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"WINDOWS 10"

OPTIONS

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARY

Starting on July 29, 2015 and

ending on July 29, 2016, you can

upgrade most "Windows 7" and

"Windows 8.1" computers to

"Windows 10.." for free.

As usual, you will gain some

features and lose others, if you

make the leap.

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GENUINE FULLY-LICENSED

"WINDOWS 10 PRO"

RUNNING INSIDE A

"VIRTUAL MACHINE"

RUNNING

INSIDE THE FREE

"VMWARE PLAYER"

PROGRAM:

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Real, host computer runs

Windows 8.1

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"VMware Player" virtual

machine program

("Free" or "Pro" version)

Virtual Machine runs

"Windows 10 Pro Insider

Preview", build 10240

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TOPICSo Options For Running "Windows

10"

o Ways To Get "Windows 10.."

o Resolving Free Upgrade Problems

o Timeline for "Windows 10.."

o System Requirements

o Disadvantages of "Windows 10.."

o Advantages of "Windows 10.."

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10" o Running Option 1:

Upgrade an existing "Windows 7"

or "Windows 8.1" computer to the

genuine, fully-licensed

"Windows 10" for free between

April 29, 2015

and April 29, 2016.

See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/win

hardsig/win10/win10-free.pdf

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)

o Running Option 2:

Run "Windows 10.." inside a

virtual machine inside an

existing "Windows..", "Mac..",

or "Linux" computer.

See

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued) o Running Option 2 (continued):

See

"Big Step 0": Learn about the basics of

virtual machine technology, see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/vi

rtual machines/vmware-0-basics.pdf

"Big Step 100": Install the free "VMware

Player" program into a "Windows.." host

computer, see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhardsig/vi

rtual machines/vmware-1-installing.pdf

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued) o Running Option 2 (continued):

See

"Big Step 200": Create a new

"virtual machine" by using the

"VMware Player" program, see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/win

hardsig/virtual machines/vmware-

2-createVM.pdf

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued) o Running Option 2 (continued):

See

"Big Step 300B": Install

"Windows 10 Pro Insider

Preview" into the "virtual

machine" , see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/win

hardsig/virtual machines/vmware-

3B-install-Win10ProTechPrev.pdf

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued) o Running Option 2 (continued):

See

"Big Step 400B": Install "VMware

Tools" into the "Windows 10 Pro

Insider Preview" "virtual machine" ,

see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/winhard

sig/virtual machines/vmware-4B-

install-VMwareTools-to-

Win10ProTechPrev.pdf

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)

o Running Option 3:

Dual boot between

"Windows 10.." AND

your existing "Windows.."

or "Linux.." operating system

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OPTIONS FOR RUNNING "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)

o Running Option 4:

If you have a Mac running

OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or

higher, you can run

"Windows 10.." inside a

"Boot Camp" partition

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WAYS TO GET "WINDOWS 10"

o Getting Option 1:

Use Microsoft's "GWX" reservation

system to get a free upgrade to the

genuine, fully-licensed "Windows

10" for existing "Windows 7" and

"Windows 8.1" computers.

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/w

inhardsig/win10/win10-free.pdf

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WAYS TO GET THE "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)

o Getting Option 1 (continued):

• See also

http://winsupersite.com/window

s-10/make-your-windows-10-

reservation-windows-update

• Warning: this "official" upgrade

method may take up to 2

weeks to complete!

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WAYS TO GET "WINDOWS 10"o Getting Option 2:

Use Microsoft's "Media Creation

Tool" to force a free, immediate

upgrade to the genuine, fully-

licensed "Windows 10.." for

existing "Windows 7.." and

"Windows 8.1.." computers.

See http://lifehacker.com/how-to-skip-the-line-and-

upgrade-to-windows-10-now-

1720854489?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_tw

itter&utm_source=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=so

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WAYS TO GET "WINDOWS 10"o Getting Option 3:

Free upgrade to the genuine, fully-

licensed "Windows 10" for existing

"Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview"

computers that were originally

upgraded from computers that had

a legal copy of "Windows 7" or

"Windows 8.1". See http://answers.microsoft.com/en-

us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-

upgrade-from-the-windows-10-insider-preview/3a482b9c-

553d-47e0-b6a4-1916e70d9b3d

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WAYS TO GET THE "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)o Getting Option 4:

Download and install the free

"Windows 10 Enterprise

Evaluation"

• This free, time-limited trial

version of "Windows 10.."

became available for April 29,

2015

• It will run for 90/180 days

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WAYS TO GET THE "WINDOWS 10"

(continued)o Getting Option 5:

Purchase a copy of "Windows 10"

(or purchase a new computer that

has a copy of "Windows 10.."

already installed on it)

For release dates, see our time line

at

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/win

hardsig/win10/win10-timeline.pdf

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS

• For a small percent of existing

"Windows 7" and "Windows 8.1"

computers, registry corruption or

corrupted system files can block

your ability to get a reservation

for a free upgrade to the genuine,

fully-licensed "Windows 10":

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS (continued)

• Susan Bradley et al's article provides

you with a script for resolving these

problems. See

http://www.thirdtier.net/2015/06/how-

to-block-or-allow-the-windows-10-

reservation/

However, heed the following four

warnings:

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS (continued)

• Warning 1:

For the Powershell commands, do

NOT type in the / at the end of each

command.

