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[Jolkien]

I gained a few FPS (like 3-5'ish) it seems on FFXIV in heavy populated zone it seems. That's always nice.

 

[Atilac]

anyone still waiting on being notified that their download is ready? its almost 10pm

 

[jsnepo]

Yeah most likely then.. Dangit.. i have a GeForce GTX 460 v2

That's odd. I have an AMD HD 7750 which is lower and older than your GPU. I have DX12.

 

[rakkadakka]

If you want to force the upgrade and have a bootable USB drive available...

Go here

 

[Chiaroscuro]

anyone still waiting on being notified that their download is ready? its almost 10pm

Same here, almost midnight.

 

[KanameYuuki]

anyone still waiting on being notified that their download is ready? its almost 10pm

I'm also waiting for it, while I understand the reason to do it in waves, this waiting is just so annoying.

 

[jediyoshi]

How did you do this?
nvm saw the program name

It's a paid program, but it's treated me well all through Windows 8 and all updates since have been free. Pretty much bloatless compared to other similar programs.

 

[Atilac]

Same here, almost midnight.

I'm also waiting for it, while I understand the reason to do it in waves, this waiting is just so annoying.

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one

 

[Xyber]

Reinstalled startisback annnndddd

Perfect.

I might just do this myself. Not a fan of the layout of the all programs list now and don't really care about the 3 apps I have pinned. Normal start menu can be accessed by a middle mouse button click anyway when needed.

anyone still waiting on being notified that their download is ready? its almost 10pm

Why are you waiting? Just use the tool in the OP and install it now.

 

[Mr. RPG]

Do you need to have all of the optional updates installed in order to upgrade to Windows 10?

 

[Futurevoid]

I'm a dumb ass. I forgot I had the computer connected via display port and the drivers likely need to be reinstalled. Connected HDMI direct and it's fine.

 

[Lulubop]

anyone still waiting on being notified that their download is ready? its almost 10pm

yes

 

[spannicus]

DSR at 4k not working for me anymore.

 

[Salsa]

I dont mind the start but the live tiles are weird

as in, the only one i'd be interested in is Twitter, and that one seems to do.. nothing, other than show me the twitter icon

 

[Qwark]

So are trial versions of Windows 8 not eligible for the upgrade? I built my PC a month ago and I've been holding off on buying windows because I thought it was going to be free for everybody. I thought Microsoft said it would be "Free for legitimate and illegitimate Windows users". Were they only talking about pirates, and as a trial versionier I'm out of luck?

 

[lem0n]

Can you get ride of the search bar at the bottom?

Yeah, right click and there's an option there.

 

[SlickVic]

Got annoyed with waiting for it to decide when I could download Windows 10, so I just used the Media Creation Tool and so far so good. Kinda neat that opening up Firefox and it still had all my tabs saves from Windows 8.1.

 

[Dwayne]

So are trial versions of Windows 8 not eligible for the upgrade? I built my PC a month ago and I've been holding off on buying windows because I thought it was going to be free for everybody. I thought Microsoft said it would be "Free for legitimate and illegitimate Windows users". Were they only talking about pirates, and as a trial versionier I'm out of luck?

Only free for users who have paid for a version of 7/8/8.1. Nothing for pirates.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Did a test on a couple of games, everything works just as before, no FPS increases or anything but also no worse performance either. I tested GTAV, Arma III, Killing Floor 2, and Alien Isolation, all worked perfectly fine. Going to eventually test the rest of my games but that's a reassuring start.

 

[shockdude]

Welp, Windows 10 broke some Touhou games' ability to use fullscreen. That's a shame.

Everything else though has been great so far. I like the new start menu, though I wish the "All Apps" could be wider.

 

[Demigod Mac]

If you want to force the upgrade and have a bootable USB drive available...

Go here

Will the bootable USB method still convert a 7 product key to a 10 product key or do you need to first upgrade via the reservation method?

 

[shadow2810]

It's a paid program, but it's treated me well all through Windows 8 and all updates since have been free. Pretty much bloatless compared to other similar programs.

I just installed the trial version. Loving it so far. Probably going to try it for a few days before deciding if I want to buy it or not.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Will the bootable USB method still convert a 7 product key to a 10 product key or do you need to first upgrade via the reservation method?

Still have to upgrade. I just tried. And if you use the app to force the upgrade, in my case you just instantly get

"Something happened."
"Something happened."

 

[Xyber]

Will the bootable USB method still convert a 7 product key to a 10 product key or do you need to first upgrade via the reservation method?

You don't need to make the bootable USB, you can upgrade directly from the tool I believe.

But you must do an upgrade first, can't do a normal install the first time unless you have bought a key.

 

[Revolutionary]

I dont mind the start but the live tiles are weird

as in, the only one i'd be interested in is Twitter, and that one seems to do.. nothing, other than show me the twitter icon

My Mail live tile has only shown me new Junk emails so far... despite receiving several legitimate emails in my actual Inbox.

 

[MXRider]

Does anyone have a list of tips and hidden features I should check out?

