Windows 10 – A new Journey

Windows 10 is a lot more different if compared to Windows 7. Such as the interface is different, menus, icons, even the famous Start button is different. What if you want to run your old Windows 7 interface on Windows 10? What if you wanted to bring back the good old Start button?

Don’t worry, by following some guidelines, you can actually do this. In this post, we’ve shared how you can change your Windows 10 interface to Windows 7.

Get the Wallpaper

First of all, we’ve to focus on your desktop interface – which is Icons and wallpaper. Windows 7 wallpapers are easily available on the internet. Just match your screen resolution with it, and download and save the image on your PC. The next step is to change icons. Right-click on the Desktop and select ‘Personalize‘. Now search for Icon, and change them. You can change all icons or just the useful ones like This PC, My documents, etc.

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Bring the Start Menu back

Microsoft tried to rid of the start menu in the Windows 8 update. In return, it became one of the most demanded features by windows users. Now with windows 10, it’s back again. But not like your traditional windows 7 appearance. To bring the old vibes, you have to install a third-party software called Open-Shell-menu.

Don’t worry, this program is completely safe from malware or viruses. Launch the program on your PC, click the tab ‘Start Menu Style‘. Here select ‘Windows 7 Style‘ and click the ‘OK‘ button. This program will bring the classic Windows 7 Start Menu, and start button back.

Recreate the Aero Theme

Now the third step is to bring back the attractive aero theme. Open Shell Menu can help you to get the appearance. Launch the application, and under the ‘Skin‘ tab, choose ‘Windows Aero‘ from the drop-down list.

Startup Sound

Lastly, its time to bring back the windows 7 sound. Download the Windows 7 Startup Sound, and convert it into WAV format. Now press the windows logo+R button an type ‘regit‘. On the top left corner, select HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

Make sure you have the Admin privileges. Now navigate to AppEvents > EventLabels > WindowsLogon and double-click on ‘ExcludeFromCPL‘. Here change the value of ‘1’ to ‘0’, and closet the registry editor. Now go to the control panel and search for Sound, here select the Windows audio option.

Under the ‘Sound control panel‘, click the ‘sound‘ tab and mark the option ‘Play Windows start-up sound‘. Here you’ll see an option ‘Windows Log On‘, select it, browse the sound you’ve just downloaded. After doing all this, click the ‘Apply‘ button and restart your PC.

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How to download Windows 10 for Free

Before actually going to the downloading process, first, check either your system specs matches the OS specs list. To check this, just click on the Properties under This PC icon or you can go to Control Panel > System and Security > System.

Windows 10 Minimum Requirements

CPU: 1GHz

RAM: 2GB

Storage: 32GB Free on HDD

GPU: Directx9 Compatible

Internet Connection: Requires for downloading process

Windows 10 Recommended Requirements

CPU: 2GHz dual-core

RAM: 4GB

Storage: 160GB

GPU: Directx9 Compatible

Internet Connection: Requires for downloading process

Windows 10 Download

Now you have to Download Windows Media Creation Tool on your PC. Visit the Microsoft webpage and select the option “Download tool now”. Download and install this program on your PC. Once installed, run the application and select the “Upgrade PC now” option.

Now use your Windows 7 or 8.1 license key to install Windows 10.

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Microsoft, the US multinational company that provides operating systems to most computers and laptops around the world, has discontinued the ‘Windows 7’ operating system update on computers worldwide. Millions of computers around the world have lost new updates to ‘Windows 7’ from January 14, 2020, after Microsoft stopped providing ‘Windows 7’ updates.

Microsoft announced a year ago that the company would suspend the supply of ‘Windows 7‘ updates from January 2020, and now discontinue the operating system. More than 32% of computers and laptops worldwide are currently operating on ‘Windows 7’ – the operating system mentioned in one of every three computers in the world.

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According to the company, ‘Windows 10‘ can be purchased for the US $ 139 and will continue to provide updates for this operating system. Also, Microsoft has advised people to buy a new Windows 10 computer if they have a computer older than three years.

The company has also made it clear that although the update to Windows 7 has been stopped from January 14, 2020, computers and laptops running the above operating system will continue to work.

The company also warned that computers and laptops running Windows 7 without an update could attack viruses and that the devices mentioned could be a cybersecurity issue. That’s why the company has advised people and businesses to get their systems on ‘Windows 10’ or get a special Windows 7 update for additional charges.

Windows 7 was introduced by the company in 2009 and now 11 years later the update to the operating system has been discontinued. Microsoft is considered to be the largest and most trusted company with regard to the operating system of computers. The company also provides operating systems for certain mobiles.

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