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Gaming I cant host on PARSEC

Thread starter EpikJimmer
Start date Sep 9, 2019
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EpikJimmer

Screw hater

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Sep 9, 2019

#1

I know, i know, i have windows 7 instead of 8, 8.1 and 10...

...but is there any way to host with windows 7? I really dont want to upgrade

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Alex

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Sep 10, 2019

#2

JimPlayz912 said:
...but is there any way to host with windows 7? I really dont want to upgrade

What. why? The cons of staying on 7 far outweigh the cons of upgrading to 10. If you really hate Windows 10, then you should install Ubuntu instead, and run Windows 10 in a virtual machine if any games don't work on Wine or Proton.

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Sep 25, 2019

#3

Just upgrade to W10 LTSC.

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MistApo

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Nov 6, 2019

#4

Upgrade is the best option.

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