Windows 10

[Pankaj Singhal]

Dell usually comes with restore CDs which have the serial no. printed on the back flap

 

[Sushubh]

Well the page does say that the driver works on...

Windows 10 (x64)
Windows 8.1 (x64)
Windows 8 (x64)
Windows 7 (x64)
Windows Vista (x64)
Windows XP (x64)
Windows Server 2003 (x64)
Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 (x64)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)

 

[amish]

Reinstalled it with MPlayer. OSD still not working. Subs work. I wonder what am I missing.

I am not sure how it works in Windows. But in Linux you dont need any GUI.

You just need to learn few keyboard shortcuts.. and then seeking / volume changing etc becomes so easy.

 

[Sushubh]

I use mouse scroll for volume. And arrow keys for seeking. I prefer SMPlayer because it has an internal subtitle downloader which works extremely well. And there are very useful keyboard shortcuts for resizing the player window, adding/removing lag in subtitle/audio and so on. This is why I never could get used to VLC.

 

[mhsabir]

Getting the key is not the point. It did not work earlier because HDD had changed. Not sure if they will be giving a new key

 

[Topweb]

There is a desktop PC in my office of 2008 vintage that has Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and Intel motherboard in it. Win 8 was installed on it at the time of launch as upgrade from Win 7.

Apparently Windows 8.1 can't be installed on certain Intel motherboards with Intel core 2 duo CPU. So that machine is lying in a corner in my office and is rarely used.

Looks like the OP also has a motherboard and CPU combo on which Win 8 to 8.1 upgrade can't be done.

 

[mhsabir]

And.. I might as well get a clean Win 8 ISO & install ..as I do have the key for that.

Sidenote: Download of Win 8.1 ISO on a USB is in progress..

 

[mhsabir]

I dont think that is the issue. Some Win 8 patches are failing to install - Due to which Win 8.1 update via store option never appears.

And its a Core i3..

 

[Sushubh]

Not sure if they will be giving a new key

The license is valid for the life of the computer. So they should give you a key. Unless of course, the license died with the HDD

 

[mhsabir]

I am not sure if OEM Windows license gets affected by change of HDD or not. It was not replaced by Dell. They got through someone locally & had it replaced.

If they are going to give the same license that was given earlier - it wiont work, atleast it did not.