Windows 10

Anyone been able to install the latest AMD drivers onto W10?

Im using a separate SSD (an old Samsung 110GB) - thankfully - and while the standard Windows driver works, its in such a low res its painful to use. Whether I tried the automated or manual install of the latest AMD on the 10130 build, it installs everything else apart from the driver.

As it was a new 390 - I tested it on 8.1 and it went through as you would expect.

Will try again tomorrow morning, but without that I was a little ******* (I was kinda expecting Win8.1 drivers to work, but I guess that isn't the case, in which case I doubt my Socket 2011/3 desktop is going to be good testbed)
 
Thanks for that answer quote there Gareth.

So basically... this 'offer' is more like an extended trial. At some point down the line you will have to end up paying for it.

Skeeter said:
From what it looks like, you will be able to carry on moving the retail 7 or 8.1 license around, but only get a free upgrade to 10 on one device.
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For guys like us, this is a real pain, as we chop and change hardware often, or like to legitimately move licenses around on different machines.

I may as well just pay out for it now, or set $200 aside because at some point I'm gonna have to pay for Windows 10. It's a shame they didn't do an early upgrade offer like they did with Win 8.
 
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I will be mighty upset if AMD haven't got support for my 6450 sorted in the Win 10 drivers.

The current 15.6 drivers don't seem to work in Win 7 x64. They run, but no display driver is listed as an installable package. :mad:

I'm supposedly not the only one with this issue according to the AMD thread.
 
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Scougar said:
Thanks for that answer quote there Gareth.

So basically... this 'offer' is more like an extended trial. At some point down the line you will have to end up paying for it.



For guys like us, this is a real pain, as we chop and change hardware often, or like to legitimately move licenses around on different machines.

I may as well just pay out for it now, or set $200 aside because at some point I'm gonna have to pay for Windows 10. It's a shame they didn't do an early upgrade offer like they did with Win 8.
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The Windows 8 £25 offer was OEM only want it?

And its not an extended trial at all. Its the full version, forever. Its just not full retail, its full 'OEM-kinda-sorta'. Probably 99% of consumer Windows licenses are OEM. At the end of the day this offer really isn't aimed at people like us.

Which is why I'm just going to run the Preview builds for completely free for the foreseeable future, and park my 7 Retail license for the time being.

It will be interesting to see what people get working once it's all out in the wild though. What you 'should' be able to activate with an OEM license and what you can actually get working with a simple automated phone call are very different.
 
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Skeeter said:
The Windows 8 £25 offer was OEM only want it?

And its not an extended trial at all. Its the full version, forever. Its just not full retail, its full 'OEM-kinda-sorta'. Probably 99% of consumer Windows licenses are OEM. At the end of the day this offer really isn't aimed at people like us.

Which is why I'm just going to run the Preview builds for completely free for the foreseeable future, and park my 7 Retail license for the time being.

It will be interesting to see what people get working once it's all out in the wild though. What you 'should' be able to activate with an OEM license and what you can actually get working with a simple automated phone call are very different.
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When we bought four copies on offer of Windows 8 (paid £14.99 each) it does not state oem but merely [FONT=&quot]Windows 8 Pro on my invoice.
I thought that the oem version (System builder licence) did not allow it to be used as an upgrade from a previous licensed version of Windows and could only be installed by a system builder to then be sold to an end user...?[/FONT]
 
Skeeter said:
The Windows 8 £25 offer was OEM only want it?

And its not an extended trial at all. Its the full version, forever. Its just not full retail, its full 'OEM-kinda-sorta'. Probably 99% of consumer Windows licenses are OEM. At the end of the day this offer really isn't aimed at people like us.

Which is why I'm just going to run the Preview builds for completely free for the foreseeable future, and park my 7 Retail license for the time being.

It will be interesting to see what people get working once it's all out in the wild though. What you 'should' be able to activate with an OEM license and what you can actually get working with a simple automated phone call are very different.
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yeah but Windows 8 £25 offer take the base license rights, so if the base license is retail then w8 was retail aka oem transferable.. pre installed w7 systems that upgrade to w8 would be oem non transferable..

meeting it's a true upgrade,

the win10 offer is different, because its free they put limits on such as hardware changes, im guessing this is the way they will make abit of extra income
 
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Vimes said:
When we bought four copies on offer of Windows 8 (paid £14.99 each) it does not state oem but merely [FONT=&quot]Windows 8 Pro on my invoice.
I thought that the oem version (System builder licence) did not allow it to be used as an upgrade from a previous licensed version of Windows and could only be installed by a system builder to then be sold to an end user...?[/FONT]
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No, Windows 8 OEM included a Personal Use License that meant they could be installed by the end user and transfered. Effectively there was no OEM/Retail split in 8. Microsoft back tracked on this and the PUL was removed when they went to 8.1 and separate OEM and Retail licenses returned. I'm pretty sure this is why 8 doesn't qualify for an upgrade as its licensing structure is different to that of 7 and 8.1.
 
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surely the people who know that they upgrade hardware regular would buy windows 10 retail? they would get about 3-5years out of the license before MS may decide to go subscription

i know i will
 
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