Well... I used the media creator, made a USB drive since I can't seem to get the upate on a single machine and for whatever reason the laptop never did get the reservation icon at all.

I went to update the laptop and it asks for a key. I thought it would see it in the Dell XPS12's BIOS. So, I run Nirsoft, obtain said key, enter said 8.1 BIOS key and I'm greeted with the message, "This product key didn't work".

Of course it didn't. Why the fuck would it?

I upgraded my Dell laptop last night and like Windows 10 a lot.

I left my laptop on last night. This morning when I hit the start button, I see under a heading "Recently added"

Windows DVD Player

So I guess MS has added a DVD player back to Windows 10?

Anyone else seeing this?

ETA :

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-rolls-out-windows-dvd-player-for-windows-10-users-who-used-to-have-media-center

So I guess they took the hint.

Can't speak for W7 on the machine I upgraded, but it IS significantly slower than W8.1 was. Probably in the same range that he's seeing, although I haven't timed it yet. It works OK, once it boot, so I'm not going to screw with it until I read more about how to fix the issue.

Once the OS has loaded, it works just fine. The problem is JUST with boot.

You must first do an Upgrade, cannot do a clean install as you won't have a key.  You use the Upgrade, get through upgrade and make sure it's activated.  Then, supposedly microsoft "knows" your machine.  You can then do a clean install via USB like you did, but click "Skip" on the product key page.  Then it should activate itself automatically once online.

Mine wasn't activating.  Called Microsoft, have to wait 24~48 hours and it should activate itself.  If not, call back.



I'm finding the same issue, JUST the boot that is slow as hell.  1 minute and 30 seconds for an SSD loading the OS is completely retarded.  After I get into Windows, it's fast as lightning.  Nothing wrong with the SSD, getting the speeds I'm supposed to, did full diagnostic test, it's working as intended.  And again, W7 loads up in under 10 seconds.

Think something is FUBAR.

Anybody lose all their favorites ?

I thought they would have been imported....

I copied my entire Firefox profile, I lost nothing, history, logins, nothing

IMO I think you are off in part.

Linux has exactly zero chance of displacing either Windows or OS X for major desktop OS share.  That ship has long since sailed and it ain't coming back to port anytime soon.  Face it, Linux has been around for almost 25 years.  In that 25 years, it's only clear, uncaveated success with consumers has been Android.  And even that only worked because the smart phone people did what the Linux community at large refuses to do: they made it user friendlier, when something went wrong they didn't blame the user every single time, they locked it down enough to prevent major hardware compatibility issues, and made damned sure to build in some basic compatibility layers so that your software wouldn't break every single time an upgrade came out.  Other than Android, Linux has only ever succeeded as a server OS, and it should remain in that role for which it is well suited.

For Microsoft's part, I think we are seeing a change in strategy.  They are trying to take some of the mobile market share from Apple and Google.  They want Windows 10 to be a universal OS for everything from PCs and laptops to tablets, phones, embedded devices, household appliances, everything.  I think their hope is to get more software developers to make apps for the Microsoft Store the way they do for Google Play and the Apple Store, and they intend to make their money on the back end once more people are invested in the platform.

If, and I say IF, they get enough developers to start releasing apps for the MS Store the way they do for Google Play and Apple, there is a very good chance this plan will be, at least partially, successful.  That's an awfully big if, but giving it away up front improves their chances.  The market responds to demand.  If a bunch of people get the free Windows 10 for their desktop and decide they like it, some of those will choose Windows for their next tablet and, to a lesser degree, for their next smart phone.  If enough choose Windows for their next tablet or smart phone, the demand will be there for developers to enter that market more fully.  If that happens, MS will reap considerable market share from its competitors.

Dont upgrade with a laptop with ati hd mobility graphics, doesnt recognize hd4200 series graphics or hd5000. Back to windows 7.

To expand on the above: if you can't figure out how to use the machine, maybe you should LEARN.

Enterprise PC users are one of the MOST coddled groups in business. Period.

ANYTHING else related to your job, if you don't know how to do it, you LEARN, or you get fired.

