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win10 excitement

From: koswix29 Jul 2015 12:27
To: milko 32 of 123
41498.32 In reply to 41498.31
So it was the motherboard, then?

*downloads*
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 12:35
To: koswix 33 of 123
41498.33 In reply to 41498.32
Downloaded 5% in ~4 minutes. So about an hour and a half? Not too bad for release day, if it holds up.

P.S. is Win 10 any good? do I want it? should I be upgrading my laptop to it in the middle of exam revision?
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From: milko29 Jul 2015 12:43
To: koswix 34 of 123
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it was, yeah. I dunno why the download is taking so long for me - I have a 60mb connection and it's gonna be at least a three hour job. Maybe related to how much of a mess windows is for me now though.
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From: Matt29 Jul 2015 13:05
To: milko 35 of 123
41498.35 In reply to 41498.31
If you're doing the free upgrade you can't just install Windows 10 without having first upgraded from 7, 8 or 8.1. Once you've upgraded and activated Windows 10 you can perform a clean reinstall if you wish, but you must do an upgrade first to link your previous Windows activation to Windows 10.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)29 Jul 2015 13:33
To: Matt 36 of 123
41498.36 In reply to 41498.35
Can I upgrade a Win7 oem (legit) from the iso, as in dl the iso, upgrade-install, done?

Apparently yes
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 13:35 by DSMITHHFX
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 14:00
To: milko 37 of 123
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Ah well - I had to go out, so hibernated my PC. Just booted it up again and now the downloader just pops up a "Something happened" error message and closes itself :(
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 14:05
To: koswix 38 of 123
41498.38 In reply to 41498.37
Wonder if it's the shitty free wifi in the library - using a 9 year old's log on details, can't access facebook either. Suspect it's limited to port 80 stuff and certain sites are blocked
 
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)29 Jul 2015 14:10
To: koswix 39 of 123
41498.39 In reply to 41498.37
I just dl the 32-bit iso in ~15-minutes.
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 14:25
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 40 of 123
41498.40 In reply to 41498.39
Probably because you're the only one downloading the 32-bit ISO.
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2015 14:36
To: ALL41 of 123
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Is it just me or are there no direct links to the ISOs? Do we have to use the stupid MS media tool? I want to use wget.
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 14:37 by ANT_THOMAS
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2015 14:44
To: ALL42 of 123
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A bit of digging http://software-download.microsoft.com/pr/Win10_English_x64.iso?t=f7639f22-d112-406d-acf0-661b4176e7b3&e=1438234269&h=c94434dda0eea54356bfdb128a16317e


Files size - 4083853312 bytes
MD5SUM - 23e397a21a9e01f141c64b7e1260314a
 
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 15:11 by ANT_THOMAS
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 14:49
To: ANT_THOMAS 43 of 123
41498.43 In reply to 41498.42
If they had any sense they'd have released it as a torrent.
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2015 15:12
To: koswix 44 of 123
41498.44 In reply to 41498.43
That would have been very sensible.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)29 Jul 2015 15:28
To: koswix 45 of 123
41498.45 In reply to 41498.40
This is for an old work Dell with C2D, which only runs 32-bit AFAIK (at least that's the version of Win7 on board).

Installer's kind of pissed me off already. I booted from the iso, had it reject my activation key, which I read wrong off the sticker, then I retrieved it by rebooting into Win 7 and using this (I was off by one character, mistook "8" for "B"), rebooted the iso, retried the correct key, it was also rejected (I'm guessing it wanted a Windows 10 key), so I tried to skip that, then it informed me for an upgrade install I'd have to boot into win7 and run set up from there: 30-minutes wasted. Funny how Linux doesn't make you do any of that stupid shit. Guess I've been spoiled.

At least it did not ask me for the key running off my activated Win7. So there's that.

Setup message: "Your computer will need to restart several times. This will take a while."

Hilarious.
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 15:32 by DSMITHHFX
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From: milko29 Jul 2015 15:31
To: Matt 46 of 123
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aye I know. Would have tried the upgrade thing first anyhow in the hopes it was enough to fix it. We shall see! It's reached 75% and I started it about 10am, I have no idea what's taking so long but it's not my net connection as far as I know, other stuff seems OK.
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From: ANT_THOMAS29 Jul 2015 15:39
To: milko 47 of 123
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Took me about 20 mins to download from the link I posted.
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 15:40 by ANT_THOMAS
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 15:42
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 48 of 123
41498.48 In reply to 41498.45
C2Ds are all 64 bit.
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 15:43
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 49 of 123
41498.49 In reply to 41498.45
Also, while no-doubt linux is less shitty with (lack of) licenses and what not, you could avoided wasting all that time if you'd RTFM. Or even just the instructions on the upgrade page.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)29 Jul 2015 15:51
To: koswix 50 of 123
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Or they could have designed a better installer. Because NOBODY BUT MATT RTFM  T_T
EDITED: 29 Jul 2015 16:30 by DSMITHHFX
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From: koswix29 Jul 2015 16:10
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 51 of 123
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Matt did. :C
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