Windows 10 Announced - Released 29-Jul-2015

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It has made a huge difference on both of my machines. Go for it!

 

I would also have to disagree here. Given the specifications that you've mentioned, I would agree with Brian K that even a cheap SSD would absolutely bring life into that laptop. I am confident that you will thank yourself later.

 

Yeah, it sure would make a huge performance difference. I only really have about 25 GB of data that I use regularly. The laptop is pretty old, but still ticking. I'll have to consider that...

 

Ok, I'll give it some serious thought. Thanks guys...

 

You might be interested to know that I have a dual core laptop with 3 gigs. It originally came with a 5400 RPM hard disk. I upgraded it to a 7200 RPM disk which helped, but last year I replaced it with a 256 Gig SSD which made a big difference. It has enabled me to defer buying a new one for a while. As long as you can do the hardware installation and migrate the OS yourself it can be a worthwhile investment.

 

I wouldn't mind doing it if I thought it wouldn't create a problem with activating 10. If I change hardware, I'm assuming that I'd have to call MS to activate with the new ssd?

 

Agreed on the SSD. I just put one in a 6 year old laptop. Makes it usable again. It was getting too slow otherwise.

 

No, it won't affect your activation.

I first upgraded my machine from Win7 to Win10 to activate Win10 on that machine, then bought a brand new SSD and did a fresh install of Win10 and it activated just fine. I think the activation is tied to the MOBO, not the drive.

 

Regarding activation that's a good question. When I did the upgrade I was migrating Windows 7. If memory serves reactivation wasn't necessary, but I don't know if it would be with 10. For what it's worth I have helped people call Microsoft to reactivate Windows in the past and while it was a tedious process the reps didn't make it difficult.

 

When I used the correct ISO created from the Media Creation Tool there was no problem with activating my machines [x2].

 

As Krusty13 said, "not needed".

 

Ok, thanks everyone.. Sounds like it won't be a problem then. I'll shop around a little and see what I can find.

 

OH thanks Gandalf !

Have you tested the regkey.exe ? search for something?
does it hang and crash ?
thanks

 

No problems with mine.

 

Regedit.exe search crashing in W10 1511/TH2.

(Already posted here).

 

hi
thanks
but where can i find a regedit.exe Windows 10 RTM (10.0.10240.16384) ?
Robin have you the same issue?

 

More info:
Registry issue with new 10586 build.
I don´t have this issue.

 

thanks for the link
i had no such problem before installing th2
i have to use other registy finder/scanner like regscanner,i don't think it's the registry
the only error i have is related to regedit.exe

ps i have extracted the previous regedit.exe from an image , but i if try to run it it doesn't start why?
md5 0461562001a1deced54470095e46cea5
sha1 119e784d25593b7eb7130ff52ee403042db0cdac

 

This has nothing to do with Windows 10.
Unless they change their EULA (End user license agreement = contract between licensor and the purchaser) their privacy statements mean nothing or actually mean:
"We collect by default info about everything you type, everything you access, everything you run, everything you say, but trust us we won't access it or use it unless..."
answer from the customer:
"If you won't access or use it, then why are you collecting it?"

ps. stupidity has a limit. Does microsoft think that everyone on this planet has an IQ of a potato?

Panagiotis

 

Answer = YES.

From a legal point of view - I accepted a EULA when I installed W10 (the version that does not have these privacy updates ). Am I bound to the EULA I agreed to? If I am not, will I receive the updated EULA to 'agree' to?

 

Short answer, yes your are bound to the EULA, they did not change it with the updated TH2 so the initial agreement still stands true.
Their privacy statement is nothing more and nothing less than their "word" of what they do with the data they collect. The data is being collected, they simply say that they do not use it or access it.

Bottom-line is simply a matter if you trust the word of the company or not. And lets say they really do comply with their statement.. how can you get a guarantee that all their employees act according to that? For not counting that after the Snowden revelations the "word" of all those companies has zero value.

If they want us to trust them they should remove all the telemetry and monitoring from the OS.

ps. If an app from another company (and not microsoft) had all these monitoring features all the antimalware products would flag it as spyware (best case scenario). But since is released from Microsoft and all antimalware companies are their partners they leave it be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

Does the above remind you of something?
If not re-read Windows 10 EULA.
The only difference is that you actually did agree with all that monitoring...

Panagiotis

 

True.

Panagiotis

 

I've had this issue and am having it again. The first time it was a key I could delete. This time it is not. Maybe it is the new icon they are using for regedit.
In any case, I hope they figure it out and get a patch out.