How can I know if I'll take a performance hit if I install windows 7?

[gheedorah]

I just bought a new laptop (MSI GS73VR Stealth Pro-025), which came with Windows 10 installed. I've never used Windows 10 before (desktop is Windows 7), and so far, its pretty awful. I can't get complete admin control (I have leftover files from uninstalling Skyrim mods that I can't delete, and can't seem to elevate my privileges any higher). I can't turn off auto-update. "Feedback" and diagnostic reports seem more intrusive and less controllable than in 7. I can't even "Bing Lookup" a dirty picture (ok, trivial, but its a principle thing), because it is age restricted (clicking the SafeSearch Settings link lets me change from "Strict" to "Off", but even after saving the change, it won't retain it). I've read that I have to give credit card information or submit a photocopy of my license to get Windows' permission to control this. (Is that actually true?!) The whole experience feels like someone smashed a see-and-say inside of a laptop and gave it to me, the reluctant toddler. And to boot, Windows 7 was gloriously nice to look at, while this feels pretty much like being in Safe Mode all the time.

There are lots more things I'm not into, but I'm not thinking clearly because I'm super irked.

Anyway, I really just can't stand 10, and I've been trying to give it a chance, but I can't find really any benefits to justify giving it any further effort. I want to put Windows 7 on this laptop. I know I'll miss out on DX12, but for the games I'd likely play, DX11 is all I need. Otherwise, I don't think (old old version of Adobe Multimedia Suite, whatever word processing app, etc) will have any issue with 7 instead of 10. What I want to know is, can 7 take full advantage of this CPU/GPU/other hardware, or would I take significant hits in speed/performance? Is there a way to determine this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jwcrellin]

Don't worry about it, no gaming performance hit, and windows 11 will be out at the end of the year.

 

[USAFRet]

I can't get complete admin control (I have leftover files from uninstalling Skyrim mods that I can't delete, and can't seem to elevate my privileges any higher).

False

I can't turn off auto-update.

Mostly true

"Feedback" and diagnostic reports seem more intrusive and less controllable than in 7.

You can turn that off.

I can't even "Bing Lookup" a dirty picture (ok, trivial, but its a principle thing), because it is age restricted (clicking the SafeSearch Settings link lets me change from "Strict" to "Off", but even after saving the change, it won't retain it).

Absolutely false

I've read that I have to give credit card information or submit a photocopy of my license to get Windows' permission to control this. (Is that actually true?!)

That is beyond belief. No....that does not exist.


Are you logged in with a Microsoft account, and is that a 'child' account of someone else?

 

[USAFRet]

Don't worry about it, no gaming performance hit, and windows 11 will be out at the end of the year.

"Windows 11"
I assume you've seen some documentation on this? Can you share this with the class?

 

[gheedorah]

Don't worry about it, no gaming performance hit, and windows 11 will be out at the end of the year.

I don't want more of this! I want Windows 7. Any way of knowing if I'll have any problems/take any hits with hardware/drivers/performance if I were to install Windows 7?

 

[jwcrellin]

Officially windows 7 has no more update support but that doesn't mean it won't work just as you remember it. Finding a valid activation code is getting harder every day. Your pc with 7 will be fine.

 

[gheedorah]

I can't get complete admin control (I have leftover files from uninstalling Skyrim mods that I can't delete, and can't seem to elevate my privileges any higher).

False

I can't turn off auto-update.

Mostly true

"Feedback" and diagnostic reports seem more intrusive and less controllable than in 7.

You can turn that off.

I can't even "Bing Lookup" a dirty picture (ok, trivial, but its a principle thing), because it is age restricted (clicking the SafeSearch Settings link lets me change from "Strict" to "Off", but even after saving the change, it won't retain it).

Absolutely false

I've read that I have to give credit card information or submit a photocopy of my license to get Windows' permission to control this. (Is that actually true?!)

That is beyond belief. No....that does not exist.


Are you logged in with a Microsoft account, and is that a 'child' account of someone else?

- I'm on the main (admin) account. All I can ever get is "try again", "skip", or "cancel" when I try to delete certain files (making sure that they're not in use, etc, beforehand).

-I've definitely seen a place or two where I didn't have an option to fully opt-out. I'll try to find one such instance and will post back.

-Ok, that's what's happening to me, and when I google to try to resolve it, all I can find is that it's an issue of my Microsoft account thinking I'm a kid, or something like that. I don't even have a Microsoft account, and have never logged into anything Microsoft since I bought this computer 3 days ago.

-https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12411/microsoft-account-change-birthdate (many permutations of searches about the problem of not being able to permanently save SafeSearch settings in Edge result in a link to this page)

Can you point me to fixes for (any/all of) these issues? And/or, can you tell me if there's any way I can determine whether I'd have issues if I just installed Windows 7 instead?

 

[gheedorah]

Officially windows 7 has no more update support but that doesn't mean it won't work just as you remember it. Finding a valid activation code is getting harder every day. Your pc with 7 will be fine.

Thanks! New (GTX 1060) can still be fully utilized? Same for new gen i7?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

Drivers - - check that your laptop maker has released Windows 7 drivers for that laptop model, otherwise you may be spending weeks or months looking for drivers which work.

It's important yet you don't seem to have taken that in to account it at all.

On a laptop you can't just change a component to get around a driver issue like you could with a desktop PC.