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Post by Pantlandia on Jul 31, 2015 8:15:30 GMT
Did everyone upgrade to 10 today? I did. It is better than 8, but I am still learning. Did you get a notice to upgrade? I haven't gotten any notice on any of my machines (2 laptops and a desktop; my other desktop has vista).
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Post by mupcycledcouture on Jul 31, 2015 14:22:20 GMT
I did. Got a pop up that it was time.
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Post by val2525 on Aug 1, 2015 5:52:10 GMT
From an accounting tech website, good points on Win 10 upgrade:
A couple of technical notes on the upgrade:
* If you are running Windows 8, and haven’t upgraded to Windows 8.1 yet, you will need to do the 8.1 upgrade first before you can install Windows 10.
* The “reservation” program does a check of your computer to see if it is compatible. See the Windows 10 specifications page for details on what is needed.
* The Windows 10 upgrade process will uninstall your anti-virus and anti-malware applications, and after the upgrade it is supposed to reinstall the latest version and restore your settings for that app. I have a lot of questions about this, so it is important that you check on this after the upgrade. There isn’t (at this moment) a definitive list of which apps are covered. Note that the reinstall will only occur if Microsoft determines that your subscription for that app is current. If it is not current then Windows Defender will be enabled instead. I have a lot of concerns over this aspect of the upgrade.
* Windows Media Center is discontinued, so if you relied on this you will have to find a substitute.
* There are a lot of concerns about Windows Update and how it will work with Windows 10. The specifications from Microsoft (at this time) on this are vague. Windows 10 Home users may not be able to control updates other than delaying when their system reboots – it doesn’t look like you will be able to “hide” any updates if you want to prevent them from installing. Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise users may be able to “delay” installation of nonsecurity fixes. Another change is that patches can be deployed at any time, rather than waiting for a specific day of the week (“Patch Tuesday”).
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Post by val2525 on Aug 1, 2015 5:56:07 GMT
Heads up to accounting folks and those with accountant spouses - Sleeter Group reports that QB 2013, 2014 and 2015 work fine on Win 10 when they did their testing. QB 2012 did not like Win 10. And it's safe to say if QB 2012 didn't like it, earlier versions won't either.
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Post by val2525 on Aug 1, 2015 18:16:46 GMT
It looks like some users are having update issues because their computers don't meet the Windows 10 system specs (from the Microsoft Win 10 help page):
If you want to upgrade to Windows 10 on your PC or tablet, here’s the minimum hardware you’ll need. Read further below to learn about the additional factors that impact upgradeability.
Latest OS: Make sure you are running the latest version of either Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 Update.
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor or SoC
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit
Hard disk space: 16 GB for 32-bit OS 20 GB for 64-bit OS
Graphics card: DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver
Display: 800x600
If you're using an older computer that started out pre-XP, got updated to Win XP (and maybe even another update to Win 7, then your PC probably does not have the hardware needed to upgrade successfully to Win 10. If your PC is old, you may also not have enough RAM installed.
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Post by val2525 on Aug 2, 2015 1:31:25 GMT
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