Windows 10

Glaucus said:
Of course it will work for you. As it does for everyone else. The only time you have to talk to someone is if you don't press 1 when it asks how many computers its installed on.
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I have only ever had to do the automated thing when the customer support women pops it up from their end you put in all the numbers ect, and then it tells me that i need a genuine key. and thats after a couple of days use on my key which accepts initially from a direct install of a disk version i created from the link that is somewhere on here , and the placeholder key. Though the same keys work fine and still going strong without doing that verification at all for at least a year, rolling back to W7/8./8.1 all the keys are solid. Im guessing the keys are upgrade keys and there must be something left in that verify that, that a clean 8.1 install does not.
 
rossiboy001 said:
I have only ever had to do the automated thing when the customer support women pops it up from their end you put in all the numbers ect, and then it tells me that i need a genuine key. and thats after a couple of days use on my key which accepts initially from a direct install of a disk version i created from the link that is somewhere on here , and the placeholder key. Though the same keys work fine and still going strong without doing that verification at all for at least a year, rolling back to W7/8./8.1 all the keys are solid. Im guessing the keys are upgrade keys and there must be something left in that verify that, that a clean 8.1 install does not.
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Are you using it on two systems? Certainly sounds like it, and if do off course you a re going to have issues.

Anyone with a genuine key does not need to faff about.
 
Glaucus said:
Then you are likely using the wrong ISO/place holder key.

Of course volume license key won't work on a retail ISO install. They never have.

Assuming you have the normal upgrade key that cost £25 at launch, or a bit more after launch.

Then just use this

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3c2hcaO4GgWbXB4Q0g5YkhHUVE&usp=sharing
And make sure you use the right one for you version. So if it's pro use the pro key.

Then once it's all installed go to control panel, system and change to your proper key. Then phone up and activate.

There is no need to faff about doing lots of upgrades and if it's not working you are doing something wrong.
Like try to use a volume license key, using the wrong version etc.
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Thanks, I will do this over the weekend then. I can't remember which ISO I used to be honest.
 
I used my recovery file I made ages ago for my Pro, put that on after I had taken 10 off and now I'm being told I cant activate either.
 
Trig said:
I used my recovery file I made ages ago for my Pro, put that on after I had taken 10 off and now I'm being told I cant activate either.
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By who? On the phone? Or just the automated activation on the computer.
Generally after 1 install, then you have to phone up and as long as you press 1 when it asks how many computers it's on. Then it activates, never having to talk to anyone.
 
Automated on the machine, pita..
I'm already on the phone so guess I'll have to wait, unless our EA code works..
 
Trig said:
Automated on the machine, pita..
I'm already on the phone so guess I'll have to wait, unless our EA code works..
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That's normal, after the first install win8 usually never auto activates. However it activates over the phone, all automated, no human.
 
Glaucus said:
Are you using it on two systems? Certainly sounds like it, and if do off course you a re going to have issues.

Anyone with a genuine key does not need to faff about.
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What i do have though is 3 PC"s around the house and i have upgraded them all, but they have their own keys individually which i have 3 different transactions from upgrades 3x£25 on different dates, But im very very careful I have all the keys labelled and in their appropriate W7disk boxes from what iv upgraded from, also each box is labelled which PC they relate to. So i know there never has been any confusion about duplicating the keys, and besides there is no issues with the other two, they have suddenly not stopped working cause im using a key on another machine ect.
 
It doesn't even matter about win7 keys it makes no difference.


Sounds like you have an isdue with one of the keys and they've flagged it as not genuine for some reason. Which has nothing to do with installing from a win8.1 ISO without upgrading.

As pretty much all of us on here have done that multiple times with zero issue.
 
Glaucus said:
It doesn't even matter about win7 keys it makes no difference.


Sounds like you have an isdue with one of the keys and they've flagged it as not genuine for some reason. Which has nothing to do with installing from a win8.1 ISO without upgrading.

As pretty much all of us on here have done that multiple times with zero issue.
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Maybe it is so, cause it makes no sense as you say, They or at least the support staff accept it as a genuine key, but then go on to sday you need a genuine key cause there is nothing more they can do, and they dont seem to be able to escalate it to someone who can sort it. But regardless the key works flawlessly with this painstaking method of going through all the upgrade versions. But by an ISO only works for a day or so, before it tells me iv got 30 days to verify, which it then does not accept. through the round the houses method, i cant recall its even needed to be verified, and just works from recollecton
 
How's 10 shaping up for gamers at the moment, any tangible increase in performance or can we expect that later on with full release?
 
murah said:
How's 10 shaping up for gamers at the moment, any tangible increase in performance or can we expect that later on with full release?
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You're not going to get any real automatic gaming performance increase. That still lies between the game, DirectX (usually) and the graphics drivers, and while DirectX 12 looks on paper at least a very decent improvement, it requires games to take advantage of it, which none will do and not for a time to come.

General performance went up a notch with Windows 8 (and even more so on lower-end systems), but that's not going to help gaming in any meaningful way, and certainly not in FPS.
 
worth putting on upgrade to Windows 10 Technical Preview from 8.1 on a general use machine ?

(gaming, main machine in house - but no used for any work or critical :)

will there be an upgrade path from Windows 10 ? or will it be a reinstall like Windows 8 Technical Preview (I think it was)
 
hey, windows update decided there was a new AMD driver, i let it install. once it did i lost the ability to play back any video, any that wanted gpu acceleration were dead.

reinstalling the old 14.11 driver fixed it but anyone else gotten that? i havent seen any reports of the newer driver breaking things.
 
regardless of windows version, preview or RTM, you should never install drivers from windows update.... except if you have microsoft peripheral devices. i'd never use it for gpu, sound, etc...
 
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