Windows 10 free upgrade
Windows 10 will launch on July 29th and Microsoft is currently promoting its new operating system.
It will be available as a free upgrade for most owners of Windows 7 and 8, as long as you certain requirements are met. Windows 10
is designed to run on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs meaning that your
device is likely compatible and will run Windows 10.
- Your device is compatible
- You’re running genuine Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows 8.1 (Update).
The Windows 10 Upgrade Notification
Microsoft have been promoting Windows 10 through a pop-up notification delivered to your computer via a Windows update. After a while, it begins to pop-up automatically.
Note that the pop-up notification which suggests you
"reserve your copy" is just a way of getting Windows to pre-download
the update little by little over the next several weeks. It's a good way of
helping spread out the load on their servers against the big rush on launch
day, but ignoring or disabling this notification won't make it any more
difficult to get Windows 10 once you're ready for it.
The update may still
be triggered manually at any time after the release.
The pop-up is known as KB 30335583 and can be hidden/removed if it's bothering you. We have pulled together the following resources to help.
- How to HIDE an update
- How to REMOVE an update
- How to REMOVE "Upgrade to Windows 10 Technical Preview" me4ssage from Win7/Win8 computers
- How to REINSTALL or RESTORE your original Windows installation after install Windows 10 technical preview
Test your applications before upgrading
Holding
off on the Windows 10 update does NOT mean you'll miss out and Myriad IT recommends that any organisation should test its enterprise applications prior to upgrading (which is what we will be doing too).
Windows 10 also includes a new Internet Explorer (rebranded Edge) so this may affect web applications. Applications we would recommend testing include:
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM
- SharePoint
- CRM Outlook plug-ins
- QuickBooks (or other accounting application)
- Virtual machines
- Fonts & templates
- Printers
- JD Edwards (or other ERP)
- Developers tools
Questions?
Microsoft has also published comprehensive FAQs
which can be viewed here.
Otherwise you can speak to your usual source of IT
wisdom or contact us via e-mail or phone +61-3-8530-8600Posted by Myriad IT, 22 July 2015
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