with a Seagate 1TB SSD external and it's the bomb. Also has onboard software which backs up all changes on-the-fly. My next machine will have SSD for sure. Thx again...much appreciated. 👍

[Skeptic7]

35 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

I totally agree with you and would merely point out that the NVMe will need an OS before it will actually boot. So then @Skeptic7will have a bit more work to do, though ultimately rewarding.  

Thx 👍

[BigStar]

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Truly appreciate your excellent advice and recommendations. I know you are spot on. Recently replaced my old Seagate 1TB external HDD with a Seagate 1TB SSD external and it's the bomb. Also has onboard software which backs up all changes on-the-fly. My next machine will have SSD for sure. Thx again...much appreciated. 👍

 

Have you considered taking the SSD drive out of the external box and switching it with the internal HDD?

 

 

[NowNow]

7 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Thx for the sage advice. Should have done years ago, but not now. Will just purchase a new Windows 11 laptop with 1TB SSD and dedicated graphics card next year. Not gaming nowadays, but tons of photo editing. 

 

That's literally crazy 😊 

[Skeptic7]

11 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

Have you considered taking the SSD drive out of the external box and switching it with the internal HDD?

 

 

No. The external is for backup of my photography and important docs. 

[Skeptic7]

8 hours ago, NowNow said:

 

That's literally crazy 😊 

Ha! Maybe so, but money is no issue and I'm ready to ditch this old Lenovo and upgrade. Won't buy Lenovo again. Always had IBMs back in the day. When IBM sold out to Lenovo, I stuck with them for 2 laptops, but the downward spiral had begun. Considering a high-end HP or Acer or Asus. Recommendations❓Not an Apple guy, so other than 🍎

[NowNow]

1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:

Ha! Maybe so, but money is no issue and I'm ready to ditch this old Lenovo and upgrade. Won't buy Lenovo again. Always had IBMs back in the day. When IBM sold out to Lenovo, I stuck with them for 2 laptops, but the downward spiral had begun. Considering a high-end HP or Acer or Asus. Recommendations❓Not an Apple guy, so other than 🍎

 

It's not about the money, but the lack of sense. Please explain why you would choose to suffer for a year, for the lack of taking a day and a couple of thousand baht to make using the device a pleasure instead of a pain?

 

[Skeptic7]

1 hour ago, NowNow said:

 

It's not about the money, but the lack of sense. Please explain why you would choose to suffer for a year, for the lack of taking a day and a couple of thousand baht to make using the device a pleasure instead of a pain?

 

Haha you sure are passionate about my old clunker...my brain, not the PC❗🤣

Called me senseless and crazy about a simple and totally mundane personal decision to purchase a new machine. Anyhoo thx for your input. 👍

[Gottfrid]

On 10/15/2024 at 11:56 PM, BigStar said:

Some third-party solutions are emerging for those determined to stick with Windows 10. Companies like 0patch have announced plans to provide unofficial security updates for Windows 10 for several years beyond Microsoft's cutoff date, and as that time approaches, more vendors are likely to follow suit.

    --Windows 10 support ends in a year, leaving users with difficult choices to make

 

 

Relax, it´s long time left.........

[NowNow]

32 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Haha you sure are passionate about my old clunker...my brain, not the PC❗🤣

Called me senseless and crazy about a simple and totally mundane personal decision to purchase a new machine. Anyhoo thx for your input. 👍

 

Nothing to do with buying a new device and everything to do with suffering with poor performance for a year. What does 'personal' have to do with anything? It's just lacking any form of intelligent thought 😊

 

Don't forget that it was you who posted here with regard to it's poor performance. You can fix that problem and get a head-start with using Windows 11, rather than next October, having to learn a new OS on a new laptop.

You can keep Windows 10 on the pitifully slow HDD and install Windows 11 on the NVMe SSD. It will fly. Start up in seconds. Windows Update taking place whilst you work without disturbance...

Whenever you feel like suffering, you can boot back into the HDD 😊 You'll have both Windows 10 & 11 on the same device and you can still buy a new device next year. But you'll have an excellent device as a back up, rather than a crippled and frustrating one.

So your behaviour doesn't seem...optimal.

[BigStar]

 

6 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

No. The external is for backup of my photography and important docs. 

