Dane Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 So my windows 10 home key ends exactly like a friends who updated too. Is is everyone getting the same keys. Both his and mine were upgraded to windows 10 home. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAQT Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Is is everyone getting the same keys. Both his and mine were upgraded to windows 10 home. They key is now linked to your computer, reinstall Windows on the same computer and it will activate automatically. Why would you need a license key then? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealDamien Subscriber¹ Posted July 30, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 30, 2015 if I update a motherboard bios from legacy to uefi. will windows 10 lose it activation? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 They key is now linked to your computer, reinstall Windows on the same computer and it will activate automatically. Why would you need a license key then? just making sure. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAQT Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 To add, I noticed how slim (space wise) Windows 10 installation is, for an upgrade from Windows 8.1. I always do a fresh install when a new Windows comes out, but I guess I will skip that part this time, pretty comfortable with how snappy everything is and is using far less data. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsYcHoKiLLa Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) A lot of people may want to have a look at this, maybe a good idea to feature it on the front page, credits go to Hexus.net and Callum (aka Rehok), my annoying neighbour in work http://hexus.net/tech/features/software/85085-how-clean-install-windows-10-usb-drive/ Edited July 30, 2015 by PsYcHoKiLLa Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947172 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM97 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 A lot of people may want to have a look at this, maybe a good idea to feature it on the front page, credits go to Hexus.net and Callum (aka Rehok), my annoying neighbour in work http://hexus.net/tech/features/software/85085-how-clean-install-windows-10-usb-drive/ He's right. A simply good & informational posting style,all good for anyone. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Updated my desktop today. Used Disk Cleanup first to get rid of the downloaded update files seeing as the WU upgrade method was still failing. Then upgraded from iso. Everything went smooth and Windows was preactivated on boot. As this is my daily driver I'll be finding all sorts of things to try and comes to terms with as time goes on but so far nothing has broken. I wanted to try the Game DVR but I guess not all games support it (or the shortcut key to activate it ingame). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
protocol7 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Windows DVD Player just downloaded here. I checked for updates and got 3, then noticed the new icon on my start menu. Dashel 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted July 30, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted July 30, 2015 If the install/upgrade is failing from WU it's probably because the servers are loaded and so on, grab the ISO and upgrade that way. Once you upgrade and you activate, you can then do a clean install with the ISO again. You just have to do the upgrade first and have it activate that way, the "key" or in this case the license with 10 is handled differently than in the past. There's no key, per se, there's some hardware identifier that's tied to your MSA from what I've read. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
midispider Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) I still have the Technical Preview Build 10204 from last week, The "Released" build is also 10204 but i still have the yellow "send a smile" feedback icon in IE11 amongst other feedback items, Does yesterdays release have this also ?Thanks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596947844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAQT Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Does anyone know how to increase the icon size in the taskbar? It's driving me mad, there are too small for me now. Edit: I do not have the 'use small icons' checked in the taskbar options. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kpo6969 Subscriber¹ Posted July 30, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted July 30, 2015 Does anyone know if or what $Windows.~ WS is and if it can be deleted (along with windows.old) after a successful upgrade from 8.1 Pro to 10 Pro. I got tired of waiting for my reserved upgrade and after windows update showing 40 failed upgrade attempts to Win 10 Pro I used the media creation tool and did an upgrade from within Win 8.1 Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Passant Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 if I update a motherboard bios from legacy to uefi. will windows 10 lose it activation? Very good question. I'm sure both the legacy bios and UEFI share the same motherboard ID. I'm in the Insider program and I built a custom PC and I don't have a W7 or W8/8.1 license at the moment. Right now I'm on the latest build and everything is good, but If I download the ISO and perform a clean install, will my copy of Windows be activated? Does it requires my MS account to activate it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorsepip Veteran Posted July 30, 2015 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Very good question. I'm sure both the legacy bios and UEFI share the same motherboard ID. It will stay activated, if you turn on legacy mode you will add support for booting from non uefi devices or (windows, linux etc) installs but it won't disable uefi itself for current and new windows 8&10 installs. Besides that, your activation is based on your hardware id which is generated from your bios serial number, videocard serialnumber and harddrive serial number. