ceg wrote on 08/23/2015 2:10 AM:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 13:40:26 -0400, . . .winston wrote:
But he forgot to say "within the alloted 1-year free update period."
Not necessary, the op's time frame is this weekend.
The media can be run anytime (just not for the free upgrade)
Yes, I only needed the 64-bit Windows 10 ISO that I downloaded from Linux
to work this weekend, and it did work just fine (AFAICT).
http://i.imgur.com/N62Hgfp.jpg
1. We popped the Windows 10 ISO disc into the laptop DVD drive
2. Windows 8.1 asked us if we wanted to run Microsoft setup.exe
3. It installed Windows 10 in about a half hour
I didn't play with Windows 10 for more than a few minutes but I was
pleasantly surprised that the overall "task bar" on the bottom seemed to
be preserved, which included the cascaded menus in the idiotically named
"roaming" directory.
The Start Menu looked different than it does on XP (but you all knew
that), so, we'll have to figure it out - but I was pleasantly surprised
that there were no hiccups (yet).
Thanks for the updated report.
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...winston
msft mvp windows experience