Windows 10 upgrade notification

[Chris Type R]

x5x3 said:

updates available already.......

I doubt that the ISO was compiled & built yesterday, so not unexpected.

[paulrockliffe]

I've not had notifications on either my PC or laptop. I'm running the normal Windows Update on them at the moment and both are sat on 0%, so I guess MS are struggling to get the data out because of the 10 update.

[Riley Blue]

I read earlier that once you've installed Windows 10 future updates, including new versions of Windows, will be automatic and it won't be possible to refuse them. Is this correct? I have a lot of older software that works fine on my Win 7 PC and I wouldn't want to lose it or have to pay hundreds of pounds to update it.

Just noticed that on the Windows 8.1 laptop I'm using at the moment, it's downloading in the background, currently at 5%.

[x5x3]

Chris Type R said:

x5x3 said:

updates available already.......

I doubt that the ISO was compiled & built yesterday, so not unexpected.

I used the automated update process and not an ISO.

[boxst]

Mine just updated, it looks good and nothing appears to have been deleted during the upgrade.

Steve

[rscott]

Some stunning programming by MS with this update:-
One PC downloaded the update, started to install, failed and so rolled back.. I've removed what I think is the offending software and am trying again. It now decides it needs to re-download all 3gb of the update!

[Nimby]

I'd read about people with dual nVidia graphics cards and dual-screen / SLI having problems but I assumed my single GT630 card/display would be OK updating from 8.1.
And yet - I ended up with in "Windows basic" VGA, and device manager's "update driver" did nothing.

Downloading/installing the GEFORCE Win 10 driver from the nVidia site sorted it for now (not easy at 640x480) but I wonder if Win10 will soon revert to its basic driver until the Windows Update v. OEM driver issue is is sorted.

If you have nVidia graphics I suggest you download the Win10 driver before upgrading so you can install it manually.

[Funk]

Riley Blue said:

I read earlier that once you've installed Windows 10 future updates, including new versions of Windows, will be automatic and it won't be possible to refuse them. Is this correct? I have a lot of older software that works fine on my Win 7 PC and I wouldn't want to lose it or have to pay hundreds of pounds to update it.

Just noticed that on the Windows 8.1 laptop I'm using at the moment, it's downloading in the background, currently at 5%.

I think it depends on the version of the OS. They'll be mandatory on Home edition.

Here's what you'll get based on what you've got:

[MissChief]

I left my PC running overnight doing some downloads (:wink, will it have downloaded W10 automatically or did it need activating/confirming? I assume I will be given the option of not installing yet as well? Want to wait a few weeks to make sure nothing terrible will happen.

[MarkRSi]

To those who got the update automatically, what sort of notifications came up? Did anything appear in Windows Update?

Nothings appeared on a couple of Windows 7 machines and a Windows 8.1 laptop...

[furtive]

illmonkey said:

Well, my laptop Windows 7 key wont work as an clean install. So I've decided to do my desktop (dell OEM), seems to be working, just rebooting currently.

Will do my other desktop once I've played with the Dell.

How about doing a clean W7 install in a VM and getting that to update itself to W10. I wonder if that would work?

[illmonkey]

furtive said:

illmonkey said:

Well, my laptop Windows 7 key wont work as an clean install. So I've decided to do my desktop (dell OEM), seems to be working, just rebooting currently.

Will do my other desktop once I've played with the Dell.

How about doing a clean W7 install in a VM and getting that to update itself to W10. I wonder if that would work?

Probably. I'm holding on to the theory from years ago an upgrade isn't as good as clean.

The key that didn't work was from a PC that was offered a free upgrade, so it should work...

[anonymous-user]

Hmm, not good I'm afraid, multiple lock ups and general crashing on my 2 year old Dell at work. I knew the risks so I think I'll go back to Win 7 for a month or two and wait for things to settle down before I try again.

[Chris Type R]

x5x3 said:

I used the automated update process and not an ISO.

Pretty sure they'll be effectively the same - i.e. it'll be a signed off UAT build from weeks/months ago which is then patched via updates.

[Nimby]

illmonkey said:

Probably. I'm holding on to the theory from years ago an upgrade isn't as good as clean.

The key that didn't work was from a PC that was offered a free upgrade, so it should work...

I just ran Keyfinder on Win10 and its key is, perhaps not surprisingly, very different to the Win8.1 one I upgraded from.

[illmonkey]

Nimby said:

illmonkey said:

Probably. I'm holding on to the theory from years ago an upgrade isn't as good as clean.

The key that didn't work was from a PC that was offered a free upgrade, so it should work...

I just ran Keyfinder on Win10 and its key is, perhaps not surprisingly, very different to the Win8.1 one I upgraded from.

But thats the W10 key you're looking at, I'm sure they will be different.

I typed the W7 key into W10 wizard, assuming that's all it's going to do it's self then update the key to the new one.

[Funk]

I think I may hold off a while and see what the general consensus is before hitting the button.

[Foliage]

Nimby said:

I'd read about people with dual nVidia graphics cards and dual-screen / SLI having problems but I assumed my single GT630 card/display would be OK updating from 8.1.
And yet - I ended up with in "Windows basic" VGA, and device manager's "update driver" did nothing.

Downloading/installing the GEFORCE Win 10 driver from the nVidia site sorted it for now (not easy at 640x480) but I wonder if Win10 will soon revert to its basic driver until the Windows Update v. OEM driver issue is is sorted.

If you have nVidia graphics I suggest you download the Win10 driver before upgrading so you can install it manually.

This a known issue, not really an issue though having to install a new driver for your graphics card for a new OS.

[anonymous-user]

Just to add insult to injury, it won't activate either, going from Win 7 Pro x64 to Win 10 Pro x64 with a genuine key.

I've raised a support ticket and am waiting for a call, I'll be impressed if I actually speak to a real person at the time promised (15:30)

I'm slowly trying to isolate what keeps making it lock up, it's been ok for about an hour now and I'm rather liking the quick boot and various tweaks that have been added.

[driverrob]

The download and install took a while (c. 1.1 MB/s connection) but it all happened seamlessly.
MS Edge browser seems to be OK. Thorough testing on my system will take a while.

Must go and do some work