Windows 10

gareth170 · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:01

Rusty! said:
Updated my 8.1 to 10240 after using it in Hyper-V.

So far, so good.

did you use a 10240 ISO? and did it activate ok?

purplesky · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:08

opethdisciple said:
Gadgets available in home edition?

Hopefully not. Gadgets looks like a cheap knock-off from some Linux distribution.

40Four · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:09

Hikari Kisugi said:
What codecs are people using with win10, I have some old avi and flv style movie files that will not play under the base install, so what are people using to adjunct the basic installation?

No codecs. I use Daum Potplayer. Packed with settings and supports hardware acceleration. Will play anything.

AthlonXP1800 · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:16

Just noticed OCUK now has Windows 10 OEM pre-order so no retail.

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929) £116.99
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139) £79.99

Combat Fighter · 18 Jul 2015 at 18:40

UTmaniac said:
Just a heads up for Gigabyte X99 motherboard owners...

There appears to be a few Windows 10 Intel drivers available on the Gigabyte site, released in the last few days.

That's handy.

Cheers.

nightmare99 · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:20

AthlonXP1800 said:
Just noticed OCUK now has Windows 10 OEM pre-order so no retail.

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929) £116.99
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139) £79.99

The embargo for resellers taking pre-orders lifted this weekend.

Trifid · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:22

AthlonXP1800 said:
Just noticed OCUK now has Windows 10 OEM pre-order so no retail.

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929) £116.99
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139) £79.99

So no early order deals? Windows 8 Pro OEM was £50.

mctiny · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:36

Trifid said:
So no early order deals? Windows 8 Pro OEM was £50.

No! just the "Upgrade for free" in the first year offer, is you have Windows 7 SP1 or higher...

Trifid · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:50

mctiny said:
No! just the "Upgrade for free" in the first year offer, is you have Windows 7 SP1 or higher...

Oh.

I was hoping to buy a new copy for my PC and virtualise my copy of 8 but that gets a bit expensive at full whack.

gareth170 · 18 Jul 2015 at 19:53

AthlonXP1800 said:
Just noticed OCUK now has Windows 10 OEM pre-order so no retail.

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-FQC-08929) £116.99
Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139) £79.99

ocuk didn't stock 8.1 retail but other places did/do... im not surprised ocuk won't be selling win 10 retail..

tbh don't know why ocuk don't stock retail

Windows 10 Retail will come on a USB Flash Drives

Skeeter · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:28

I'm surprises OEM isn't on USB too?

Jobe · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:38

Hi

Been meaning to ask this question for a while now but after reading a few posts back you may not know

Is win 10 locked to hardware?
I have win 8 retail that got upgraded to 8.1( think it was the free upgrade thing). Can I upgrade to win 10, upgrade mobo, ram n cup at a later date and still do the free upgrade to win 10 again?

JB

gareth170 · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:38

Skeeter said:
I'm surprises OEM isn't on USB too?

im guessing win 10 oem isn't ment to be for personal use. so it wouldn't really much sense putting oem on USB

AthlonXP1800 · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:42

Microsoft delays feature to install apps on an SD card with Windows 10

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-delays-feature-to-install-apps-on-an-sd-card-with-windows-10

Oh well I looked forward to install apps into SD card on Linx 10 when Windows 10 launch on 29 Aug so I don't mind wait until October 2015.

gareth170 · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:43

Jobe said:
Hi

Been meaning to ask this question for a while now but after reading a few posts back you may not know

Is win 10 locked to hardware?
I have win 8 retail that got upgraded to 8.1( think it was the free upgrade thing). Can I upgrade to win 10, upgrade mobo, ram n cup at a later date and still do the free upgrade to win 10 again?

JB

MS said it can only reinstall/activate on the same device.

but the license terms on 10240 are saying different....

maybe the free upgrade will have it's own license terms, no idea until after the 29th

Skeeter · 18 Jul 2015 at 20:51

gareth170 said:
im guessing win 10 oem isn't ment to be for personal use. so it wouldn't really much sense putting oem on USB

I was thinking more that lots of devices don't have optical drives any more.

Spuddy · 18 Jul 2015 at 21:02

is W10 final out now? Or does it download prior to release day so its just ready to be installed/activated through the upgrade platform?

llamadal · 18 Jul 2015 at 21:30

I did a fresh install today from the ISO linked a couple of pages back. If you are already an insider then during install, skip CD key and just log in when complete - works perfectly

Raiden85 · 18 Jul 2015 at 21:40

bulldog147 said:
Just love the gadget sidebar on Windows 10240 Enterprise.

Love 8GadgetPack, have been using it since Windows 8. Works perfectly on 10 Pro.

opethdisciple said:
Gadgets available in home edition?

It's a program called 8GadgetPack, have been using it for a long time.

http://8gadgetpack.net/

purplesky said:
Hopefully not. Gadgets looks like a cheap knock-off from some Linux distribution.

I love the gadgets, some so look crap but the ones that monitor the GPU/CPU I find extremely useful. Will never be without them if I can.

Some of my desktop icons will be gone soon, any games I'm still working on are on the desktop, I have quite a few to do

mctiny · 18 Jul 2015 at 22:41

Trifid said:
Oh. I was hoping to buy a new copy for my PC and virtualise my copy of 8 but that gets a bit expensive at full whack.

Should've become an insider