Upgrade to Windows 10?

This thing (the Media Creation Tool) has been "Checking for updates" for me for like half an hour and it's at only 14%. It's going up in percentage but horribly slowly. That normal?

Not really, took 10-15 minutes for me all in all. Granted they may have region-based servers, I'm in Scandinavia/EU so maybe those servers aren't as overloaded.


FakeEdit: Also Edge is a piece of shit browser, frequently stalls when typing
 
Mine didn't work properly so I went to the manufacturer's website (Asus) and downloaded the drivers. It wasn't completely non-functional though. Is yours showing up in Device Manager?

Yeah, I've already fixed it.

Annoyingly though it's switched the way I 2 finger scroll around; now I'm constantly scrolling up instead of down...
 
.. Weird. I had optional installs (including a few Windows 7 security updates) and when I chose to have them installed, only NOW does Windows 10 say its downloading.
 
Yeah, I've already fixed it.

Annoyingly though it's switched the way I 2 finger scroll around; now I'm constantly scrolling up instead of down...
You can change the way it scrolls in the ASUS Smart Gesture app.

My touchpad works now, but going a page forward and backwards in Edge doesn't work.
 
Everybody asking for a key needs to let windows 10 install normally. It never asks for a key, it just does its thing and you are good to go. Patience will solve your problems.
 
So to do a clean install I first need to 'upgrade' so that my windows 8.1 cdkey works with windows 10?

Yes. You can upgrade, then inside Windows 10 there's a reinstall option which wipes C: and reinstalls the OS from recovery partition.
 
Whenever I try to system reset on windows 10 I get stuck at the "Choose your keyboard layout" menu after it reboots. The mouse doesn't do anything (laser is on), and the keyboard don't work and it's LEDs don't work. So I'm unable to do anything and it's effectively frozen. I don't need to do it I just thought I'd try it.
 
Left my PC on overnight on the "It's taking longer than usual please wait" screen and it was still on that screen in the morning. Took the chance of turning the computer off and on and it booted up into windows fine, phew!

Now Xbox, Store, hell even Calculator crashes or doesn't boot up when I try to open itt. Any ideas on how to fix it? The only app I tried that doesn't do it is the internet browser.
 
Hope you guys like the update.

FakeEdit: Also Edge is a piece of shit browser, frequently stalls when typing

It's come a long way in just a couple months. I'm hoping over the next month or so they tighten up the UI as much as they have the past month. If so, I might use it as my main browser.
 
When it says "Keep personal files and apps" what does it mean by apps? Everything that's installed on the PC?

Most likely, there should be a list of which apps won't work and will be deleted before you complete the final option. For me it was stuff like Divix, Diablo 3, Battle.net, and such.
 
My start button doesn't work. Everytime I try to use one of the new apps or open the settings app I get "The trial period for this app has expired." I can't even open the store app. What should I do? Is there a way to reinstall?
 
Why is there no way to check if the background download is actually happening? I would just say screw that and download manually, but I don't know if I ever wrote down my key. I got it free while I was in college. I can't log in to where I downloaded it from now since I graduated.
 
Most likely, there should be a list of which apps won't work and will be deleted before you complete the final option. For me it was stuff like Divix, Diablo 3, Battle.net, and such.

I'll just do the refresh your pc thing after upgrading

Someone said earlier that it's recommended to backup or disconnect other drives that Windows is not installed on

You don't to it manually, right? I can do it by BIOS and it will be just the same?
 
Why is there no way to check if the background download is actually happening? I would just say screw that and download manually, but I don't know if I ever wrote down my key. I got it free while I was in college. I can't log in to where I downloaded it from now since I graduated.


You don't need a key if you force the update through the run command mentioned throughout this thread. Just don't use the ISO.
 
.. Weird. I had optional installs (including a few Windows 7 security updates) and when I chose to have them installed, only NOW does Windows 10 say its downloading.

Yeah uh, nevermind.

Nothing prompted, if I try to search for updates now it says all updates have been installed and the previous 5GB-sized folder ($Windows.~BT) has been reduced to 140 MB.

Not sure what to do now. Can't do the direct one either because all my USBs are occupied.
 
My start button doesn't work. Everytime I try to use one of the new apps or open the settings app I get "The trial period for this app has expired." I can't even open the store app. What should I do? Is there a way to reinstall?

If you can access the search icon on the task bar.

