Windows 7 and Windows 8 Features You Will Miss After Windows 10 Upgrade

As the July 29 release of Windows 10 comes closer, new features and functions are making their appearance each day. But there are some features from your Windows 7 and Windows 8 PC that will no longer work when you’ll upgrade your PC to Windows 10.
In this article, we try to mention some of the worst sacrifices that you’ll be making with Windows 10.

Take a quick look at them:

There is a huge possibility that you won’t be able to choose the timings and parts of the updates you want to install in Windows 10. Microsoft wants to be in-charge of this department and you may not like it.

If you are going to upgrade your PC to Windows 10, you won’t be able to use Windows Media Center anymore. Currently Windows Media Center is available in Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, and Windows 8 Pro and Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center.

Windows 10 won’t be having Solitaire, Minesweeper and Hearts Game that are pre-installed on Windows 7.

If you use floppy drive, it won’t be supported out of the box by Windows 10. You will have to download the latest drivers using the manufacturer’s website or Windows update.

To run DVDs, you will need a third-party software in Windows 10.

If your current PC has Windows Live Essentials installed, the OneDrive version will be removes and replaced with inbox version of OneDrive.

Windows 7 desktop gadgets won’t be a part of Windows 10.

Even though some of these changes might affect you, upgrading to Windows 10 isn’t a bad choice given the fact that it is available free of cost if upgraded within one year.
To the features that won’t be continued in Windows 10, there are many free and efficient alternatives available.
For more queries, comment below.

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What Will Happen if You Upgrade a Pirated Windows to Windows 10

The people running pirated copies of Windows will be getting Windows 10 for free? This question has been floating in the air for a while and vague statements from Microsoft has fueled this confusion. Back in March, Windows chief Terry Myerson reportedly said that the free Windows 10 upgrade offer will be extended to the pirated copies. After numerous explanations, Facebook has issued a full clarification.
If you have a pirated copy of Windows and you upgrade to Windows 10, you will see a watermark placed on your computer screen. In the previous version of Windows, Microsoft tells the users by displaying the message “This is not a genuine copy of Windows.” If you buy Windows 10 computer and you come across this message on your desktop, you should return the system.

However, in another statement Microsoft said: “While our free offer to upgrade to Windows 10 will not apply to Non-Genuine Windows devices, and as we’ve always done, we will continue to offer Windows 10 to customers running devices in a Non-Genuine state.”
This means that your Windows 10 copy will continue to work on pirated machines. Microsoft wants you to run a non-genuine copy and nag you continuously about the upgrade.
Microsoft says that it is planning to bring some very attractive Windows 10 upgrade offers to the users that will encourage people to move the pirated copies to an official one. More details haven’t been yet announced, but more information is expected to drop by soon as the expected summer release comes nearer.

In Windows 7, users with pirated installs are displayed occasional messages about the illegal upgrade. Such users have only access to critical updates and they are barred from the optional ones. Windows 10 too is expected to run with such stipulations.

One of the world’s best Linux-based operating systems, Ubuntu, is witnessing a final and stable release of Ubuntu 15.04. This version is codenamed Vivid Vervet – it’s a type of monkey.
Visit this link to know 10 biggest and best changes in Ubuntu 15.04.

So, don’t waste your time and upgrade your Linux box to the latest version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 15.04 has been launched with some new features that make it a necessary update.
You can upgrade to the latest version of Ubuntu from your existing distribution in two ways:

1. Using GUI
2. Using Command-line interface

To upgrade using the Graphical user interface, follow these steps:

Open Softwares & updates in System settings. In the Updates tab, turn on the notification for release of new ubuntu versions.

2. Run update-manager. The update-manager will tell you about the latest release i.e. Ubuntu 15.04.
3. Click upgrade and follow the instructions shown by the update manager.

To upgrade using the command line interface, type the following command in your terminal

sudo do-release-upgrade

sudo do-release-upgrade

Now, your system will check for the updates and upgrade your system to the latest release of Ubuntu

And after downloading and upgrading all the packages, you will get the latest version.

If you want to upgrade your system to any new ubuntu version which is still in developmental phase, you can add a flag to the above command like this:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

This will upgrade your system to the latest release even if that version of ubuntu is still in developmental phase. To download the .iso file of this latest version, click on the button below.

  Ubuntu 15.04 Download

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