Possibly drivers need updating before moving to Win10? Although, depending on the age of the hardware, newer drivers may not be possible to install. I'm sure one of our technical specialists will pitch in with more specific info. In the meantime, for those who (firmly) prefer to continue using Win7 in its many flavors, I recommend a look over the following suggestions (copied-pasted from the FE2 thread over on CombatAce):


1. use a browser other than IE or Edge (I like Firefox loaded up with AdBlockPlus and PrivacyBadger - also good is the Pale Moon Browser, a fork of the slightly older Firefox before Quantum, with the AdBlockLatitude plugin)

2. for email, use a desktop program that doesn't support html - I like Sylpheed (not Sylpheed Claws but the plain old Sylpheed - works well enough and html emails can easily be opened in your web browser if you click on such emails)

3. install MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) and set it to work as your malware "wall," instead of the old Windows Defender that comes with Win7, since definitions in the old Defender only go up to about 2012

4. look into downloading "ClamWin" (free, barebones antivirus program - it can be scheduled to run weekly, daily, etc. - has no "real-time" scanning but I like that since it doesn't bog down system resources) - ClamWin is simply a graphical front end to ClamAV and is updated regularly

5. go into the "system" settings in the control panels window, and make sure to "enable DEP for all programs" and reboot to take effect (you might have to toggle this to "DEP for essential programs only" if you want to run IL2-1946 however; although that problem seems to be related only to "46" on Win10)

6. set up a "standard user" account on Win7 and use that for regular computing, instead of an administrative account

7. since official support has ended for Win7, download and install what's referred to as the "0patch" app - this patches vulnerabilities on the fly, only while you are running vulnerable programs, on Win7, and comes in a free edition - seems legit. from what I've been able to test on my Win7 installs (0patch is available at the following link https://0patch.com/)

8. download OSArmor for Win7 (and Win10), and enable it using the default settings that are already selected in it - the program blocks various connections to your computer (available here https://www.novirusthanks.org/products/osarmor/)

9. go into your firewall settings and select "block all incoming connections" for all profiles available, including public, home, etc.

10. go into your wireless/ethernet adapter settings (available under the advanced tab in "networking"), and disable, in the properties section of the adapter, "IPv6," if you're not using it and only relying on IPv4 for network connections

Happy flying (and computing),

Von S