Windows 10

So I've started seeing official Microsoft information refering to it as "Windows as a service". How long until WaaS is a 'thing'?
 
Frozennova said:
Forgot to mention, I tried that way as well and it fails once it hits 24% but doesn't give any useful information
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You could try doing that but selecting to not keep any of your files and wipe the disk that might help? When i first installed i went from 7 to 10 using the non usb method and it transferred all my applications and profile to the new system. How does it fail, just hang? strange.
 
Meh, installed 10 on my main rig, update over my 7 install.

Spartan keeps crashing, as does Elite Dangerous, think its a display driver thing tbh..

I'm off to BD for a week on Sunday so hopefully there will be some sort of update before I get back, otherwise I'll probably drop back to 8.1 rather than 7 this time I reinstall...
 
I had all sorts of oddness with my upgraded 7 install. However all the clean install I've done have been fine so I think that, while it 'works', its best to start from scratch at the moment.
 
anything I don't mind said:
You could try doing that but selecting to not keep any of your files and wipe the disk that might help? When i first installed i went from 7 to 10 using the non usb method and it transferred all my applications and profile to the new system. How does it fail, just hang? strange.
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Exits with a dialogue box stating the Windows Insider Preview installed failed.

I was trying to do a "clean" upgrade rather keeping apps and personal files anyway. Everything is stored on the SD card and it's only used for light browsing
 
hyperseven said:
thinking of dual booting 10 with 8.1, does easybcd still work to change boot orders, timeouts etc, as would still like to default boot to 8.1 after 5 second period.
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Not trying to be rude, but why? at the moment W10 is basically W8.1 with a couple of minor differences none of which are worth changing O/S for. I understood 98+XP and XP+W7 but I just don't see the point of having two almost identical systems in dual boot.
 
How to create a dual boot Windows 10 on VHD without leaving your current desktop (works on win8+).

Remember that if you do this from Windows 7 you need to upgrade the bootloader manually. The Windows 7 bootloader doesn't recognise the signatures from Windows 8+ and refuses to boot the VHD because of that.

1) Download the Windows 10 ISO and double click on it.
2) Use Disk Manager to create a new VHD on you current HDD.
3) Create a simple volume on it and assign it a drive letter.

Now the important steps; (i: = Win 10.ISO / v: = VHD file)

4) Open an elevated command prompt and type (copies image install):
Dism /apply-image /imagefile:i:\sources\install.wim /index:1 /ApplyDir:v:\

5) After this has finished now type: (adds new Win 10 install to boot menu)
cd v:\windows\system32
bcdboot v:\windows

6) Hit [Windows Key] + [Pause/Break] to open System window. Click on advance settings on left. Clcik on Start-up and Recovery Settings button. You can edit the boot menu settings.

When your finished with Windows 10. Just delete the VHD and edit your boot menu to remove the option.
 
Skeeter said:
I had all sorts of oddness with my upgraded 7 install. However all the clean install I've done have been fine so I think that, while it 'works', its best to start from scratch at the moment.
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Yeah thats what I was thinking, I have a spare SSD so might drop it on there and then see how it goes..
 
I'm running W10 on an ssd and haven't had any issues with it so far. Only thing i've had was amd drivers being a bit of a pain.
 
Yeah I tihnk its the AMD drivers that are causing my issues as I keep getting popsups after it goes ape**** saying that the driver stopped responding..
 
Scrolling on my Dell E7440 is a bit of pain in Win10. I normally use the right hand side of the touchpad (simulating the scroll wheel of mouse by sliding up and down vertically), but Windows 10 seems to not like this. Downloaded the exact same driver from Dell and the option is completely missing for some reason, relying only on two finger scroll which works about 50% of the time.

Windows Updates also won't download or install. They just get stuck forever at 42%. Not sure if this is a VHD issue or anything, but I've left it and gone back to Win7.

Hopefully it'll all be ironed out for release, as it does look like a nice step up from 7.
 
What Nvidia driver are people using? I have an 8400 GS in this machine but find that Edge is showing white pages a lot of the time.
 
Gabe Aul has suggested AMD drivers have known issues and a new driver will be released in a few weeks, also it looks like they are going to release a new fast ring build in a day or so (AMD driver bugs and all).
 
So is Windows 10 in a worth while state yet? I've got a new SSD drive so considering installing, but no point if it needs a format every month :p
 
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