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Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

lovestodance — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:33:28 GMT

Okay reason is a had a bad experience over a month ago trying. it really did a number on my pc...

I can't remember exactly what happened... Think it may have an unauthorized website or something else..

Called Microsoft to see if they could help me... They wanted to charge me for help..

I then decided to call Norton who is my internet virus protection....

Did explain my issue and they said they could help.

A very nice Tech support man took over my computer and worked on it for several hours.

Could not believe the time he took to take care of my issue...

So now I keep getting notice about updating to windows 11.... I have internet explorer windows 7.. Never upgraded any higher...

Am not very good with all the new tech things... Just brose the internet, check mail do some ordering and information on different products and also other things.

Do I need to upgrade to get greater speed etc?

Some advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,lovestodance

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

lovesrecess — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:48:34 GMT

I am not an expert on Windows but am very impressed you actually got someone from Norton to work with you to help; have paid them twice and still do not have the program showing up on my computer. I think Windows 11 would have to be better than windows 8; what isn't?

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

sciencegeek_1 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:48:47 GMT

Hi Lovestodance!

I think you're talking about 2 different things. Windows 8 is the latest, there is no 11. However, the latest version of Internet Explorer, the browser, is IE 11.

Windows updates cost $ and require certain hardware specifications.

Internet Explorer is free and update-able over the internet. It's a Microsoft product and compatible with ANY of their Windows products. If you download it from Microsoft, it should be clear of any nasty bugs. If you use Internet Explorer as your main browser, you will want to update for speed and any new features they have.

My opinion, and understand it's just mine, is that there are better browsers out there. I used IE as my default for years, but just switched to Google Chrome. I was stunned by how much faster it is. I downloaded that at no charge, too, direct from Google. There are other browsers out there, too, and many swear by them, like Firefox and Mozilla.

Hope this helps!

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

ROMARY — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:09:41 GMT

Do not upgrade! Keep your Windows 7. I've (allegedly) been hearing disasters re: Windows 8. Windows 7 are much more preferred and, if you can find one, they are very expensive. 11 could be worse than 8, IMO. I wouldn't take the chance. (If I would have known, I would have bought three or more Windows 7.)

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

ROMARY — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:19:11 GMT

If any of you are having troubles with Windows 8, you should really write/email to the 'Windows' folks and demand a return of Windows 7. I just might email them and tell them that I won't buy another computer unless I can buy Windows 7. Soooooooo many people having troubles with '8', and actually there was an article in our local newspaper several months ago or so stating all of the problems. I believe Windows 8 was originally developed for touch screen only. I'll have to find the article, which I cut out of the paper, but it could be 'anywhere' by this time. Allegedly, BTW.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

glb613 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:32:09 GMT

I have a Windows 8.1 computer and it runs just fine. I don't have any problems getting it to do what I want or need. I have a friend who isn't computer savvy and she doesn't have any problems either. You need to learn to use it.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

ROMARY — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 23:23:00 GMT

'All I know' is in my area, the 'techies' in the large PC stores repair dept. are having tons of troubles solving customers' problems. Could be a 'bad batch' of PC's sent to these stores. Maybe, by now, the problems/glitches have been resolved. Long newspaper article regarding this subject. Let's hope for the best. I'll try to find the article and give you the info.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

Akane — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:13:09 GMT

On 4/19/2014 ROMARY said:
Do not upgrade! Keep your Windows 7. I've (allegedly) been hearing disasters re: Windows 8. Windows 7 are much more preferred and, if you can find one, they are very expensive. 11 could be worse than 8, IMO. I wouldn't take the chance. (If I would have known, I would have bought three or more Windows 7.)

There is no such thing as Windows 11. I don't know why people come to a shopping channel forum looking for tech advice when most people are clueless about technology here.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

knmt — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 00:49:09 GMT

Lovestodance, it's Internet Explorer that needs upgrading to version 11. No big deal.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

nomless — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:57:53 GMT

OT, I love Win 8. As others have said, there is no Window 11. The newest version is 8.1

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

lovestodance — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:24:25 GMT

On 4/19/2014 knmt said:
Lovestodance, it's Internet Explorer that needs upgrading to version 11. No big deal.

Oh I feel real stupid.... Meant to say IE11 not Windows... My husband had Hernia surgery last week... Took him home last Sunday... He's having a real rough time... So am I since I have no help.. Sorry going on too much..

Getting back to my issue do you think I should try and upgrade? Since I had that bad experience and other I am just not feeling comfortable doing it..

I really am not into all the latest new electronic stuff.. Just celebrated my 76th Birthday and spent the day at the Surgeon and Urologist..

Oh well that's life....

Many thanks to you and others for your opinion and suggestions..

Will hold off for now...

lovestodance

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

Kjelle — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:32:31 GMT

Hi Lovestodance, yes you should download the update to Internet Explorer. The main reason is that they stop issuing security updates for browser versions which are so updated. If you don't keep up with the browser version you leave yourself open to viruses, bugs, phishing sites not being detected etc. If you ever check you bank account of buy online, which you probably do since you're here, you are not as protected if you don't have the latest security patches.

