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Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate
jones_supa writes: Microsoft announced that a Windows 10 upgrade will be free for users running Windows 7 and 8.1, but there will be a number of features that will no longer work after that upgrade. The features that will no longer work are listed on the official specifications page on Microsoft's website. Some of the deprecated features include: Media Center, out-of-the-box DVD playback and USB floppy support, desktop gadgets, deferring updates (Home edition), old versions of Windows games, and Windows Live Essentials version of OneDrive.
You mean someone uses Windows built-in DVD playback? The first thing I've done on a new computer for the last five or six years is install VLC.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Nope, not going to migrate up to 10 from 7 anytime soon if it means media center goes away...
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You mean someone uses Windows built-in DVD playback? The first thing I've done on a new computer for the last five or six years is install VLC.
First thing is install a new browser, second thing is install adblock plus, the third is to install VLC.
FTFA: You can still get the driver from Windows Update. It's just not shipping with the driver on the system image.
Here's an article that lists what Windows updates to remove to do just that. It's primarily KB3035583 that's responsible for the nag screen. However there's several other updates that are suspect to be causing performance and spying/'telemetry' that wasn't occurring until fairly recently.
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To remove:
http://microsoft-news.com/how-to-remove-windows-10-upgrade-notification-on-windows-7-and-windows-8/
And Win 10 will not be a subscription model.
That one kinda sucks. As it is it's a bit of a pisser when I'm in the middle of something, have deferred an update, and the next deferral times out causing it to reboot my PC on me....
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/01/how-to-block-the-windows-10-update-notification-in-earlier-versions-of-windows/
1.Tap on the Windows-key on the keyboard, type programs and features, and hit enter. This opens the list of software installed on the system.
2.Switch to "view installed updates" on the left side of the window.
3.If you are using Windows 7, locate the following updates: 3035583, 2952664, 3021917
4.If you are using Windows 8, locate the following updates: 3035583, 2976978
5.Right-click one update after the other and select uninstall from the context menu.
6.Select Restart Later when the prompt appears and remove all updates first from the system.
7.Once done, restart the computer to complete the process.
To block these updates, do the following:
1.Tap on the Windows-key, type Windows Update, and hit enter.
2.This should open the Windows Update dialog.
3.Select "check for updates" to find new updates to install on the system. Windows should find the updates listed above again.
4.Click on the "important update is available" link.
5.Right-click each of the listed updates above that are listed on the page and select hide update from the context menu.
6.This blocks the update from being installed on the system.
I know a whole bunch of people who are going to be upset about Solitaire going away. I work for a retirement community, and the second-most-used application on the computers in the activity center (after "The Internet") is Solitaire. We're going to have to install a substitute on these machines (or their replacements) when we switch to WinX, or we'll never hear the end of the complaints.
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CCCP Media plays you!
Its already part of VLC. Click on Tools > Effects and filters > Compressor tab.
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If 10 is anything like 8.1, the upgrade will silently stop your backups and remove your ability to access any backups made in the Windows 7 backup utility. I discovered that one the fun way.