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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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killer rin
Member
Awesome, I might still be able to grab a free Windows 10 key before my dreamspark expires. (Not that I need it, but you can never have too many Windows Keys)
I think he means Windows 10 will be available on Dreamspark before he loses access to it.
Dead Prince
Banned
not a bad target.
killer rin
Member
Bingo. My Dreamspark account expires at the end of September last I checked. So I'm hoping I can grab a key for Windows 10 (Pro?) and Visual Studio 2015 Ultimate before it expires.
Then you'll end up with tons of keys
I got Windows 7/8/8.1 french, english, 64 and 32 bits keys from Dreamspark, and from what I saw each one of them is multi-region and compatible 32 and 64 bits. It makes a lot of potential Windows 10 keys.
My dreamspart got deactivated last september, but since the Windows 10 license will be free for all of those keys, I'm not missing much I think.
This just happened to me. Update happened, laptop restarted, I un-installed the Radeon from Device Manager and restarted to make Windows re-install it. I now have multimon/hardware accelerated video. Yay!
Anyone know how to force Windows to use a specific driver. I've got the Realtek audio sound bug and it only happens when Windows uses the Realtek driver. The generic MS audio driver works fine. However, Windows keeps pulling the Realtek driver after I go and delete it. It'll go with the MS driver and then just switch over to the Realtek one.
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I went and disabled the automatically install drivers from Windows Update, deleted the realtek audio and set it up again. It's using the generic Windows driver, hopefully that solves the issue.
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I went and disabled the automatically install drivers from Windows Update, deleted the realtek audio and set it up again. It's using the generic Windows driver, hopefully that solves the issue.
Dorsal Axe
Member
Is that the surround sound issue? I never thought to try using the Windows driver to avoid that.
What happens is anytime there's a notification (or any sound in general), it's a loud, screeching, grating sound that can only be described as the gates of hell opening and the tortured screams of an eternity of souls screaming combined with Rosanne Bar singing the National Anthem while 37 people scratch their nails on a chalkboard.
Bumping for glorious PhoneGAF: Windows 10 for phones technical preview is out now for the following models:
Lumia 630
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 730
Lumia 830
My 820 and Icon aren't there Higher-end phones are undergoing a little more dev time for "partition stitching" apparently.
Lumia 630
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 730
Lumia 830
My 820 and Icon aren't there
Higher-end phones are undergoing a little more dev time for "partition stitching" apparently.I mean, same with my 820. I'm guessing we'll see a rollout within the next week or two to more devices.
LukasTaves
Member
For the Surface Pro 3 owners on preview (or any tablet with pen).
Is the pen support really terrible for you too? Mine is not properly blocking my hand and it causes some nasty issue with the ink fighting with my hand for the input.
It's been like this since I upgraded, just want to make sure it's a common issue.
Is the pen support really terrible for you too? Mine is not properly blocking my hand and it causes some nasty issue with the ink fighting with my hand for the input.
It's been like this since I upgraded, just want to make sure it's a common issue.
LukasTaves
Member
Forgot to mention, that only happens in apps that handle the pen input as a pen (like both OneNotes). Using the pen in general, where it merely mimics the mouse seems to be fine.
luckygodzilla
Member
My icon weeps in disappointment.Bumping for glorious PhoneGAF: Windows 10 for phones technical preview is out now for the following models:
Lumia 630
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 730
Lumia 830
My 820 and Icon aren't there
Poodlestrike
Banned
Bumping for glorious PhoneGAF: Windows 10 for phones technical preview is out now for the following models:
Lumia 630
Lumia 635
Lumia 636
Lumia 638
Lumia 730
Lumia 830
My 820 and Icon aren't there
Sweet, I just got a 635 a few weeks ago.
820 I can understand as its not a Snapdragon 400 like the phones in the preview. If the 730 is getting it then the 735 should. Only difference is the 735 is 4G and not dual SIM.
CharlieDigital
Banned
This is probably the only time that I can recall that I'm actually kind of excited for a Microsoft OS.
Not with Vista, not with 7, not with 8 or 8.1.
Not even XP.
Not with Vista, not with 7, not with 8 or 8.1.
Not even XP.
Anton Sugar
Member
Thought I read somewhere we should expect new builds on a monthly basis. Can't find it now...think it mighta been on Windows Central.
HarryDemeanor
Member
I hope that new build is soon. Windows is dead set on making sure I run older AMD drivers.
Disabling hardware driver finding on Windows Update doesn't work either because we're forced to install every update, including video drivers. Pain in the butt at the moment.
Disabling hardware driver finding on Windows Update doesn't work either because we're forced to install every update, including video drivers. Pain in the butt at the moment.
NJDEN
Member
First time using Windows 10. So far I'm loving all most everything and it runs nearly flawlessly on my laptop; however, I can't stand the new start menu...
I wouldn't care if classic shell worked properly, but it doesn't since I can't drag icons into the menu without the normal Win10 menu appearing over it...
What happened to that start menu preview I saw last year sometime in the Fall . That one looked like it just combined the Windows 7 start menu with some Windows 8 start page functionality.
