Windows 10 to be the last

[Simon]

Yes, but then you have to be careful Windows Updates doesn't install them again.   

[Clive]

I think it only tries three times before giving up. 

[Glenn]

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/02/windows-10-what-you-need-to-know-before-you-upgrade/?_m=3n.0038.1626.hp0ao04k6j.1ori

[Simon]

This will be a worry to some people:

http://www.ghacks.net/2015/05/15/windows-10-home-and-pro-automatic-updates-could-become-mandatory/

[Steve]

It will if the updates are poor although I suspect most people will update eventually once the public 'beta' testing reports come back. At least you can disable the update service.

[Clive]

I would be mighty annoyed if I was on a cruise paying premium rates for a slow internet access and an unstoppable Windows update kicks in for an hour thus costing me £30.   

[pctech]

I think the mandatory auto updates is a good idea so that security holes get patched.

You'd be surprised at the amount of people I deal with at work who haven't installed updates for 6 months to a year, sometimes they haven't installed anything since their system was new.

On the flipside of this I can see an issue whereby some programs get broken overnight.

Presumably MS are going to allow admins/network managers to control the flow of updates in the Enterprise edition.

I've just done a clean install of Windows 7 Pro on my PC ready for the Windows 10 install to minimise the possibility of any issues with the install (I hope)

[Technical Ben]

I think the mandatory auto updates is a good idea so that security holes get patched.

You'd be surprised at the amount of people I deal with at work who haven't installed updates for 6 months to a year, sometimes they haven't installed anything since their system was new.

On the flipside of this I can see an issue whereby some programs get broken overnight.

Presumably MS are going to allow admins/network managers to control the flow of updates in the Enterprise edition.

I've just done a clean install of Windows 7 Pro on my PC ready for the Windows 10 install to minimise the possibility of any issues with the install (I hope)

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[Glenn]

For the impatient/brave https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

[zappaDPJ]

You go first, I insist

[Simon]

The last Microsoft update apparently brought down half of the internet, so heaven knows how BT's back haul will cope with this.   

[zappaDPJ]

I can see some IDNet customers had a lot of packet loss last night. It appears the upgrade is being rolled out in batches. A couple of my devices have the download in place but as yet there's been no prompt to install it.

Has anyone pulled the trigger yet?

[Glenn]

Nope 

[sobranie]

Bit the bullet and installed on a spare 'puter.  Installed as an upgrade NOT a new installation.
For those who might wish to follow suit I used the following link:

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-install-windows-10-now-3575135/

Running now for 3 hours with no probs.

[Simon]

Did it retain all your programs and settings, Rick?

[nowster]

There are reports of nVidia driver updater software getting very very confused.

[Simon]

That wouldn't be anything new, in my experience. 

[sobranie]

Did it retain all your programs and settings, Rick?

As far as I can ascertain Simon. I'll report any probs over the next week, if any.

[Glenn]

My brother updated one of his laptops to 10, Outlook 2013 stopped sending email, received them OK.

[colirv]

As I've said before, I like the preview version I've been running for several months. As for the other machines in the house, I'm already <checks> 3GB over my download limit, so they can wait until Saturday!

BTW, thank you Glenn for the link to create a DVD. I had hoped, amongst other things, to wipe the HD and do a fresh install on my wife's laptop, but according to Step 4 here I'll have to upgrade it first, then do a fresh install. Oh well.

[J!ll]

I'm tempted, but that may be the last you see of me for some time! 

[Den]

Go for it Jill, I've upgraded all three computers with out a problem using this method on two of them. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install?ocid=ms_wol_win10

This a great write up as well. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953843/windows/how-to-install-windows-10-on-your-pc.html

[J!ll]

Thanks      

[Clive]

Remember the words of the old Ricky Nelson song Jill.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyU2pGWA6Jc

[Den]

Or this version  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daXhQkN_r7o   

Still loving windows 10 to my surprise