In each case I'm glad I did, and found the process a lot less jarring than the clean install I did on my fourth machine - which required redoing all my settings and reinstalling all my applications. I've now upgraded my three main working machines - a laptop, a netbook, and a desktop which doubles as a server and HTPC machine.

If you're running Windows 7, and don't need to switch from 32-bit to 64-bit, then an upgrade is a viable option.įortunately Microsoft has actually done a very solid job of making the process of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 pretty painless. But if you're like me and have dozens of applications installed, the idea of re-installing all of them can itself be a daunting roadblock. Conventional wisdom says that a clean install gives you the best way to have a solid, running Windows installation. This is also a good step toward Microsoft’s new browser and should open the doors to creating more of the popular extensions to be added soon.If you've been seriously considering taking the plunge and moving to Windows 8, you've probably also been wondering whether you should do a clean install or an upgrade. But, now that it’s here, switching over from Chrome seems a lot more likely. In fact, I haven’t been able to use Microsoft Edge as my full-time browser because there hasn’t been LastPass. I’m a big proponent of it and have been anxiously awaiting its arrival. You can also turn on the option to show the LastPass button next to the address bar. If you’re familiar with LastPass, it works just like you’d expect in Chrome and Firefox with lots of preferences. Once it’s ready to go, ahead and sign in to start using it. That brings you to the Windows Store, find LastPass and start installing it.

Here we’ll take a look at how to install it on the preview version of the Anniversary Update the process should be virtually identical when the final version is released to everyone this summer.Ĭlick the ellipsis (options) at the upper-right corner and select Extensions > Get Extensions. So, if you’re a user of the popular password manager, and have been waiting forever to get it in Edge when the Anniversary Update is released, you can have peace of mind knowing it will be ready out of the box.

While this isn’t the final version of Windows 10 quite yet, it’s just around the corner.

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