When you have downloaded it, go to the menu at the top of the browser, where it says 'Help', click 'About Internet Explorer', click the box where it says 'Install new versions automatically'. Then you won't have to actively do it anymore. When you are shutting down your computer and it has an update, it will say 'Installing Updates and shutting down' or somesuch. When you start again, you will have your browser updates.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

lovestodance — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:09:32 GMT

On 4/19/2014 Kjelle said:
Hi Lovestodance, yes you should download the update to Internet Explorer. The main reason is that they stop issuing security updates for browser versions which are so updated. If you don't keep up with the browser version you leave yourself open to viruses, bugs, phishing sites not being detected etc. If you ever check you bank account of buy online, which you probably do since you're here, you are not as protected if you don't have the latest security patches.

When you have downloaded it, go to the menu at the top of the browser, where it says 'Help', click 'About Internet Explorer', click the box where it says 'Install new versions automatically'. Then you won't have to actively do it anymore. When you are shutting down your computer and it has an update, it will say 'Installing Updates and shutting down' or somesuch. When you start again, you will have your browser updates.

Kjelle, You are so kind and appreciate taking the time to reply, and how to make it easy for me to do.

Am under a lot of stress now and find the most easy things difficult...

Just to add I don't do any banking on my computer... Just don't feel secure even though I have security protection... However you need to be very cautious which I try to be...

Internet is a wonderful thing, but

can be dangerous at the same time..

Many thanks again...

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU AND YOURS..

lovestodance

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

lovestodance — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 03:33:11 GMT

Not getting notices from IE 11 lately to download.... Just wondering??

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

hckynut — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:07:53 GMT

I am using IE 10 and I upgraded with no issues. Will say that about 95% of the time I use Firefox as I like it better and it has run smoother on all the computers on which I have installed it.

Have you tried a different Browser like Firefox or Google Chrome? If not download them and give them a try. You can have as many browsers on your computer as you like without any problems. I have 4 of them on mine right now, but as I said, Firefox is my go to browser of choice. If you want the latest version of Firefox you can get it for free at this link:

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Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

ROMARY — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 04:28:53 GMT

On 4/19/2014 Bikkie said:
On 4/19/2014 ROMARY said:
Do not upgrade! Keep your Windows 7. I've (allegedly) been hearing disasters re: Windows 8. Windows 7 are much more preferred and, if you can find one, they are very expensive. 11 could be worse than 8, IMO. I wouldn't take the chance. (If I would have known, I would have bought three or more Windows 7.)

There is no such thing as Windows 11. I don't know why people come to a shopping channel forum looking for tech advice when most people are clueless about technology here.

Yes, I hadn't heard about Windows 11 either. Now I know why........(lol). Lots of folks are just novices, using computers to access interesting sites, etc. Nothing major. Just fun to read about 'this and that'. The less complicated the better. For me, anyway.......

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

Mindy D — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:43:00 GMT

Please don't upgrade your Explorer. I have Explorer 11 and can't stand it.

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

glb613 — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:24:39 GMT

On 4/19/2014 Bikkie said:
On 4/19/2014 ROMARY said:
Do not upgrade! Keep your Windows 7. I've (allegedly) been hearing disasters re: Windows 8. Windows 7 are much more preferred and, if you can find one, they are very expensive. 11 could be worse than 8, IMO. I wouldn't take the chance. (If I would have known, I would have bought three or more Windows 7.)

There is no such thing as Windows 11. I don't know why people come to a shopping channel forum looking for tech advice when most people are clueless about technology here.

Then why are you here?

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

PamelaSue72 — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:24:48 GMT

On 4/19/2014 glb613 said:
I have a Windows 8.1 computer and it runs just fine. I don't have any problems getting it to do what I want or need. I have a friend who isn't computer savvy and she doesn't have any problems either. You need to learn to use it.

I just bought a new Dell computer with Windows 8.1 to replace my old Vista computer (that I had upgraded to Windows 7). The first thing I did was set up the interface to resemble Windows 7, thus getting rid of that stupid Start screen (what a waste of space that Start screen is! IMO)

But really, it's running beautifully. I've had no trouble with it at all. I'm not sorry I did it.

The trick is to go with 8.1, not 8. If you have a computer running 8, download the 8.1 upgrade. It's free and it will be a lot easier.

I've also completely stopped using Internet Explorer. It would freeze up on me and I had a lot of issues with it. I switched over to Chrome a while ago and that works better (for me).

Re: Am afraid to upgrade to Windows 11?

hckynut — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:47:05 GMT

On 4/19/2014 Bikkie said:
There is no such thing as Windows 11. I don't know why people come to a shopping channel forum looking for tech advice when most people are clueless about technology here.

At least you used the word "most" not "all", so you could have insulted some that are very technologically savvy on this forum, worse.

And here you are giving someone advice. Remember this one?

____________________________________________________

Bikkie

Yes, but you will lose any pictures you took on it unless you did an iCloud backup.

Otherwise, Settings > General > Reset > Erase all Content and Settings

Just be sure you really want to do this. What kind of mistakes are there? Maybe we could help.

Sent from my iPad