Windows 10

[jm3]

so long windows 10 was in public beta and these companies now decide to update drivers?

yeh people are pissed on the oculus developer forums myself included. oculus have been bragging about their partnership with microsoft for the last few months and now noone can use their rift with windows 10 they really dropped the ball.

[skylinechild]

Don't have my product key. Don't want to do it :\

you can download and install. Once you were using a genuine windows 7/8/8.1 the product key will be installed automatically.

if you insist you MUST have a product key you can update to windows 10 then use a tool like
RW everything OR firmware table view by nirsoft OR windows OEM product key by neo smart tech

RW everything >>> http://rweverything.com/

firmware table view>> http://www.nextofwindows.com/firmwareta ... from-bios/

windows OEM product key >> https://neosmart.net/OemKey/

Upgraded from 8.1 on a Toshiba Satellite.

Couldn't get Wifi or Ethernet connection to get the machine online. Half cooked drivers? Nothing available on Toshiba's website.

Rolled back to 8.1 15 mins later.

you should have checked the manufacturer of the chipset website.
they (usually) provide generic drivers which work for the new operating system

for example when i downgraded my laptop from vista to XP there was no drivers on HP website so i went to the audio chipset manufacturer which provided generic drivers for my sound card under windows XP...installed it..they worked...did a reboot...windows for more upto date drivers..updated to those - no issues since.

did this for my sound, lan, video, and wireless.

worse case sceneario...check for drivers FIRST before installing windows 10.

Laptop owners check with your manufacturer's website to see if they have Windows 10 drivers available for your laptops. That seems to be the majority of problems.

wise words... but what if your laptop didnt come with windows7..or 8..??
would it then be considered too old to run windows 10 ???

so long windows 10 was in public beta and these companies now decide to update drivers?

you cant update your drivers based on beta software. beta software is just that....beta..aka testing..features may be removed or changed in ways which will negatively affect the driver.

best bet is to always rely on the final product to base the drivers on.

[pete]

Yeah I found a program that shows the product key. Should have updated the thread but hopefully anyone else who's worried will see that and know what to do.

[skylinechild]

so yesterday I FINALLY got the notification on my mom pc to get windows 10 now.
*breathes sigh of relief.

so checking the tool I get this...


and WHY ----



Like WTF.....good news is all the other components meet the minimum requirements.
my CPU is 2.8GHz which means its more than adequate - speed wise however the technology it has is abit tooo outdated...

did a little web searching and you processor MUST have SSE2 and EM64T and either VT-d or VT-x
for example




my processor however.....


will do a chip upgrade (if possible) as well as a hard drive upgrade and check again to see if I can run windows 10..
If not...I'd better settle on windows 7 ultimate 32bit.

[moses_boss12]

Got Windows 10 Wednesday Night, really enjoying it so far.

I got cortana and it is a nifty feature (just wished it opened up with chrome,when making online searches)..the new internet explorer( edge ) is actually pretty cool, i found that load up time for webpages seem to take a bit longer than when using chrome. My smart gesture was not working initially on my laptop, went to ASUS website and downloaded the driver and it was all good.

Overall for the minimum use of the O/S seems to be good,organized and smooth. No noticeable lags between operations yet..Just waiting to see how it manages with Games and all the goodies Microsoft promised. Really love how i can create a new desktop without getting a third party app..helps a lot when i am doing work

The XBOXONE app seems to be a bit glitchy, would experiment with it a little more however.

[DVSTT]

Got Windows 10 Wednesday Night, really enjoying it so far.

I got cortana and it is a nifty feature (just wished it opened up with chrome,when making online searches)..the new internet explorer( edge ) is actually pretty cool, i found that load up time for webpages seem to take a bit longer than when using chrome. My smart gesture was not working initially on my laptop, went to ASUS website and downloaded the driver and it was all good.

Overall for the minimum use of the O/S seems to be good,organized and smooth. No noticeable lags between operations yet..Just waiting to see how it manages with Games and all the goodies Microsoft promised. Really love how i can create a new desktop without getting a third party app..helps a lot when i am doing work

The XBOXONE app seems to be a bit glitchy, would experiment with it a little more however.

I was under the impression that if you had set chrome to be the default browser then cortana would have used it over edge.

[noshownogo]

Getting the "Something Happened" error, didn't research it yet.

