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ooo....my little black book of dc. that's where i curse everyone here out in private, just to get it out of my system.-superboyac (August 04, 2015, 12:06 AM)
Well, tbh, when it comes to this...As far as I am aware, they don't e-mail you shit to click to download - They just download it to your PC if you pre-ordered via the annoying popup, then it will give you an annoying popup to tell you it's done doing whatever it did.
It does specifically say, in that stupid popup, that when it is ready, that window will let you know - absolutely nothing about "We will e-mail you"-Stephen66515 (August 03, 2015, 02:35 PM)
Oh, bloody hell....and if you think that there is a setting somewhere within Windows where someone could toggle between private and public networks then you can go take a seat on the left side of the room with all the sane people. Unfortunately, all of the Microsoft employees will be sitting on the other side of the room because no such function exists.
got a blue screen "SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION (NETIO.SYS)" error. It's only happened once and I haven't been able to reproduce it, but I'm very wary. Internet searches will tell you it could be anything from your motherboard to your hard drive or even your NIC...there may even be evidence it's because you weren't loved enough as a child.but thanks for the laughs
Thanks again, tomos, THAT worked! Course I still have to download and install drivers but there's a fresh copy of Win 7 Ultimate on the little box-kyrathaba (August 01, 2015, 06:33 PM)
Hard-core tools, software that does not use the installed Windows, doesn't care. This type of software is probably not for the faint of heart...but imho is usually less messy that the kind that uses Windows.-Shades (August 01, 2015, 02:06 PM)
When you create an image, the whole concept is to take everything. If you don't want that, you are making a plain file backup.-Shades (August 01, 2015, 08:29 AM)
Depending on the format used for the generated image file, there might be software that allows you to peek inside those files, allowing you to read and copy stuff from that image file.Yeah,-Shades (August 01, 2015, 08:29 AM)
-tomos (July 27, 2015, 04:18 PM)
There seems to be several tutorials on uninstalling games in Windows 8. Have you tried any of them?-skwire (July 31, 2015, 08:57 AM)
I installed some games under the tablet mode in win8
I now want to uninstall them, but I can't find them in Add/Remove Programs!!!-kalos (July 31, 2015, 05:44 AM)
Next will be my 24/7 TV recorder/downloader/fax computer, also x86, where they're still "validating" the upgrade. If that goes OK, I might bite the bullet and do the wife's machine
I think I'll write my will while I still have arms and legs.-4wd (July 30, 2015, 02:19 AM)
Lifehacker ... have this video embedded
Video podcast - exercises for tendonitis and carpal tunnel which they better describe as "Use exercises to ward off RSI" - they're very good exercises if you spend a lot of time at the keyboard and/or using the mouse -
it feels really good to stretch those tendons-tomos (November 23, 2009, 07:58 AM)
Anybody else notice that thread it 3 years old?-Stephen66515 (July 30, 2015, 04:28 PM)
Also, the developer is arrogant, banning hard-working contributors from his board because their political beliefs are incompatible with his ones.-Tuxman (July 30, 2015, 04:15 AM)
The first serious problem was that Windows wouldn't accept my bi-language Win 7 installation, so to speak. First it was English, then I installed a Danish version on top. It used to work fine, but Win 10 said that now I had chosen (rubbish; I was never given any choice!) to install a Danish Win 10 version and I would therefore loose all my third party programs. ALL of them!!!-Curt (July 29, 2015, 01:39 PM)
I don't think it's weird they began upgrading several hours before midnight; they are serving quite a lot of machines.-Curt (July 28, 2015, 03:49 PM)
Okay, so you are in a part of the world where it's tomorrow already then ... Yes?
How many hours before midnight are we talking here???-Stoic Joker (July 28, 2015, 04:39 PM)
Presumably the download page is easy enough to modify? A notice there would enhance the usage: currently it states Win2K, WinXP, but the program in fact works fine on Win7 and Win8.1 -- provided it is given administrator privileges.
I'd be happy to modify the page text myself (to put action behind the suggestion)-AKE (July 27, 2015, 07:52 PM)
Update 16/07/2015 windows 10 10240 rtm is released for windows insiders
by philipyip
You cannot clean install initially otherwise you pass up your free upgrade
Upgrade to windows 10 via windows update or beginning the windows 10 setup within the windows 10 desktop. This will register your device as a windows 10 device and you may then create a recovery drive and clean install.
From my extensive testing of the new Microsoft Product Testing introduced into Microsoft Windows 10 RTM I can tell you the following:
◾Direct clean installation from Windows 10 Installation Media, skipping product key twice or using the generic key leads to an unactivated product.
◾Using the .iso to upgrade from the Windows Desktop will only allow activated versions of Windows to release the license agreement screen. This only allows Activated versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Insider 10130.
◾For Windows Insiders Windows 10130 is then updated to Windows 10162 via Windows Update and this is updated via Windows Update to Windows 10240 (RTM) .
◾Once the initial upgrade to Windows 10240 is complete the device is registered to Microsoft as a Windows 10 Device.
◾Once a device is registered, you may create a Recovery Drive and Clean Install.
◾The Recovery Drive may be used on other devices but you will encounter Microsoft Product Activation issues if the device isn’t initially upgraded via Windows Update and Registered as a Windows 10 10240 RTM device.
◾The product activation is tied to the device. You can reinstall using a different Microsoft Account or Local Account and the device will activate.
◾You may change minor hardware such as a SSD/HDD and clean install. I changed from a SSD to HDD for a quick test and Microsoft Product Activation was applied.
◾It seems Windows Insiders with Build 10130 will be passed as eligible to reach Windows 10 RTM even those who lacked a Windows 7/8.1 Base license. Those who look to join the Windows 10 Insider program after the Windows 10130 .isos have been removed will not be able to install and activate Windows 10 Insider 10240 RTM.
