People who've upgraded to Windows 10

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
10/06/2015 at 14:25 • Filed to: win10

For reference how long should I expect the upgrade to take? Massive image of a Subaru jump for your time. My upgrade finally came through and its time to schedule my upgrade. Right now I’m in the process of backing everything up again just in case everything goes wrong. I’m doing an upgrade install, not a clean install and it is going onto an SSD that currently holds Windows 8.1 and the rest of my programs.

DISCUSSION (28)

OPPOsaurus WRX > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:30

Kinja'd!!!

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Urambo Tauro > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:31

Mine took about an hour to get from 8.1 to 10.

LongbowMkII > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:34

i tried but apparently lack the HD space.

Blondude > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:38

Maybe an hour or so.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Urambo Tauro
10/06/2015 at 14:39

How do you like it over 8.1? Although DOS 3.1 might be an improvement over Win 8.1.

djmt1 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:40

Took me a about 8 hours (overnight) only to fail. Tried again in the morning and it took 20 minutes.

spanfucker retire bitch > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:41

The only way you get the free install is by doing the upgrade, so yeah, you’re not doing a clean install.

If you want to do a clean install afterwards, you’re more than welcome to. The license isn’t tied to a key but a hardware ID. After you’ve upgraded if you want to nuke and pave and do a fully clean reinstalling from a thumb drive or something, you can do that.

But if you tried doing a clean install on your first go around, you’d be in for a disappointment as it would never authenticate.

Future next gen S2000 owner > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:48

Mine took a couple hours. But i didn’t time it. My experience with 8 was awful. 10 is better but I don’t fully exploit my computer. I use the internet and modeling software. I don’t really care about too much else. I’m not crazy about the search for programs though.

Jake Huitt - Two Alfas And A Nissan, Not A Single Running Car > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:49

Took me about an hour. win 7 to 10.

Urambo Tauro > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
10/06/2015 at 14:49

Overall, I like it.

One of the first things I noticed was that the window borders are now razor-thin, which maximizes the space inside each window. I also like having that weird tile display gone, in favor of the start menu.

Unfortunately, once the upgrade was complete, I could not connect to the internet with Chrome or Firefox. Microsoft Edge was the only working browser. But within another hour or so, it fixed itself, and I can use any browser I like.

Lingering bugs are minor. Right now I cannot do image annotations in Kinja, unless I use the Edge browser. In Chrome or Firefox, my cursor won’t even turn into a cross when hovering over the image, nor can I click the image to write a reply. I also can’t see the small numbers under the images to view annotations others have posted. But it all works normally in Edge. I have an older laptop with Vista on it, and image annotations work just fine in Chrome on that one.

jariten1781 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:49

I didn't wait my turn in the queue and just downloaded the recovery tool thing to USB. Upgraded 3 computers, serially, in about an hour and a half.

spanfucker retire bitch > Urambo Tauro
10/06/2015 at 14:51

You might have to do a reset to fix some of those lingering issues. It seems to be a 50/50 shot with some people having literally 0 issues post upgrade process, and some people have these finnicky problems that don’t seem to be related to any one specific thing, so the only solution is to reset the machine.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:52

Mine took under an hour - I think you click OK or hit Enter a couple of times and it really takes care of the rest.

Everything worked perfectly after the upgrade for me but my system is pretty recent and I don't use much old software.

Klaus Schmoll > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:53

I came home from the pubs pretty pished one night and saw that it was available, hit “install” without really thinking and thought “shit, now I have to stay up and hit yes, and ok several times, to make sure everything goes alright”. Don’t ask me about the time. It took a bottle of wine until it was finished and I had it re-boot several times to make sure I would have a working computer the next day.

not for canada - australian in disguise > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 14:54

Took about an hour in total from me, Win7 to Win10. 30 mins to download it, 30 mins to install.

Urambo Tauro > spanfucker retire bitch
10/06/2015 at 15:00

By “reset”, do you mean a normal re-start?

