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Don’t lose your Internet Settings! Get our Windows® 10 Compatibility Pack. Don’t lose your Internet Settings! Get our Windows® 10 Compatibility Pack. CenturyLink has partnered with Synacor to offer this free automated solution. Download Now Windows® 10 and Microsoft’s® new browser, Edge, will change the way you access the Internet During the Windows® 10Microsoft® Edge is a new browser designed to replace Internet Explorer (IE). It will be installed as the default browser with Windows® 10. The Internet Explorer icon will be removed from the QuickLaunch taskbar and the desktop and replaced with the Edge icon. Edge will replace your home page and will not automatically port over your favorite bookmarks. The CenturyLink Compatibility Pack The Compatibility Pack will help you retain, or return, your bookmarks and shortcuts, so that you can continue to access the Internet the way you are accustomed to after the Windows® 10It is available for devices with qualified Windows® 7 and 8.1 operating systems. More details are available from Microsoft®: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/features What System requirements do I need for Windows® 10? Microsoft® will check your system to make sure it can install the update, but if your PC can run Windows® 8.1 you are eligible. Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) Free hard disk space: 16 GB Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX® 9 graphics device with WDDM driver A Microsoft® account and Internet access See the Microsoft® website for more details: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-faq-system-requirements-pc What are the advantages and disadvantages of downloading Windows® 10? Techradar.pro and PC Advisor have done reviews of the available Windows® 10 previews. Check out those reviews here: http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/pc-mac/software/operating-systems/windows-10-1267364/review/1 and http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/review/operating-systems-software/windows-10-hands-on-review-3574736/ . What is Microsoft’s® new browser Edge? Microsoft® Edge is a new browser designed to replace Internet Explorer (IE). It will be installed as the default browser with Windows® 10. The Internet Explorer icon will be removed from the QuickLaunch taskbar and the desktop and replaced with the Edge icon. Edge will replace your home page and will not port over your favorite bookmarks. It may not be compatible with all your favorite sites. The default search engine for Edge is Bing. For more details on Edge, see Microsoft’s® website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-get-to-know-microsoft-edge Will Edge know/remember my user names and passwords for various websites? (video) No, Edge has no history when it is first loaded so it has no memory” of user names or passwords. The browser you were using previously will still have this history. Watch the following easy step by step video. What if I want to continue to use Internet Explorer as my browser? (video) Download the Compatibility Pack or you will need to search for Internet Explorer on your computer and create a new icon for your desktop. What happens if I am using Chrome or Firefox as my Internet browser? If you have a Chrome or Firefox icon on the desktop, start menu, or QuickLaunch taskbar, it will be unchanged. You can also access Chrome or Firefox from the start menu via the All Apps button. Ways you can retain your favorite Internet settings BEFORE you install Windows® 10 Can I save my bookmarks before IWays to recover or set your favorite Internet settings AFTER you install Windows® 10 Can I set my Home Page in Edge? (video) Yes, watch the following easy step-by-step video to see how to customize your startpage in Edge. Can I retrieve my Internet Explorer bookmarks in Edge? (video) Yes, watch the following easy step-by-step video to see how to set transfer your Internet Explorer bookmarks to Edge. Can I still access my favorite browser after the Windows® 10To change the default browser, watch the following easy step-by-step video. Receive updates about Windows® 10 Had enough tech talk? Click here to catch up on the latest news, watch popular videos, and check your email at centurylink.net...