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS (continued)

• Warning 2:

Even though the article shows

<Enter> in the middle of most

Powershell commands, you cannot

type them in when you execute these

Powershell commands

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS (continued)

• Warning 3:

Prior to running any of the other

Powershell commands, you need to

run

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

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RESOLVING FREE UPGRADE

PROBLEMS (continued)

• Warning 4:

Capitalization is not required for

Powershell commands but any

spaces shown mean that one or

more spaces need to be typed.

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TIMELINE FOR "WINDOWS 10"

• See

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/

winhardsig/win10/win10-

timeline.pdf

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

System requirements

Basically, if your PC can run

Windows 8.1, you’re good to go. If

you're not sure, don't worry—

Windows will check your system to

make sure it can install the

preview.

Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2

GB (64-bit)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

Free hard disk space: 16 GB

Graphics card: Microsoft

DirectX 9 graphics device

with WDDM driver

A Microsoft account and

Internet access

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

Free hard disk space: 16GB for the

32-bit version /20 GB for 64-bit

version of "Windows 10"

Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9

graphics device with WDDM

driver

A Microsoft account and Internet

access

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

According to

http://www.techrepublic.com/arti

cle/windows-10-on-an-old-pc-

when-it-comes-to-specs-how-

low-can-you-go/,

your processor also has to meet

some processor specifications:

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

According to

http://www.techrepublic.com/arti

cle/windows-10-on-an-old-pc-

when-it-comes-to-specs-how-

low-can-you-go/,

your processor also has to meet

some processor specifications:

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<Start of quote>

Beyond the speed of processor, you

will also need a 32-bit or 64-bit CPU

that supports three different

processor features - PAE, SSE2

and NX. Windows 8.1 also requires

support for these, so if your

machine runs Windows 8.1,

chances are it'll run Windows 10.

<End of quote>

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

(continued)

These processor

requirements are actually

the stricter requirements

that Microsoft

implemented for "Windows

8" in May 2012.

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10"

According to

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/windows-10-

specifications:

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)If you have Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7

Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8

Pro with Media Center, or Windows 8.1 Pro with

Media Center and you install Windows 10,

Windows Media Center will be removed.

Watching DVDs requires separate playback software

("Windows 10" does not have "Windows Media

Center")

Windows 7 desktop gadgets will be removed as part

of installing Windows 10.

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Windows 10 Home users will have updates from

Windows Update automatically available.

Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts Games that

come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be

removed as part of installing the Windows 10

upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of

Solitaire and Minesweeper called the “Microsoft

Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft

Minesweeper.”

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)If you have a USB floppy drive, you will need to

download the latest driver from Windows Update

or from the manufacturer's website.

If you have Windows Live Essentials installed on

your system, the OneDrive application is

removed and replaced with the inbox version of

OneDrive.

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)According to

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/software/oper

ating-systems/features-you-ll-lose-when-

upgrading-to-windows-10-1299655, you will also

lose the following if you upgrade to "Windows

10":

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

If you have been running the "Start

Screen" of "Windows 8" or

"Windows 8.1", it will be gone in

"Windows 10".

The same goes for the "Charms

bar" of "Windows 8" or

"Windows 8.1.

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

If you have been running "XP

Mode" inside "Windows 7 Pro"

or "Windows 7 Enterprise", you

will lose it when you upgrade to

"Windows 10".

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DISADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

For "Windows 10 Home", all

updates from Microsoft are

mandatory. For a very small

percentage of "Windows 10

Home" computers, this will

cause problems.

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10"

"Windows 10" brings back the

"Start Menu" that was deleted in

"Windows 7", "Windows 8", and

"Windows 8.1"

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Longer Microsoft support relative

to older versions of "Windows":

According to

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-

us/windows/lifecycle:

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Unlike the free "Insider Previews"

of "Windows 10..", the activated

"full versions" of "Windows 10.."

do not force you to log in with a

"Microsoft Account" and they do

not force you to accept (huge)

new builds.

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Unlike the free "Insider Previews"

of "Windows 10..", the activated

"full versions" of "Windows 10.."

do not do key logging, according

to

https://twitter.com/GabeAul/statu

s/622081865944576001

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ADVANTAGES OF RUNNING

"WINDOWS 10" (continued)

Several computer journalists agree

with me that the many of the

advantages for running

"Windows 10" are the features

that were either new or carried

over from "Windows 8" and

"Windows 8.1":

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FEATURES IN THE "WINDOWS 10..

"THAT ARE ARE CARRIED OVER

FROM "WINDOWS 8.1"

• File History

• System Image Backup

• Storage Spaces

• Hyper-V (in the "..Pro" and

"..Enterprise" editions only)

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FEATURES IN THE "WINDOWS 10.."

THAT ARE ARE CARRIED OVER

FROM "WINDOWS 8.1" (continued)• The enhanced version of "Hyper-V"

(in "Windows 10 Pro.." and

"..Enterprise..", is the only virtual

machine program that can create a

"virtual machine" has a virtual

"Secure Boot" module running inside

a "EFI". This is critical for testing the

most advanced distros of "Linux".

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FEATURES IN THE "WINDOWS 10.."

THAT ARE ARE CARRIED OVER

FROM "WINDOWS 8.1" (continued)• The "Windows To Go" feature (which

is only available in the "..Enterprise"

genuine or the "..Enterprise

Evaluation" editions of "Windows

10") is a reliable software-based

replacement for RAID arrays for

mirroring hard drives to mitigate the

anticipated failures of individual hard

drives.

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ADDITIONAL NEW FEATURES IN THE

"WINDOWS 10.."

• See the article entitled

"The 5 things Windows 10 can do

that Windows 8.1 can’t"

at

http://www.alphr.com/operating-

systems/1000288/5-things-windows-

8-doesnt-windows-10-does