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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6684036" data-attributes="member: 50895">I tried Windows 10 for about 6 hours yesterday (from the free upgrade from Win 7). While I didn't necessarily hate it (and like the OP, I don't use other electronic mobile devices: cell phones, tablets, etc.), but for some reason Win 10 couldn't find my appropriate monitor, nor its appropriate driver. It used a generic monitor driver, that had the wrong resolution setting (which I couldn't change) and the aspect ratio was wrong - meaning the screen image was wider than it should have been. Since I'm a graphic designer and use my PC to create graphics (especially maps) having wrong aspect ratio means a square appears as a rectangle - not a good thing for graphic design. There was no way to easily point to the correct driver, nor change the resolution even from Windows Settings Menu. Then spending a half hour on the phone with technical support, getting an Indian support person who had no idea what I was talking about nor how to fix it. I subsequently uninstalled Win10 and went back to Win 7...Regarding whether Windows continues to support Win 7, does that really matter? As long as the PC still works even without an update, why would you need support. I run a graphics shop with several computers, most using a different OS. I have 2 Win 98 machines still in use still using Win 98 and they work fine - I have some old software that I still use on those PCs that won't work with newer OS's. I have 2 PCs using Vista, and both machines and the Win 98 machines are networked together. My Win 7 machine isn't on the network, as its ethernet connection is used for online access - and the other PCs on the network use ethernet to connect them. If I need to move files from my Win 7 machine, I just copy the file to a jump drive and physically use the jump drive on my Vista machine to get it into that network. When I purchase my next computer, it will no doubt have Win 10 on it, so I can wait until then, before I have to use it.</blockquote>

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