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		carlosjobim 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: End of 10: Upgrade your old Windows 10 computer to... The answer is to simply not upgrade those machines. Computers that are important for work shouldn't be upgraded or experimented on.

SpecialistK 8 months ago [–]

That's part of a risk calculation. Is the risk of an outage from upgrading the OS (officially or not) higher than the risk of leaving the machine unpatched?

And that calculation is affected by so many things, including the physical security and if it's internet-connected.

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