 

Hmm. Well, depending on how much free space you have, you could create a new partition on the external drive, say 256 GB, and install Windows on that. Then just change the Windows libraries to point to the relevant folders on the "data" partition. Commonly done.

 

But I think you're set on a new computer, so that'll be my last word. Fun buying a new computer, exceeded only by that of building yourself a new one. 'Course, there's nothing like the first one, eh.

 

[BigStar]

4 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Haha you sure are passionate about my old clunker...my brain, not the PC❗🤣

 

The PC, too. Hey--a little love, please.

 

[Photoguy21]

Someone for sure is going to provide patches for Windows 10. A large company is not going to change all its computers just because Microsoft want them to.

For my self if push came to shove I would switch to Linux.

[Skeptic7]

1 hour ago, BigStar said:

 

 

Hmm. Well, depending on how much free space you have, you could create a new partition on the external drive, say 256 GB, and install Windows on that. Then just change the Windows libraries to point to the relevant folders on the "data" partition. Commonly done.

 

But I think you're set on a new computer, so that'll be my last word. Fun buying a new computer, exceeded only by that of building yourself a new one. 'Course, there's nothing like the first one, eh.

 

Right thx. Appreciate your valuable input and excellent suggestions, as well as the other guy. However installing and partitioning a HD and loading Win 11 is a touch above my pay grade. Of course I could give it a go (or take it to a shop), but as already noted...decided to purchase a brand new one without the hassle. This one still handles photo editing pretty well, despite being a bit clunky at times. Certainly not "suffering" as the other guy intimated.

[NowNow]

1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:

Right thx. Appreciate your valuable input and excellent suggestions, as well as the other guy. However installing and partitioning a HD and loading Win 11 is a touch above my pay grade. Of course I could give it a go (or take it to a shop), but as already noted...decided to purchase a brand new one without the hassle. This one still handles photo editing pretty well, despite being a bit clunky at times. Certainly not "suffering" as the other guy intimated.

 

You are the other guy who intimated.... 😊

 

 

  

On 10/17/2024 at 2:28 AM, Skeptic7 said:

My ol' Lenovo Win10/i7 (8th or 9th gen)/16gb/1TB gaming laptop is struggling with speed...slow bootups & updates and lagging multitasking. Rendered unusable when Windows is updating. Decided the end of last year to replace it in 2025 when Win10 support is dropped.

 

[Skeptic7]

1 hour ago, NowNow said:

 

You are the other guy who intimated.... 😊

 

 

  

 

Nope. Never mentioned "suffering", tho you have...twice. Slow ✔️, lagging ✔️, unusable during Windows updates ✔️...but never ever has it caused me any "suffering", nor was it ever intimated by anyone other than you.

 

Had I been caused such "suffering", then would have already purchased a new, high-end SSD Win11 machine long ago. The old laptop still gets the job done. Slightly inconvenienced at times, but never "suffering"...and I'm still quite capable multitasking, so waiting out an update isn't "suffering" to me. But thanks kindly for the knowledgeable and useful input...as well as your not-at-all useful opinions/perceptions. 🤣

[NowNow]

7 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Nope. Never mentioned "suffering", tho you have...twice. Slow ✔️, lagging ✔️, unusable during Windows updates ✔️...but never ever has it caused me any "suffering", nor was it ever intimated by anyone other than you.

 

Had I been caused such "suffering", then would have already purchased a new, high-end SSD Win11 machine long ago. The old laptop still gets the job done. Slightly inconvenienced at times, but never "suffering"...and I'm still quite capable multitasking, so waiting out an update isn't "suffering" to me. But thanks kindly for the knowledgeable and useful input...as well as your not-at-all useful opinions/perceptions. 🤣

 

Indeed I mentioned suffering....perhaps from having to read your completely dopey first post in the first place.

Your subsequent posts followed on from that, complaining about Lenovo, wherein to anyone else reading it's clear that the issue lies entirely with the user.

My apologies for trying to help such a person.

 

 

[KhunHeineken]

I'm wondering if Microsoft will force users of Windows 11 on unsupported hardware to reinstall Windows 11 after every major feature update, after the geeks have made another workaround, so one can go from Version 24H2 to 24H3 for example.  If so, that seems quite labor intensive, with the chance of losing data, until you are actually due for new hardware.  

 

Or, would it be better to stay with Windows 10 and pay for third party support until it's time to upgrade your hardware?