Frankly, a lot of users should have their asses on the street instead of behind a keyboard.



Nick

The Edge browser took me to Russia Today, Bing on the first try. It took 9 tries before finally took me to Drudge Report. Not as good as Firefox. In fact it made Firefox more responsive at least on my setup.

I must be shit tier.  Still no notification.

I had a few kinks with some drivers but all in all I like it so far



 

I released my death grip on XP and went straight to win 8.after I got used to it ,I loved it.took a month or so though



 

I just got back to my office after walking the job and my laptop just told me it is 87% done.

Same. I ended up forcing the update manually on a laptop yesterday and desktop today.

Can you talk ne through that like I'm 2?

In the event I can't find the CD packet to my 8.1 disks, where can I find the key on my computer?

 
I thought I read that the only notifications they sent out so far were for x32. I have x64 windows and I haven't gotten a notification yet. I believe there was a link in the other Win 10 thread that you could manually download win 10 for x64


 

It is fairly simple.

1. Go into "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" and delete everything in that folder. (Don't delete the folder, just the contents.)
2. Now, run the command prompt as an administrator. Type in "wuauclt.exe /updatenow".
3. Go to your Control Panel > Windows Update and your Windows 10 should start re-downloading from scratch, hopefully without flaws this time.

It worked the first try on my laptop, the desktop failed once.

I have 64 bit on both machines as well.

Direct download here.

To answer you question about keys, it doesn't ask for a key.

 
I beleive MS made an exe to get rid of it for those who don't want the newest OS.

I didn't look into it because I plan on upgrading

Killing Media Center Edition was the biggest mistake Microsoft made with the Windows 10 rollout. OK, they belatedly saw the light and provided a partial replacement.

But I don't use Media Center to play DVD's. I use it as the application for the Hauppauge TV / Radio card. Yes, Hauppauge provides its own TV / Radio application, but it sucks compared to Media Center.

I'll be sticking with my Windows 7 and 8.1 setups.

This is the straight up version but from another site.
http://www.techhacks.org/windows-10/

"Installed base".

Replace all the Win8 installs (which has been a market failure from a Microsoft perspective) and get all those old Win7 systems upgraded and part of the new ecosystem.

As a strategy, it makes sense. They're essentially paying you to upgrade - if you do so before 28 July 2016. Their side of the deal is they get you at least familiar with (if not buying from) the "new" Microsoft Store and all the other goodies that come with the WinX ecosystem.

Well, this fucking sucks.


None of the games I have installed on steam are working properly now.

I vaguely remember that.

Well, shit. Maybe if I hold out for the actual notification, steam will have patches.

What are you trying? I ran Borderlands 2 last night with zero issues.

Only issue I've had so far is that my iTunes forgot it's library location, which was just a simple matter of showing it where it was.

Overall I don't have enough time on it to say if I like it or not yet. The notification thing appears to be buggy though... it keeps saying I have notifications, and when I click on it there are no notifications.

Do a game cache verification on any that do not work-should clear up any issues.



Nick

I DL'ed and installed it last night.

Overall impression is it seems very nice, smooth and fast. I like what they've done with the "start" button

I too lost all of my favorites on the new browser, it didn't import them BUT strangely everything on my favorites BAR is still there, only now it's alphabetized

I had no problem upgrading at all.

I had no problem with any STEAM games.

Nvidia had a Win10 patch that ran right at the first W10 bootup.

I like it a lot.

Went to force update my Windows 7 desktop.
Got the "We couldn't update the system reserved partition" on Win10 upgrade error message.

Discussion about how to fix this here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3a6znd/we_couldnt_update_the_system_reserved_partition/

Didn't try the steps outlined to delete files and truncate the NTFS.log.
I just increased the partition size from the default 100mb to 350mb.

Will try the upgrade again tonight.

I got it fixed.

I typed in -ne in the steam command prompt. (means the game will run in borderless mode)

Fixed both Skyrim and Rome 2 Total War right up.

I see your point and it has validity, but it's not the whole picture.

