Windows 10 Release - Discussion
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I am still waiting for all my systems to upgrade. Not sure why it has not happened yet.
BTW, Newegg US has a W10 promotion going on now, W10 Home OEM $89.99 and Pro OEM $129.99.
BTW, Newegg US has a W10 promotion going on now, W10 Home OEM $89.99 and Pro OEM $129.99.
Has it downloaded the installer (C:\Windows.~BT)?
Interesting. I just visited a TechNet page and got the below "Announcement" Popup.
Weeks?
Weeks?
I posted this at another forum because people were starting discussions about not getting the upgrade.
Impatient? Not Getting Windows 10 Upgrade Yet?
You aren't alone. Many are still waiting. Some have the GWX icon, some had the GWX icon and it disappeared, and for some the GWX icon never showed up. It may take some time, but at some point all those scenarios will be resolved.
Before Gabe Aul, Vice President, WDG Engineering Systems team, pressed the red button*, Microsoft reserved 40 Tbps with all of the key content delivery networks (CDN) worldwide. As mentioned in Microsoft's Windows 10 launch is going to strain CDNs, already passed 10 Tbps, we're talking about multi-millions of machines, five times an Apple event. In fact, the expectation is that the number is close to one billion!
Terry Myerson's post at Windows 10: Preparing to Upgrade One Billion Devices is still applicable:
In the event you really don't want to wait, you can use the media creation tool. It would be an upgrade and the key would be from your Windows 7 or Windows 8 install. It is important to note, however, if a clean install is done, you need to back up your files and will need to enter the key from your qualified Windows computer.
Note: Should you later decide to do a clean install, it won't be necessary to enter the key if doing a clean install on the same PC you previously upgraded via the upgrade offer and successfully activated Windows 10 because you won't have a Windows 10 product key. In that situation, you can skip the product key page by selecting the Skip button and your PC will activate online. See Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool . Also see Windows 10
*Yes, there really is a red button.
From The story of Windows 10 from inside Microsoft | The Verge
Impatient? Not Getting Windows 10 Upgrade Yet?
You aren't alone. Many are still waiting. Some have the GWX icon, some had the GWX icon and it disappeared, and for some the GWX icon never showed up. It may take some time, but at some point all those scenarios will be resolved.
Before Gabe Aul, Vice President, WDG Engineering Systems team, pressed the red button*, Microsoft reserved 40 Tbps with all of the key content delivery networks (CDN) worldwide. As mentioned in Microsoft's Windows 10 launch is going to strain CDNs, already passed 10 Tbps, we're talking about multi-millions of machines, five times an Apple event. In fact, the expectation is that the number is close to one billion!
Terry Myerson's post at Windows 10: Preparing to Upgrade One Billion Devices is still applicable:
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In the event you really don't want to wait, you can use the media creation tool. It would be an upgrade and the key would be from your Windows 7 or Windows 8 install. It is important to note, however, if a clean install is done, you need to back up your files and will need to enter the key from your qualified Windows computer.
Note: Should you later decide to do a clean install, it won't be necessary to enter the key if doing a clean install on the same PC you previously upgraded via the upgrade offer and successfully activated Windows 10 because you won't have a Windows 10 product key. In that situation, you can skip the product key page by selecting the Skip button and your PC will activate online. See Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool . Also see Windows 10
*Yes, there really is a red button.
From The story of Windows 10 from inside Microsoft | The Verge
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BrianDrab
Emeritus
I received a Windows 7 OEM laptop from Dell. I used the Media Creation Tool to create a USB install. I installed and when prompted I chose to not save anything (which is a clean install). Windows 10 Pro was installed and activated.
I am not really complaining (unless it does take "weeks"). As I get older, I tend to like others to be the guinea pigs first, unlike my ways 10 or even 5 years ago. So for my main computers I like to go through what most of my clients go through so I know where they are coming from. I've played with W10 on my test systems and know I want it, but am willing to wait and see what happens on my main systems. That said, I have kids, neighbors and friends already hounding me with "Where's Windows 10?" and "Will it break my computer?"
