[MINI NEWS] Last Minute Updates From MS About Windows 10 Upgrade Process

[Master Disaster]

So MS have updated the Windows 10 upgrade FAQ with some new information which I thought I'd round up and share

 

1) You must have either 7 SP1 or 8.1 to upgrade to 10. Users of 8.0 are not eligible.

 

We'd guessed this but they've now confirmed it

 

2) Reserving your upgrade should mean you get it quicker than those who don't reserve.

 

It looks like they're doing reservations starting June 29th, once the reservations are all out of the way they will move onto everyone else, they even list none reserved upgrades as early August on the FAQ now.

 

3) You'll lose Media Centre but if you have MC then you'll get a free DVD Playback Application.

 

This was a large worry for a lot of users as they use MC to playback DVDs, seems like MS have listened and will now be providing users with Media Centre installed on their systems at upgrade time with a free DVD Playback app.

 

4) Its official, upgrading your system to 10 will upgrade your key meaning you can clean install 10 after the fact.

 

Again this was already pretty common knowledge, I'd been told this by some MS Community guys in the Windows 10 Q&A but this is now official and straight from the horses mouth (as it were). You will have to upgrade your system from 7 or 8.1 to 10 to get your key, once you've got your key you can use it as you can any other Windows key including clean install from an ISO.

 

5) Despite the rumours flying around Windows 10 devices will go on sale July 29th (tomorrow)

 

Yup, the rumours were not true, Stores will be selling brand new systems preloaded with Windows 10 starting tomorrow.

 

Nothing hugely revolutionary in here, just confirms for stuff we already knew but its good to have it official.

 

OK so that's all folks, its 24 hours away now (give or take) and I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings. Happy upgrade day for tomorrow everyone.

[Nexxus]

time to play alot of new vegas to finish it so as to not risk my mods breaking/save getting lost or not working

[UnknownEngineer]

I need to get a win 7 pro ISO somehow, I have home premium installed, and only have a install disk for that. But I have a key for Win 7 PRO.

[Sidiox]

I wonder how much compatiblity will break.... I'll probs offload all my shit to my HDD's and do a clean install.

 

Also, what happens to OEM recovery partitions? My moms laptop and my old desktop have a recovery partition, will that get upgraded to Win10 or do I have to reinstall Win7 everytime I want to clean the install? 

[RZeroX]

I need to get a win 7 pro ISO somehow, I have home premium installed, and only have a install disk for that. But I have a key for Win 7 PRO.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

[UnknownEngineer]

Reddit SW swap?

I don't think they give out the ISO's though, they only trade the keys right?

I just need a place to download it safely, now that MS stopped hosting themselves.

[EarthboundHero]

time to play alot of new vegas to finish it so as to not risk my mods breaking/save getting lost or not working

What mods are you using?

[monaka25]

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT EXCITES ME IS SUPPORT FOR XBOX 1 STREAMING I always play pc.. but I miss Horizon 2.. and I don't wanna go skrub out onto my xbox one.. so I can just stream from my xbox and play Horizon 2 on my pc

[Nexxus]

What mods are you using?

Lets say more then I care to list lol. Nothing hugely game changing but iirc I have about 85 active mods.

[Str_Mape]

I just really want to know if it launches at midnight in each timezone or midnight in a specific timezone.

It's 90 minutes until the 29th

[PerfectTemplar]

Source?

[GoodBytes]

I wonder how much compatiblity will break.... I'll probs offload all my shit to my HDD's and do a clean install.

 

Also, what happens to OEM recovery partitions? My moms laptop and my old desktop have a recovery partition, will that get upgraded to Win10 or do I have to reinstall Win7 everytime I want to clean the install?

The recovery partition will be upgraded to Windows 10 as well. However, I don't know for Windows 7, as there was no standard way for this, like Windows 8 have.

[Sidiox]

I suspect that the recovery partition won't be upgraded to work with Windows 10 seeing as most OEMs ship custom installers that install older drivers and trial versions of older software. My recommendation would be to install Windows 10, create clean install media for them and then delete the recovery partition to give them more storage space on their systems.

 

 

The recovery partition will be upgraded to Windows 10 as well. However, I don't know for Windows 7, as there was no standard way for this, like Windows 8 have.

 

Damn. I feared this. Well I'll image the Recovery partitions so I have them at hand anyway. But then I'll just delete them as soon as I'm upgraded and make some recovery drives instead. 

[Techhog]

I need to get a win 7 pro ISO somehow, I have home premium installed, and only have a install disk for that. But I have a key for Win 7 PRO.

Install without a key, then use the "anytime upgrade" with your Pro key?

[LAwLz]

I am kind of tempted to try upgrading a pirated version of Windows 7 in a VM. I wonder if it will just spit out a legit key. If it does then this is a great opportunity to convert a lot of pirates.

[GoodBytes]

I am kind of tempted to try upgrading a pirated version of Windows 7 in a VM. I wonder if it will just spit out a legit key. If it does then this is a great opportunity to convert a lot of pirates.

Well they said that it will remain non-genuine.

[rummykan]

I just really want to know if it launches at midnight in each timezone or midnight in a specific timezone.

It's 90 minutes until the 29th

Techradar seems to think that it will be timezone specific - http://www.techradar.com/au/news/software/operating-systems/windows-10-launch-live-blog--1300327

 

I suppose we will find out very soon.

[LAwLz]

Well they said that it will remain non-genuine.

I am talking about a pirated Windows 7 version that has an SLIC injected into memory before boot. It appears genuine to WAT.

[Raytsou]

Well, say, if I have an OEM copy of windows, and I have no idea what the key is, how will I remain on windows 10 if I need a fresh install or something? Will they give us a new key once we upgrade, or does it upgrade the original key?

I'm also thinking of getting a pirated version of W7 pro and upgrading to W10 pro so that I don't have to deal with Windows Update.

[Zeruel]

Well, say, if I have an OEM copy of windows, and I have no idea what the key is, how will I remain on windows 10 if I need a fresh install or something? Will they give us a new key once we upgrade, or does it upgrade the original key?

I'm also thinking of getting a pirated version of W7 pro and upgrading to W10 pro so that I don't have to deal with Windows Update.

Where do we find our windows key on the OS? Especially after we update?

[Raytsou]

Where do we find our windows key on the OS? Especially after we update?

Idk, but I think it's in system properties in control panel, but that's the product ID.

[DEDRICK]

It is impossible to find info on this.  When can I purchase a retail copy, either DVD/USB/ISO of Windows 10?

[ThreePinkApples]

Dude, source?

[AC-3]

I wonder how much compatiblity will break.... I'll probs offload all my shit to my HDD's and do a clean install.

 

Also, what happens to OEM recovery partitions? My moms laptop and my old desktop have a recovery partition, will that get upgraded to Win10 or do I have to reinstall Win7 everytime I want to clean the install? 

It will stay Windows 7 if it doesn't overwrite them

[ADM-Ntek]

I am talking about a pirated Windows 7 version that has an SLIC injected into memory before boot. It appears genuine to WAT.

what about pirated OEM discs. my friend has an iso that is preactivated and it says it is genuine.