I'm pretty high in my corporate IT department.  My company is not a tech industry company, however.  My job is to provide tools for our people to do their jobs with.  Given the pacing of our business, in some cases, we literally don't have time for people to sit through training classes to learn minutiae about their OS.  So while I see what you're saying, I see it from my CEO's standpoint too....hours spent learning details about Windows 8 is literally thousands of dollars not made by our company.

This situation may not be ideal for IT staff, true.  But this is a for profit business, we are here to make money.  If IT has to occasionally do some hand holding in order for us to maximize profit, then IT is doing occasional hand holding.  It helps that the people we hire tend to be well above average intelligence and will pick up a lot of things on their own.  That said, all my subordinates have been so informed and are expected to proceed on the aforementioned basis because when the company does well, we do well.  If the company does badly, we will be looking for other employment.

"We couldnt install Windows 10. 0xC1900101 - 0x30017 The installation
failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during BOOT operation"
Win 7 Home prem (64 bit) to win 10 64 bit.
Dang, it was getting through most of the install process, and was starting it's first couple of boots.  It reverted me back to Win 7 at least, but I can't find a fix for this one.





ETA:  Using a Samsung SSD.  I'm using "fast boot" in BIOS so I'm going to try turning that off, and also will trying turning Samsung "RAPID MODE" off in the magician and try again when I get home...





 

This is EXACTLY why we keep deploying Win 7 PCs to our clients.

We simply don't have time to answer a flood of user interface questions that win 8.1 would likely generate. It will be bad enough, when we are forced to start deploying Win 10.

I have no problems with Win 8, for the most part. I'm not dumb enough to think deploying it to people who were confused by the move from XP to Win 7 is a good idea, however.

Installed 10 last night. Took between 20 and 30 minutes on a Dell M3800 with an i7, 16 gigs of RAM and a 512 gig SSD. No issues during install or after. Some programs needed updates proceeding first boot. All settings rolled over. Running great so far. All programs work fine. Steam apps function well. Adobe CS6 extended works great. Rhinoceros v5 works well. Boots quick.



Weirdly though, I have about 50 gigs of additional free space I didn't have before. Not sure whether 10 swept away unnecessary Windows 7 data, or whether it's better at streamlining and organizing my storage. Anyway, weird.




 

ETA adjusted number

Go here, follow steps.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-find-your-windows-8-or-8-1-product-key/

Yeah, some are reporting gaining back some disc space post upgrade to Windows 10. For some reason I lost a bit of space on an older PC upgrading to Windows 10 Pro.

MS Edge: Cannot view video content (Youtube, Foxnews, etc.).Neither HTML 5 nor Adobe flash player works. Web pages slow to load cannot scroll sometimes have to refresh the page to see a scroll bar.

...yet no issues using Firefox on this computer. Go figure

I was thinking the machine I was trying to upgrade had win7 pro but it wasn't. That was my issue. I was trying to upgrade to win10 pro. Once I used the correct version it upgraded very quickly.

Finally!


Runs like a champ on my 2011 iMac.  Seems faster.

I have an i5 processor, 8GB RAM, and a 1TB regular HDD.  Win10 runs very well on it, but is still not as fast as my $250 chromebook.  

I am not sure what that means for the PC market, but it seems chromebooks do everything a PC will do for 95% of the people out there (except run Office or play heavy-duty games).

It is a lot faster.

Don't have a mic hooked up to my computer, so I can't really speak to Cortana.

I wonder how many people are trying to speak like the Master Chief now?

I have been watching Youtube in Edge for the past 2 days.

What did I miss?

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Don't chromebooks have SSD instead of a mechanical Hard Drive ?
Add a SSD as a boot drive for your PC then it will be faster.

Damn!

 
That's the truth!

I just cloned W10 to SSD yesterday and my computer is faster than all get out now!!!

Running Office is kind of important.  If you don't need to run office, you might as well just use a tablet.

Miles and miles of butthurt.

Downloaded 10 this week on a test run with an HP Envy and love every second of it. No issues as of yet.