Will you be upgrading to Windows 10?
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Not every PC and Laptop running 8.1 had the GWX app, it was somewhat based on your PC specs if you read the FAQ.
If yours did not then the easiest way to do the upgrade is by using the Media Creation tool from the MS website.
Both my 8.1 Laptops didn't have GWX, my main PC did and the other PC didn't.
I probably will down the road. Typically all I see for months is complaints of games and programs erroring, crashing or not working on the latest OS'. No point struggling when Windows 7 is still perfectly fine to use.
Though really after looking at the new features, about all it does better is making the command prompt a tad bit easier to use. Other features don't really do much, like the one feature that just turns alt+tab into a button you can press...woo?
I'll likely deal with that crap though since i'm sure Windows 10 will run better than 7 overall once it's finished, which is all that really matters.
Though really after looking at the new features, about all it does better is making the command prompt a tad bit easier to use. Other features don't really do much, like the one feature that just turns alt+tab into a button you can press...woo?
I'll likely deal with that crap though since i'm sure Windows 10 will run better than 7 overall once it's finished, which is all that really matters.
If it matters to you, from what I hear, plenty of people upgrading from 7 find 10 to be a pretty big speed boost. That really isn't so surprising though. 7 is pretty old at this point in the OS world. Upgrading from 8.1, I don't notice a huge speed boost personally, although my laptop does wake up from sleep faster now, which is nice. My only driver issue is that my display driver seems to be a little bit unstable, and otherwise they're all good to go. Besides that, I haven't tried any games, really.
My suggestion: try the upgrade. It's free, and you can rollback to 7 legitimately from 10 if 10 isn't working out for you.
My sister's computer (My old driver) had Windows 7 and was getting be a little slows these days. I upgraded it to Windows 10 and it is much easier to deal with, and looks prettier to boot with the metro UX!
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Still no update for Legit 8.1 VLK, the little windows says "Windows 10 Download" but that's about it
Upgraded after removing one of the GPUs, and forced shutting down and powering on when the screen went black for too long. Had to update drivers before it was fine to put the second GPU back. Everything seems fine now.
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On my 5th attempt, I got Windows 10 upgraded by telling it not to try and keep my app data. After that I only had to uninstall half the windows 10 drivers to get it to install properly from the motherboard website (for some reason Windows 10 really hates VMWare related drivers) and get the network to actually work.
So far, seems faster, although I need to spend more time personalising my themes. I don't dig the glassy dark blue motif.
So far, seems faster, although I need to spend more time personalising my themes. I don't dig the glassy dark blue motif.
I went back to 8.1. I blame AMD or Lenovo or whoever for failing to release a stable display driver. Sure, they released one, but despite installing it, my display driver crashed around a dozen times over the course of two hours even with a reboot and checking for further driver updates. Back on 8.1, I have had absolutely zero issues. Until AMD or Lenovo or whoever irons out the bugs on their end, I'll be staying comfortably on 8.1.
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Well apparantly windows 10 isn't compatable with my BIOS so no. Even if it was I probably wouldn't. I don't really care about upgrading when I already have a computer that works. One day when my laptop breaks down I'll buy a new one and it will probably come with Windows 10 pre-installed.
As soon as the RTM build 10240 dropped, I upgraded all four of my machines. Luckily the KMS trick still works on 10, so I got it activated on 2 of the 4 from pirated 7 x64. One machine failed to install it from the pre-loading nagware, so I had to install that one from the ISO, but all went well.
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This is a rare case, and can actually be fixed by upgrading to an Ultimate Edition of 7, then upgrading to 10.
I've updated my laptop to win10 but my desktop is staying on win7.
Anyone upgrading may want to check this out: http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/
Anyone upgrading may want to check this out: http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/
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Okay, well don't buy a phone on Contract. Don't buy a smart car. Don't get on the internet and do anything at all.........
Really? This isn't anything to really worry about..
Anyway..
I've been on 10 since version 10130 of the Tech preview. Been loving almost every moment of it. It's nice, sleek, and very responsive. Did you notice the 'almost'? Yeah, forced updates... Didn't think it was going to be bad, until they did forced driver updates. Yeah, thanks for forcing me to stay on an outdated version of Nvidia's drivers! Cheers!!
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I should better stay with Windows 7 forever, because I buy a new PC since February. Just, replaced old PC with longest Windows XP forever.... I will install Windows 10 anytime soon if any bugs are found or just not any bugs. 
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After installing via burned disc instead of Windows Update, I got both my desktop and laptop running Windows 10. A few hitches here and there. Normal installation of Win10 drivers for my Nvidia card and AMD APU kept failing, but after letting Windows Update do its thing with my laptop (AMD) and grabbing a certain driver set for my desktop (Nvidia), they both are doing fine. Haven't really delve much into them, but Steam in-home Streaming works from desktop to laptop, though I have to alt-tab to get the video stream to appear, since I'd get sound, but picture was black.
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