Here are the features that will no longer work when you upgrade to Windows 10

[Batu69]

Following the exciting news that Windows will be free for everyone currently on Windows 7 or 8.1, providing they upgrade within the first year, users should also be aware of a few features that will no longer work with Windows 10 after that upgrade.

The features that will no longer work are taken from the official specifications page on Microsoft's Windows website, and reproduced below. The good news is that in some cases alternatives are available.

• If you have Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8 Pro with Media Center, or Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center and you install Windows 10,
  Windows Media Center will be removed
  .
• Watching DVDs requires separate playback software
• Windows 7 desktop gadgets will be removed as part of installing Windows 10.
• Windows 10 Home users will have
  updates from Windows Update automatically available
  . Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise users will have the ability to defer updates.
• Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts Games that come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be removed as part of installing the Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper called the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft Minesweeper.”
• If you have a USB floppy drive, you will need to download the latest driver from Windows Update or from the manufacturer's website.
• If you have Windows Live Essentials installed on your system, the OneDrive application is removed and replaced with the inbox version of OneDrive.

With DVD playback removed from Windows 10, VLC Media Player, or Media Player Classic (MPC) are great free alternatives that restore the functionality. In addition, for those that cannot live without Desktop Gadgets, there's a version that works with Windows 8.1 and 10 here. We've written about the loss of this feature before, and there's still hope that Microsoft may allow the pinning of Live Tiles on the desktop, but that feature will probably not ship with the first version of Windows 10. Though, maybe we can expect it with Redstone.

Live Essentials, which included Windows Live Messenger was discontinued in 2013, but there are still programs available such as Messenger Reviver 2 that allows you to continue using Messenger (version 2012). This service has largely moved over to Skype, with desktop and Windows Store apps that are freely available.

The loss of the features mentioned above is probably not going to be a deal breaker for most people, with Windows 10 being free kind of sweetening the deal somewhat. Plus, if you look around, there are alternatives for most of the features mentioned above, and you can share yours in the comments below!

Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/here-are-the-features-that-will-no-longer-work-when-you-upgrade-to-windows-10

[smallhagrid]

More info about the least desirable 'upgrade' EVER.

Why anyone would even consider this simply baffles me ??????????

On a related note:

I helped a friend get the data from a trashed out NB with 7 onto a DT PC just yesterday, and I noticed=>

A tray icon I'd never seen before like a white windows symbol.

What is it ??

A nag to 'upgrade' to 10.

How did it get there ??

A pushed 'update'.

What did it do in that 'update' ??

Just pushed in megabytes of nagware into system32/gwx to nag the user endlessly.

How to get rid of it ??

You have to find the update, remove it, and refuse it forever afterwards.

See here for more info:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2906002/operating-systems/mystery-patch-kb-3035583-for-windows-7-and-8-revealed-it-s-a-windows-10-prompter-downloader.html

How ANY company could so brazenly get away with peddling so much krapware for so long is just amazing to me.

When are folks finally going to get good & pissed off enough to see mickiesleaze has itself become a PROBLEM and NOT any sort of solution to having & using technology ?!?

[avmad]

Looks good to me. I don't need any of those features.

[SPECTRUM]

this options are missing too...

[mjall]

I like it too

[smallhagrid]

Yep...SSDD:

"Windows 10 Preview has permission to watch your every move"

The Windows Insider Programme seemed like a gesture of openness and

willingness to collaborate with developers on a peer level. But a closer look

at the privacy policy of the Windows 10 preview reveals some startling

permissions that you grant by installing and using it.

[leader97]

Does anyone know if the various 'medicines' that are around the web that work for applications on Windows 7 & 8 will still work on Windows 10?

[dcs18]

Does anyone know if the various 'medicines' that are around the web that work for applications on Windows 7 & 8 will still work on Windows 10?

What seems to be that compelling reason for desiring to activate a Preview?

[leader97]

Does anyone know if the various 'medicines' that are around the web that work for applications on Windows 7 & 8 will still work on Windows 10?

What seems to be that compelling reason for desiring to activate a Preview?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean :unsure:

[dcs18]

Does anyone know if the various 'medicines' that are around the web that work for applications on Windows 7 & 8 will still work on Windows 10?

What seems to be that compelling reason for desiring to activate a Preview?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean :unsure:

A Preview comes preloaded with a time-bomb which cripples the OS after end-of-time.

It is, but an exercise in futility pursuing a medicine for something which cannot be used as a daily driver - better to wait for the RTM. ;)

[leader97]

Sorry, I'm still a bit, or rather a lot, lost :huh:

I have genuine Win 7 SP1 and I also have some applications that are using 'medicine' eg Norton Anti Virus 2014. The medicine works perfectly in my Win 7 so my question to those who understand so much more than me is this: Will my Norton, and other applications, which have 'medicine' still work when I upgrade to Win 10?

There must be people who have already been working with Win 10 preview so...Did they find that the upgrade to Win 10 left them without any cracked programs that worked OK previously? In short, will it still allow my Norton etc to work when I upgrade?

[dcs18]

Will my Norton, and other applications, which have 'medicine' still work when I upgrade to Win 10?

If you perform an in-place upgrade, yes - all your programs & applications would continue to remain activated (regardless of cracked or otherwise.)

If you perform a full and clean install, no - all your programs & applications would need to be re-activated.

[leader97]

Thank you. Unfortunately I have no option but to reinstall compatible apps since the Windows Upgrade Assistant tells me:

So the real question is: Will the crack for Norton, or any crack for any software, still work when re-installed on Windows 10?

Has anyone any experience of this using the preview?