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 For me this windows 10 launch is a disaster. 1 - My insider PC wont actvate even tho I am a tester yet other testers got it free. 2 - On both my win7 devices the win10 app stays frozen like this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 ^ use the ISOs? I love Neowin. It is currently the most sane place on the web to discuss the OS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulburner Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I have a problem with videos. No matter if it's online (Edge, Firefox, either Flash or HTML5) or local (any file, mp4, avi, mkv...) it's either a blank screen or a green screen. A restart sometimes helps. Any recommendations? I think it worked alright a few weeks ago in an earlier Preview build My PC config: i5 2500K, 12 GB RAM, AMD Radeon R9 290, ASRock Z77 Pro3. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted July 30, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted July 30, 2015 Does anyone know if or what $Windows.~ WS is and if it can be deleted (along with windows.old) after a successful upgrade from 8.1 Pro to 10 Pro. I got tired of waiting for my reserved upgrade and after windows update showing 40 failed upgrade attempts to Win 10 Pro I used the media creation tool and did an upgrade from within Win 8.1 Thanks Windows.old can be deleted if your upgrade has no issues, not sure about the other one. I have a problem with videos. No matter if it's online (Edge, Firefox, either Flash or HTML5) or local (any file, mp4, avi, mkv...) it's either a blank screen or a green screen. A restart sometimes helps. Any recommendations? I think it worked alright a few weeks ago in an earlier Preview build My PC config: i5 2500K, 12 GB RAM, AMD Radeon R9 290, ASRock Z77 Pro3. If it's any video file on the web or local then I'm betting it's video driver issues of some kind. Maybe you can try uninstall and reinstalling them if a newer version isn't out yet. For me this windows 10 launch is a disaster. 1 - My insider PC wont actvate even tho I am a tester yet other testers got it free. 2 - On both my win7 devices the win10 app stays frozen like this. If the app stays like that then I think it's some piece of hardware or software it's trying to check for compatibility that's freezing the process itself, when you run the app it does this scan and gives you a log of things that don't work or might not work on Windows 10. +kpo6969 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konstantine Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Some of these don't actually work? The packages still remain in that list? EDIT: Never mind, they are actually built-in, and it doesn't matter if you remove them, in a way, you are only hiding them. "Good job, Microsoft". Sigh. Just take ownership of C:\Program Files\WindowsApps and delete those packages yourself... I did it back in Windows 8.1. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 If the app stays like that then I think it's some piece of hardware or software it's trying to check for compatibility that's freezing the process itself, when you run the app it does this scan and gives you a log of things that don't work or might not work on Windows 10. Sounds plausible, but for all the issues I am having so far I am not likely to go ok I will bypass it and install win10 from an ISO. For me there is just too many issues currently, also considering that on my win10 insider pc when I installed I was forced to hard reset to finish the installation because on the install process it had the same type of freeze on a wait a moment screen. It seems microsoft have managed to break their hardware scanning processes which were previously quite reliable on windows seven. Of course also the fact my insider pc just lost its activation for some unknown reason without a documented way of reactivating it, what happens when that happens to a production machine? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Can someone else test if Search can find indexed shortcuts?https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1120376-start-screen-doesnt-search-shortcuts-lnk-files/ Still can find them on my PC since Windows 8 and now 10.Launchy is still the best. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Anyone else run into an issue where the Store is stuck trying to update itself which prevents other app updates? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron2000 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Wonder why is System Restore default to turned off? Can someone else test if Search can find indexed shortcuts?https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1120376-start-screen-doesnt-search-shortcuts-lnk-files/ Still can find them on my PC since Windows 8 and now 10.Launchy is still the best. Oops! A typo! "Still cannot find them on my PC since Windows 8 and now 10." Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Got into a spat on Twitter with an actual Microsoft employee who actually thinks Windows 10 is a free product... I think they've let their marketing go to their head. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1262894-official-windows-10-build-10010240-discussion-upgrade-experience/page/37/#findComment-596948856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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