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MOVE
BEYOND
WINDOWS
WITH WINDOWS7NOLONGER
SUPPORTED,YOU MAYNEED
TO MOVE TO ANEW PC OR
OPERATINGSYSTEM. DAVID
LUDLOW EXPLAINS HOWTODO
EVERYTHINGTHE EASY WAY
W
ith Windows7no longergetting any updates from
MicrosoftasofFebruary 2020, we allface having to
upgrade at some point,whether that’s to anew
Windows10PCorbyusingadifferent operating systemon our
existing computers.
As painful as this sounds, it doesn’thave to be this way.
Windows10, forexample, has gotalot better since launch. It’s
now fast, stable and will haveupdates for yearstocome. The
mainissue thatmost of us faceisgetting ournew PC or operating
systemtoworkthe waythatwewant,which is wherewecome in.
In this guide, we’ll showyou how to transfereverything from
yourold computer, including files,applications, peripherals
and more.We’lleven show youhow to make Windows10
look likeWindows7sothatthe move fromthe old to the new
isn’t quite as painful.
We refer to bothyour oldand newPCs throughout theguide.
Thesecouldbephysically different machines,whereyou’ve
bought acompletelynew computer;ortheycouldrefer to a
Windows7PC beforeyou’ve upgraded it to Windows10. In the
case of the latter,you’ll need to follow many of the instructions
beforeyou upgrade andwipe everything, andnot allmethods
will apply to you.
In allcases, you’llget exactly the sameresults. Theend result
may be anew computer,but you gettokeep everything that
you loved about your old one.
CONTENTS
How to move useraccounts........ 94
How to move filesbetween
computers ......................................... 96
How to move old applications .... 99
Get incompatible hardware
or softwareworking..................... 100
How to move old peripherals... 100
Create avirtual machine
fromyourold PC........................... 101
Browser and password
settings ............................................ 102
MakeWindows 10 act like
Windows 7..................................... 103
Whattodowith an old PC......... 104
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