Windows 10: Is it practical and safe to stick with Windows 7?

My question arises due to the time it's taking me, as a non-expert user, to get W10 up and running following upgrade from Windows 7. I still have issues that will take even more time to sort and it's not as if I'm enjoying the process. For me, the PC is a work tool rather than an interest and I would prefer not to spend (waste?) this much time on it. So, should I stick with W7? It works flawlessly for me and has taken little of my time in terms of maintenance over the past few years.

We're constantly told that it's a risk to run an unsupported operating system so I didn't really consider this option until earlier this week when helping a friend prepare his PC for an upgrade from W7 to W10 - and discovered something quite surprising. His Windows Update app was set to automatic update yet it was not working. He had over 50 updates outstanding, mostly critical. The last Windows update installed on his machine was 3.5 years ago - yes, three and a half years! And the PC is still working just fine - it's as quick and responsive as ever and he has not suffered any noticeable problems. Make me think. Any views on this?

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

USB stick previously used as a boot stick for Killdisk not recognized

Try method 2 under Windows 7 8 10 here:
Free to Remove Readonly Attribute in Windows

Method 2: Clear readonly status with Diskpart

In Windows 10, 8, 7 OS, you are also able to run Diskpart in Command Prompt to clear read-only attribute on any partition on your computer. You can follow the tutorial below:

Step 1. Open Command Line and type Diskpart
Step 2. Type list disk
Step 3. Type select disk (disk number)
Step 4. Type attributes disk clear readonly





Then try Clean

 

Survey Reveals Companies' Early Windows 8 Reactions and Plans

Bull fucking shit.