You don't use a key for clean installs if you already upgraded from a genuine 7 or 8.1 previously - it will auto activate and you'll end up with that generic 3V66T key for Pro
Honestly dude, if your ever near me in this wide wide world I shall be buying you a few pints mate. Much appreciated
So let me get this straight. I can buy a win7 key and get a free upgrade to win10? Does anyone know the cheapest place for keys?
Thats not the activation key I have using this: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html Windows Update keeps ramming 353.62 down my throat even though I have it set to never install device drivers. After it does that the NVCPL won't open until I reinstall the drivers I got from nVidia.com.
Yes but the upgrade did not work for me, I could not login. Then even after a reset it was not working. So a clean install was the only option at the moment. I can go back to my Win7 back up and try again but would rather get this activated if I can.
How do you enable transparency in Win 10 now? I have it switched on in preferences but it doesn't look like the Aero I'm used to from Win7. I'm getting solid bars of colour.
Ah right yea, you're gonna have to reinstall 7, activate, then upgrade again if you want the free license unfortunately, mustn't have gotten far enough to activate the broken 10 install Unless you are happy with dodgy KMS activation
Is there a media creation tool for Windows 7 users too all I can see is W8 tool? A friend with W7 is trying to upgrade?
To create Windows 10 media? The tool should work on any OS, it just downloads Win 10 ISOs and either saves them or creates USB sticks from them Just use this https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Each
Thanks, that is the same one I used going from 8.1 to 10. Just told my friend to use that one and its working fine. Cheers. Of course
couple of questions... Just installed, seems mostly fine. nvidia drivers didn't install, or at least I don't have the control panel option on desktop right click. Also can't launch nvidia control panel from windows control panel, the icon is there, but it doesn't launch. can't activate w10, clicked on activate and it fails, tried changing my product key to my original w8 pro key it gives me an error "Error Code:0xc004f050" The product key you entered didn't work. Check the produck key and try again, or enter a different one. also can't see windows update in control panel, is that normal?
I'm having the worst time deciding whether I like this OS or not, its so freaking benign, at least with 8 I could form a definitive position on hating metro. It might get universal adoption simply because of how inoffensive it is.
OK I have a question then. If something was to go wrong, say your HDD was to die and you have a Windows 10 DVD you made, just like I did. And you get a new HDD and go to install Windows 10 again, How on earth does it get activated with no key!?
so this GPEDIT seting WU to Notify to download and installed does not work? Or does it only work if I DONT go in windows update manual, cause it just automatic went to and download and installed things.
Thanks mate, sorted. Plus I'd like to extend a general thank you to you too for helping people here! MS should really consider hiring you to their tech support team No probs, I too checked the W10 Availability Chart @ Creative and thought WTF October :bang: Thank god for Google and that modder guy PS I think Creative should just pay him for the "mod", release it as a hotfix driver and be done with it. Thanks for the info!
Okay so i read on another forum that turing on tablet mode then turning it off again fixed the non working start menu for some. Tried that and now it's stuck in tablet mode, start menu still doesn't work and now i can't even right click on it to get access to the control panel or anything. The only thing i can currently do with the system is run my web browser. I can't even access the restore function.