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ToxicBug
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 10:09 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


In case anyone hasn't seen this yet. A bit of controversy here, but I think that it's worth a try.

Microsoft Can't Decide If It's Giving Away Windows 10 For Free

I think basically if you're a home user, your preview version will be activated for free no matter what. This just doesn't work for businesses.

Anyway, installed it last night:
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 10:25 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah, it was a mistake and its not happening. Don't bother.

http://wccftech.com/windows-10-free-upg ... r-preview/
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 11:44 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


If you install the preview, do you have to reinstall once it actually comes out?
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 11:55 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Lieutenant Dan wrote:
If you install the preview, do you have to reinstall once it actually comes out?


Nope. The preview was installed over my win7 x64 install thru Windows Update btw.
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 12:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


With a nod and a wink, Microsoft gives away Windows 10 to anyone who asks
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Neat.

So is this pretty much the final version? I think my current install is fucked up so I was just waiting around till 10 was out to reinstall. But if this is it I will do it now.
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shaft wrote:
Neat.

So is this pretty much the final version? I think my current install is fucked up so I was just waiting around till 10 was out to reinstall. But if this is it I will do it now.


It looks like a dress rehearsal. You should definitely have a second PC available just in case something goes wrong. Last night I messed around with it quite a bit, in the end it booted to a black screen and I can't log in anymore. F8 safe mode menu is disabled by default :dork: so I made a bootable USB key with the preview ISO. Gonna try to fix it tonight.

My setup is pretty extreme, though. I'm having problems with the most recent (and only) Nvidia drivers available for Win10. G-Sync Surround is very flaky with the latest driver, I had this issue in Win7 and I had to roll back my nv drivers by two releases to get it stable.
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 05:37 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Will this update work on my 20k computer?...
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 05:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


:olo:

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Should I buy a 40k pc just to make sure it does?...
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ToxicBug wrote:
shaft wrote:
Neat.

So is this pretty much the final version? I think my current install is fucked up so I was just waiting around till 10 was out to reinstall. But if this is it I will do it now.


It looks like a dress rehearsal. You should definitely have a second PC available just in case something goes wrong. Last night I messed around with it quite a bit, in the end it booted to a black screen and I can't log in anymore. F8 safe mode menu is disabled by default :dork: so I made a bootable USB key with the preview ISO. Gonna try to fix it tonight.

My setup is pretty extreme, though. I'm having problems with the most recent (and only) Nvidia drivers available for Win10. G-Sync Surround is very flaky with the latest driver, I had this issue in Win7 and I had to roll back my nv drivers by two releases to get it stable.


Ah, that doesn't sound good. My win8.1 install wont let me play any video, crashes every player I try. I think I broke something going from a 680, 970 to a titanx with a little intel onboard mixed in between. It's a bit of a nuisance, but I can wait another month to reinstall a new OS.
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shaft wrote:
Ah, that doesn't sound good. My win8.1 install wont let me play any video, crashes every player I try. I think I broke something going from a 680, 970 to a titanx with a little intel onboard mixed in between. It's a bit of a nuisance, but I can wait another month to reinstall a new OS.


Things haven't gone well indeed. Had to "refresh" my Win 10 install, basically I lost all the programs that were installed on my OS drive. Luckily all my games are on other drives, so I don't need to re-download them.
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PostPosted: 06-22-2015 08:54 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Patience is something u learn when u grow up...
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Will this update work on my 20c computer?...


Fixed. :olo:



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It's nice of Microsoft to upgrade my Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines to Windows 10 for free and notify me about this, but did they really have to put a windows icon in my taskbar tray that cannot be hidden or removed? :disgust:
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Eraser wrote:
It's nice of Microsoft to upgrade my Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines to Windows 10 for free and notify me about this, but did they really have to put a windows icon in my taskbar tray that cannot be hidden or removed? :disgust:


i know rite ?

but it can be

or was that sarcasm? don't know got a bad hangover



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jesus. are you fucking dickheads going to be ok, do you think you can get over a small icon?
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It's not bothering me in the least. Plus I just hid it in the taskbar properties just to see if I could.
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Scourge wrote:
It's not bothering me in the least. Plus I just hid it in the taskbar properties just to see if I could.

You can. It reappears after reboot though.
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Doombrain wrote:
jesus. are you fucking dickheads going to be ok, do you think you can get over a small icon?

Calm down Doombrain. Your rage is about to reach Scourgean levels.
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Eraser wrote:
Scourge wrote:
It's not bothering me in the least. Plus I just hid it in the taskbar properties just to see if I could.

You can. It reappears after reboot though.


So it does. Oh well, still doesn't bother me.
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Scourge wrote:

So it does. Oh well, still doesn't bother me.


You need to calm down, you're out of control.
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I got the same notification and agreed to everything...I haven't seen it so much as twitch since then.
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