Two older versions of Windows are approaching their mandatory retirement date in one month. If you want a new PC running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you'll have fewer options beginning on Nov, 1, 2016.    Link

knightsilver
Can we still buy Win7 Pro OEM CD's and able to use them later on?

Can use them, but buying them will get harder as months go on and stores run out of stock.

EVGATech_MDecker
Linux has never looked so good.

Windows 10 is fine once you turn off all of the privacy junk.

On November 1st, all sales of 7 must stop. That means OEM disk sales as well must stop and unsold inventory returned to Microsoft for destruction. But 10 is actually very nice not sure why anyone would stay with Windows 7, its archaic. 

I only have issues with Windows 10 when my pc is turned on. Other than that, it is great.

Cool GTX

EVGATech_MDecker
Linux has never looked so good.

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candle_86
On November 1st, all sales of 7 must stop. That means OEM disk sales as well must stop and unsold inventory returned to Microsoft for destruction. But 10 is actually very nice not sure why anyone would stay with Windows 7, its archaic. 

 
 
Win 10 continuous updates & reboot requirements is nuts; though I'm on Pro, you can not differ updates forever. 
 
MS Win 10, needs to ask if people want their GPU drivers change for one thing As it has hosed my drivers to the point of needing to manually reinstall for Folding to work.
 
Yes, there is a hack or DDU "fix" but really in Pro, I should have an option of do not update these drivers automatically with a simple check box.
 
Opting out of the Anniversary "update" should not be a battle either.
 
My 2 biggest producing Folding rigs are on Win 10 Pro; nothing like waking up to a reboot killed my PPD at 2 or 3 AM.

be proactive, setup a script to start folding automatically after a system reboot. 

agent8

candle_86

Cool GTX

EVGATech_MDecker
Linux has never looked so good.

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candle_86
On November 1st, all sales of 7 must stop. That means OEM disk sales as well must stop and unsold inventory returned to Microsoft for destruction. But 10 is actually very nice not sure why anyone would stay with Windows 7, its archaic. 

 
 
Win 10 continuous updates & reboot requirements is nuts; though I'm on Pro, you can not differ updates forever. 
 
MS Win 10, needs to ask if people want their GPU drivers change for one thing As it has hosed my drivers to the point of needing to manually reinstall for Folding to work.
 
Yes, there is a hack or DDU "fix" but really in Pro, I should have an option of do not update these drivers automatically with a simple check box.
 
Opting out of the Anniversary "update" should not be a battle either.
 
My 2 biggest producing Folding rigs are on Win 10 Pro; nothing like waking up to a reboot killed my PPD at 2 or 3 AM.

be proactive, setup a script to start folding automatically after a system reboot. 

Or just get an OS that works and get 7.

If the drivers get hosed a log on script will not help.
 
Auto log on, is not the type of thing I consider secure; besides, I want to know why a productive machine stopped. It could be a critical event like over Temp of the CPU or GPU.
 
 

One you can disable driver updates for Windows 10, its built in but not enabled by default. 2 if its a critical system it should be running Pro, Home should not be used for anything critical, pro will let you defer updates for up to 6 months, and those features work, business use them all the time, the smaller ones that don't run their own update server.
 
If your running a home edition its meant for regular people, Pro is for enthusiasts and business. You want to keep using 7 though, go ahead no one is stopping you, but there will be a date when drivers for new hardware arn't written for 7. You've got less than 4 years before 7 dies just remember that. You can go to linux sure, but Linux doesn't work with a lot of stuff even with wine. 
 
Your call what you do, but maybe check into facts first.
 
 
As for auto login script, who said it needs to log the entire computer in, if you know what your doing you can script it to start the program under your profile without actually logging you into the desktop at all, aka launch program and in effect lock the computer at the same time.