Windows 10 Upgrade Reservation and Information

I don't see any.

 

And I thought I blocked the update that would put that icon on my machine.. But it appeared this morning!!

 

That's so lucky!! I have disabled my updates, so I am turning Windows Updates on to see whether this notification appears or not. But now the process of checking windows updates is causing my PC to LAG heavily!!

 

Evan Omo do you think my PC specs are suitable for the Windows 10 upgrade?
Will it cause problems during upgrading, just like when users upgrade from Windows ME/2000 to XP years ago?

 

The icon appeared on my Win 8.1 pc today. I do not have windows updates turned on, I check for and install the updates once a month on my schedule.
Two things that they do not say.
This is a limited time offer. How long will the offer to upgrade free of charge last?
For those of us that did the free upgrade from 8 to 8.1, what is our recovery option if we accept this free upgrade to win 10? Will we have to reinstall windows 8, then upgrade to 8.1, then upgrade to win 10? That is assuming that we can still get a free upgrade from 8 to 8.1, then a free upgrade to 10.
My pc came with windows 8 installed and that is the only recovery option I have to get 8.1 installed without buying a new license. Does anyone know the answers yet?
Gordon

 

Upgrading a laptop to Windows 10 is so easy a 10 year-old could do it.

I don't know whether a 50 year old can do it !

 

I guess 60+ will not have a chance. I'll have to hire a 3 year old.

 

Windows 10

I am running W 7 Pro, and it is working fine. Is there any good reason NOT to take advantage of this free offer. It seems that, If I let it run, MS will do the upgrade almost behind my back.

 

I am running Windows 8.1 on a one-year old PC. I have the Windows 10 icon in my system tray. Not sure if I will upgrade right away to the new OS. My way is to wait a few months and see if the early bugs can be fixed before upgrading. Does it look to anyone that the free upgrade is only for a specific period time? I didn't see any indication that there was a time limit on the free upgrade offer. Also, does anyone out there have an opinion on whether it is better to do a clean install vs. a upgrade from an existing OS (8.1)? Well, I should have read some of the other Windows 10 posts elsewhere on Windows BBS. I found answers to all of these questions I asked: 1 year to upgrade with free offer according to a posting elsewhere; a clean install looks to be the best option, again, according to some posts elsewhere on this site. Thanks for your patience everyone with my quick response.

 

Hi caribsailor, I found this link the most informative and opening the other links shown gave more detail from MS. Read the Q & A at the bottom as there is an MS employee giving direct answers to questions.
The only question not being answered is in regard to what MS proposes to do with all the user contacts they will establish. Neil.
http://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/3820ma/windows_10_free_upgrades_kb3035583_and_you_a_faq/

 

I'll install it at some point. I tried to install it a month or two ago, and not only did it not work, but it wasn't able to take my laptop back to the original Windows 7. Fortunately I did this at a time when I was going to reinstall Windows on my laptop anyways, so it wasn't a major loss. But it would be nice to be able to remove this "update" if it doesn't work right. I would assume that by this time, a few kinks have gotten worked out. My specs are good enough for it....

 

I haven't seen the icon yet.

I guess a single-core Celeron processor doesn't qualify, but I'm sure a i3 would.

 

James: Did you download and install Windows Update KB3035583 on the machine in question?

 

Paul, did you have a thorough look through the link I Posted? I'm sure that W10 uninstall procedure was mentioned somewhere in there.
I'll Post a link if I find it again - there is a suggested MS way to do it. Neil.

 

These are the Updates from MS and an explanation of where they will appear:

Neil.

 

Hi Paul, Most Rollbacks are in reference to W10 Preview and previous OS (W7/8.1). The MS guy answered a query stating 'you have the PK (product key) from your W7 or W8/8.1, just re-install'.
There will no doubt be a definite process to follow and will be available when W10 is the OS. Neil.
Found it!!!
https://techingiteasy.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/how-to-rollback-to-a-previous-version-of-windows-from-windows-10/

 

I'm in the painful transition from an 11-year-old eMachines desk-top with XP to a new Dell lap-top with 8.1. I can't understand why MS went to so much trouble to make the Win 8 series so unlike the earlier versions of Windows. The absence of any obvious file structure is very confusing. It got a bit easier when I found "Classic Shell ", but I'm still floundering quite a lot. It's very annoying for someone who's been working with computers since 1966. I've done ALGOL, FORTRAN, two different flight simulator assembly languages and Windows from 3.0 through XP.

If I'd wanted an Apple, I'd have bought one! I was not too impressed when DW got an iPad as a birthday gift, but now I'm fighting the anomalies of Win 8.1, I'm envious of how easy she finds the iPad.

There might be a trade-in offer of my Dell for an Apple coming soon!!

A pox on Microsoft for messing things up so bad. Changes just for the hell of it? No consideration of your long-term supporters? Seems an odd business procedure to deliberately ignore/p..s off your loyal customers.

 

Not that I can tell.

I read that this was an optional update, but I don't usually install those.