Search for Settings > update & security > recovery

If you want to try reinstall, hope you don't run into the choose your keyboard layout situation I ran into where my mouse and keyboard couldn't function to select anything.
 
Why is there no way to check if the background download is actually happening? I would just say screw that and download manually, but I don't know if I ever wrote down my key. I got it free while I was in college. I can't log in to where I downloaded it from now since I graduated.

If it's downloading 10, it will show in your windows update.

I've done it twice now and was never asked for a key.
 
I have a question for those who installed from 8.1 (or any version for that matter)

I noticed there's a new "Recovery Partition" on my hard drive, despite clearing the previous version of Windows (via Disk Cleanup utility). I was wondering if there's any way to clear or delete this considering my System Reserve is already shown to be a separate segment within my hard drive.
 
This is a sexy OS.


I'm loving the dark theme, even Edge has a dark theme. Screw white on computers, everything should be black.

I like the look and feel of edge. I just can't get over how it doesn't save and reopen my tabs when I exit.
 
having bother activating now.

I upgraded before doing a clean install after advice but it hasn't recognised me and my old windows 8 key doesn't work
 
Those who upgraded with the .iso file, is your Windows 10 activated?

I upgraded through the download tool and it's activated. Was that the iso file?


Really happy with Windows 10 right now. The AMD Catalyst software works again, hasn't worked for the past 3 years on Windows 7.
 
My start button doesn't work. Everytime I try to use one of the new apps or open the settings app I get "The trial period for this app has expired." I can't even open the store app. What should I do? Is there a way to reinstall?

I managed to fix it. If anyone is getting the same error, run Powershell in admin mode and paste this command:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart, and it should work.
 
Man, this has been one big headache so far. For whatever reason, my MSI Z97 Gaming 5 BIOS did not like whatever the Windows 10 upgrade did to it during setup. When my PC rebooted during setup it'd just freeze on the initial BIOS screen. I eventually stumbled upon the fix of disconnecting my SSD, starting the system without it hooked up, turning it off and then connecting the SSD again. For whatever reason, that allowed it to boot. Did that three times during the setup process, then again when I rebooted after getting into the OS.

Decided to update my BIOS after that (not like the one I was using was ancient, being from last November), which seems to have solved that issue for good. However, I now can't activate Windows. It just throws up the error code 0xC004F034, which apparently means the licence can't be found or is invalid. All I want to do is have my licence sorted so that I can do a clean install. Upgrading like this is always a complete fucking mess, and so it's proven again.
 
Alright. I need some help here TechGAF. I started the installation process around 7:30 AM. It's now 9:45 AM. At first everything was going fine. The process was at 15% when my screen went blank, but was still lit up. I've tried forcing it off, then turning it back on, but that doesn't help. It still lets me access the standard Windows boot screen if that can help me out. Anyways, after it loads past the boot screen is when it continues to hang on a dimly lit empty screen.
 
I've loved Windows 10 for the few days I've been using it.

First thing I noticed was that my benchmark scores actually went up using the same driver.

But now I have an issue where I manually install new Nvidia drivers, but after the installation my video cards are no longer recognized. The only way to fix it is to let Windows manually install the drivers itself. Really, really annoying. I mean... what happens if a new driver is bad and I want to revert?
 
The fuck. So I went back to reinstall Windows 8.1 and get a "This key won't work with this edition of Windows, try again"

:|.

Edit: But hey, if all else fails I have a 8 key, then I can just update to 8.1 and then to 10! The joys of Windows.

Edit #2: I have separate keys because of Dreamspark, if anyone's wondering :P. And it'd obviously be quicker to downgrade to my 7 key then update to 10 :lol
 
I managed to fix it. If anyone is getting the same error, run Powershell in admin mode and paste this command:


Restart, and it should work.

I have similar problems
my left click and right clicks arent working in any modern/ metro apps. ive tried a different mouse and reinstalling the drivers as well as restarting the pc but nothing fixed it.
 
I've loved Windows 10 for the few days I've been using it.

First thing I noticed was that my benchmark scores actually went up using the same driver.

But now I have an issue where I manually install new Nvidia drivers, but after the installation my video cards are no longer recognized. The only way to fix it is to let Windows manually install the drivers itself. Really, really annoying. I mean... what happens if a new driver is bad and I want to revert?

This is because the Nvidia website published drivers are older than the windows update drivers. The old drivers have a SLI recognition issue. The new ones don't.

Roll with the windows update drivers until things settle down.
 
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