If you’re one of the many Windows users still hanging on to Windows 7 with a tight grasp, Microsoft wants you to know that it’s not super happy about it. The company, which has already admitted that it used some shady tactics to get users to upgrade from 7, 8, and 8.1 to 10, is now trying a new approach by suggesting that continuing to use Windows 7 will inevitably lead to security issues for you as a user.    Link

OK, forcing an "Upgrade" did not work, so lets try to panic the general public ---really?  Just install some decent aftermarket security products.
 
Windows 10 is the stepping stone to SAS (software as a service)---> think Monthly fees instead on one time purchase
 
 
LINK
techrepublic.com/article/if-windows-7s-security-is-so-outdated-why-doesnt-microsoft-make-it-as-good-as-windows-10/
 
excerpt:
But it would be naive to assume Microsoft has no wider commercial interest in seeing users move to Windows 10, as was evident by the lengths it went to get home users to upgrade from Windows 7 and 8.
 
"Microsoft is moving away from selling traditional software licenses to selling cloud-based services in Azure, and wants everyone stuck on Windows 7 to upgrade to Windows 10 to help drive this business model," said Fossen.
 
"Microsoft wants everyone in the world to have a Microsoft Account in Azure, to log into their Windows or non-Windows devices with their Microsoft Account, and then use Azure-integrated web services like Office 365, Cortana, Outlook.com, OneDrive, Skype, and so on.
 
"Windows 10 is Microsoft's preferred platform for Azure, not just for the licensing income, but also because many Windows 10 features are designed around Azure services, and more Azure integration will be added every year, such as for LinkedIn."
 
Microsoft's messaging on the security shortcomings of Windows 7 seems targeted at business users. While Microsoft said last year that Windows 10 was being adopted "150 percent faster" than Windows 7, some unofficial figures paint a different picture, with a study by Softchoice finding that less than one percent of Windows PCs inside firms were running Windows 10.
 
However, businesses may not be persuaded by Microsoft's approach of stressing Windows 7's vulnerability, given many larger enterprises run security suites to safeguard their infrastructure. And while Microsoft talks up Windows 10's enhanced security, aspects have been found to be lacking in some external tests, notably Windows 10's built-in malware protection.

If they dont give up soon it's only inevitable that they develop and spread viruses for taking out Win7 users in an attempt to get them to upgrade through frustration.  

bill1024
I have 3 that will never switch from win7 to 10.
Only way I would switch is if they bring back windows MCE into win10.
Until then too bad for them.

Windows MCE +1

Remember you had to pay for it under Windows 8.x
I did that MC Install and with the new Upgrade for Windows came out it removed it. You know the Windows Anniversary Update.
It killed all my old little tricks and with one coming out every year it suck that you have re-setup how you want your system to work.
They Really need to go back to Service Packs and stop install a complete new OS on the Side of the Current one.

Microsoft "broke" VLANs and NIC teaming on Windows 10.  It's very simple -- once they fix what they broke, I'll consider upgrading.  Until then, I'll happily cling to Win7 Ultimate with my VLANs and NIC teams for my NAS storage intact.

wmmills
They don't like it?!? Good!!!!! We don't like what they did with 10. Maybe we can come up with dome sort of compromise. I guess if your tech illiterate then you may buy the puke they are spewing forth but for those of us who aren't and know how to use and properly setup a O/S I find there changes to 10 insulting and will NEVER use it or promote it in its current iteration. Hopefully Vulcan can put the last nail in the coffin.

Nope alot of IT departments are already upgrading to 10, most tech savy people I know irl are already on 10. The people left are the same hold over's that used windows 98SE until XP SP2 because they where scared of it

somethingc00l

tennis_ski
Microsoft "broke" VLANs and NIC teaming on Windows 10.  It's very simple -- once they fix what they broke, I'll consider upgrading.  Until then, I'll happily cling to Win7 Ultimate with my VLANs and NIC teams for my NAS storage intact.

Good news: https://communities.intel.om/message/440308#440308
 
Though you might be better served by SMB3 multichannel if your NAS supports it: https://blogs.technet.mic...rver-2012-and-smb-3-0/

Yes, have been following that thread for well over a year!!  I'll get excited for real when Intel comes out with the driver.
 
SMB3 looks cool and promising...I'll have to research it a little more, but I know it was also problematic with Synology NAS devices and Windows 10 PCs, at least at one point in time.  Thanks for pointing it out, though -- I guess I've been concentrating so much on waiting for Intel/Microsoft & NIC teaming that I forgot about digging into it further!  Must be an age thing!! 
 
edit:  Well, that didn't take long -- I can see that SMB3 is seemingly nothing but problematic when using Win10 and Synology NAS devices.  What ticks me off the most is that Microsoft had pretty much bullet-proof NIC teaming available all the way back to Windows 3.11, and they just decided to remove the core functionality from their "consumer" OS's on a whim.  The includes ALL versions of Windows 10, but the way.  Their stated attitude at one point is that if you need it, then you need to buy a server product.  Yeah, right, that's going to happen!! 
 
Oh well, guess I'm remaining ever optimistic that the fix from Intel will appear sometime in February, as promised...

XrayMan
 
If you’re one of the many Windows users still hanging on to Windows 7 with a tight grasp, Microsoft wants you to know that it’s not super happy about it. The company, which has already admitted that it used some shady tactics to get users to upgrade from 7, 8, and 8.1 to 10, is now trying a new approach by suggesting that continuing to use Windows 7 will inevitably lead to security issues for you as a user.    Link

So they're threatening not to support it as they guaranteed they would? Wow they are really asking for a class action lawsuit. Bring it on you contemptible pack of snakes.
 
 

I have 10 on dual boot, however I might only touch it every 4-6 months lol. Win7Ulti for life >_<