#4457129 - 01/13/19 02:47 PM
CW3 needs some advice
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 585
CW3SF
Member
|
Member
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 585
colorado & arizona
|
I need to upgrade to windows 10 . My very old MSN must go and be replaced by Chrome.
Years ago there was lots of you folks hanging on to Windows 7 ( as I did also ). Several of you had changed to Windows 10 with no issue.
How should I change to windows 10 in a smooth "no sweat" process that will run this flight sim that I love. The last up grade I did a year ago was to move up to GTX 1080 Ti that works just fine.
Still Flying a few hours a day, Hiking a thousand miles a year, and Elk hunting in Colorado with my son and grandson!
I will run in to 82 this April.
Origin made- silverstone case,ASUS Max VI Extreme , CPU intel Core i7 4770k, cooling asotex 570LC, NVIDA 3G GTX 780 Ti , Mem 16GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3 ,game drive 120GB INTEL X25 SS, OS drive 1TB, Win 7 home Prem.Logitech G105 key board,BenQ XL2430 Gaming Monitor. All pilots owe me a beer. Retired USAF Rescue/Survival, Special Forces, and MI (after I got old and grey).
|
|
|
#4457137 - 01/13/19 03:34 PM
Re: CW3 needs some advice
[Re: CW3SF]
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,879
RAF_Louvert
BOC President; Pilot Extraordinaire; Humble Man
|
BOC President; Pilot Extraordinaire; Humble Man
Senior Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,879
L'Etoile du Nord
|
.
Hi ya CW! Great to see you are still around and doing well. To your inquiry, you will first need to make sure that your system can support Windows 10. Once you have determined that you will want to back up everything on an external HD or USB sticks. All your files, photos, documents, everything. With that done you can move ahead with the Windows 10 install, which is as simple as installing the disc and letting it do its thing. Afterwards you will have to get online and allow the OS to update itself, which will take a while. When you have it installed and updated you should be able to reinstall all your programs and sims and files and such. Do be sure though that the programs and sims you are reinstall will work on W10, as a fair number of older ones will not.
I'm sure others will weigh in here on this, so wait to see what they have to say as well. Good luck CW, I installed Windows 10 quite some time ago now and have never looked back. And it works great with WOFF.
Cheers!
Lou
.
Three RFC Brass Hats were strolling down a street in London. Two walked into a bar, the third one ducked._________________________________________________________________________ Former Cold War Warrior, USAF Security Service 1974-1978, E-4, Morse Systems Intercept, England, Europe, and points above. "pippy-pahpah-pippy pah-pip-pah"
|
|
|
#4457154 - 01/13/19 05:49 PM
Re: CW3 needs some advice
[Re: CW3SF]
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 997
HumanDrone
Just shoot me...
|
Just shoot me...
Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 997
Near Pittsburgh, PA USA
|
Well, i can't weigh in much on that, better people can handle that. I just stopped by for a minute, saw this and figured I'd say "Hi!" good to "see" you around, at least virtually. keep hiking, shooting elk and WOFFing, my good man, and blessings to you in the New Year! 82 years young, I hope I'm in that kind of shape when I get there!
Box: Win7 Pro 64 bit / I72600K @4.1 GHz / EVGA GTX1080Ti/ 16GB RAM / Corsair 240 GB SSD / WD 600 GB Velociraptor / 1050W Power FS Stuff: Saitek X52 Pro Stick/Throttle & Combat Rudder Pedals, TrackIR 5 Sims: FSX Gold, REX 2.0 OD, UTX-NA, FSGenesis 10m mesh/ CFS3 ETO 1.40/Wings Over Flanders Fields BH&H2 (more gorgeous than ever!) Proud BOC inductee 4/30/12!
|
|
|
#4457157 - 01/13/19 05:58 PM
Re: CW3 needs some advice
[Re: CW3SF]
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 1,827
Panama Red
Member
|
Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 1,827
Irmo, SC, USA
|
You have to make sure you have all the new drivers for your hardware when moving to Windows 10, or things will not work and you may not know why.
We have a number of PC's and when we tried updating to Windows 10 years ago, only two PC's did it without problems, all the rest we had to go back to Windows 7 because of problems.
As a result, you had better make a backup of your Windows 7 system in case your PC does not work on Windows 10.
CPU = i9 11900K GPU = RTX 3080 Ti Monitor = ASUS ROG Swift PG32UQX 2160p G-sync
|
|
|
#4457169 - 01/13/19 08:13 PM
Re: CW3 needs some advice
[Re: CW3SF]
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 585
CW3SF
Member
|
Member
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 585
colorado & arizona
|
Thanks for all of the great advice.
The only other game I play is Civilization 5 and I have been told that It will work with Windows 10 just fine.
Thanks!
Origin made- silverstone case,ASUS Max VI Extreme , CPU intel Core i7 4770k, cooling asotex 570LC, NVIDA 3G GTX 780 Ti , Mem 16GB Kingston Hyper X DDR3 ,game drive 120GB INTEL X25 SS, OS drive 1TB, Win 7 home Prem.Logitech G105 key board,BenQ XL2430 Gaming Monitor. All pilots owe me a beer. Retired USAF Rescue/Survival, Special Forces, and MI (after I got old and grey).
|
|
|
|
|