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Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by thescrewdriver »

hudell wrote: post #8

The update only froze once for me (had to hard reset). No side effects from that. This was the smoothest windows update process I've ever had. Had some trouble with Asus touchpad drivers, but after fixing that, everything is running well and nothing was lost. All previously installed software seems to be running fine.

> The update only froze once for me (had to hard reset). No side effects from that. This was the smoothest windows update process I've ever had.

Having to hard reset during an update due to a freeze doesn't exactly sound like a particularly smooth process. I guess your perspective depends on your experiences with previous updates.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by throwawaykf05 »

jbk wrote: post #106
shocks wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use VLC. After your comment, I wasn't sure why that was the case. Apparently: > Neither French law nor European conventions recognize software as patentable (see French section below). Therefore, software patents licenses do not apply on VideoLAN software. From http://www.videolan.org/legal.html

(disclaimer: I wrote that page :) ) Well, there are 2 legal parts that apply here: - DRM - software patents. Software patents for DVDs are almost all over (it's a 20 year old technology). And in Europe, we don't have valid software patents. On the DRM part, libdvdcss is not DeCSS, it's either finding the right key or brute-forcing to find the right key. In order to play a DVD, you need to "open" the DRM, else you can…

> And in Europe, we don't have valid software patents.

That is categorically untrue, and you should stop telling people that. In Europe, software is not patent-eligible "as such", but it is if it solves a technical problem.

The only thing that eliminates is "business method" patents, which are just a subset of what people generally refer to as "software patents".

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by oliwarner »

tomswartz07 wrote: post #130
simonh wrote: post #122

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Yes another good reason to switch to Mac. None of my current Macs have DVD drives, so I simply don't have to deal with this problem ;)

> DVD Player doesn't work, better throw this laptop out and spend $1k on a new one. Oh well…

You should have read to the end. Clearly a joke.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by shocks »

noinsight wrote: post #86
shocks wrote: post #52

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How much is the fine?

It's hard to find working links for old stuff (this was in ~2007), but... The law made "organized discussion" about breaking copy protection illegal so they also created a website with the title "organized discussion" and displayed code for breaking the protection and someone also paid 5 cents for it after which they turned themselves in :) Apparently the lower courts acquitted them but that was reversed and the supr…

Heh, nice. Thanks!

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by Synaesthesia »

VinzO wrote: post #102
VinzO wrote: post #5

anyone knows when Windows 10 will be released for mobiles?

Could anyone explain the downvotes? I have a windows phone and I am really interested in the release of windows 10 for windows phones, especially with the hope of finally having a decent browser on my phone.

I'd also like to know bur the release schedule is not synchronised with the desktop Windows 10 at all.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by gambiting »

rg_ wrote: post #98
gambiting wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 still supports music and video playback just fine, through applications called Xbox Music and Xbox Video: "Xbox Video supports all the video files you’ve probably been downloading the VLC Media Player desktop app to watch." http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/01/25/windows-10-vs-window...

Why can't I just play my media (which I paid for) on my hardware (which I paid for) in "normal" software (which... I thought I paid for). Instead I have to have the Xbox brand shoved in my face at every opportunity?

Nobody is forcing you to upgrade. If you bought Windows 7 and have it on disc you can keep using it, even without installing any updates, ever! Then you can continue enjoying IE7, Windows Media Player, Windows Media Centre - all of which you paid for. But if you want to upgrade to a new version which doesn't have those "features" - then it's your choice. It's not mandatory, nobody is shoving anything in your face.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by Lorkki »

kamjam wrote: post #114
sergiotapia wrote: post #35

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I don't get it... are you complaining that you were revoked a license to a software that came bundled with windows?

In the EU, Microsoft sells the N edition [ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/products/what-is... ], Windows sans Media Player. Thus, if you have selected the normal version, you are actually paying for Media and DVD playing capabilities.

The pricing is exactly the same, nor was the rationale ever to provide an edition for people who don't need a DVD player. You can still download and install those components freely after installing the OS.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by yAnonymous »

kijin wrote: post #150
yAnonymous wrote: post #145

Does the key/license that comes with the upgrade allow for a re-install? If not, I'd rather stick to Windows 7.

"How to perform a clean installation of Windows ... you can skip the product key page by selecting the Skip button. Your PC will activate online automatically so long as the same edition of Windows 10 was successfully activated on this PC by using the free Windows 10 upgrade offer." Source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation... I'm burning an old-fashioned installation disk as I type this, u…

Thanks. So it's not a full license... too bad.

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by stinos »

kozukumi wrote: post #149

In case there are people wondering I am using Windows 10 Pro x64 and did the following - Downloaded ISO using the media creation tool at [1] then did an upgrade from 8.1 to 10 which complete just fine. I then booted from the USB drive I just made, did a diskpart clean on the only drive in the machine then did a clean install. When prompted for a product key I pressed skip then when asked again during the out-of-box e…

Any idea what would happen then if you skip the upgrade 7/8 -> 10 and start with clean install? You need a key anyway? The same key as for Windows 7?

Re: Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today

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Post by gbl08ma »

rg_ wrote: post #98
gambiting wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 still supports music and video playback just fine, through applications called Xbox Music and Xbox Video: "Xbox Video supports all the video files you’ve probably been downloading the VLC Media Player desktop app to watch." http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/01/25/windows-10-vs-window...

Why can't I just play my media (which I paid for) on my hardware (which I paid for) in "normal" software (which... I thought I paid for). Instead I have to have the Xbox brand shoved in my face at every opportunity?

I don't find it very different from having the "Windows" brand shoved in my face with Windows Media Player, Windows Media Center, Windows Internet Explorer (formerly) etc. or the "Microsoft" brand shoved in my face with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer (formerly)... the OS is made by Microsoft, I expect to see mentions to Microsoft's properties and trademarks.
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