 

[Bornstellar]

Any way to change the login screen (not lock screen) background to be something not ugly?

 

[Korezo]

Can someone pls guide me where to go to revert back or clean install after I upgraded to windows 10, pc is functioning terribly right now.

 

[Hidden One]

Reinstalled startisback annnndddd

Perfect.

Never knew about startisback..Win10 just became perfect for me.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Still have to upgrade. I just tried. And if you use the app to force the upgrade, in my case you just instantly get

"Something happened."
"Something happened."

I honestly would like to sit down with the person who writes "information" screens that reveal so little and ask what they thought they were accomplishing.

 

[shockdude]

Can someone pls guide me where to go to revert back or clean install after I upgraded to windows 10, pc is functioning terribly right now.

Type "Reset This PC" in the search bar, then reset your PC.

 

[Eyothrie]

Why is nvidia driver 353.62 failing every time I try to install it?

Is the driver already installed? I used to right click the desktop in Win 7 to get to the NCP settings, but nothing there in Win 10.

I can't seem to figure out how to allow myself to control windows updates. On win7, I had it prompt me when updates were available, but they seemingly download automatically now.

 

[diggmcbadass]

Why is nvidia driver 353.62 failing every time I try to install it?

A friend of mine had to choose advanced and clean install when updating nvidia drivers, and then do a few restarts before everything settled in.

 

[TSM]

Why is nvidia driver 353.62 failing every time I try to install it?

Is the driver already installed? I used to right click the desktop in Win 7 to get to the NCP settings, but nothing there in Win 10.

I can't seem to figure out how to allow myself to control windows updates. On win7, I had it prompt me when updates were available, but they seemingly download automatically now.

I had the same issue. I rebooted and all was well.

 

[shadow2810]

Why is nvidia driver 353.62 failing every time I try to install it?

Is the driver already installed? I used to right click the desktop in Win 7 to get to the NCP settings, but nothing there in Win 10.

I can't seem to figure out how to allow myself to control windows updates. On win7, I had it prompt me when updates were available, but they seemingly download automatically now.

Go to Program Files and delete NVIDIA Corporation folder, then try to install the driver again. Worked for me.

 

[mcrommert]

So are trial versions of Windows 8 not eligible for the upgrade? I built my PC a month ago and I've been holding off on buying windows because I thought it was going to be free for everybody. I thought Microsoft said it would be "Free for legitimate and illegitimate Windows users". Were they only talking about pirates, and as a trial versionier I'm out of luck?

ROFL

Yeah that's not how it works

 

[Vinc]

I'm doing this through the media creation tool and the installation process seems to stall out at "Verifying that you're ready to start the installation". It says please wait, but it's been going for about 45 minutes now with no sign of progress. Is this normal?

 

[Machina]

GAF......HEEEEELP.

What the fuck is "SAFE-OS" or whatever it is? And why does it keep on failing?

 

[sora87]

Will you have to sign in to everything again if you just upgrade? Steam, battle net, all stuff on firefox etc.

 

[Qwark]

Only free for users who have paid for a version of 7/8/8.1. Nothing for pirates.

That's not what all the early articles were saying.

http://gizmodo.com/all-windows-10-upgrades-will-be-free-even-if-your-copy-1692096375

Disclaiminer: I am not talking or planning about pirating anything.

ROFL

Yeah that's not how it works

They're trying to market it as (non-cloud) software as a service, it's really not that farfetched.

 

[Sayah]

I do not like this.

I loved Windows 8 and now regret switching to this. It's slower. Two-finger scrolling is not working. And I feel like I have to click extra hard for it to register the click. Never had this problem before.

 

[epmode]

Will you have to sign in to everything again if you just upgrade? Steam, battle net, all stuff on firefox etc.

Probably not. I didn't.

Everything just worked.

 

[shadow2810]

Will you have to sign in to everything again if you just upgrade? Steam, battle net, all stuff on firefox etc.

No, you will get to keep all settings/cookies/passwords etc.

 

[Fantastical]

Upgrading now. Going to do a clean install. I think I read I have to update it as normal first right?

 

[sora87]

Cool, that makes things easier at least

 

[Korezo]

Type "Reset This PC" in the search bar, then reset your PC.

Thank You!

 

[jediyoshi]

That's not what all the early articles were saying.

http://gizmodo.com/all-windows-10-upgrades-will-be-free-even-if-your-copy-1692096375

Disclaiminer: I am not talking or planning about pirating anything.

Key word on early, here are the later articles

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2478496,00.asp

 

[Ionic]

It's probably been answered a few times in this thread, so I apologize. If I use the clean install option after upgrading from Win 7 will I get a windows.old folder with all my old crap so I can pick out some files I want to keep after the fact?

 

[Mr. RPG]

Anyone know the answer to this?

Do you need to have all of the optional updates installed in order to upgrade to Windows 10?

 

[Qwark]

Key word on early, here are the later articles

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2478496,00.asp

Huh, well can't say it's unexpected. Curious what the restrictions are. Still bummed it doesn't apply to trial versions. Guess I'll have to look for a 7/8 license.