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Sneaky Windows 10

08/04/15(Wed)13:06

The Windows 10 installer files are probably already on your computer, if you have Windows 7 or 8.1

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15/04/15(Wed)23:55

Comment No.30567

>>30559 I hope so!

AmigaDOS is the best DOS!

15/04/15(Wed)10:28

Comment No.30559

>>30538 the clear look will come in a future update

Windows?? DOS FTW!

14/04/15(Tue)15:52

Comment No.30550

Bring back Windows 3.1 I say!!! ;D

14/04/15(Tue)14:12

Comment No.30539

The 'metro' tiles start screen was and still is an abomination. It works okay on a phone and tablet but horrendous on a pc. Luckily with the .1 patch they 'fixed' that (boots directly to desktop) but it's still there. The very quick boot times (5.6sec, okay on a ssd but still faster than W7 on a ssd), also DirectX 11 support and that's about it what I like. There hasn't changed much, tbh. But I guess some people just want the 'good ol' days' to stay just that (old) ;)

W10 has the tiles in the start button function, which you can modify.. I'll try tomorrow if you can remove them all together or adjust them.

14/04/15(Tue)13:53

Comment No.30538

>>30536 But the nice Glass look of Win7 appears to be still missing :/
I was horrified how awful windows 8 looked when I first saw it, looked worse than Win95!

14/04/15(Tue)12:46

Comment No.30536

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I installed Windows 10 preview on my work computer and everything runs fine. All (even not-so-legal) programs work, it looks much better, and yes the ' old style' start function is back!

12/04/15(Sun)23:08

Comment No.30524

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Nothing to see here but..

..on the website for more info: tada!!
update kb 3044374: Update that supports you to upgrade from Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 to a later version of Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3044374/

11/04/15(Sat)12:05

Comment No.30519

>>30507 I get the feeling everyone is going to wait and see :D

10/04/15(Fri)15:49

Comment No.30507

I think I will upgrade if the review are positive.. I'm hoping that DirectX12 really is the bomb as they say it is (also running crossfire atm) http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/202407-directx-12-liquidvr-may-breathe-fresh-life-into-amd-gpus-thanks-to-asynchronous-compute

10/04/15(Fri)12:27

Comment No.30502

>>30499 A bit of snooping reveals it'd downloaded as a 'recommended update' in windows update, but the update doesn't really give details of what it actually is. The main idea behind this update is to let users know when windows 10 is available for them to download for free and the benefits of doing so. Sneaky buggers!

09/04/15(Thu)18:42

Comment No.30499

My laptop didn't had it either..maybe because I update it manually. The GWX folder on my W8.1 machine was created on the 5th of April.

08/04/15(Wed)19:05

Comment No.30491

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Sneaky!!! I checked my Win7 Laptop and nothing to report, but I'll keep and eye out...

08/04/15(Wed)13:11

Comment No.30485

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location of files

I checked on 3 computers today, two Windows 8.1 and one Windows 7 machines. And they have the windows 10 installer files, even on the copied version (W7).

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