[STORM1234]

my avg antivirus stop working after, usb bluetooth any good?

[DVSTT]

my avg antivirus stop working after, usb bluetooth any good?

Mine is working and so is macafee.
Both are annoying me with constant notifications.

[stev]

Getting the "Something Happened" error, didn't research it yet.

got this on one of the machines when upgrading...

had to right click and run as administrator after mounting / extracting the ISO.

[S_2NR]

how allyu gettin probs so.
everything flawless here.

[DVSTT]

Anyone using it with with the Adobe Suite? (Photoshop, After effects etc)

My photoshop and lightroom are working on it.

[DTAC]

After Effects, Photoshop 2015 work perfectly.

[stev]

[DVSTT]

Anyone has movie maker 2012 on windows 10? Is it working ?

[brickman]

Tip for anyone upgrading on an windows 7 back machine that gets the dreaded no audio issue that appeared with windows 8.

1.) Right click on speaker icon, select 'Sounds'
2.) Left click on 'Playback' tab
3.) Left click on the device (in my case, the Conexant SmartAudio HD Device); you should see 'Configure' and 'Properties' light up on the bottom. Click 'Properties'
4.) Now, click on 'Enhancements'
5.) Left click the checkbox 'Disable All Enhancements'. Click Apply. You should now have sound. You may have to restart the computer, but in my case, I did not have too.
If this doesn't work, or you don't see "Disable All Enhancements" listed, you will have to revert back to the inbox driver.I hope this information helps you. Good luck.

[trinidrift]

I am still waiting for the update. Anyone know how to check your position in the queue?

[2WNBoost]

I am still waiting for the update. Anyone know how to check your position in the queue?

Try the media creation tool and skip the wait
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... ol-install

[Ted_v2]

anyone had good reviews with it on a custom built pc?
I on a legit windows 7 32bit .
also heard windows 10 has plenty allocations for touch screen devices, mines limited to a mouse. It works good with a mouse?

[neexis]

I am still waiting for the update. Anyone know how to check your position in the queue?

Try the media creation tool and skip the wait
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... ol-install

The media creation tool will actually do the upgrade for you without the need for any media.
Did it yesterday on a Vaio.

[maj. tom]

Hahahaha WdMC the start menu stopped working. Cannot click it. Cannot right click apps on the Taskbar. PC is essentially useless now. The firetruck going on with Microsoft and releasing the official with this bug? Apparently the only solution is create a new user account. Many people experiencing this too from what I'm reading.

[brickman]

Hahahaha WdMC the start menu stopped working. Cannot click it. Cannot right click apps on the Taskbar. PC is essentially useless now. The firetruck going on with Microsoft and releasing the official with this bug? Apparently the only solution is create a new user account. Many people experiencing this too from what I'm reading.

Happened 3 times to a laptop i was installing it on,would freeze up a few minutes after start up so had to restart.Was able to install all of the updates & it stopped,working fine now.

[S_2NR]

Hahahaha WdMC the start menu stopped working. Cannot click it. Cannot right click apps on the Taskbar. PC is essentially useless now. The firetruck going on with Microsoft and releasing the official with this bug? Apparently the only solution is create a new user account. Many people experiencing this too from what I'm reading.

Restart

[pete]

Upgraded. Have some updates installing still. This laptop came with a facial recognition software for logging in that went craaaazy when windows first started up. Going to try and stop it from starting up with windows. So far everything seems to be working ok.

[ryandtrini]

Found this on a torrent site:
Actually, here’s one excerpt from Microsoft’s privacy statement that everyone can understand:

Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:
1.comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
2.protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
3.operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
4.protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services – however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.

[ryandtrini]

Remember the WIFI sense thing too where if you do not turn it off or change your SSID to include the word "optout", you are literally sharing your wifi connection with all friends on social media, outlook and skype!!

[STORM1234]

my start button not working

[noshownogo]

Very odd that my copy of Windows 7 product key not being recognised as legit.

Was bought from Dell directly.

Will look into this further.

[originalbling]

same issue here with Windows 8.1 on an Asus netbook. Used Belarc advisor to retrieve product key.

[wing]

So far so good. Didn't lose any data during the upgrade. I have a custom built pc so got upgrade to Win 10 Pro. Every thing works good so far.