How about upgrading OS

[Asbo Zaprudder]

As I mentioned, you can run Windows and Windows apps in a virtual machine hosted on a Linux system but I guess it's not a convenient solution for everybody.

Anyone who can remember a time before compilers must be more ancient than me. Such software first became available in the 1950s. I also first used BASIC before a compiler - back in the 70s. I too feel unable to learn new stuff - a lot of the time it just doesn't seem to want to go in. Big picture stuff is ok but fine detail, nah. Old dogs, new tricks etc.

I concur with the advice about upgrading Windows. I'd be tempted to back up existing installations or capture them as virtual machines before reinstalling. Windows has dropped features over the years - for example, support for running 16-bit apps and the old command shell. Thanks to certain people, Linux's backwards compatibility has also suffered to some extent from tinkering in the name of "progress".

 

[Marc]

Upgrading from 7 to 10 is technically possible but an installation from scratch runs smoother and more stable.

Best way to go here is to use the Microsoft Media creation tool to build a bootable USB drive or DVD.

Backup all user data.

Upgrade to window 10 which puts the electronic product activation.

Boot from the USB key or DVD and do a brand new install which automatically activates once you've connected to the internet.

 

[XCV330]

Just run USMT from win 7, use USMT to back your profile up to removable media. reformat, full overwrite (is it an old computer? why not just throw in a new hard drive, they're cheap) do the win10 install, usmt to reimport the profile. done. easy.

or just return to linux with an LCARS upgrade

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[Bronze]

About upgrading Windows OS (Upgrade Windows 7/8 to Windows 10).
I used to find a lot of free ways to try it online,there was very littelt that really helped me.

 

[Bronze]

About upgrading Windows OS (Upgrade Windows 7/8 to Windows 10).
https://www.windows10passwordreset.com/free-upgrade-to-windows-10.html
I used to find a lot of free ways to try it online,there was very littelt that really helped me.

Only it did,by the way,by tht way,i have not tried Microsoft's tools to do that,as i've heard other friends say,it's not necessary.

 

[Marc]

Only it did,by the way,by tht way,i have not tried Microsoft's tools to do that,as i've heard other friends say,it's not necessary.

The simplest way is to use the Microsoft media creation tool and make a bootable DVD or thumb drive and go from there. Looking at the different hacks and ways online will simply result in a clusterfuck.

Also anyone who doesn't backup before doing an upgrade is asking for trouble.

 

[XCV330]

Easiest OS upgrade must go to debian based Linux distros:

open terminal

sudo apt-get upgrade
(enter password)
Y

wait, and done

Best downgrade.... OS/2 Warp..

When I worked for Prodigy back in the 90's, we were a joint venture between Sears and IBM. So we had to have OS2/Warp. It did not matter that few of our customers used os2/warp, and that those that did muddled along with DOS and windows versions. We had an Os2 build for the software that ran well but was never released publicly as far as I know.

The procedure was to fire up your computer. go get coffee or smoke a cigarette, and by the time you came back with nicotined or with your caffeine, the pc would FINALLY be loaded. Os2/warp was stable as a rock and about as slow as one.

Side note: when we released personal web pages on P* (I think we were the first, a bit before geocities and quite a bit before AOL and CSERVE) they asked a handful of us to test them. None of us had any knowledge about HTML, and the only thing I could find was a suprisingly well done txt file that came with IBM's early, wierd, non-Mosaic browser. I built my first web page with that file

 

[Santaman]

I ran OS/2 Warp on a 486 DX2 50 with a staggering 4MB RAM and a 210MB harddrive. it actually wasn't bad speedwise, drivers were a bit less easy but I even got the soundcard to work, it was a Crystal Sound based thingy.. did try Windows 95 on that same machine s-l-o-w... a-s.. h-e-l-l.. and it wasn't nearly as stable.

 

[XCV330]

I ran OS/2 Warp on a 486 DX2 50 with a staggering 4MB RAM and a 210MB harddrive. it actually wasn't bad speedwise, drivers were a bit less easy but I even got the soundcard to work, it was a Crystal Sound based thingy.. did try Windows 95 on that same machine s-l-o-w... a-s.. h-e-l-l.. and it wasn't nearly as stable.

210mb hard drive, that was amazing for its time.

Win95 before the "B" patch was a nightmare.

 

[Santaman]

I still have that drive, the computer itself I traded in eons ago and bought an AMD DX 4 100 Mhz chip and fitting mainboard, the drive is a Conner CFS 210A I later came accoss another one so now I have two of them

 

[Marc]

I still have that drive, the computer itself I traded in eons ago and bought an AMD DX 4 100 Mhz chip and fitting mainboard, the drive is a Conner CFS 210A I later came accoss another one so now I have two of them

Now Conner is a HDD brand I haven't heard mentioned in the better part of 20 years.

 

[Santaman]

I really like them in the 286-486 era, fast enough, usually not noisy and very reliable, Seagate bought them a loooong time ago, I have a few Conner drives around, the largest in size is a full height 3.5" drive with I think 360MB capacity, it still works.

 

[Marc]

I really like them in the 286-486 era, fast enough, usually not noisy and very reliable, Seagate bought them a loooong time ago, I have a few Conner drives around, the largest in size is a full height 3.5" drive with I think 360MB capacity, it still works.

ESDI?

 

[Santaman]

^^ No it is actually a standard IDE drive, I just dug it out, it is a Conner CP3204F only 212 MB
https://www.computerhope.com/hdd/hdd0039.htm