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i have tried to read back on posts about upgrading to 10 but have lost track if this is recommended or not. i have windows 8, and datacad lite 17. can someone post detailed intructions about backing up drawings and de-activating datacad please? i am not an everyday user of datacad but i want to stay up to date. also, what is recommended for backing up my drawings, CD-R disks?

I would wait a bit longer before upgrading to Win10 - there are issues at the moment with use of some of the Function keys crashing DataCAD in Win10 machines. This is a Win10 change that also can affect other programs.

Purely from an anecdotal-standpoint, from what I've heard from people with actual experience with the Win-10 up-grade; stay with Win-7 or Win-8 as long as possible, forever if possible. Nothing but trouble...

Plus, no-one trusts MS not to insist on expensive annual license renewals OR ELSE...

Just to balance the anecdotal scales, I have upgraded 4 of our machines and have not had any issues. I really like some of the new features and find that restarts are a bit faster than with Windows 7 or 8.1. Dave and company did a great job of quickly resolving the issue with function keys.

Having said that, if Windows 7 is working, no particular need to upgrade other than to take advantage of Microsoft's offer of the free upgrade.. I just like being out on the leading edge, despite the occasional arrow or two.

A great holiday to the entire DataCAD community.

I'll echo that. I have had no issues with Datacad when upgrading to Windows 10.

Love Windows 10! The function key issue with Datacad has been my only real issue with it so far, and now that's all fixed up with the latest 18.01 patch for Datacad. Running it on 15 stations at work, and 5 at home. All upgraded for free.

I haven't had any issues moving to Win10 with any of my computers, but I haven't updated my main work computer (that's in my "Santa List" for Friday/Saturday/Sunday!). Other than the issues noted and addressed by DC LLC for Win10 (and NOT DC LLC's issue) for V17 and V18 I haven't had any problems going to Win10 from Win7 and Win8 on my desktops and laptops.

I prefer the look/feel of Win7, but Win10 has been very stable so far. If you don't have a (relatively) recent computer you will probably experience some issues; my issues are mainly due to older printers that were current as of XP but are ancient relative to Win10.

I just read this on Glenn Reynolds Instapundit-site. http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/222620/#respond

SO THE TECH COMPANIES ARE JUST AN ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT NOW:
Windows 10 covertly sends your disk-encryption keys to Microsoft. And under the “third party doctrine,” the government can get them from Microsoft without a warrant. But wait, there’s more: Windows 10 has many unprecedented anti-user features: a remote killswitch that lets it disable your hardware; keylogging and browser-history logging that, by default, sends it all to Microsoft, and a deceptive “privacy mode” that continues to exfiltrate your data, even when you turn it on.

And I've always avoided the Apple evil Mothership in the past, but hmmmmm....