new POS computer software company want win 7 then upgrade to win 10 say works better

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sleepy

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#196333 27-May-2016 12:10

new POS computer

with touch screen I5 8gb and 256 ssd

to use with RAMSYS POS

the person setting up for our group wants us to install win 7 then upgrade to win 10 he says works better

"Spec is good, is there any chance of him installing windows 7 then upgrading to windows 10? Makes the system work a lot better that way as currently some Ramsys functions do not work properly on Windows 10 native"

Seems strange the company we are getting pc off do not understand either

Any thoughts

Thanks Alan

trig42

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#1560629 27-May-2016 12:25

Doesn't make sense to me either.

I thought (may be wrong) that the upgrade from 7 to 10 involved moving the old Win7 directory (C:\Windows) and installing a fresh Win10, then copying user data back in. It certainly takes a LOT longer to upgrade to 10 than it does to install from scratch.

I think what your POS supplier is asking of your vendor, is that can they supply the PC with Win7 installed, then do the free upgrade to 10? You could just tell the POS vendor that that is what has been done...

gzt

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#1560636 27-May-2016 12:30

Ask for a full explanation of why/what the implementor thinks that is needed.

Off the top of my head it sounds like a very roundabout way of achieving compatibility with software that has some compatibility issues with windows 10. /speculation

If so, there are usually easier ways to do that.

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#1560649 27-May-2016 12:42

The cynic in me says that somebody has a lot of Windows 7 keys that they want to use up.

Disclaimer: I have absolutely no bias against Windows 7.

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Inphinity

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#1560650 27-May-2016 12:43

Someone wants to charge more time for setup, imo.

robcreid

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#1560666 27-May-2016 12:56

The only possibility I can think of is that they have some driver or software installer that is hardcoded to only install on Win7 but that does work on Win 10 after an upgrade.

sleepy

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#1561096 28-May-2016 09:32

Enjoying the thoughts

to be fair no one has extra win 7 licenses the joy of the double install is probably mine and the ramsys installer is only installing POS

I like Robcreid's idea but still seems odd if they can narrow it down surely its easy to just install the driver needed

Thanks

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nathan

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#1561122 28-May-2016 10:41

Let us know if we can help the ISV with appcompat recommendations for Windows 10

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#1561125 28-May-2016 10:50

Compatibility aside, it could also be a vendor misunderstanding (native) about x86/x64 versions of win 10.