Windows 10 Upgrade Released Today - Beta Testers Opinions, Please?

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I have the upgrade ready to go but am reluctant to pull the trigger. I avoided Vista and Windows 8, yet liked DOS 3.0, DOS 6.0, 95, 98, XP and Windows 7.

Was the upgrade smooth and without issue? Any existing programs malfunctioning or not working at all?

I am looking for real world experiences please so if you haven't fired up and used Windows 10, silently read the replies along with me.
 
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I upgraded one machine this morning from win 7. Took about 1/2 hour. Have not found any problems as of yet, all pre-existing programs work same as before the upgrade.
 
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Thanks Randy. There's no key words in that post related to Windows 10 nor does it have any commentary on anything but look what I got. However, the fact that DJ Zinc, with all his savvy, pulled the trigger on Win 10 is a huge check mark in the plus column.
 
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Windows 10 is faster and haven't found any glitches as of yet.
 
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Very exciting to hear, Sonic Vision. I think I'll do a full clone backup tomorrow of one laptop and then give it a rip.
 
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It has the icon on mine, it downloaded and created a folder for it to update....but there is no trigger so far to start the install. I was thinking about just running the setup.exe directly, but I'll just wait and see what it does......will be interesting to how much fast this i7 runs and boots.
 
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Win 10 sucks...Just kidding.

I have several friends who are raving about it my fear is that 8 is so bad it makes 10 look good
 
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Personally haven't noticed a speed boost with 10, but I do like it. I liked 7, & 8.1 for the most part, but 10 is a great combination of the 2.
As mentioned elsewhere, I updated 1 of the 8 machines I have last night, as it was the only machine that indicated it was ready. It took less than 45 minutes, and I haven't found any issues as yet. Even removed start8 on that system. Waiting to hear the responce from the family members that have been using that system now. My personal system has had the preview until this past week when it got the final bits, and I'm really liking it.
 
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So I can update 7 for free too? Hmm...that's on my main laptop and the only thing I've used 7 for.

I have 8.1 on kids computer, backup laptop and this machine (main biz computer, photo and video editing). I guess I do the backup laptop and the kids computer (tower that had 7 at one point).

I just have had issues in the past not having a disk (like on the kids computer...virus requried a new HD and you gotta have a disk for that so I bought 8.1 disk). Especially for something critical like my business computer.
 
You can download the ISO file to a flash drive. I am doing a "fresh" install on one machine now. I have been told if you have upgraded you can do a fresh install without having the key code, we shall see in a few.

Update: Yes you can. Go Here and download win 10. You can also burn a CD if you wish.

During the install just skip whenever a key code is requested. You MUST upgrade first.
 
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DJCC said:
During the install just skip whenever a key code is requested. You MUST upgrade first.
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Ya lost me...
I know from adobe software I can install an 'upgrade' disk without having any previous version on the computer or in my hands. I do need the key/serial from the copy I'm upgrading.

So if I burn a disk of win 10 and need to do a clean install on a new HD (or say I want to upgrade and use a solid state drive instead of spinny kind) I an install of the disk I burned - boot and install, right?

Now what happens when it asks from some key? If I have one I can type it in (even if it's win 7, right?)
But if I don't have a key/serial number (which is possible if my HD dies) ? Supposedly factory windows installs have a key code on the computer box and I may have an old one laying about...I know my kids killed a few computers before I got them this one and got evil on their use of it.
 
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Ya lost me...
I know from adobe software I can install an 'upgrade' disk without having any previous version on the computer or in my hands. I do need the key/serial from the copy I'm upgrading.

So if I burn a disk of win 10 and need to do a clean install on a new HD (or say I want to upgrade and use a solid state drive instead of spinny kind) I an install of the disk I burned - boot and install, right?

Now what happens when it asks from some key? If I have one I can type it in (even if it's win 7, right?)
But if I don't have a key/serial number (which is possible if my HD dies) ? Supposedly factory windows installs have a key code on the computer box and I may have an old one laying about...I know my kids killed a few computers before I got them this one and got evil on their use of it.
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NO. If you have upgraded to Win10 and want a fresh install, you can do it without a key. If you did NOT upgrade, then you will need a key.

Did you read the article I provided the ling to?
 
So Cal Hugh said:
I will wait a while, and thank those of you who are beta testing it for me.

BTW, I thought that I heard somewhere that W10 had a yearly subscription fee? Anyone know anything about this?
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No subscription fee, as of now. Microsoft stated several times that if you up grade in the first year it is for the life of the machine. Going forward, most likely yes. But that is just my .02.
 
I ran the Release Previews on and off for a bit. Yesterday, I upgraded my desktop using the Windows Update path. It went off without a hitch - I hit start upgrade, went to the store, and came back to Windows 10. I upgraded my laptop using a thumb drive loaded with the ISO from Microsoft. A fresh install didn't work (wouldn't activate - I have no license key sticker - it's in the firmware) but a fresh install of 8.1 and immediate update to 10 worked fine and had no activation issues.

There was a little funkiness with my laptop's trackpad driver but I just reinstalled the 8.1 driver which worked fine.

So far, I really like it over all. From a GUI prospective it's much better than 8.1 for a keyboard and mouse user. The menus and control panel applets aren't as schizophrenic (half times you got a metro app the other half you got dumped into a standard CP applet) as they were with 8. The UI feels a lot more cohesive overall.

Cannot say I notice a performance difference on my desktop. On my laptop it feels a little sluggish compared to 8.1 but that could be because it's a fresh install and super fetch hasn't had time to learn my habits.

The only minor beef I have is Explorer remembers recently used paths and keeps them on the sidebar -- where your favorites or pinned folders were on previous Windows versions for quick access. The trouble I have is it leaves my Veracrypt volume there as a recently used path even after it's no longer mounted. It's just an annoyance and certainly not a showstopper. Hopefully MS will fix this with an upcoming patch.

Unless you have old hardware or specialty hardware where drivers haven't been released yet I'd upgrade. Going from Windows 7 to 10 is a pretty big jump I wouldn't recommend upgrading grandma and grandpa unless you have a few hours to sit with them to help them get their bearings.
 
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