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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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Steelyuhas
Member
Is it already known by the way how many space Windows 10 will need with the full release? I'm cleaning up space on my SSD anyway, but to have some kind of indication would be nice
Space available for an upgrade? Not sure, but I think the downloads are roughly 3GB, so you probably need that much.
Space available for a clean install? Roughly 20GB for a 64-bit install.
Oh, in that case I've got plenty of space on my SSD haha.
HarryDemeanor
Member
During the upgrade your key will be turned into a Windows 10 key. You will not be able to go back to Windows 7 once you have upgraded to Windows 10 as it will not work with the old key.
If I don't change parts and win 10 doesn't work with some key programs I have, can I revert back to 7 on my pc?
Green Embers
Member
Once you upgrade your key from 7 to 10, there is no returning to 7. You would need to buy a new copy of 7.
Giolon
Member
Damn having some major problems upgrading here. My laptop won't upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update anymore by using the Insider Preview installer.
Ok fine, so I installed build 10162 from the ISO. However, now after switching to the fast ring, my laptop never sees build 10166. It was all working fine a week or so ago when 10158, 10159, and 10162 were released >.<
Ok fine, so I installed build 10162 from the ISO. However, now after switching to the fast ring, my laptop never sees build 10166. It was all working fine a week or so ago when 10158, 10159, and 10162 were released >.<
Red Liquorice
Member
This basically confirms that I'm going to wait until day 364 until I decide to install 10 or not.
fluffydelusions
Member
I changed hardware multiple times and my key was invalid and just chatted with MS support and they changed it no questions. They just had to login remotely and get some info
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
I have a Windows 7 and Windows 8 key, does it automatically upgrade the one I'm currently using or do I get an option to input the key I wish to upgrade?
Green Embers
Member
Hmm, I am guessing here but I think whichever you use when you upgrade.
Also from the previous post about chatting customer support about refreshing the key for new hardware, I wonder if that would work to roll back to a previous version of windows if you're unhappy with 10. Any one know?
Oh shit. Thought I could revert if its not compatible on my main w7 pc
not psycho
Member
Wait, this doesn't make sense.
If you have retail Windows 7, then you should get retail Windows 10, and therefore be able to install it again every time you get a new PC (as long as you no longer use the old one).
If you have OEM Windows 7 Professional, then you currently have downgrade rights, and it would be weird to take that away when getting 10.
If you have OEM Windows 7 Home Basic, then you currently have no downgrade rights, and no right to reinstall on a new PC, so you wouldn't expect to get those with 10 either.
Alright so I reinstalled Windows 10 tech preview after a few months of returning to Windows 8.1 and whoa the changes are huge. It ran like butter before but now its even more efficient and Microsoft Edge is so damn good.
Got a few questions regarding Edge, wondering if someone could answer them. Specifically, are there any plugins/addons yet? I just want some form of ad block plus YouTube enhancements like auto-stretch and auto-HD. Cheers!
Got a few questions regarding Edge, wondering if someone could answer them. Specifically, are there any plugins/addons yet? I just want some form of ad block plus YouTube enhancements like auto-stretch and auto-HD. Cheers!
Green Embers
Member
No add-ons yet for Edge. They mentioned it would come after release. I think it is one of those 'take time do it right rather than rush it for launch' things. Much like the Skype features that got delayed. (Speaking of Edge, the spell check told me Skype wasn't a word, lol)
HarryDemeanor
Member
Whichever Windows version key is in use on your PC will be what is transformed into a Windows 10 key. You won't be able to input a different key during the upgrade process.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Spell check seems to be one of those "rush it in for launch" features, lol. Shit is wack.
Chezzymann
Member
I'm definitely waiting at least a few months before upgrading then. I'm assuming that's true for 8 as well?
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Looks like I'll have to install Windows 7 first then, I'd rather the upgrade eat that key.
Wonder if I can use my Windows 8 key on another PC that I want to build and upgrade to 10
Actually, I upgraded this PC's 7 to 8, now I'm going to 10. Could I not just upgrade from 8 to 10 on my current computer, install 7 on the future computer with the key off this computer and get 10 on two PCs.
Actually, I upgraded this PC's 7 to 8, now I'm going to 10. Could I not just upgrade from 8 to 10 on my current computer, install 7 on the future computer with the key off this computer and get 10 on two PCs.
Whogie
Member
Yes, you probably can, assuming it's a retail copy of 7.
It may make you call Microsoft to activate on the new Win 7, but I've done that plenty of times and it's been a non-issue.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Here is a weird issue:
Whenever I scroll through a Windows Explorer window, it pauses momentarily, then moves down maybe only 2 or 3 lines total. In Chrome, Edge, and Settings, etc, everything scrolls fine. But for some damn reason, I can't figure out why it won't scroll smoothly in Windows Explorer.
Any help? ASUS B43 laptop, Elan touchpad, just in case that matters.
Whenever I scroll through a Windows Explorer window, it pauses momentarily, then moves down maybe only 2 or 3 lines total. In Chrome, Edge, and Settings, etc, everything scrolls fine. But for some damn reason, I can't figure out why it won't scroll smoothly in Windows Explorer.
Any help? ASUS B43 laptop, Elan touchpad, just in case that matters.
