Wolf K wrote:


I have a question: If and when one downloads the W10 install package,
does it install itself automatically, or can I decide when to start the
process? I intend to d/l the package later this evening.

FWIW, I've made an image of C:, and all my data is on external drives,
which will be turned off during the W10 install (if I actually do it;
I'm still hesitating), just in case.

I think I qualify for "assistive Tech", since my eyesight and hearing
are showing the effects of nearly 8 decades of constant use. :-)

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acc...-technologies/

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/acces...ndows10upgrade

https://download.microsoft.com/downl...grade24074.exe

Executing that in Windows 7 would start the download and
do the install.

If you interrupt the installation, the C:\$GETCURRENT directory
has a Setup.exe and a set of files that will do the install
on some other machine.

And that's what I used, a $GETCURRENT.7z I made from another
machine, to do an install on this machine (over top of Win8.1).

I think the reason I settled on that method, is Windows10Upgrade24074
didn't offer me an ISO.

There is also a "regular" Windows 10 download site that
will give you an ISO. This subterfuge is only if you
believe there is some "magic" about the "accessibility"
page. And I don't really feel that page is magic.

If you use the Windows10Upgrade24074.exe file, the process
starts when you run it.

If you hunt down the "regular" 16299 ISO from Microsoft,
then that too gives you "when I want" install capability.

In my case, as soon as the install was finished, I made
a quick backup, then restored Windows 8.1 again. The
Win10 install was just for the Digital Entitlement...
Not because I actually wanted to use it today. I find
Windows 8.1 does what I need, if I need a "modern OS"
on this machine. This machine doesn't have Win7, but
it did get a $39.95 "introductory offer" copy of Win8.1
when it was for sale from the Microsoft Store.

Paul