Windows 10

[Joe88]

All the pirates have to do is use windows 10 loader

I'm not sure how they will detect it since the slic oem activation came out, they have not been able to detect it with any update.

 

[loco365]

I'm still indecisive as to whether I want Windows 10 or not. I'm not sure if they're going through with that pay-to-use model that was mentioned some months back or if it'll be pay once and use forever. If it's the former, I'll probably either stay on Windows 8 or go to Ubuntu, but if not, I may make the jump as the Start Menu is really nice. I'm making use of the preview and it is quite nice, even on old, outdated hardware (x86 running on 4GB RAM, using a 40GB partition on a hard drive, all while running on a Intel Core 2 duo).

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'm still indecisive as to whether I want Windows 10 or not. I'm not sure if they're going through with that pay-to-use model that was mentioned some months back or if it'll be pay once and use forever. If it's the former, I'll probably either stay on Windows 8 or go to Ubuntu, but if not, I may make the jump as the Start Menu is really nice. I'm making use of the preview and it is quite nice, even on old, outdated hardware (x86 running on 4GB RAM, using a 40GB partition on a hard drive, all while running on a Intel Core 2 duo).

It was proven ages ago that Windows 10 won't be a subscription based thing. You don't need to pay each year, it's just a free lifetime upgrade as long as you upgrade within that first year.

 

[Arras]

ClassicShell ;3

also M$ is finally not trolling us and giving us the REAL start menu that we were promised with 8.1 that turned out to be a glorified MetroUI shortcut

LOL adding "desktops". something Ubuntu has been doing for years

If it's a good feature, why laugh at them adding it? Sure, it may not be the most innovative thing, but it's still an improvement over not having it at all. If anything, laugh at the useful features they didn't add.

 

[loco365]

It was proven ages ago that Windows 10 won't be a subscription based thing. You don't need to pay each year, it's just a free lifetime upgrade as long as you upgrade within that first year.

Oh, that's really good to hear, actually. I might go through with the upgrade then. One thing I've been wanting to do is back up all my hard drive contents and do a fresh install of 10, so I had better get on that, I only have until the end of July to do so haha.

 

[Sakitoshi]

This is insane, I can't even get the bloody prompt to show up at all, so I can't even reserve my free copy Damn you Microsoft.

but you said that never wanted to upgrade from windows 7 so microsoft filed your complain and blocked the upgrade for you

 

[Nathan Drake]

My prompt didn't show up until today, so if it isn't showing up for some of you yet, give it another few days.

 

[the_randomizer]

but you said that never wanted to upgrade from windows 7 so microsoft filed your complain and blocked the upgrade for you

So, that to you means that I can never change my mind after the fact I now have a second HDD that I can put the OS on?

 

[TVL]

The simple reason why they skipped 9, is because of lazy devs and SDK's. If it was left as Windows 9, most installers out there would immediately see that number and then think "oh, this is a Win95/98/Me box" and either install with that assumption, or refuse to install at all. So that's your reason right there.

Is this really the reason though? Their naming conventions have been whacky as of late, and if they really wanted to call it nine I think they could have gone around that problem by having it recognized as Windows Nine... Then again lazy devs probably just checked the first letter and installers tried to install Windows NT-stuff.

 

[Sakitoshi]

So, that to you means that I can never change my mind after the fact I now have a second HDD that I can put the OS on?

nope, real man don't change their mind, they make a mistake and live with the consequences .

in all seriousness though, calm down and wait for the update to come to you. you said you blocked automatic updates for the "terrible terrible update of doom" that is lurking there, I already dealt with it and is resolved by pressing F8 as startup and selecting the last good known config, simple as that.

 

[codezer0]

Is this really the reason though? Their naming conventions have been whacky as of late, and if they really wanted to call it nine I think they could have gone around that problem by having it recognized as Windows Nine... Then again lazy devs probably just checked the first letter and installers tried to install Windows NT-stuff.

It sounds cynical, but I can speak from experience when debugging other peoples' code, especially when it came to optimizing for specific platforms. Since most of the OS's of that era started with the descriptor saying "Windows 95", "Windows 98", and its in-built shorthand of "Win95", "Win98", the common thing was to detect the OS build, and have a codepath for

switch(platform)
{
Win95:
Win98:
WinMe:
// Do windows 9x junk here

WinNT:
// Windows NT junk here
}

... so on and so forth.

So yes, it really is like that.

 

[osm70]

So, how do I get the notification?

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate with the newest updates.
I have the GWX folder, but I don't see the icon.

 

[TVL]

It sounds cynical, but I can speak from experience when debugging other peoples' code, especially when it came to optimizing for specific platforms. Since most of the OS's of that era started with the descriptor saying "Windows 95", "Windows 98", and its in-built shorthand of "Win95", "Win98", the common thing was to detect the OS build, and have a codepath for

switch(platform)
{
Win95:
Win98:
WinMe:
// Do windows 9x junk here

WinNT:
// Windows NT junk here
}

... so on and so forth.

So yes, it really is like that.

Well Win9 wouldn't match any of those anyway. What I heard was that it just checked the first character after Win and that would have been the problem (which is not even lazy, just stupid because it would have been just as fast to add the lines like in your code (or faster). Ever came across code like that? I still don't want to believe.

 

[codezer0]

Well Win9 wouldn't match any of those anyway. What I heard was that it just checked the first character after Win and that would have been the problem (which is not even lazy, just stupid because it would have been just as fast to add the lines like in your code (or faster). Ever came across code like that? I still don't want to believe.

Oh, very much so. Annoyingly it is even integrated into some SDK libraries. So even if your hand-written code would have accounted for it, the compiler might not.

 

[Nathan Drake]

So, how do I get the notification?

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate with the newest updates.
I have the GWX folder, but I don't see the icon.

My prompt didn't show up until today, so if it isn't showing up for some of you yet, give it another few days.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

My prompt didn't show up until today, so if it isn't showing up for some of you yet, give it another few days.

That doesn't really mean much, since the prompt was launched today...lol.

 

[TVL]

Oh, very much so. Annoyingly it is even integrated into some SDK libraries. So even if your hand-written code would have accounted for it, the compiler might not.

Hah! That's ridiculous. I do believe it now, had that written off as complete horseshit.

 

[Nathan Drake]

That doesn't really mean much, since the prompt was launched today...lol.

To be fair it's almost been 24 hours since people started actively reporting the icon appearing, and I didn't get it myself until two or three hours ago.

 

[Ryukouki]

I got it last night...

 

[the_randomizer]

nope, real man don't change their mind, they make a mistake and live with the consequences .

in all seriousness though, calm down and wait for the update to come to you. you said you blocked automatic updates for the "terrible terrible update of doom" that is lurking there, I already dealt with it and is resolved by pressing F8 as startup and selecting the last good known config, simple as that.

Damn, and there's no way I can avoid going into safe mode or using a system restore? Bleh. Dammit, maybe I'll just get it via my college DreamSpark program instead. Figs.