I wouldn't care if classic shell worked properly, but it doesn't since I can't drag icons into the menu without the normal Win10 menu appearing over it...
What happened to that start menu preview I saw last year sometime in the Fall . That one looked like it just combined the Windows 7 start menu with some Windows 8 start page functionality.
HarryDemeanor
Member
It was in the previous builds but was then replaced with the start menu that's in the current build.
They're still tweaking and adding things. The start menu is currently being built from the ground up.
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
Stability has been terrible since the last set of updates which included updated AMD drivers. Firefox, Chrome and VLC all shitting the bed at random and fairly frequently.
D
Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
you.... might not like windows? 3.11 was pretty dope i guess?
anyone here using it in enterprise for test? i just rolled out direct access at my office, and its amazing, but ein 7 is retarded as far as network awareness goes. win 8 is better but hoping for massive improvements in that area and IE stuff in general. ms doesnt really advertise it but IE is really thghtly tied to how windows works. IE 11 was a big step forward but i hope this new thing is really.... a new thing
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
People who brought you Start8 have launched a start menu replacement called Start10 for Windows 10 (an OS in beta) because "it's still lacking features."
It's a pretty disgusting cash grab trumpeted up with bullshit reasoning
...but HEY! OPTIONS right?
It's a pretty disgusting cash grab trumpeted up with bullshit reasoning
...but HEY! OPTIONS right?
Well, they are not wrong with this:
The start menu from Windows 10 (at least in the preview version) does lack a lot features that were present in Windows 7.
I really dislike the search bar look and the lack of jump lists and other options under RMB bothered me even in Windows 8.
The start menu from Windows 10 (at least in the preview version) does lack a lot features that were present in Windows 7.
I really dislike the search bar look and the lack of jump lists and other options under RMB bothered me even in Windows 8.
Mr. Wonderful
Member
The more file systems I have to navigate in an operating system, the better, I say! Start menu file trees, Windows Explorer file trees, registry file trees, secret registry file trees (oooh! Those are the best!).
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I think MS clearly stated their goal was to make the OS more efficient with each successive release of window since Vista.
EDIT: I don't know if the technical release will boast all the final optimizations necessary. I've only been running Win 10 in VM. Maybe you should do a rundown test with 8.1 first and then put 10 on there and run the same test. I'd be interested in knowing.
Ecto311
Member
Can I install it on a flash drive and run the OS from there or does it have to be on the shitty tiny built in drive? I have a 16gb class 10 card and a USB3 stick with 32gb and not sure if either of those would be faster than the built in MMC drive in the laptop.
ugh, the thin apple-like icons for navigating file explorer (black, forth) and to close windows are disgusting. looks especially ridiculous next to the fat and ugly pins. really not a fan of any of the icons in general.
and the task bar icons are way too small, more than half the space is empty with a tiny, tiny icon in the middle. wtf.
edit: really missing the charms menu, everything takes forever now. And I don't give a fuck about notification, so the entire thing is useless to me. Display is just a link.. Being able to change the brightness with two clicks was awesome. This is going to be for tablets what Windows 8 was for desktop computers..
the way grouped windows are displayed is also crap, really hard to differentiate and get a rough count of open windows.
and the task bar icons are way too small, more than half the space is empty with a tiny, tiny icon in the middle. wtf.
edit: really missing the charms menu, everything takes forever now. And I don't give a fuck about notification, so the entire thing is useless to me. Display is just a link.. Being able to change the brightness with two clicks was awesome. This is going to be for tablets what Windows 8 was for desktop computers..
the way grouped windows are displayed is also crap, really hard to differentiate and get a rough count of open windows.
WTF said:
So am I wrong or is windows update gone from the control panel? The metro windows update is ridiculous, there's no way to install updates manually (it's either auto or notify to restart), no way to specify a time, no way to see just what is being updated? It's literally just a single line with "an update is ready to install".
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
brotkasten
Member
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I'm not able to answer that myself... I have a Lynx tablet I plan to install Win10 once it hits the consumer preview and I'm hoping to try both USB and the micro SDHC drives as target before I wipe my built-in just to see if they'll work.
The same story as always: If you don't have a new build yet, it's because you don't want any of the builds out there.
Just....trust me on that one.
</bitter>
okay i feel silly because I can't get this to work
paste it into IE or Explorer and it says I don't have any apps that can open insider:// links . Am on Windows 10
Banderdash
Member
I'm on desktop build 9926... and I'm starting to get funny readings from Task Manager.
The computer will lock up or freeze, and when I open Task Manager it says that the drive is at 100% usage.
Anyone caught this before?
The computer will lock up or freeze, and when I open Task Manager it says that the drive is at 100% usage.
Anyone caught this before?
Same here but I'm testing on a shitty netbook with only 2GB of RAM
motherxwolf
Member
quick question about the people who update to windows 10 through windows 8.1, if I choose to update can I burn a disk of windows 10 and use my 8.1 key to install on the same computer? I would like to do a clean install
