Free Windows 10 upgrade
Jul 29, 2015, 10:49 am
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The above post may be in error - I forgot I put my computers to sleep rather than power down, so the cumulative total since the last time it was powered down (about a week) is showing.
Or, to quote Gilda Radner, "Never mind!"
Or, to quote Gilda Radner, "Never mind!"
Jul 29, 2015, 11:06 am
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Jul 29, 2015, 1:06 pm
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Rollout starts happening today.
This site gives a little more info, although I didn't like this:
I thought they would give you an option to let them know a good time.
At least it doesn't say they will automatically upgrade your OS.
Also, no word yet on just getting the .iso image, and how they will handle activation.
This site gives a little more info, although I didn't like this:
I thought they would give you an option to let them know a good time.
At least it doesn't say they will automatically upgrade your OS.
Also, no word yet on just getting the .iso image, and how they will handle activation.
Jul 29, 2015, 1:41 pm
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I'm IT clueless so I'm just following the instructions.
Jul 29, 2015, 1:58 pm
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Don't bother making your own ISOs, you can download them directly from MS.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...d/windows10ISO
You can also seemingly force your computer to upgrade rather than waiting for the Windows 10 tool to tell you it is ready. Download the Windows 10 media tool from MS here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...load/windows10 - run it and choose the option to upgrade this PC now.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...d/windows10ISO
You can also seemingly force your computer to upgrade rather than waiting for the Windows 10 tool to tell you it is ready. Download the Windows 10 media tool from MS here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...load/windows10 - run it and choose the option to upgrade this PC now.
Last edited by javabytes; Jul 29, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Jul 29, 2015, 3:09 pm
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Left my Surface 3 on power, sleeping, throughout today. The upgrade process is seamless but a tad slow (thanks, presumably, to Microsoft's brain dead decision to cut corners, and not use flash, on this device). Windows 10 itself looks very nice. I don't do beta OS, so tonight was my first play with it. I love the task view and quite like the multiple desktop implementation.
Last edited by Internaut; Jul 29, 2015 at 3:21 pm
Jul 29, 2015, 3:57 pm
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But yes, I can see where that would make the Windows 10 upgrade glacial. Putting the preview builds on my Compute Stick were painfully slow and that has 32gb eMMC.
Jul 29, 2015, 5:58 pm
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Well I took the plunge. Upgrade is installed. It refused to activate for a while, saying "Windows can't activate, try again later" and that ""0xC004F061 - The Software Licensing Service reported that the license could not be found or was invalid." Seems this is just related to overloaded servers though. After clicking the Activate button about a dozen times, it finally activated.
Jul 29, 2015, 10:07 pm
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I took the plunge and my first reaction was " I want 8.1 back".
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
Jul 29, 2015, 10:13 pm
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Hey Guys,
I am on new Windows 10 and it's great! I can see everything. We have startup button. I just downloaded it for free and also, we have a problem with monitor. We have someone come over there at my house today. He fixed my computer and etc. So now, it's working well. Thanks to my friends and appreciate for my helps.
I am on new Windows 10 and it's great! I can see everything. We have startup button. I just downloaded it for free and also, we have a problem with monitor. We have someone come over there at my house today. He fixed my computer and etc. So now, it's working well. Thanks to my friends and appreciate for my helps.
Jul 29, 2015, 10:30 pm
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I took the plunge and my first reaction was " I want 8.1 back".
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
Jul 29, 2015, 10:33 pm
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I took the plunge and my first reaction was " I want 8.1 back".
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
My big problem is that it seems to be Chrome unfriendly...in fact I can't even surf with chrome which comes up with blank pages saying " untitled" for every icon I have to favorite webpages. I even changed my default browser to Chrome from the new Windows E and I am getting nothing.
1) No good ad-blockers for Edge yet.
2) No Privacy Badger (or Ghostery for those who prefer it) yet.
3) Already have all your bookmarks in Chrome.
4) Use Chrome extensions for things like Hangouts chat, Gmail offline, etc.
(I mainly use Firefox, but a lot of the Google-ecosystem stuff I use works better in Chrome, and I've got Firefox so locked down for privacy and security, that I need to have some fallback on pages that break.)
Jul 29, 2015, 10:52 pm
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