I have restarted my browser and the computer itself several times during the past few weeks, sometimes as part of software updates.

sebdel > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 15:08

Mine took around 30 minutes, first time I don’t do a clean install when upgrading and It worked fine!.

I went back to 8.1 after that, that took a lot more time..

Skamanda > spanfucker retire bitch
10/06/2015 at 15:09

So if I upgrade on a system I plan to replace soon, I’d be shooting myself in the foot, because it’ll only give me the free upgrade on the old box?

BKosher84 > spanfucker retire bitch
10/06/2015 at 15:25

THIS! Please read this. You will screw yourself if you just straight clean install the OS.

Ianlikerally > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 15:47

Took about three hours for me

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
10/06/2015 at 15:48

Do your upgrade and then do this afterward to get a clean Win10 install.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/0…

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
10/06/2015 at 16:57

I cannot recommend this more, I had internet issues that fixed themselves immediately after a clean install.

spanfucker retire bitch > Skamanda
10/06/2015 at 17:54

You can still get the free upgrade if you have a valid retail license of Windows 7 or Windows 8, and you don’t mind going through the whole process again to get the free upgrade.

I’ll try to make this clear because it’s a bit of a muddled subject. When you upgrade from either your current Windows 7 or Windows 8 OS (I’m going to assume this is a retail license and NOT an OEM or System Builder) the Windows 10 “license” uses up your Windows 7 or 8 license, and links itself to a hardware ID that gets from your currently installed hardware.

Changing out a GPU, or hard drive won’t be a problem. But changing your CPU and/or motherboard necessitates a reinstall and as such, will show your Windows 10 install as invalid since the hardware radically changed. Now, as far as your previous OS license goes, it’s only tied to Windows 10 in so much as you currently use it.

So, for example, if you upgrade now, and use up your license and link Windows 10 to your current hardware ID, you can’t use that license key of 7 or 8 on any other machine without invalidating your current Windows 10 install. If however you upgrade your current system, then build a new one “soon” (as long as it’s before next July) you can just wipe the install on your current machine, install Windows 7 or 8 on your new one, and perform the Windows 10 upgrade yet again.

Your old license will once again be tied to the new Windows 10 upgrade license, but since it isn’t being used on your old machine (or any machine) anymore, it won’t be a problem.

Skamanda > spanfucker retire bitch
10/06/2015 at 21:08

Thanks. That answers a couple other questions I had. That only leaves one more question, maybe you know the answer...

Everything says the upgrade is “free for the first year”. There was also talk a few months before the upgrade started rolling out that Microsoft was considering moving to a subscription model for Windows pricing. Do you know if “free for the first year” means Windows 10 is free, period, if you upgrade within the first year, or if they’ve switched to a subscription, and the first year is free?

It’s amazing how difficult it is finding out which of those two they mean...

spanfucker retire bitch > Skamanda
10/06/2015 at 21:18

The upgrade is free for the year. After that, you’ll have to pay for a Windows 10 license.

MS has never once intimated that they were moving Windows to a subscription model. That was nothing but FUD and fear mongering from some in the tech media. Nothing more. You can already go out buy a stand-alone Windows 10 license if you so desire. Same cost and same life-time licensing as any previous retail version of Windows.

Skamanda > spanfucker retire bitch
10/06/2015 at 21:21

So, no matter what it costs, the free upgrade just defers the payment for a year? Or do you mean it’s free period as long as I upgrade within the year?

Sorry, my brain’s a bit fried today, and the way you worded it confused me...

spanfucker retire bitch > Skamanda
10/06/2015 at 21:34

It’s a 12 month period where instead of having to pay for a license, you get to upgrade for free. It doesn’t cost you any money after that.

MS is taking a huge write down on this for financial purposes, because they know that marketshare for a this new OS and getting a single target for developers to release to, is more important than whatever small amount of money they would get from people upgrading their already existing machines.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
10/06/2015 at 22:55

I share what I find that works. I’ve been leaking test windows 10 images ot my employees to test out software and “operability” for everyone from accounting to engineering. My biggest hassle has been vpn software.