It's really unfortunate that some people still rely on Windows for their computing. There are better, more respectful alternatives but Microsoft's stranglehold causes problems switching.
https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Freedom_Ladder
This page is a work in progress but if you scroll down you'll see some rough guidelines on how to get off of proprietary software, eventually Windows, one step at a time.
Free/Libre/Open Source software is guaranteed to be supported by GNU/Linux, and it also has many other perks.