Question 1:
Laptop. Isnt uefi install activation is based cert in the bios for win 8/8.1.

So what happens with the upgrade??
Same activation code??

Question 2:
isnt upgrade always full of garbage thats scattered.
Isnt it better to do a full proper install. Been like this since vista/7/8/8.1 for all the sp revision n 8.1.

So what has change with w10?? Are we finally seeing os upgrades like mac osx/ios. ??

to me, so far so good. i have tested a few hardware (i.e. laptops, desktops) up to 3-years old, compatibility issues are minor. (no problem with common drivers, minor issues if proprietary)

if you're used to w8.1, it's easy to use w10. note that ms has arranged and integrated common stuff into one single place called settings. access to some of them need a bit of time to adapt.

i think you can use a single email account to do that, but i'm not sure.

1) i think the code should be different (as this is a major version change). the common way to use a new key is to create a usb install media, and put the new key in pid.txt (x:\sources\pid.txt, x is drive letter of usb stick). this is how we install w8.1 pro in a w8 single language machine.

2) i never do upgrades (due to various issues during upgrades). clean install is still the best. w8.1 has a link to download a full iso that let us do clean installs. i bet later we will have that also for w10.

at first glance, nothing much changed, except for edge browser, cortana, dx12, better mail and calendar integration (basically tighter integration with MS services), and rearrangement of settings. (as of tech previews, most of the things are still the same) i am testing desktops only, not sure about how good the integration is with phones, tablets, and xbox.

If you use an email for two devices, one setting from a PC will be synced to the other so expect some surprise. And at times, you won't be able to login on a device if the other is logged on.

i don't think ms will implement it like that. it's an awful choice if they do that.

edit: i think my issue about start menu 'bug' was likely caused by a proprietary driver.

This post has been edited by horns: Jun 1 2015, 05:37 PM

I tried it on a tablet and a PC running Windows 8.1 with a single Outlook account. It really happened.

wow that's a terrible way to do things. (i.e. to get logged out) there are group policies in w8.x that controls what is synchronized and what is not, so i think selective synchronization on settings is possible.

still need alot refining to do too much bugs. On my DELL notebook once awhile the side bar will go missing and i need to restart to let it reappear

hm.. for some reasons, the side bar is currently disabled in w10 tech preview (build 10130).

Sorry for slow/stupid question is w7 can get free upgrade to 10 ?

then u must be using pirate, didn't u get notification windows 10 icon?

i did not use pirated for home , all the while i off window update not to auto update take all my C drive space . cheers

I tried to do a fresh install of 10074 but the installation stopped midway. How do install from the ISO file of build 10130? I have already downloaded the ISO

SSD ka? should not post problem for any updates.. but yea is SSD.. kinda just kill for any new updates, usually i will update after few months later only or cycle 6 month periods..

yes, w7 is eligible for free upgrade. read the answer to 'What edition of Windows will I get as part of this free upgrade?' here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-10-faq

turning off windows updates made the w10 upgrade notification app not downloaded and installed (kb3035583, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583)

by the way, you shouldn't disable windows updates. you can always free space after updates using disk cleanup. (unless it's a very small drive or partition)

you can create a bootable usb stick for this. for uefi install, just format it with fat32, use 7zip or winrar to extract the contents of the iso directly into the usb stick. that's it. (make sure your target drive is gpt disk)

however, a better way to test these previews is to run them in vm.

This post has been edited by horns: Jun 2 2015, 09:58 AM

how come i didn't receive any notification about the Windows 10 upgrade?

is it maybe im using RTM of Windows 8.1?

Weird, i didnt get any windows 10 notification. very sure im suing a genuine copy of windows 7, no free upgrade for OEM Dell Windows 7 Home Premium? downloaded and installed every single windows update

i also din get notification on my windows 8.1? hmm...

Woo hoo! Win 10 here i come

July 29th onwards anyway

check if you have kb3035583 installed. about free upgrade eligibility, there is no differences between rtm/oem/retail/etc. all my test machines received notifications.

this one? Still get nth though...

This post has been edited by TimeLesss: Jun 2 2015, 01:51 PM