Two of my kids are especially worried because they work out of their homes and are required to have a working computer for their jobs. And I have 3 kids and 3 grandkids taking on-line college courses too so they want some sort of scheduled time - not knowing is making them anxious, and I don't blame them.
Interestingly, many here in my local Eastern Nebraska and KC, MO area have yet to be upgraded so not sure if this is a regional thing or what.
Thanks for the link to Terry Myerson's article with the 1 billion figure. PCWorld said a couple days ago said 1.5 billion "people" will get W10 on 1 billion devices (over the next 3 years) but that did not really make sense to me.
Two of my kids are especially worried because they work out of their homes and are required to have a working computer for their jobs. And I have 3 kids and 3 grandkids taking on-line college courses too so they want some sort of scheduled time - not knowing is making them anxious, and I don't blame them.
Interestingly, many here in my local Eastern Nebraska and KC, MO area have yet to be upgraded so not sure if this is a regional thing or what.
Thanks for the link to Terry Myerson's article with the 1 billion figure. PCWorld said a couple days ago said 1.5 billion "people" will get W10 on 1 billion devices (over the next 3 years) but that did not really make sense to me.
zcomputerwiz
Windows Update Expert
I think it is only considered a clean install if you boot off of the installation media.
Correct. I worded it awkwardly. From the media creation tool page, under the "How to perform a clean installation of Windows" section:
- May 7, 2013
- 10,400
I'm staying with Windows 7, I don't quite trust Windows 10 after all the problems Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 had. The upgrade issues have only made my concerns worse.
Boot off the installation media "and" elect to format the disk erasing everything - that is, you start over with a "clean" disk. Or you install into a new partition or drive. Otherwise you will get a repair install.
Choosing not save anything refers to your Windows customizations. All your installed programs and most of your saved files will remain on the disk. Though not necessarily accessible through File Explorer, you will be able to find them if you know your way around a command prompt - that is, you will be able to find those that were not overwritten by the OS files.
BrianDrab
Emeritus
I didn't find that to be the case. When I did it I had to re-install everything including a handful of drivers as device manager lit up with the bang icons.
This is why I said "not necessarily accessible through File Explorer". The files and programs are typically still there, just orphaned - that is, no longer addressed in the Registry or MFT so the new install of Windows does not know how to find them. In many cases, Office is good for this, when you run the install again, the Office installer finds the old installation and simply updates the Registry and MFTs instead of actually saving all the files to disk again.
As for drivers - especially when upgrading to a OS, yeah, you may have to get new drivers for the new OS.
BrianDrab
Emeritus
Thank you. Great Info. I didn't know that.
Jared
Sysnative Staff, BSOD Kernel Dump Expert
- Feb 3, 2014
- 1,591
I'm running Windows 10 fine, no issues apart from a very, very minor annoyance with Microsoft Edge, which sometimes won't automatically put the cursor in the URL.
Windows 8.1 also didn't have any issues for me, I preferred it to Windows 7.
- Mar 16, 2015
- 8,061
Alright so I launched the upgrade via Windows Update. I deleted everything in my SoftwareDistribution\Downloads folder, and then launched the /updatenow command for Windows Update and it triggered the download. Right now, it passed the stage to copy the files, and it's now rebooting every now and then, leaving only a black screen and a cursor, but it's progressing since I can hear my computer working up. I'll leave it on all night if needed.
Maximum
Well-known member
Well finally updated one of my PCs to Windows 10, run's kind of slow to a point (but faster in other ways...) and I ran into 2 BSODs when running Speccy 
Overall I like it but I am looking for the updates to fix this
Overall I like it but I am looking for the updates to fix this
Maximum
Well-known member
Not on my Windows machine at the moment, currently on my Linux machine
Sometime in the morning I'll send them to you
Sometime in the morning I'll send them to you
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