Windows 10

[Topweb]

And they are being dicks asking uses to upgrade first. They should allow users to migrate their W7/8/8.1 licenses to W10 on a fresh install.

I have downloaded the Win 10 pro ISO and burned it on a DVD.

Are you saying that I can't use that DVD to do a direct fresh install on a PC on which Win 8.1 is already installed? I do have the printout of the email with license key that I received when I bought the Win 7 to 8 upgrade way back in 2012. So I have to do the upgrade first and then do a fresh install? Strange.

 

[Sushubh]

Yup. You cannot upgrade from outside Windows. You have to do it from inside.
And of course. The upgraded free license is locked to the hardware where it is upgraded.
There is no indication if this license can be moved to another machine.
Apparently even a new HDD (on which the OS is installed) would break the activation which means that the license could very well die with the hdd.
Change of Motherboard/Network Card also breaks the activation IIRC.

 

[Topweb]

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.

You have to call microsoft support to get the activation code in case your HDD crashed and you had OEM version of Windows installed on it. While installation of Win 7, there will be an option for telephone activation.

 

[mhsabir]

And I believe that was the reason they had to get a temp Win7 installed & then upgraded using a valid Win 8 key. Now that the phase for Win 8 passed - I think a clean install should do the trick.

Also, I think the Win 7 install was a bit messy. So I have been saying to him all along that it could be the reason the patches fail.

 

[mhsabir]

@Topweb That is fine. The point here is that there is a valid Win8 key & we did upgrade to Win 8 using that.

 

[mhsabir]

And I am almost done with the download of Win 8.1 ISO - So I am likely to atleast try a clean install before falling back to installing Win 7 & then calling up Windows to activate that & try to go to Win10 from that.

 

[Mr.cool]

so i just update my laptop from windows 7 to windows 10 and I am Having a nightmare.
i downloaded the windows 10 via creation tool which took long time.
After downloading it show preparing files for 15 - 20 minutes and when it got finished i thought now it will start installing windows but no then checking for updates which took 2 hours -.- .
After that for installing the files it took again 2 hours (copying files,installing drivers) and then when it finished i tried to log in to my a/c and then again preparing for 20 -.- when it finally opened it was lagging like crazy unable to click anything on desktop.
then i just thought its a big update so it will take some time so i just leave my laptop opened till morning.
Luckily lag was gone but still i was not able to open any app and when i used to check my laptop properties it used to get freezed dont know why :/.
I just google around and found that many people advised to go for clean install and then i was like damn made a huge mistake. luckily windows 10 has one feature by which we can reset the pc while keeping the files but software /apps will be deleted.
I got no other option i thought it should resolve the issues but no.
after this my laptop's wifi stopped working driver got some issue.
downloaded the driver from lenovo support.
and then i was surprised to see many software like lenovo energy management ,ms office which came with my laptop was also deleted then i was like WTF .
while selecting reset pc it was cleary mention all software which didnt came with pc will be deleted.
Lesson learned > take back up first -.-.
after all this am still struggling windows 10 .
lag is gone but surprisingly many software has some kind of minor issues with windows 10 .
for eg lenovo energy management's feature of restricting the charger after it reached 50 % doesnt work. (its a known issue got to know about this via lenovo forum).
unable to upload photos via chrome.
I would highly suggest not to update your windows if you use too many software on your pc/laptop.
windows 10 is really good but i would say it requires some more policing and still many software are not properly optimized for windows 10.
But still if you want to install it then go with clean install it will really save your time.
Currently i am strongly thinking to go back to windows 7 which i think is very much stable (at least with the software which i use )
would appreciate if you all share your views if you updated your windows.
Note : My laptop configuration intel i5 2.3 ghz
3 gb ram and intel hd graphics.

 

[Citrus]

VLC's subtile downloader works quite well too.

 

[Pankaj Singhal]

The OEM key is usually linked to the BIOS, not the the HDD. What I am suggesting is that install win 7, try to get the key from Dell and then upgrade to Windows X.

 

[Sushubh]

Download the latest software and drivers from Lenovo website if they are updated for your model.
MSI website has listed multiple updates for my motherboard for Windows 10. I just installed them all.
My upgrade process took less than 45 minutes. But then I am on a SSD and I do not have a lot of stuff installed on my machine