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Posted June 02, 2016
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dewtech: >power user
>whines about settings and control panel

Learn to use gpedit, secpol and registry. The words power and user are used too simply nowadays (eg for people who are able to update drivers, and can uninstall programs). In older times people who only managed to use graphical settings menus were called regular users. Most are and will be dumbusers.

And yes OP. Uprade, try for a week or 2 and then if you don't like it you can revert through Settings-> Update&Recovery->Recovery
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mechmouse: I'm a Certified Windows Engineer, since NT4, I think that puts me in the Power user role.

My comments about Control Panel and Setting Screen where related to normal user tasks. Altering Power settings, configuring file associations and general run of the mill settings.

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Just re-read my original post. I'm assuming since the OP has Professional edition he was more likely to mess around with settings.
MCSA or MCSE??
My workmates always laugh at those certs. Haven't cared enough to do those. Juniper, IBM, Microtik and Cisco certs are enough for me.
Posted June 02, 2016
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mechmouse: I'm a Certified Windows Engineer, since NT4, I think that puts me in the Power user role.

My comments about Control Panel and Setting Screen where related to normal user tasks. Altering Power settings, configuring file associations and general run of the mill settings.

Edit:
Just re-read my original post. I'm assuming since the OP has Professional edition he was more likely to mess around with settings.
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dewtech: MCSA or MCSE??
My workmates always laugh at those certs. Haven't cared enough to do those. Juniper, IBM, Microtik and Cisco certs are enough for me.
MCSE, though not updated since win2k. Commercial experience was more important at that point, also the market was flooded with "Paper MSCE".

I'll probably invest in the latest certification when I return to work (Currently a full time career for family members), if only to help cover a multiple year unemployment gap.

Had considered Getting Cisco certification a few years back, but couldn't convince the company to cover the costs. Don't blame them since we didn't use Cisco kit.
Posted June 02, 2016
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dewtech: >power user
>whines about settings and control panel

Learn to use gpedit, secpol and registry. The words power and user are used too simply nowadays (eg for people who are able to update drivers, and can uninstall programs). In older times people who only managed to use graphical settings menus were called regular users. Most are and will be dumbusers.
Power user that can't use both graphical and cmd/equivalent tools depending on their efficiency is stuck 20 years in the past and as such ain't worth shit. Just saying.
Posted June 02, 2016
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Fenixp: Power user that can't use both graphical and cmd/equivalent tools depending on their efficiency is stuck 20 years in the past and as such ain't worth shit. Just saying.
So you're saying there's probably things better than emacs and Vim?
Posted June 02, 2016
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Devspar: I'm currently using Windows 7 Ultimate, and the pop up is very distracting. I had to disable my windows update because of that. So I was wondering if upgrading is worth it? Not to mention the free deadline is closing.
No, it's a clusterfuck of utter computing nonsense.
Posted June 02, 2016
How long do you plan on using your current computer? If you won't be using it in 3 years, keep 7. If you plan on using it that long, I'd upgrade.
Posted June 02, 2016
If you have pro equivalent or better, then it's worth trying because you can disable everything that you don't like with the pro version. I like Win 10 better than Win 7.

For instance, don't like auto updates? Then create a group policy to stop them. Refusing an update is bit trickier and really the biggest con, but I have not run into an update that I did not want yet. Although I did refuse the AMD/nvidia hdmi sound update because I don't like updating those every time I update a video card driver. Most of the stuff can be configured using the windows UI.
Posted June 06, 2016
So, I followed some of your advice and tried to upgrade. Here's the result :
1. My internet quota ran out.
2. Upgrade everyday. Don't even know what's being upgraded.
3. Some of the old program (which I maintained because the company are using it to conduct their business) cannot compile and run.

So I reformat my computer and freshly reinstall windows 7 and never looked back. Sorry for some who advocates windows 10. I'd readily admit it's stable and fast, but it wasn't what I'm looking for.
Posted June 06, 2016
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mechmouse: [PRONS (pro and con)]
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