Microsoft Windows 10 thread

[Jan Anne]

For companies only if you have a premier bling bling contract, not sure how it is for consumers though.

Would actually be interesting to know if Bjørn J can still download his patches?

[Jørgen Ramskov]

That's feature enhancements, security fixes will continue to be released until extended support ends so people on Windows 7 have a couple of years yet.

My father-in-law's laptop runs Windowns 7 and it is still getting a steady flow of updates.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

First attempt of installing Windows 10 to the test machine failed miserably. I probably choose the 'wrong' (sic) version of English: English(GB) instead of English (US) ...  The setup wouldn't acknowledge my official Lenovo license code for Win7/64. When I tried the alternate method, skipping the code test and trying to install directly from the ISO image burnt to a DVD, the machine did some preliminary book-keeping, attempted a restart, and went dead. Reloaded the Win7/64 image from the backup and now have to wait for the 'mediacreator' to download some 5 GB of Win10 bloatware again for a renewed upgrade of the current OS.

The new Windows better be worth the ordeal or its longevity will be measured in minutes not years.

[Airy]

On the other hand the upgrade Win 8 >Win 10 went well for me (heck, using a M$ laptop/tablet...). No need to re-install any app; even 3rd party apps would still run.

Of course M$ is further playing monopolistic tricks - for instance, Google search cannot be used by default because it does not comply with some sort of M$-defined search tool standard. Of course it is still possible to googlesearch from inside a navigator.

Also, the tablet mode is just good enough to soothe the Win8-supporters (me).

[Jørgen Ramskov]

First attempt of installing Windows 10 to the test machine failed miserably. I probably choose the 'wrong' (sic) version of English: English(GB) instead of English (US) ...  The setup wouldn't acknowledge my official Lenovo license code for Win7/64. When I tried the alternate method, skipping the code test and trying to install directly from the ISO image burnt to a DVD, the machine did some preliminary book-keeping, attempted a restart, and went dead. Reloaded the Win7/64 image from the backup and now have to wait for the 'mediacreator' to download some 5 GB of Win10 bloatware again for a renewed upgrade of the current OS.

The new Windows better be worth the ordeal or its longevity will be measured in minutes not years.

From what I understand, you can't do a clean install and use your Windows 7 license key there, you need to let Windows upgrade your current install, which will check your current install and activate it for Windows 10 using a new license key. When your Windows 10 has been activated, you can do a clean install and it should automatically be recognised and activated. As previously mentioned that worked without a hitch on my old Thinkpad. What didn't work was the built in "reset" feature.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I tried an upgrade, but from a downloaded installation media DVD. Didn't work.

Now, I'm taking the slow way by letting the Mediacreator download a new installation each time, which of course is a massive waste of resources and bandwidth, unless Microsoft should happen to have shares in my ISP company ...

[Jørgen Ramskov]

That does seem odd, hopefully you'll have more luck this time.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Nope. The upgrade will not accept my legit Lenovo key code. Tried several and none work.

Oh well. I leave this junk in the gutter where it belongs for now.

[tommiejeep]

Bjorn, had you received the notification to book Windows 10 and subsequent messages?  My wife lost her Hard drive a few months back (Vista!) so we installed, clean install, Windows 7 (both my son and I are using Win 7) .  It took forever to get all of her programs installed fro separate hard drive and working properly .  She received the 'book it' message and today we just clicked on the icon in the taskbar.  Took an hour and 30 minutes and everything is working as it should.

My son did not want to lose WinMediaPlayer but it is an App in Windows 10.  I'll upgrade the desk top tomorrow but leave the laptop Windows 7 for the moment .
Cheers,
Tom

[Jørgen Ramskov]

That is odd and annoying, particularly when reading things like this: http://www.winbeta.org/news/pirates-reportedly-upgrade-windows-10-non-genuine-windows-and-remain-activated

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I'm on my fourth or fifth download of Windows 10. Everything about installing it is just plain stupid. My stubbornness kicks in, though.

Had the harebrain programmers behind this software been working in the USSR, they would have been deported to Siberia long time ago. Perhaps we lost more than the Wall back in '89 and the subsequent years.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

On the sixth (!)* attempt, I managed to hammer in Windows 10 on my test machine. Well, sort of, as the install refused to use the existing video driver(s) from win7/64 already present so the screen is garbled, neither wi-fi nor sound  works, and I lost my printer.

* each attempt downloads 3 GB of install media, over and over again, although the media files already are present on the PC. A hallmark of "artificial intelligence" I presume.

Oh, and how could I forget to mention the machine now is glacial slow?

[Jørgen Ramskov]

You certainly have the worst windows 10 upgrade experience I've seen so far.

[Björn Carlén]

Could someone tell me where to find Win10 drivers for gretag McBeth/x-rite i1 display 2?

[Bjørn J]

Could someone tell me where to find Win10 drivers for gretag McBeth/x-rite 1i display 2?

It's a discontinued product, and xrite don't even support drivers for Win8. Their recommendation is to buy a new calibrator....