dragonelite
Member
So does my win8 pro license get converted to a win 10 pro license?
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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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brotkasten
Member
Yes.
Giolon
Member
I started having this problem last week and thought my system was messed up. I used the ISO for 10162 to install directly, but then my laptop won't see build 10166 on the fast ring. Sent some telemetry data to MS on request. Now to wait.
Yes,you can at least from 8.1.
No idea.
Shit.
Might as well ask since you are active here Giolon (RIP figure GAF). I am having fun lately turning figure photos into wallpapers.
For example, Selvaria looks nice as a wallpaper with the colored background here:
http://windcase.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-177.html?sp
Since your photos are always lovely and high quality, any chance for a similar focus (colorful, easy to make wallpapers instead of nature backgrounds).
Sorry for going total off topic lol.
Windows RT
Banned
Only 15 days to go. I am excited!!!!
My Dell laptop hasn't still received the Win10 reserve thing
Your windows up to date? I had an issue with Windows 7 where the updater broke and I had to delete one of the updates manually to get it to update properly after which the windows 10 update icon finally appeared for me.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Oh goddamnit have they still not fixed that shit in 10?
Some games do it, other assorted shit might do it, but my computer is really using a tiny fraction of it's CPU and memory every time it happens so I don't know what the fuck Windows is ever looking at, and it DOES NOT remember that I tell it to never show it again. It's so annoying.
Jzero
Member
Oh goddamnit have they still not fixed that shit in 10?
I haven't seen that pop up in years, so no.
brotkasten
Member
Oh goddamnit have they still not fixed that shit in 10?
Some games do it, other assorted shit might do it, but my computer is really using a tiny fraction of it's CPU and memory every time it happens so I don't know what the fuck Windows is ever looking at, and it DOES NOT remember that I tell it to never show it again. It's so annoying.
I've never had this happen.
Jzero
Member
Giolon
Member
Yeah, the Photos app is very awesome in concept (heavy rip-off on Apple Photostreams here), but lacking in execution. We need the ability to have different sorts, view by folder, add/remote pictures easily, upload to web, share, etc. Some of this functionality is available via the OneDrive website, but I'm not sure exactly how much is present in Windows 10. Hopefully, since MS can now update their bundled apps separately through the store, they will continue to iterate and improve upon them. It's a missed chance to release something really awesome in that app though for sure.
As for your other questions (and kind words, thanks!) I'll drop you a PM so we don't take this thread off track.
Windows RT
Banned
I knew it and I prefer my Surface 2 staying with RT. But my Sony Vaio laptop will upgrade to WIN10.
I sure hope they do actually give a fuck about their apps and not abandon them like Windows 8.
dragonelite
Member
Aah nice..
Yeah, ISOs won't work now either because they killed the activation codes. The next build you get will be RTM.
I feel like they're going to be tough on this point. Windows 10 is supoosedly the last big Windows release. Everything from here on will be provided through Windows Update. So if you can just transfer your key to a new computer, you'd never have to buy Windows again.
Yeah right, there will be a windows whatever in 3 years.
Diablohead
Member
The current windows 10 build is rather stable compared to a few weeks back but I did have one completely random pc reboot this morning, might have been a crash but all I was doing was watching a twitch stream.
I dunno, it looks like they really want to move to a model like Office 365 where they can assume that everyone running Windows has the latest version. This is a big plus from MS' perspective. For example, supporting Office 365 is a lot easier than providing updates for Office 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 simultaneously.
Microsoft's end game is to support one core OS, period. They do not want to have legacy systems in which do not scale. Windows 10 is a platform to that but isn't "it's final form" if you will. Their next OS post-Windows will be that full platform.
Anton Sugar
Member
I really don't get why they don't just leave the other account displayed in the left panel so you can easily switch between inboxes.
AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY "FLAGGED" FOLDER/FILTER?
Dead Prince
Banned
are there any custom wallpapers for the lock screen yet. i need something to go with that circle image. non goatse image please.
Steelyuhas
Member
It's in a drop down at the top of the inbox. You can choose "All", "Unread", or "Flagged".
Insane Metal
Member
This is so incredibly awesome! Hahahahaha! Good job, bro
Anton Sugar
Member
You are a golden god. Thank you!
They, Microsoft (i.e. YOU!) need to get on the ball about removing the GD accounts from the Mail app without having to untie it those from your login. To this day I cannot figure out why you have to have your login account e-mail tied to the mail app. Seems obtuse.
Giolon
Member
If you are using Windows 7 or newer, you can upgrade in place and you won't have to re-install your programs. I've upgraded from 8.1 to 10 and Steam as totally unaware of it.
Hi, I have a question about the Windows 10 installation. I'm going to buy a 500 GB SSD to have windows and my most used games and programs on it, while everything else will remain on my existing 2TB HDD.
My question is, at the moment of the upgrade to Win10 (from Windows 7), can I select the SSD to have Win10 to be installed there instead of my current C: HDD? If so, what will happen with my current HDD, will it get renamed to something like D:?
And what about the Windows 7 files, will they be deleted automatically? Also I don't want to format it, even though probably many programs will need reinstalling, I have about 1TB of Steam games downloaded and I don't want to redownload them.
Thanks for the help.
My question is, at the moment of the upgrade to Win10 (from Windows 7), can I select the SSD to have Win10 to be installed there instead of my current C: HDD? If so, what will happen with my current HDD, will it get renamed to something like D:?
And what about the Windows 7 files, will they be deleted automatically? Also I don't want to format it, even though probably many programs will need reinstalling, I have about 1TB of Steam games downloaded and I don't want to redownload them.
Thanks for the help.
LukasTaves
Member
They are certainly going to match outlook.com feature wise, right?
LukasTaves
Member
Can you please take a pic of it? I'm looking for over 10 minutes and can't find this drop down XD
Edit: It's there on my phone, but not on my desktop...
Edit 2: There's an stuck update for the mail app... Will try to force install it
The Elite
BOSS
I am in the same boat as you. I already have 8.1 on an HDD and have it set to upgrade to 10.
I decided to go ahead and install the 10 Preview on my SSD. What it does is basically relabel the old HDD to d: and your SSD is the new c:. When I switch back to my 8.1 install on the HDD it's reversed so that the HDD is c: and the SSD is d:. Pretty basic.
I'm not too sure how installing the final version will work. I would rather not do another install at this point at all. I just want to be able to make my SSD install Genuine using my upgraded 8.1 somehow. That may require a call to Microsoft.
Well, in the past I have reused my Windows 7 key like 3 times with different computers and never had to activate via phone, but if that's all I have to do then that's fine.
However, no matter what, when your 7 gets upgraded into 10, the original 7 key is just no more right? Can't call in and activate using it, nothing?
Also I have always, always done a clean install when upgrading OSes. Has the upgrade process changed now so that I can do an upgrade and there are no issues? No leftover files, bugs, errors, etc?
Thanks, I see.
So what happens with the Win 7 files after installing Win 10 on the new SSD, are they removed automatically by selecting some option on the setup, or will I have to remove them manually later?
Steelyuhas
Member
I haven't specifically looked, but if it's anything like 7->8 upgrades it takes the windows 7 folder windows folder and renames it to windows.old.
LukasTaves
Member
Thank you!
I had an old version installed, so the drop down wouldn't show. But once it updated it was there!
SirMossyBloke
Member
Manually, but you have to use a cleanup program built into WIndows 10 to do it. You can't just delete it like a regular folder.