Windows 10

That is the difficult bit - it is £120 at the moment (download direct from MS), so that coupled with your additional RAM will bring you up around the £180 mark...... getting close to new laptop territory......

Is there a reason that you want to upgrade, other than concerns about potential support?

 

You can still get win 10 for a free -https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/microsoft-windows-10-free-upgrade-offer-assistive-features/

 

Find a cheap copy of win 7 first then?

 

Just a heads up if it's relevant. In case any of you get a problem.

A friend of mine, who is computer savvy, has told me that W10 have just done an upgrade to his computer and it has wiped his graphics driver and replaced it with the W10 generic driver. He now can't get the resolution that he prefers to run on.

He said that although his computer is only two years old he can't find a driver for it anymore and there's no point in him doing a restore as it will only change it back again on the next update. He said he can't find any way to stop the updates being downloaded.

FC has already said he will have a look if I get the info from my friend but my friend is away at the moment.

 

ATi radeon graphics card per chance?

Go to device manager and select the display adapter. Change the driver to one already installed (Windows doesn't delete these it just replaces them), ie his old driver.

He may end up with an issue with overscan too (display doesn't fill the screen completely) and I can help there if needed

 

@Loofah Yes it's ATi I've given him the info. Many thanks.

 

No worries, did it work?!

 

He's got around it in another way (don't know what) but is keeping your solution as a backup. He said, thank you.

 

Good stuff. I remember it happening to me when I first upgraded to W10 (and subsequent big updates) and it is SO frustrating losing hours to get it fixed.

 

Does anyone know why data downloaded onto a flashdrive from my W10 Laptop won't transfer to my Desktop running W7??