Different situation, but I have two retail Windows 8 keys (later upgraded to 8.1). So I can upgrade my PCs and still install Windows 10?
littlegrasshopper
Member
Anyone else on Build 10162 having trouble downloading 10166? My update is stuck on 0%. >_<
Kibbles
Member
This helped me last time, worth a shot. CTRL ALT DEL and go to task manager > services tab > and then find wuauserv and right click > restart.
Steelyuhas
Member
Sleep mode still doesn't work on 10166.
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jediyoshi
Member
Updating through windows update stopped working for me forever ago. I always just download the iso now ;_; At least you don't have to go through the trouble of turning it into bootable media now
littlegrasshopper
Member
I have a lot of issues with my Windows Update. Well I restarted my SP3 and now I no longer see the update. I just see again the May System Hardware Update that never installs and I can't skip. I researched this and its an issue with other SP3 owners. The link for the June update on Microsoft Download Center does not work.
I tried the trick to change the regedit key for Windows Update and it won't let me change the value regardless of being opened as admin or not. I tried the other trick of restarting the service and even ran a script I found online that restarts the service and clears/deletes a cache. That completes fine but my Windows Update will still not install the May SP3 Update.
When you use the iso's to install new builds of W10, does it delete everything or just updates and leaves everything as is?
Anyone in here still experiencing the critical error? Because I sorta found a solution, but it's cobbled together from various forums posts where I had to put two and two together and the instructions will vary depending on the person's circumstance(stuff that didn't work for me apparently worked for others, so I had to find ways around particular issues)
Otherwise, I won't bother.
Edit: God damn it, it came back again the next day. It seems anytime a user account gets linked to Microsoft, it gets fucked up.
Otherwise, I won't bother.
Edit: God damn it, it came back again the next day. It seems anytime a user account gets linked to Microsoft, it gets fucked up.
derExperte
Member
I've read that you have one month to go back.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
Erm, I posted this in the other topic that is slowly active and forgot about this one which is the one I think I meant to post it in.
Wait now, you can't reinstall if you change hardware?? Like, what hardware? Hard drive, mobo, cpu, gpu? But your old key becomes a Windows 10 key? So if I get the free upgrade, and something goes bad hardware wise, I'm just stuck?
That's utterly ridiculous, shit breaks.
brotkasten
Member
Windows 10 RTM candidate build 10176 has leaked.
Yeah this confuses me. If I wanted to switch mobos on my computer with Windows 8, I could just remove the key and use it on a new one. I can't do that with Windows 10?
leonemesis
Member
Guys, how is driver support on Windows 10?
I ask because I have an external soundcard on my laptop as I need optical out to connect it to my receiver and I´m concerned that, if I upgrade, the windows 8 driver I have for it won´t work.
If I had another pc that I could install windows 10 on it and try it out, it would be cake, but I don´t, all I´ve got is this laptop.
I ask because I have an external soundcard on my laptop as I need optical out to connect it to my receiver and I´m concerned that, if I upgrade, the windows 8 driver I have for it won´t work.
If I had another pc that I could install windows 10 on it and try it out, it would be cake, but I don´t, all I´ve got is this laptop.
If you change your motherboard, officially you will need a new license. This has been the case all along, certainly with Windows 7 and Windows 8. The moterboard is the computer, after all. Not your case, hdd or gpu.
That said, in the real world I called them up a couple of times when I replaced my motherboard saying that it broke (and it did break, once) and they gave me a new key for free.
I strongly suspect that this is still the case with Windows 10, even thought they will not officially say so. They didn't say so with W8 or 7, either.
brotkasten
Member
Whenever I needed to activate my copy again (transfer, new hardware, etc.) and it didn't go through the internet, I just called them up and activated it via phone. I've been doing this since Windows XP and never had a problem or got refused. It's not really an issue.
Insane Metal
Member
Yep, I've had to do it when virtualizing servers as well. Pretty painless process.
This has been asked a billion times already, I'm sure, but can you update from the beta to the final version this time around?
Also, what happens if you have a Windows version eligible for the free upgrade and decide to install the preview now? Will your key carry over to the preview and then to the final release or would you first need to downgrade to the previous Windows version again once the final release hits?
I'm just curios how Microsoft is handling the release this time around, especially with that free upgrade offer they have.
Also, what happens if you have a Windows version eligible for the free upgrade and decide to install the preview now? Will your key carry over to the preview and then to the final release or would you first need to downgrade to the previous Windows version again once the final release hits?
I'm just curios how Microsoft is handling the release this time around, especially with that free upgrade offer they have.
Same. Several years ago I had to re-authorize an OEM desktop XP install due to upgrading the PC too much. Made a phone call and had it done pretty much painlessly.
Cannon Goose
Member
Same here. I did over the phone activation with Windows 8 a couple of times with completely new hardware and haven't had any problems.
Anton Sugar
Member
Nice, latest build fixed the ridiculous "System" memory usage. Bad news is I can no longer use my SP3 as a frying pan.
pshh not an RTM candidate. It's almost a week old.
The "system" memory usage being high might actually be design. While there were a couple of bugs around it, it's similar to SuperFetch in how people thought Windows was sucking down all their memory when it was merely just preloading applications you use frequently.
There might be a blog post about it eventually, but basically "System" might show up as high while cache is waiting to be written to disk.